Breaking News: Kobo's Vox is a Canadian Kindle Fire Killer

Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The upcoming Kindle Fire coloured eBook reader and Android tablet is expected to be a big seller and was slated to leapfrog existing black and white eInk ebook readers. Toronto-based Kobo just announced thier new colour eBook reader called the Kobo Vox  ($199, available October 28) and it looks like a winner. Hit jump for the details.

“Kobo Vox is the reader for your connected life, and opens the door to the next generation of eReading — social eReading — where books can come alive in colour and conversation,” Kobo chief executive Michael Serbinis said in statement.

“Readers can get more out of their experience by connecting with Kobo’s global community of booklovers. Plus, with Kobo Vox you have the freedom to connect with friends, listen to music, watch movies, play games and discover new apps with almost unlimited choices.”

The Apple Beat: New highs and Siri-ously cool innovation

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By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been a week of big smartphone releases and as I watched most of the keynote speakers go on stage and reveal the hot new models and technologies that Apple's competitors have wisely started to differentiate themselves from the iPhone and now the iPhone 4S. Larger screens, high-speed LTE data capabilities and increasingly slimmer bodies are the areas where they are focusing on.

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The new Motorola Droid RAZR is coming to Rogers

What's a sure way to get attention, name your new smartphone after your most successful phone ever, add equal parts LTE speed, a super-slim and lightweight profile, a 4.3" AMOLED screen, 1GB of RAM, 1.2GHz dual core processor and sprinkle freely with Kevlar and unicorn tears. This is Moto's next super smarpthone and it is coming to Rogers' LTE uber high speed network. Christmas shopping lists, just got a lot more interesting. For more information visit motorola.ca. 

RIM's Bets on next generation OS to initiate turnaround

Announced today was a unified platform for tablets and for smartphones that is hinged on the QNX OS used in the BlackBerry PlayBook, which was RIM's answer to Apple's iPad.

"We’re absolutely committed to the PlayBook, there’s no doubt,” Mr. Lazaridis said. “Now, let’s talk more about how you, the developer, can make money. BlackBerry is a very profitable platform to develop for.” RIM is trying to reassure its app developers to remain with the company and focus their efforts on the PlayBook which we found to be a promising device in terms of hardware but which suffers from a lack of compelling consumer applications.

Check below for the full press release and nitty gritty from RIM

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