Surface RT to get $150 price drop over the weekend

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

First, they bundled the Touch and Type Cover with every new tablet sold, then they started pummeling the iPad in various TV spots, now it looks like Microsoft is hoping that a $150 price reduction will make the Surface RT tablet more enticing to consumers.

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Drive Assist: Drive with ease

Have the best assistant while you’re on the road with Drive Assist. This iOS driver assistant app has everything from a speedometer, trip computer, compass, music player, and integrated with the new Google Maps. It turns the iPhone or iPad into your all-in-one navigation and entertainment system in the car.

Rogers expands its tablet line with new models from ZTE and Samsung

Rogers is adding to its array of data enabled tablets after having recently released the iPad and iPad mini in conjunction with its wireless data plans. Rogers retail locations will be now be carrying two new Android tablets:

·         the ZTE Lite tablet (starting at $199.99 with no term)

·         the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 (starting at $499.99 no term).

Nokia launches Lumia 1020 Windows Phone with 41 megapixel camera and advanced photo apps

Nokia unveiled the successor to the flagship Lumia 920/925 smartphones in New York City today. The Lumia 1020 features an unprecedented 41 megapixel sensor, the first for a Windows Phone (Nokia sold the Pureview 808 Symbian phone in certain markets last year and that device had 41 megapixels as well).

Then Lumia 1020 is said to feature  the "largest back side illuminated sensor available on a smartphone." It also has a Gorilla Glass 3 covered  4.5-inch 1,280 x 768 pixels (at a 16:9 aspect ratio) AMOLED PureMotion HD+ display.  In terms of apps, the Nokia Pro Camera app is what pushes the envelope in terms of functionality. Allowing users to manually adjust flash, ISO, focus,  shutter speed, white balance and exposure, it is the best way to optimize the camera's optics and approximate a standalone camera. Add the Carl Zeiss optics, improved stabilization and this is one capable cameraphone, at least in terms of specs. We're still waiting on when the Lumia 1020 will come to Canada and with which carrier.