SlideShow: Huawei's Ascend Mate 6.1-inch Android Phablet at CES

Photos by Alex Davies

Big is beautiful and Huawei's got their statement device for this year's CES, a mega Android smartphone that's looking at the large smartphone market. No word on if and when this is coming to Canada but it is still an interesting device.

CES 2013: Huawei's Ascend Mate 6-inch Phablet unleashed at CES

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Las Vegas -Because a 5.5 inch Android Phablet is so last year, Huawei dropped its 6.1-inch Ascend Android phone and it landed with a thud at CES 2013 in Las Vegas. Judging from the photos, it is a juggernaut of a phone.

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Review: Samsung Galaxy Note II

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Rogers was kind enough to lend me a Samsung Galaxy Note II to review for a few days. I was interested to see what had changed since the original Note made waves a year ago at CES 2012, where it was one of the bigger stories in technology.

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Phablet Redux: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 announced

I have just heard from Telus, Videotron and Mobilicity that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is slated for Canadian release. The Note 2 features a new 1.6GHz quad core processor, a larger 140.9 mm (5.55") HD Super AMOLED (1,280 x 720) display, 16/32/64GB User memory + 2GB (RAM) and microSD expansion. It also has an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 1.9 megapixelf front-facing camera. The Note 2 will ship in the fall, no pricing has yet been revealed.