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Carleton University technology to increase mobile battery life

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Kyle
on December 19, 2008
in News
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Atif Samim, a student at Carelton University, just a few minutes from QuicklyBored headquarters in Ottawa Canada, has developed new antenna technology that will increase battery life. The technology is expected to reduce power consumption by nearly 92%. The technology seems fairly simple which is usually a staple of anything brilliant. The system involves disconnecting the antenna from the rest of the components in the device.

Because the antenna is separated from the other components, Shamim’s system uses very short range wireless transmitting micro-antennas within the chip design to handle the communications. Shamim has already filed for patents to protect his invention. I can’t wait until this tech is implemented. Are you listening Steve Jobs?

[Via]

SMBOTTAWA: See you at Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 4

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Kyle
on October 21, 2008
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Tomorrow morning is Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 4. I’ll repost the details for those of you who need.

What: This Breakfast features a panel discussion about online communities moderated by Jen Evans (Founder & Chief Strategist, Sequentia Environics) and featuring our experts:

  • Luc Lévesque (Founder & General Manager, TravelPod)
  • Gérard Métrailler (Sr. Director, Product Management, Graphics, Corel)
  • Ian Skerrett (Director of Marketing, Eclipse Foundation)

    • When: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 from 07:30 AM - 09:00 AM. Please note that the Breakfast will open at 7:30 AM for check-in, grabbing a coffee & muffin, networking, etc. The panel discussion kick-off will be 8:00 AM.

    Where: At the downtown Ottawa offices of new Breakfast series sponsor Gowlings, located in Place Bell, 160 Elgin Street. At Place Bell, please take Gowlings’ express elevators to its main reception area on the 26th Floor.

    Follow them on Sixent!

    Or the official Social Media Breakfast site.

    Home Grown Innovations at the Code Factory - Ottawa, Canada

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    Kyle
    on October 1, 2008
    in Conferences, Mobile Games and News
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    Home Grown Innovations, Ottawa Canada

    If you’re in the Ottawa, Canada area today, I hope you’ll be attending Home Grown Innovations. It will be a great opportunity to talk shop with local gaming companies. We’ll be filming at the event and it should be a great show. BTW, I realize the futility in posting about an event hours before it happens, but it will be a regular thing. You can catch the next. Looking forward to the following companies:

    · Fuel Industries
    · Magmic Games
    · DISTIL Interactive
    · Sylien Games
    · Head Games

    BlackBerry Bold on Rogers going for $649.99 w/o contract

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    Simon.Sage
    on August 18, 2008
    in Hardware and News
    . 1 Comment

    BlackBerry Bold pricing

    If for some reason you wanted to spend more than the $399.99 asking price on a three-year contract with Rogers the BlackBerry 9000 (like to roam with an AT&T plan instead of going with Rogers), it looks like you’ll be able to grab the Bold for $649.99 without any strings attached. That’s the standard $250 that usually gets subsidied on BlackBerrys, but when you take a look at the BlackBerry 8220 getting knocked down to $50 from $599.99, you have to wonder how much more favourably Rogers wants the iPhone to look versus the Bold. The Rogers outlet here in Ottawa has the Bold on display, which makes me think that it’s ready for sale, but still nothing on an announcement, or any presence in the online store. Full release could be available as soon as tomorrow. The big question is are you getting one?

    [via BlackBerry Cool]

    QuicklyBored on television: iPhone Frenzy

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    admin
    on July 18, 2008
    in Featured, News, Opinion, Podcast and QuicklyBored
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    Never do TV interviews after being awake for 30 hours.

    It has taken us ages to finally get my hands on these videos. After writing to the various news agencies about getting a copy of the video, they responded with comments like “don’t bother, it’s a pain in our ass.” So we had to go over their heads and just rip it right off the site. I know it’s a little rude to steal content we linked to them and they did steal Kyle’s soul.

    [Click here for the CTV Newsnet Clip]

    [Click here for the Ottawa Citizen interview]

     
    icon for podpress  Kyle McInnes, EIC of QuicklyBored interviewed about the iPhone: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

     
    icon for podpress  Another iPhone interview with Kyle McInnes, EIC of QuicklyBored: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

    Buying an iPhone 3G - A night to remember

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    Kyle
    on July 11, 2008
    in Best Of, Hardware, News, Opinion and QuicklyBored
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    Holding 2 old iPhones

    Not even a White Squall can stop us from getting our iPhones!

    So I showed up at the Rogers Plus store on Bank and Glebe in Ottawa Canada to buy the iPhone 3G. I had called 30 minutes earlier to discover 2 people were already waiting in line so I hauled ass over to the store.

    After a couple of hours a few more early adopters showed up and the line started to gain some size. At first we were bummed that Rogers wouldn’t let us use their bathroom or their WiFi, but then people got to socializing and we remembered we were all about to own the slickest device on Earth.

    Click through to read more of this epic journey

    iPhone 3G pictures and unboxing

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    Kyle
    on July 11, 2008
    in Featured and QuicklyBored
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    The iPhone 3G side of box

    Don’t you wish your mobile was hot like me?

    The iPhone 3G has arrived in Canada and QuicklyBored is here to bring you the sexiest unboxing pictures on the net. Not a crevice is left unexposed.

    The box

    The box in all its glory.

    iPhone 3G marketing

    Nice marketing materials.

    For more sexy iPhone 3G pictures click here