Here are 5 things that make the Galaxy Note a Tabsmart? Phonetab? Smartlet?

1. Process this – With a 1.5GHz dual-core Cortex A-9 processor and a gigabyte of memory, this hybrid is ready to rock just about any on-the-go task you can throw at it, from consumption activities like games and video to content creation apps that involve drawing and editing.

2. Satiate your inner artist - Samsung’s S-Pen lets you send drawings via text messages and annotate captured screens. You can also call up native applications like S Memo to create multimedia notes that allow you to freely capture your ideas as you would with a pen and paper.

3. Size does matter - The Note’s high-definition 5.3- inch Super AMOLED behemoth banishes the squint. Whether you’re surfing the web, creating documents, watching the latest episode of Mad Men or playing Plants vs. Zombies, the large screen helps relieve eye strain and boost enjoyment – while still fitting in your back pocket.

4. Hang on to your memories - No need for a dedicated picture popper anymore. A rear camera with LED flash captures both 8-megapixel stills and full 1080p video. The camera app can also automatically detect smiling subjects and stitch images together for wide panoramic shots.

5. Banish brain-numbing buffering – Combine the huge display with lightning quick downloads enabled by Rogers’ LTE network and you have an ideal platform for mobile movie watching. Speeds of up to 100 mbps mean you can stream HD content without stutter and play online games free of lag.

SAMSUNG’S GALAXY NOTE AT A GLANCE

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  5.3 Super AMOLED screen

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  1.5GHz dual-core processor

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  8 MP rear-facing camera

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  9.65 mm thin at thickest point

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SoundTracking
iOS, Android | Free

Granted it’s much easier in the movies, when songs just sort of come out of nowhere to make a poignant moment even more so, but every life needs a soundtrack. Whether you’re contemplatively strolling down the street, partying with your friends or sitting in front of a camp fire, chances are you’ve got a tune in your head. SoundTracking is the app that allows you to share the songs that create these moments. Basically, whenever you feel like a ‘music moment’ is coming on, use the app to snap of picture of the scene, include your location (be it a city, neighbourhood or smaller place), and finally add your song snippet from the easily-searchable engine. Alternately, you can follow friends who are also using the app, share your moments on both Twitter and Facebook, and even follow trending songs and locations. If music helps shape your life, consider this app as the perfect amalgam of social networking and your MP3 player.

Measured
iOS | $5.99

It’s definitely not something many of us think about every day, but sometimes in life you just have to measure stuff. Maybe you’re moving and need to know if a grand piano is going to fit in your new solarium, or perhaps you want to install some shelving and need accurate lengths. Whatever the reason, the Measured app is like the smartest tape measure you’re likely to own. Using your device’s camera, Measured requires you to take two photographs of the area or object you want proportions for, and uses the variable of your shoe size to calculate (sounds weird, we know, but follow along!). Once the first photo is taken, you’re required to take several steps towards the area, walking heel-to-toe. Once closer, take a second photograph. From there, use multidirectional pointers to isolate and pinpoint the measurements you need from the photograph. The app will accurately calculate the lengths, heights, widths and distances of just about anything you can think of within reason. And even though it sounds a bit complex, the app includes demo videos to eschew any confusion, it stores previous measurements you’ve made, and it works in both metric and Imperial units.

1Weather
Android | Free

We talk about the weather almost every day of our lives, yet searching out a forecast can often be a dull, dull task. And while there are weather apps available, many prize functionality and overlook style. Not so with 1Weather, an app that’s informative when it comes to the weather, but also good looking and easy to navigate. After you’ve chosen the location you want weather information for (just about anywhere in the world), you’ll access real-time updates, animated maps, severe condition alerts and more. If you want to find out what other people are thinking or seeing when it comes to the weather, the app also aggregates weather-related tweets, and offers daily alarms. Easy on the eyes and full of useful information, this app is great for people who take their weather with a bit of style.

GymPact
iOS | Free

One of the trickiest commitments we’ll ever make is to our gym membership – it’s easy as pie to get one, but staying focused and working out on a regular basis? Not so very easy at all. For some, will power is a fine motivator, but others might need that extra little incentive. GymPact definitely delivers in that respect. The app is designed to help you keep your word – you set the number of weekdays you plan on exercising, then (and here’s the real motivator) you select the amount of money you’re willing to be penalized for should you miss a workout. It’s that simple: if you meet your goal, you won’t lose any money. Should you decide not to attend, you’re out of few bucks. Alternately, if you keep on target, you’re actually rewarded financially (with the money other people are losing). If you’re serious about the gym, this app will make sure you stay on track.

