Patrick O'Rourke
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About Patrick O'Rourke
Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his career, he worked as the national technology editor at the Financial Post and Postmedia. He's based in Toronto.
Over the past 15 years, he's written thousands of articles. Patrick has also interviewed dozens of tech industry executives and covered GDC, E3, Gamescom, WWDC, Apple keynotes, Samsung Unpacked events and more.
Patrick has a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University.
What was your first phone?
I didn't get my first phone until I was 17 (I know, that's late). It was a white LG Aloha LX140; I don't remember it fondly. My interest in phones didn't really kick off until I got my hands on a BlackBerry Curve 8900. I'll forever miss that glorious trackball. On the smartphone side, my first device was 2010's HTC Desire HD, a smartphone with abysmall battery life (by noon, sometimes it would be down to roughly 40%).
What tech products or categories are you most passionate about?
I'm fond of covering smartphones, particularly the iPhone, but I also enjoy writing about handheld gaming devices, video games, cameras and wacky gadgets. The weirder a device is, the better.
When did your interest in technology begin?
I became interested in video games and technology at a young age while scouring the pages of gaming magazines like Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming Monthly. As soon as I figured out I could combine my love of tech and writing into a job, I knew that was the direction I wanted to take my career. In my early teens, I even wrote a weekly technology column for the Toronto Star.
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