For Samsung, a Galaxy Note 8.0 brings it back full circle to the Tab

The leaked Galaxy Note 8.0 image from Sammobile.comBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There's a lot of buzz surrounding Samsung and its upcoming Galaxy Note 8.0, a photo of that supposed device appears above. The 8-inch tablet will be the third Note in what is becoming the most popular subclass of the Galaxy line. Not only is the Note 8 clearly aimed at rival Apple's 7.9" iPad mini, it also brings Samsung full-circle in terms of screen sizes since the Galaxy Tab 7 was where the company first began their aggressive tablet takeover.

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BlackBerry 10 sales training manual leaks, hints at 70,000 apps at launch

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Now that CES 2013 is done with, the biggest tech story of the year so far is RIM's huge multi-country launch of its new BlackBerry 10 operating system and the much awaited, and often leaked, next-gen BlackBerry smartphones. While that significant launch is 14 days away, the news stream has been constant and a recent sales training manual leak reveals even more.

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ASUS launches MeMO Pad 7-inch Android tablet for US $149

ASUS just launched the MeMO Pad, a stylish and capable 7-inch Android tablet designed for mobile consumers looking for a high-quality yet remarkably affordable tablet. A more basic version of the highly successful Nexus 7 Android tablet.With a starting MSRP of $149 (US), can this be the tablet to shake up the 7-inch tablet.market?

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SlideShow: ZTE Grand S LTE, the 'thinnest smartphone' at CES 2013

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Las Vegas: If ZTE isn't on your list of  smartphone handset makers to watch, it should be. Judging from their flagship smartphone released here at CES, the company knows how to attract new buyers. The ZTE Grand S Android smartphone has a large 5-inch (1920×1080) display is razor-thin at around 6.9mm, and has a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 16GB of storage, 2GB of RAM and as the name implies it is 4G-

LTE enabled for markets that support it. Being a China-first device, this will do battle in Asia early 2013 where it will likely try and snipe at Samsung and emerging rival Huawei's Phablet smartphones. Will it come to Canada? Only time will tell.

Photos by Alex Davies