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You deserve a new smartphone📱, and to save some cash 💰! Check out my roundup of Motorola's summer smartphone savings.

Summer is here – you’ve been working hard and are about to embark on two weeks of well-earned vacation. You’ve packed your bags, fueled up the car, and if you’re anything like me, you have packed more tech than you need. However, that old smartphone just isn’t going to cut it for another trip to the lake, beach, zoo, or wherever your summer travels may take you. Having to charge every few hours…

Discover the top Anker portable phone battery chargers for 2023, ensuring your devices never run out of power on the go.

Best Overall: Anker PowerCore III 10000 The Anker PowerCore III is a 10000 mAh power bank that contains a single USB-C and USB-A power capable of delivering 18W of power delivery to wired devices while also providing the option for users to charge their phones or other portable devices wirelessly using the built-in 10W Qi-enabled charging pad. The 10000 mAH battery is large enough to charge the…

Anker is launching an iceless cooler with a 42 hour run time. It's launching soon on Kickstarter. Check it out!

It’s been a while since I’ve been this excited for a new gadget. If you read my 2023 Camping and Travel Tech Essentials post, I made reference to a camping trip where we foolishly thought running our iceless 12V cooler off our SUVs battery overnight was a good idea and wouldn’t drain the battery completely; you will understand why I am excited about this new product from Anker. An iceless…

Looking for affordable mobile data while traveling? Check out my review or Airalo's eSIM data service!

With Canadian phone carriers Bell and partner MVNO Virgin Mobile announcing increases to their daily roaming fees, you can be sure the other carriers and partners in Canada will be likely to follow suit. Currently, it costs $12-$13 CAD per day to access roaming services in the United States and $15-$16 per day for international use. So imagine taking a two-week trip to our southern neighbour and…

Moto Z Review Rewind - Check out my re-review of the 2016 Moto Z - What is it like to use a 5 year old smartphone? Find out!

In 2016 Motorola released the Moto Z. This was the phone that was intended to change the way we think of and use our phones. What made the Moto Z special was not so much the phone itself, as it was fairly standard spec-wise when compared to other flagships at the time. It was a small patch around the back of the phone that contained pogo-style pins which allowed users to connect a variety of…

Happy Plugs Air 1 Wireless Headphones Review - You Should Probably Just Buy The Air Pods...

You should probably just get the Air Pods. When I first opened the Happy Plugs Air 1 Wireless Headphones, my first impression was that they were close in look and feel to Apple’s ubiquitous Air Pods. However, my experience was far from what you experience when setting up and using Air Pods.  What’s In The Box It was a box of Q-Tips… The unboxing experience of the Happy Plugs Air 1…

We can do nearly anything on our phones today. In fact, I can run my entire site from my phone. Want to see how? Check out the apps Gadget Syrup cannot live without.

As time goes on, we can do more and more day-to-day work from our smartphones. Some people I know run their entire life off their phone, never sitting down at a computer to get things done. I recently started looking at home much I actually do from my phone and I was quite surprised how much I do, or can do from my phone. As a result, I wanted to compile a list of the apps and services I use on…

Going camping this year? Want to make sure you have the best camping gadgets with you? Check out this list of the best camping tech!

While it is certainly nice to step away from the busy tech-focused world we live in, leaving our phones and computers behind, there is also something to be said for getting away on an adventure with the best outdoor tech and gadgets available.  Check out my list of the best camping and outdoor tech for 2021  BIOLITE CAMPSTOVE 2 – $299.95 I covered the BIOLITE CampStove 2 back in back 2017 when…

There are a lot, like a lot, of different portable battery packs on the market. You see them everywhere. Like Google Home Minis, you find them everywhere you turn, even in the the bottom of the cereal box. For the most part, they are all the same boring black slab of battery with nothing that sets it apart from the others. Ever once in a while, you find one that stands out. However, they’re a…

Is the Moto Z Dead?

This week we saw Motorola come back to the flagship game with the Edge + and to a lesser degree the Edge. But, what does that mean for the Moto Z? Motorola has release several devices since the Z4 went to market and since then the company has hardly made a peep regarding what is likely their most polarizing family of devices.

Moto Z4, Launched June 2019

The Edge+ is a true flagship…

Motorola fans didn’t think the day would ever come. Motorola has been out of the flagship game for so long, most thought Motorola would continue to make bank in the mid-range smartphone market.

However, the wait is finally over. Today Motorola unveiled its new family of premium smartphones: motorola edge+ and motorola edge. These new devices mark Motorola’s “much-awaited return to the…

We’ve been waiting a long time, an eternity if you’re a die-hard Motorola fan lime myself, for Motorola to finally being the heat with a flagship smartphone.

Tomorrow, April 22, 2020, looks to be the day!

Motorola dropped these three videos on their Instagram story today which show the waterfall edge display the devices are rumoured to have.

The devices we’re expecting is the…

After being release a few months ago in the United States, the Motorola Razr is finally available in Canada. Although, only at select retailers.

Motorola Razr

Starting on April 17th the reincarnation of the original Razr is available from Telus Mobility and Freedom Mobile.

At the time I am posting this article, the Razr is not available to be purchased outright as an unlocked…

Motorola is on the verge of launching its first true flagship since the Motorola Z2 and Z2 Force and thanks to Evan Blass, noted leaker has provided us with what appears to be the press renders of the upcoming device.

Rumored Motorola Edge+ Flagship Render

The Edge+ is expected to bring the goods on the spec front too. Here is what we know about the device so far

Snapdragon 865

5G

My Favourite Apps: ß-Maniac: Life As A Beta Tester!

Favourite app time! And this time it isn’t a Microsoft App!!

This new app is very, very niche. But given the focus of GadgetSyrup, I am sure anyone who sees this post will appreciate it.

What is ß-Maniac?

ß-Maniac, pronounced Beta Manic is an Android app that scans the apps installed on your phone to see if there is a beta program available via the Google Play Store. If you…

My Favourite Apps: Microsoft Office Lens Review

My wife and I have recently embarked on a Marie Kondo-Esque type clean up of our house. We moved in just over a year ago, and like with any move, many boxes of miscellaneous things ended up shoved into the storage rooms of the basement. As a result, more and more junk ended up was added to those rooms. Inevitably, the storage rooms were a complete nightmare. Our messy storage room, amplified by…

#HelloMoto – Motorola is Turning 90!

#90YearsofMotorola – Motorola, founded in 1928, with only 5 employees is celebrating its 90th birthday with some great deals. Photo: https://twitter.com/Moto/status/1044512586937577472

If you are a die-hard geek you, at one point or another, were probably a big fan of Motorola. This company has delivered some of the most iconic devices in mobile communications history and holds a place in the…