Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung has had a heck of a run with its Galaxy Note line of devices. What started out as the 'phablet' smartphone sideshow in 2011 with the original Galaxy Note and Note II, has given birth to one of the most competitive areas in mobile today. Large smartphones are now a bona-fide category. Samsung's Note line is a premium sub-brand that is a hot seller and has expanded the S Pen-capable tablet line to 8 and 10-inch variants.

In many ways, the Galaxy Note is Samsung's true flagship product and great differentiator. The Galaxy S smartphone line will continue to be popular but the recent updates have been incremental and iterative at most. The Galaxy Note 3 looks and feels like a more inspired device in form and function.

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BlackBerry Z30's no contract price will cost $700

The BlackBerry Z30 flagship, which comes to market on October 15 is expected to cost $700 outright. Coming to Bell, TELUS and MTS on the aforementioned date, the Z30 is BlackBerrys attempt to attract phablet users and features a 5-inch Super AMOLED display, a  new 1.7 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 2GB RAM, an 8MP rear camera, a 2MP front-facing camera and a large 2880mAh battery that's said to last for 25 hours. Stay tuned as we review the Z30 in the near future as well as for the contract pricing once it is revealed.

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Leaked manual reveals Nexus 5 details

The Nexus 5 cat is out of the bag, sort of. A leaked manual pertaining to the still unnanounced but already widely leaked LG-manufactured Nexus Pure Google smartphone has surfaced and gives details on the upcoming device. A 5-inch display, a quad core Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM, a large  2,300 mAh battery and 8 megapixel camera are expected in terms of hardware. Software is expected to be Android 4.4 KitKat and what I'm curious to know is if it will integrate any of the software tweaks featured in the Moto X. Hit jump for a gander at the full leaked manual. 

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BlackBerry Z30 coming to Canada October 15th

BlackBerry's latest and greatest flagship smartphone, the anticipated Z30, is coming to Canada on October 15th. Blackberry says the Z30 offers a5-inch display, BlackBerry Natural Sound technology, intelligent BlackBerry Priority Hub, and other innovative features of the new smartphone with the BlackBerry 10.2 OS.

The new smartphone will be available from authorized partners Bell, TELUS, MTS, and Sasktel, as well as Best Buy, Future Shop and other select retail stores across the country. Pricing and availability is provided by the individual carrier.