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TELUS to launch LTE network on February 10th

Jerome — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:38 +0000

TELUS Mobility today announced that it will launch its LTE network on Friday, February 10th. Initial coverage will include Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, Kitchener, Waterloo, Hamilton, Guelph, Belleville, Ottawa, Montreal, Québec City, Halifax and Yellowknife. It expects peak download speeds of up to 75Mbps with average speeds to fall between [...]

Google announces Chrome for Android

Jerome — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:21 +0000

Google yesterday introduced Chrome for Android. Currently in beta, it brings Google’s browser to to Android 4.0 phones and tablets. Like the desktop version, Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity, but it also features seamless sign-in and sync so you can take your personalized web browsing experience with you wherever you [...]

Public Mobile tops 199,000 subscribers

Jerome — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:28 +0000

It seems like the last quarter of 2011 was good not only to WIND Mobile but also to Public Mobile. In a report that indicates that Public Mobile will increase rates in a bid to become profitable, it was revealed that the value-conscious carrier now also has 199,000 subscribers. It was only last November that [...]

News coverage slow down

Jerome — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:45:47 +0000

I expect that news coverage over the next two weeks will slow down quite a bit. I will be traveling and a pretty heavy schedule means less time for keeping up with all the development that are bound to happen – especially rumours that might shed some light on what we can expect to see [...]

Samsung to unveil Galaxy S III on March 22nd?

Jerome — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:27 +0000

Samsung could unveil the Samsung Galaxy S III on March 22nd. French site FrAndroid is reporting that the manufacturer will hold a press event in France on this date. It remains to be seen if this will be a local event or part of a larger one. If the former, it’s unlikely that it would [...]

WIND Mobile reaches 425,000 subscriber milestone

Jerome — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:39 +0000

In an interview with the Windsor Star, WIND Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera today revealed that the carrier now has 425,000 subscribers. This is a sharp increase from the 358,000 subscribers it had last November. Lacavera also reconfirmed WIND Mobile’s plans to expand further this year. New markets planned are Windsor, Barrie, Peterborough, Kingston and Belleville [...]

7mm-thick quad-core Samsung Galaxy S III to launch in May?

Jerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:28:31 +0000

A report by Korean Electronic Times News sheds new light on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III. Citing unnamed sources, it provides not only a possible launch date but new details about the device itself. The report begins by indicating that the Samsung Galaxy S III will launch in May (a bit later than earlier [...]

Faster LTE Rocket stick and Rocket mobile hotspot coming soon to Rogers

Jerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:40:47 +0000

Rogers today announced that it will soon launch two additional LTE devices as well as some new LTE plan options. On the device side, it will launch a new LTE Rocket stick, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 330U, and a new LTE Rocket mobile hotspot, the Sierra Wireless AirCard 763S. “We are thrilled to offer Canada’s [...]

Thing Called Love: Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad

Jerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:08:31 +0000

Samsung aired its latest ad featuring fans of a competing product during last night’s Super Bowl. It featured the upcoming Galaxy Note rather than the Galaxy S II, The Darkness and a wild street party. The Samsung Galaxy Note will be available in Canada starting on February 14th from Bell, Rogers and TELUS. It should [...]

Why do so many Apple iPhones show 9:42 in ads?

Jerome — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:35:07 +0000

If you go back and look at Apple’s ads for the various iPhones, you will notice that many of them show the time 9:42am. The reason behind this was revealed this week former Apple exec Bob Borcher. In a presentation that covered a number of topics, he explained that this particular time marks an important [...]

PC vendors to reenter smartphone market with Windows Phone 8?

Jerome — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:25:11 +0000

PC vendors may be Microsoft’s newest Windows Phone ally. According to a Digitimes report, companies including Acer, Hewlett-Packard and Dell could return to the smartphone market with the next major version of Windows Phone (codenamed Apollo). The close relationship between Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 (details leaked this week about a number of common [...]

Global smartphone shipments exceed PC shipments for the first time ever

Jerome — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:56:02 +0000

According to market research firm Canalys, worldwide smartphone shipments for the first time exceeded PC shipments (including tablets or pads as Canalys calls them) in 2011. While smartphone shipments grew to 487.7 million (up 63% over the previous year), the PC market grew 15% to 414.6 million units with tablets accounting for 15% of shipments. [...]

Sony sends out invitations for Mobile World Congress press event

Jerome — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:45:53 +0000

This will not come as a huge surprise. Sony Mobile Communications has sent out invitations to a press event on the eve of Mobile World Congress. Fresh from its announcements of the Xperia Ion and Xperia S, we can expect Sony to unveil some new devices at the event. As for what devices Sony could [...]

Galaxy Nexus now available from WIND Mobile and TBayTel

Jerome — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:12:13 +0000

The Galaxy Nexus is now available from two more carriers: WIND Mobile and northern Ontario carrier TBayTel. With Galaxy Nexus, cutting edge hardware complete with amazing Samsung features like an ultra-wide HD Super AMOLED screen, curved design, and thin form factor, meets the latest platform from Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. WIND Mobile is offering the [...]

Rumour: ASUS TF300T to be next generation Eee Pad Transformer

Jerome — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:15 +0000

The next generation of ASUS Transformer tablets appears to have been revealed in a couple of pictures. The model number ‘TF300T’ was found on a QuieTek certification document by Taiwanese site NCCC along with pictures that show a tablet very similar to the Transformer Prime. The model number suggests that this model could be a [...]