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A few months ago, movie rentals made their first appearance in the web version of the Android Market, and e-books were introduced just a bit before that. Now both kinds of content have made the leap to smartphones, complete with a user interface overhaul. The new Android Market’s layout looks like it took a page…
Last week Telus was showing off some new toys they’re launching in the fall, including the HTC Status coming to AT&T, alongside two LG Android handsets. The LG Optimus Black you may already know as a lightweight phone with an extremely bright display, but Telus is branding it specifically as their Skype phone, and will…
We’ve heard that contrary to RIM’s guidance, some BlackBerry OS 7 smartphones will be hitting Canada before the back-to-school season. Beyond just launch windows, we’ve been hearing some pretty specific dates for Bell and Telus lately. The new BlackBerry Torch 9810 and Bold 9900 are both expected to land on Telus August 18 or 19,…
There’s been some worry that RIM’s next lineup of BlackBerry smartphones wouldn’t make it out the door before the back-to-school rush, but to back up rumours of a mid-August release, the Bold 9900 has recently passed through FCC filing. That’s usually a good sign that we’ll see the device within the next month, although hardly…
Last year, Apple launched a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC for violating some 20-odd bits of intellectual property. The International Trade Commission stepped in to investigate, and though a judgement on that complaint is set for August 5, Apple has filed at least one more last week. The details of the complaint aren’t disclosed, but…
Although BlackBerry is well-known for immediate e-mail delivery, that speed comes at a cost; as any user will tell you, bigger messages are truncated, and images will generally just show placeholders until manually prompted to load more. Even then, e-mails can hit a maximum size pretty quickly, requiring a desktop computer to see the whole…
Yesterday, Telus announced that streaming music app developer Rdio would be their official mobile subscription service. Yep, that means their meager proprietary music service is on the way out. Traditionally, I’ve been a Slacker user for their great BlackBerry apps, but after using Rdio in earnest for the first time today, I can see why…
We’re getting a lot of indications that BlackBerry App World is due for an update to 3.0 soon, and now we have another screenshot of the device-side app portal to go with the first one we saw a few months ago. As you can see, Apps, Games and Themes will be at the top of…
WebWorks, RIM’s development environment for folks who prefer to use CSS, JavaScript, and HTML, was recently updated for the BlackBerry PlayBook, but they aren’t about to leave their smartphone devs in the dust. WebWorks 2.1 has been released recently, with a few new capabilities. The main one is access to the notification area, so whenever…
Yesterday, 4G went live for the first time in Canada, right here in my hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. The first Rogers LTE network was announced earlier last month, and though there aren’t any smartphones available to make use of the (up to) 75 Mbps data speeds, Rogers does have an internet stick to get the…