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LG Optimus Pad impresses in hands on video

May 25, 2011July 7, 2011 Doug Groves Android, google, hands-on, Honeycomb, impression, iPad comparison, LG, LG G-Slate, LG Optimus Pad, Rogers, video1 Comment

The LG Optimus Pad is the latest in a long line up of Android 3.0 tablets hitting store shelves these days (in the US it’s known as the G-Slate on T-Mobile), but LG has made an effort to differentiate itself from the pack, by offering a slightly different form factor. Currently there’s no WiFi only model available in Canada, but I hope LG rectifies that soon, as it does offer a unique experience. You may be asking “But it’s Android’s Honeycomb, it’s all the same, right?”. You’d be right, but not all…

TCAF 2011 – Rich Stevens Interview

May 20, 2011May 21, 2011 Doug Groves Diesel Sweeties, interview, Rich Stevens, Show, TCAF 2011, Tim Hortons Win t-shirt, webcomics4 Comments

Alex talks with Rich Stevens, creator of the long running Diesel Sweeties webcomic, who was on hand at TCAF this year. The conversation ends up being less about comics and more about his love of robots, which shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

The Return of Swap Thing!

May 18, 2011May 19, 2011 Doug Groves Extratemporal, hypothesis, Inception, Iron Man 2, public domain, review, Swap Thing, The Social Network, Tron Legacy. laroquod3 Comments

Another universe, another copyfight. In Swap Thing 2, eloquently titled “Inception of The Social Network of Iron Men and Tron in 3D”, the Source once again finds himself doling out CDs for distribution in a world where analog may be your best bet…

Virgin Mobile HTC Incredible S hands-on video including Bell Mobile TV app

May 12, 2011May 14, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 2.2, Bell, Best Buy, canada, google, hands-on, HTC, HTC Sense, launch, Sense UI, smartphone, superphone, video, Virgin Mobile8 Comments

At the beginning of April both Virgin Mobile and Bell Mobility released the HTC Incredible S Android smartphone, and HTC was kind enough to send us the Virgin version to review. You can check out our in-depth video look at the phone below.

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 hands-on

May 10, 2011May 12, 2011 Doug Groves Android, Android 3.0, Asus, dock, Eee, Eee Pad, hands-on, Honeycomb, IPS, multitouch, tablet, TF101, Transformer, video, XOOM vs Transformer6 Comments

Although the Eee Pad Transformer is a difficult tablet to come by, what with it being back ordered just about everywhere, Alex managed to get some hands on time with it recently. In particular, he takes a good look at how the optional keyboard/battery attachment works, which brings Honeycomb dangerously close to netbook territory.

Xperia arc video overview

April 29, 2011May 4, 2011 Doug Groves Android, Arc, Gingerbread, google, review, Rogers, SE, Sony Ericsson, unboxing, video, Xperia, Xperia Arc0 comment

Now that we’ve had some extended time with the arc, we take a video deep dive, taking a look at the hardware and software on the Gingerbread loaded smartphone.

Canon 60D or Nikon D7000: A Filmmaker’s Decision part 2

April 29, 2011May 18, 2012 kingpinlei DSLR, DSLR video, filmmaker decision, high ISO test, in depth, Nikon, Nikon D7000, review5 Comments

Nikon was the first camera company to enable HD video recording on their D90 DSLR in 2008 and thus ushered in the ensuing frenzy that took hold of the video world. For once in the history of video cameras, there was now a sub-$7000 camera that shot 720p 24fps HD video on a sensor that dwarfed even broadcast cameras, but as well allowed people to interchange and use the seemingly endless variety of DSLR lenses! It was the independent filmmaker’s dream come true. Thus the HD-DSLRs were born.

Motorola XOOM hands-on video, now available at Telus

April 19, 2011April 26, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 3.0, google, hands-on, Honeycomb, Motorola, Motorola Xoom, slate, tablet, Telus, video, Xoom1 Comment

On April 7th Motorola announced that the XOOM Android 3.0 tablet was available in Canada. Future Shop had jumped the gun a bit and started selling them the day before so instead of waiting for a review unit to be sent, I rushed out to buy it right away. I had hoped that I would be able to get some hands-on videos posted soon after. Sadly, due to Real Life™ this was not to be.

Bell and Virgin Mobile release the HTC Incredible S and Bell updates Mobile TV

April 4, 2011April 5, 2011 drsquid Android, Android 2.2, Android 2.3, Bell, canada, Gingerbread, hands-on, HTC, launch, Sense UI, smartphone, superphone, video, Virgin Mobile2 Comments

The HTC Incredible S is now available on both Bell and Virgin Mobile. This Android smartphone, the latest from HTC, was first shown at this year’s Mobile World Conference, on Feb 15th. It is incredible, then, that it came out in Canada so quickly. We usually have to wait at least 2 to 3 months for the latest phones to get here from the US and Europe.

Child of Eden preview

March 23, 2011April 4, 2011 Doug Groves Child Of Eden, electronic, Genki Rockets, j-pop, Rez HD, Show, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, trance music, Ubisoft, video0 comment

Our time spent with Child Of Eden was similarly engrossing, and even surpasses its predecessor in many ways. While the ‘inside the network’ storyline continues, visually the game is more lush, replacing many of the vector outlines with vibrant colours. The blending of audio and video carries over from Rez, and playing it on Kinect brings even more to the game.

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

February 23, 2011September 26, 2012 Doug Groves Kickstarter, Minecraft, Minecraft The Story of Mojang, PC gaming2 Comments

When Markus “Notch” Persson first launched Minecraft, I don’t think he expected to see the indie game grow as popular as it did. Not only has the game well surprassed 1,000,000 copies sold at this point, but it’s getting its own movie. 2 Player Productions, the people behind Reformat the Planet, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to make Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, and with a month to go have already raised almost a third of the $150,000 budget.

SOCOM 4 Preview – I traveled 4000km to play it

February 11, 2011September 26, 2012 David Doel David Doel, Great Canadian Gamer, preview, PS3, SOCOM 4, SOCOM preview, Sony, video, Zipper Interactive22 Comments

Recently Zipper Interactive invited me, as a fan of their SOCOM franchise, down to their studio in Redmond, Washington to check out the upcoming SOCOM 4 – releasing on PS3 April 19th. After having a few days to digest the entire event and what I had played I have come away with a very positive outlook on how this game will turn out. I’m in the unique situation of being one of those people who have sunk over a thousand hours into the SOCOM franchise since the original released in…