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Schmidt’s flashing the upcoming Samsung Nexus S like it ain’t no thang, and today another short glimpse has been stolen of the upcoming handset. This picture was snagged on Picasa, and I.D.’d thanks to the “GT-i9020” model name found in the EXIF data of the image. The picture doesn’t show us much of anything, andreally…
RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky has said CDMA iPhone production has been cut by a third in order to focus on iPads for the holidays. That means Verizon is still supposedly getting the iPhone, but only 20 (rather than 30) million of ’em. iPad production is said to be at around 40 million for…
Just as last week was drawing to a close, the Government of Canada’s Competition Bureau laid the smack-down on Rogers for claiming their Chatr discount brand had fewer dropped calls and was more reliable than the new guys, like Mobilicity and Wind Mobile. Even though they’re facing charges up to $10 million for false advertising,…
Although most CEOs tend to be firm on not talking about unannounced products, Sony Ericsson’s Bert Nordberg is totally fine being coy about their upcoming PlayStation phone. Of the rumours, he said in an interview: “There’s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere. Sony has an extremely strong…
Developers have had some time to play with RIM’s software development kit for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, and one, Universal Mind, is showing off what they’ve done so far with their fantasy football app. There’s a video below to see it in action in the simulator, and presuming that the device itself performs just as…
Rogers launched a sub-brand called Chatr a few months ago solely to compete with Wind Mobile and Mobilicity for local, cheap, no-contract, unlimited service. Of course, Rogers had the added advantage of having built out their network already, and happily leveraged the fact with advertising that boasted “fewer dropped calls than new wireless carriers”, and…
Bell Mobility just announced that they’ve begun the first 42 Mbps network upgrade in North America, and will have a Novatel internet stick for sale to take advantage of the speeds starting Novembver 23. Telus is getting the same upgrade since them and Bell are two peas in a pod. The rollout starts in Toronto,…
As expected, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is now available in white on Rogers. That’ll pair up nicely with the white Bold 9780 that Rogers will be launching in good time. Bell will have a red 9800 if you’re not digging the white. There are no white Torches in Canada available outside of Rogers by the…
Mobilicity launched their Ottawa network yesterday, capping off a series of openings in Vancouver and Edmonton. These are the first markets that Mobilicity has hit after an extended stay in Toronto. Calgary is the next one on the list, and should be launched next year. Yesterday, we saw some of the new handsets that Mobilicity…
Wind Mobile is gearing up for the holidays with their second Android device, the Alcatel Tribe OT-981. It runs 2.1, has a 2 megapixel camera, 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G. It’s a portrait-slider with a full QWERTY keyboard not unlike the Motorola Spice that Mobilicity launched yesterday. On top of that, Wind Mobile…