by Ryan Wolfe on January 24, 2013
Welcome to 2013, and Gizmo Canada’s first post of the new year. As we look back and do an overview on what will soon be considered obsolete technology, here are the 2012 top 10 trending consumer electronics from Google Zeitgeist. I was honestly shocked to see that the Play Station would still be hip and trendy as I consider my PS-1 a paperweight and is still sitting at home in a dusty old box 
. With the billions of queries people have typed into Google search, it not surprising to see the top consumer electronics are now 100% mobile devices (assuming the play station search was for their mobile lineup: PSP®, PSP®go, PS Vita)
1. iPad 3
2. Samsung Galaxy S3
3. iPad Mini
4. Nexus 7
5. Galaxy Note 2
6. Play Station
7. iPad 4
8. Microsoft Surface
by Ryan Wolfe on November 24, 2012
The innovators over at OCZ are looking to bring SSD technology to new heights with their new PCI-E Solid State Drive. The REVODRIVE 3 SSD comes with a Revo3 dual-controller and delivers up to 1GB/s of bandwidth. With the ability of direct memory access (DMA) and it’s onboard processing core for higher performance and delivers up to 130,000 IOPS.
Available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities, the OCZ RevoDrive 3 provides incredible performance for data warehousing, applications, multimedia files, and operating systems with the superior durability, energy efficiency, and reliability of SSDs.
OCZ REVODRIVE 3 PCI-EXPRESS SSD
Dimensions: 167.64 (L) x 98.42 (W) x 15.25mm (H) - Full height form factor
Weight: 114g
Power Consumption: 7.5W idle, 8.3W active
Platform: Windows 7 32/64 bit
Storage: 120GB, 240GB & 480GB
Memory: MLC NAND flash
Temp: Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C, Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C, Storage Temp: -45°C ~ 85°C
MTBF: 1,000,000 hours
Interface: PCI-Express Gen. 2 x4
Controller: OCZ SuperScale Storage Controller, Virtualized Controller Architecture 2.0
Extra Details:
Bootable as a direct-attach device
Data Encryption
SMART monitoring
3-Year Warranty
Performance:
120GB Max Performance
Read: Up to 975 MB/s
Write: Up to 875 MB/s
Max Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 120,000 IOPS
240GB Max Performance
Read: Up to 1000 MB/s
Write: Up to 900 MB/s
Max Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 130,000 IOPS
480GB Max Performance
Read: Up to 1000 MB/s
Write: Up to 925 MB/s
Max Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 130,000 IOPS
by Raj Perumal on October 29, 2012
Don’t forget to signup for EPIC Technology Day, one of the largest held VAR conferences in North America. There are over 600 people registered already! Free to attend and breakfast and lunch is provided. You can register at www.techday.ca.
by Nathan Simon on September 17, 2012
To v9.4.5.30 to be specific, a revision of 4.0.3.
My Unofficial Facebook page for the ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T was on fire all day, seems a lot of people have been getting this update throughout the day and early this am….
Join the conversation!
You will find people’s experience with the update here as well as a list of fixes. Lets hope this can tide everyone over until Jelly Bean arrives!
More details like what exactly has been updated can be found here.
by Ryan Wolfe on September 15, 2012
If you are currently shopping for a very thin portable laptop, such as an Ultrabook (or MacBook Air), have a look at the ASUS Zenbook Prime. This laptop model is no longer a first generation (It was first released in October 2011) and will have any major bugs well smoothed out by this point, if it even had any in the first place. I checked out the specifications from the ASUS ZENBOOK™ Prime Website, and believe that with an SSD drive and the latest i7 proc, this laptop would fly (not literally) and without the strong aluminum throughout its monoshell build many end users would find that a small gust of wind would end up blowing the laptop away. I say this because the smaller of the two prime models only weigh’s 2.87lbs! Now that Intel has worked out the kinks in it’s Ivy Bridge platform, the impressive speeds that this unit is capable of, should be sufficient to meet your every day computing needs. Other Zenbook models can be found here: zenbook.asus.com
Here are the latest specifications;
ASUS ZENBOOK Prime UX32VD-DB71
Dimensions: 12.83”x8.9”x0.72”
Weight: 3.2lbs
Processor: 3rd generation Intel Core (1.7Ghz Intel® Core i7-3517)
Platform: Windows 7 Home Premium
Storage: 500GB HDD
Memory: 4GB DDR3
Display: 13.3” IPS FHD display (1920*1080)
Graphics: NVIDIA 620M Graphics
Network: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet LAN + Dual band 2.4GHz/5GHz Wi-Fi
Connectivity Ports:
- Bluetooth 4.0
- USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x Mini VGA
- 1 x HDMI 1.4 (1080p support)
- 3.5 mm Headphone-out jack (Audio-in Combo)
- Digital Media card reader (SD + MMC)
Extra Details:
- 7 hours of battery life
- HD 1080p display
- Bang & Olufsen ICEpower® SonicMaster audio
- Built-in 0.3MP webcam and microphone
- 286mm frameless illuminated Chiclet keyboard
ASUS ZENBOOK Prime UX31A-DB71
Dimensions: 12.83”x8.78”x0.72”
Weight: 2.87lbs
Processor: 3rd generation Intel Core (1.7Ghz Intel® Core i7-3517)
Platform: Windows 7 Home Premium
Storage: 256GB SSD
Memory: 4GB DDR3
Display: 13.3” IPS FHD display (1920*1080)
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
Network: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet LAN + Dual band 2.4GHz/5GHz Wi-Fi
Connectivity Ports:
- Bluetooth 4.0
- USB 3.0 ports
- 1 x Mini VGA
- 1 x HDMI 1.4 (1080p support)
- 3.5 mm Audio out/in jack (Combo)
- Digital Media card reader (SD + MMC)
Extra Details:
- 7 hours of battery life
- HD 1080p display
- Bang & Olufsen ICEpower® SonicMaster audio
- Built-in 0.3MP webcam and microphone
- 286mm frameless illuminated Chiclet keyboard
