SourceCode: High End Androids square off for the Holidays

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

If you are in the market for an Android super smartphone this year, boy are there some good choices. On one side there's Motorola's slick new RAZR and on the other hand there's the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is the flagship Android device in almost every category including LTE speed in Canada. Both offer 1.2GHz dual core processors and 1GB of RAM and ship in November.

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Lytro's Light Field Cameras coming in 2012, start at US $399

By Gadjo Caedenas Sevilla

It is the most innovative development in photography since the digital camera. Lytro's light field cameras are shoot-now, focus-later devices taht are devoid of manifold buttons and kilometric menu screens we've all come to associate with modern digital cameras. This is point-and-shoot simplicity at its most basic, yet you get photos that are always focused because you can go ahead and focus them later on in software. These very unusual and very uniquely designed cameras start at US $399 and wont ship until 2012.

While this is an exciting development in digital photography, we're thinking the initial price point might be a little steep for the general public. Also, announcing a product and having it ship many months later is a bit of a buzzkill, specially for something so new and unusual.

Samsung outs 8.9 Tab with LTE

 It is raining LTE enabled devices this week and the latest device announced as 'Coming Sooni is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE. The latest member of Samsung’s tablet family sports an 8.9” screen and promises better mobility and a longer battery for extended on-the-go use. We've seen the 8.9 Tab and like it better than the 10.1 inch variant because it feels more portable even if it is just as fast, we expect it to be cheaper too.

The Galaxy Tab 8.9 supports the latest data network (LTE) providing super fast download and upload speeds. A personalized home-screen, mini apps tray, and office oriented software come pre-loaded as do special “Hubs” dedicated to social networking, e-reading and music. 

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.”