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Gadgetorama goes on vacation

2011/08/13By Jerome Skalnik

It’s time for Gadgetorama’s annual time to disconnect from the world and get away from the world of gadgets. Instead, our days will be spent by the water with our toes buried in the sand. News coverage will resume upon our return from the great Canadian hinterlands. All the best until then…

Improved Gadgetorama support for mobile devices

2011/08/05By Jerome Skalnik

With Gadgetorama now running on WordPress, one of the benefits is that adding new features is a lot easier than when I had to code everything by hand. I’ve just added a plugin that should make the site friendlier to mobile devices. The plugin should automatically redirect you and you can turn it off if you prefer to see the […]

A short Gadgetorama vacation break

2011/07/27By Jerome Skalnik

I’m taking a few days off to step away from technology and into the world of campfires, roasted marshmallows, and lazy days by the water. News coverage will resume early next week. Catch you all in a few days!

Welcome to the new Gadgetorama

2011/05/13By Jerome Skalnik

Welcome to the redesigned Gadgetorama.com. This is the first real overhaul I have done of the site since I launched it over six years ago. I made the decision to move to WordPress from a completely custom CMS that I built myself after realizing that I would never have the time to build all the features that I want for […]

Happy birthday: Gadgetorama turns 6

2011/01/04By Jerome Skalnik

It was six years ago today that I launched Gadgetorama. Since then, 6906 posts with 1399 posts in the last year alone have covered the fast changing world of mobility and gadget news. How things have changed since that first day: New players such as Apple and Google in the smartphone market, the arrival of netbooks (and early signs of […]

Happy New Year from Gadgetorama

2010/12/31By Jerome Skalnik

As festivities welcoming 2011 begin in other parts of the world, I would like to wish everyone a very happy New Year. Thank you for your ongoing support and for making Gadgetorama a regular stop for your mobile gadget news. 2010 proved to be another interesting year. Gadgetorama headquarters are still under renovations (although we are seeing the light at […]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Gadgetorama

2010/12/24By Jerome Skalnik

It’s once again time to set aside the computer to celebrate Christmas at Gadgetorama headquarters. Before I do so, I wish everyone who visits Gadgetorama a safe and very merry Christmas and happy holidays. News coverage will be sporadic over the next few days but will gear back up to usual speed when the holidays wrap up. All the best […]

Gadgetorama.com outage

2010/10/19By Jerome Skalnik

My apologies for the outage that took us offline for most of today. Good old DDOS attacks have been causing us some grief over the past week, causing some slowdowns a few days ago and today knocking us out completely. Very frustrating… Hopefully we can now get back to the news without any further disruptions…

Rogers files court injunction to block GLENTEL sale to Bell

BCE’s plan to acquire GLENTEL, a Canadian mobile products distributor, has hit a speed bump. Rogers Communications this week filed an injunction with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to block the CA$670 million deal. It claims that its agreement with GLENTEL requires that the distributor obtain approval from Rogers before it can proceed with the acquisition. GLENTEL today responded and […]

Tag Heuer Carrera Wearable 01 to be unveiled on November 9th

Tag Heuer announced at Baselworld 2015 that it would partner with Google and Intel for its first smartwatch. Company CEO Jean-Claude Biver yesterday told CNBC that the Tag Heuer Carrera Wearable 01 (based on the TAG Heuer Carrera – Heuer 01 pictured above) will be formally unveiled on November 9th in New York. The success of the Apple Watch is already having an effect […]

A closer look at the Rogers Vicinity rewards program

Introduction Have a look in your purse or wallet right now. Chances are that you have more than one loyalty card in there. You probably also have a few punch cards tracking your purchases as you work your way towards a discount or that free coffee or sandwich at your favourite local shop. For example, my own wallet holds five […]

Concept Sunday: Cancelled “value-tier” Moto 360 concept

Motorola this week unveiled its new Moto 360 Collection. Last year’s smartwatch has grown into a line consisting of three different models. Along with a new 46mm model, there is now a smaller 42mm model and a more rugged model, the Moto 360 Sport, geared at more active users. Under different circumstances, there might also have been a cheaper model geared […]

Discommon Goods Watch Wallet for your travels

It can sometimes be difficult to keep track of all of your important but small items when travelling. As if keeping track of essentials like your passport and credit cards was not enough, add a couple of watches (you’ve got to have the right watch for every occasion after all) and you may be wondering how best to carry everything in a convenient […]