Review: Kyocera DuraForce tough smartphone

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

This is the Bear Grylls of smartphones and while its middling specs are more than enough for most applications, build quality and design really make this the only tough Android smartphone worth considering for serious outdoor and construction applications.

The tough-smarphone market isn't all that big. Aside from great looking devices that happen to be dust and water resistant like Sony's Xperia Z line, we also get tough variants of existing smartphones like the recently reviewed Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. These devices pale in comparison with smartphones designed from the ground up for use in extreme conditions. Kyocera's DuraForce isn't a slim phone pretending to be a tough device, it is clearly a bruiser that's built to survive.

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Sony Smartwatch 3 now available in Canada starting at $279

Anyone in the market for an Android Wear wearable device can now count the third iteration of Sony's Smartwatch in their shortlist. Sony SmartWatch 3 is now available for sale in select Bell stores and will be available in-store and online at Sony Stores later this month. 

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Bell and the Toronto Raptors announce a new content partnership for Open Gym

Canada's pro basketball team and the NBA's current standing leaders with a 13-2 win-loss record, The Toronto Raptors have just inked a partnership with Bell for their Open Gym show. Open Gym is The MLSE produced, all-access documentary series takes you into the locker room, on the road and into players and coaches personal lives all season long. There's nothing else like it on TV. Hit jump for the full details of this partnership.

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Review: Nokia Lumia 830

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Nokia Lumia 830 from Microsoft Devices is likely the last Windows Phone smartphone to ship under the Nokia brand. Since Microsoft acquired Nokia last year, it decided to let go of the Nokia brand and focus on the Lumia name. For better or for worse, this is how things will be going forward.

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