Frederic – Resurrection of Music
iPad | $3.99

When most of us think about classical composer Chopin, it’s usually to do with his famously melancholic Nocturnes. That’s about to change with Frederic, a game that sends Chopin flying forward into the modern world (he’d be 201 today), where he must battle contemporary musicians (Oh no – a French electro producer and a country crooner!) who are reworking his songs. Using a format similar to the Tap Tap series, replacing the guitar with piano keys, you musically fight your opponents as a humorous story unfolds. The gameplay delivers nine “remixes” to play over, and there’s a lengthy animated comic that accompanies the action. For fans of classical music or bizarre, highly improbably scenarios (or both, really), Frederic is a game worth checking out.

NASA’S Earth Now
iOS | Free

NASA’s already got some pretty fantastic apps under its belt, including the amazing Space Images and mission-specific ones such as GRAIL and Cassini. So it’s no small wonder they’ve developed another one that should get science enthusiasts excited. The latest is an Earth-centric app that tracks our planet’s climate with the help of Earth Science satellites. Inquiring minds can now focus and explore changes in temperature, carbon dioxide, gravity fields and more, visualized using colour codes. The Earth is presented as a 3D model, which users can rotate and zoom, and additional facts and definitions are included. If you’re at all interested in the work NASA is doing, this app should be both interesting and informative.

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

A poor boy wins the opportunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all.

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THE GOONIES

A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map.

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LABYRINTH

15-year-old Sarah accidentally wishes her baby half-brother, Toby, away to the Goblin King Jareth who will keep Toby if Sarah does not complete his Labyrinth in 13 hours.

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FREE WILLY

When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.

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ERNEST GOES TO JAIL

Unberknownst to Ernest, he is being set up for a dangerous criminal named Felix Nash (who looks a lot like Ernest). Then Nash knocks out Ernest and switches places with him. However, Ernest realizes what is going on and is trying to escape.

(Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Barbara Tyson)

THE NEVERENDING STORY

A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.

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THE WIZARD OF OZ

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

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THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN

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2. Facial Recognition – Turn on face recognition and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will never forget a face. Rather than entering a passcode or pattern lock, ICS can recognize you with its front-facing camera. If it’s dark, you can still enter your pattern, PIN or passcode lock.

3. Back-To-Back Tap – Get your friends in on the action: tap your ICS phones back-to-back to share contact info, maps, pictures and apps recommendations with a link to the Android Market.

4.  Panorama Camera – In ICS, the camera is much improved. Aside from the new, guided panorama mode that leads you through snapping 270-degree panoramic photos, hit the Camera icon and immediately frame and snap your shot. Tap to focus or zoom in using the slider bar.

5. Touch Points - ICS integrates what used to be buttons into the OS. Across the bottom of the screen you’ll find back, home and multi-tasking soft buttons… unless they’re not needed, in which case you can reclaim that screen real estate.

6. HD In Your Pocket – Not two years ago we were shopping for 720p HDTVs. Now, 720p is available in your pocket. Here, HD videos look sharp on the 1280 X 720 HD, 316-pixel-per-inch, Super AMOLED screen.

7. Ready-Set-Go! – On your previous Android device, go to Settings > Privacy and check off “Back up my data” and “Automatic restore” before making the ICS switch. Log in on your new phone and all your Wi-Fi access points, apps and preference settings will be waiting for you on your new Nexus.

8. Get To The Point – No need to dig into menus to turn on or set up Wi-Fi, check your battery, change display, storage or app settings. Just drag down the notification bar and tap the Settings icon to get straight to the point.

9. Avoid Drain Pain – Unlike most mobile devices, the Galaxy Nexus is powered by a user-replaceable battery. Pack a spare so you never run out when you need power most.

10. Data Drilldown – In the Settings menu, see exactly how much data you’ve used and how much each app demands. Easily check for and kill data-hogging apps and never again go over your monthly data allotment.

You know the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is”? In this case, it’s not. Signing up for Rogers One Number means you receive free unlimited talk and video chat from your computer while using your Rogers wireless number, as well as unlimited outgoing SMS and Canadian long distance calling from your computer. In simplest terms, the service is a free addition to your existing Rogers Wireless services, meaning you must be a current Rogers wireless post-paid customer.

2. Use All Your Devices – Seamlessly

Rogers One Number lets you make calls from your computer that appear to be coming from your wireless phone. You can easily and seamlessly switch a call, midconversation, from your wireless phone to, for example, your computer. So, say you’re on an important phone call on your mobile phone, but need to switch to your computer because your phone is running low on power. No problem – just switch the call to your computer and continue chatting in one, seamless transition, without missing even one word! You can also get and receive text messages on your computer, and the call display will still show up as your wireless number.

3. Never Miss A Call

The Rogers One Number Reach Me Rules feature allows you to choose how you want to be contacted. If someone calls your wireless number, you can choose which one of your devices (cell phone, computer or home phone) will ring. Or you can have them all ring to ensure you never miss a call. The service also provides helpful features such as Do Not Disturb, Forward My Calls and Ring My Numbers, which give you complete control over exactly when you can be reached and by whom.

4. Travel Companion

Want to pick up and go on vacation? Rogers One Number is right there with you. That means that if you’re in sunny Australia and want to rub your friend’s runny winter nose in it, you can make free voice and video calls from your computer to anywhere in Canada. All you need is a high-speed internet connection and you’re good to go.

5. One Inbox

Free national online calling, texting and video chatting is just the tip of the iceberg with Rogers One Number. The real hub of activity for the service can be found with its comprehensive website. Log into rogersonenumber.ca to access all the ways you communicate. From your Gmail and Rogers Yahoo Mail accounts to texts, SMS and MMS, all the ways you stay in touch have been consolidated into one streamlined, easy-to-manage inbox.

6. Streamline Your Contacts

The Rogers One Number website also offers you a synchronized contact list, stored securely on the Rogers One Number website that you can access and share across all your devices. Lose or break your device? Just download the app again and you’re ready to go, all your contacts retained and ready for you. On your computer but need to access contact info from your mobile? The information is there for you right on the app.

7. Protect Your Identity

Logging in to rogersonenumber.ca means you have only one identity to manage across all forms of communication. You can text, talk and email, all using your Rogers wireless phone number.

How to register:

1. Head to rogersonenumber.ca and enter your wireless number to ensure that it qualifies for the service.

2. For the fastest set-up, have your mobile phone with you to receive an activation PIN code. Follow the instructions and you’ll be all set. **

3. From there, you’ll need to download two mobile apps to manage your account. The Rogers One Number app, designed to control the Reach Me Rules and Do Not Disturb features. Wherever you are, this app will allow you to control who can reach you at any time. Second, the Rogers One Number Contacts app, which update and sync your contacts, meaning your lists remain consistent across all of your devices. That’s it, you’re all set up.

What is Rogers One Number?

Staying connected: It means texting your golf foursome to confirm tee-off time, calling your family to make dinner plans, emailing with colleagues about an upcoming project and video chatting with friends far away. There are so many ways we keep in touch these days. But it’d be nice if we could do so without having to access myriad devices, websites and apps.

What if there were a way to merge all of the ways you communicate into one convenient and easy-to-use service?

Say hello to Rogers One Number, a convenient new way to keep in touch with friends, family and the world at large. Simple and streamlined, this service, available free when you register now^*, consolidates your wireless number with your computer, alongside your email, text and address book. You end up with just one identity to manage – your wireless number – across all forms of communication.

Learn more about Rogers One Number from tech expert Winston Sih:

*Charges apply for certain uses of the Rogers One Number service, such as calls made to numbers outside of Canada and wireless device usage. Internet usage applies. Rogers One Number is not available with Rogers prepaid service or to business, corporate or government customers. See RogersOneNumber.ca for details.

**Customers signing up for Rogers One Number must be the Age of Majority. If they are not, the consent of a parent or guardian is required to activate the service.

When dust begins to accumulate on your computer, it can cause a number of issues, including the clogging of vents. This can disrupt the air flow, cause overheating and even deteriorate internal components and connections. We’ve all experienced the odd keyboard button that gets stuck. And of course, nothing kills family movie night faster than a DVD or Blue Ray that has been scratched by a dust particle. You may not even realize it, but the dust on your television and computer screens could be affecting the picture quality.

Keep your electronics safe from dust with these handy tips:

1. Clean the areas that accumulate dust around your electronics. This includes your AC, heaters, vacuums, desks, window sills, and blinds.
2. Replace the filters in your air conditioning unit and heater. This will help to keep dust at a minimum throughout your entire home.
3. Blast dust in hard-to-reach areas using a can of compressed air. The air will force the dust out of the nooks and crannies you can’t get into
4. Use a duster like the Swiffer® 360 Duster to safely pick up dust from all surfaces in your home, including grooves and crevices. This handy cleaning tool uses thousands of deep cleaning fibres to trap and lock dust away without spreading it around.

Swiffer® 360⁰ Dusters trap and lock 3X more dust than a feather duster and are safe to use on electronics. Learn more.

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