By Aldo Panessidi
Samsung has come through on its promise to release the upgrade to OS 4.0 for Samsung Galaxy S2 on May 3rd. Both Virgin Mobile and Bell customers got the upgrade today, so there will be some sharing of the Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s also being released to most other Canadian carriers.

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OS 2.3 to 4.0 will be a terrific leap in usability for all you Galaxy S2 users. Watch for it on your devices today.
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Google has reported the latest monthly usage numbers for the different versions of Android OS. The summary released [...]

By Adhurim Murtezai
RIM’s BlackBerry World is no sooner underway then the argument begins over its decision to use a full touch screen and a virtual keyboard for its BlackBerry 10 operating system. RIM is making it clear that they are moving towards virtual keyboards for its devices.

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While the first BB10 device will be touch screen only, diehard supporters of the BlackBerry’s hardware keyboard don’t despair. CEO Thorsten Heins emphasized that the company will continue to produce devices with hardware keyboards.
How RIM manages the evolution to a full touch screen remains to be seen. There’s speculation that RIM will squeeze BB10 onto a smaller screen like the Bold 9900, or create a hybrid like the Torch 9818. At least the company has let the market know its general direction.
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By Aldo Panessidi

Motorola Mobility’s new numbers are in for Q1 2012 and they look much like last year’s: not good. While overall revenue was up 3%, sales continued to slump. In the last quarter, Motorola posted revenue of $3.1 billion, $2.2 billion of that from mobile device sales. Motorola’s after-tax loss of $121 million is $32 million more than the loss reported for Q1 2011.
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Motorola sold 5.1 million smartphones representing 57% of its total numbers. Total shipments, however, were down from 10.5 million devices to 8.9 million quarter-over-quarter. Motorola execs did expect those kinds of losses, so in [...]

By: Aldo Panessidi
The day has finally arrived for Sony fans to celebrate the availability of the first Sony Xperia S smartphone in Canada!
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As of April 17, 2012, the Xperia S is available for purchase by all Canadians. It will only be sold at Sony Stores. Sony also reports that there will only be “a limited number” available. The price is set at $99.99 with a 3-year contract and can be connected to Rogers. Without a contract, the cost is $499.99.
The Xperia S is an Android-powered device that runs OS 2.3 Gingerbread. It’s due for an upgrade to OS 4.0 [...]

By: Aldo Panessidi

In addition to the Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Gravity Touch 2, and Huawei Astro becoming available in the next few weeks, WIND’s website has announced the Window Phone Mango Lumia 710 to its list of coming attractions.

For now, WIND is keeping quiet on price. But, if you look at what Rogers is selling the Lumia 710 for - an incredibly low $229.99 without a contract - WIND is probably still working through its numbers.

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By: Aldo Panessidi

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has been the center of attention in the mobile phone blogosphere the past couple weeks. Leaks and rumors have been dropping left and right.  We comment on the more recent rumors surrounding everything related to the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Quad-core processor: The Korea Times reports the Galaxy S3 will feature a quad-core processor.
An anonymous Samsung executive has revealed a bit of news about the upcoming Galaxy S3’s Exynos chip. It comes as no surprise that the Korean manufacturer is using its own chipset for the flagship device. It has for past iterations, and this is what we were expecting.   LTE fans that demand Exynos will be happy to see a reaffirmation from Samsung  that it is gaining LTE-capabilities.
This is a major issue, especially within the US market place... wherein consumers,  have grown fond of the Exynos processors’ performance.   However, in the breadth, Samsung has indicated [...]

By: Aldo Panessidi

Anyone who keeps half an ear to the mobile tech world knows that Samsung is the vendor-darling of the Android platform and has released a number of handsets, tablets, and peripheral accessories that have done well with consumers. But the beauty of Google’s Android mobile OS is that there are any number of great smartphone manufacturers who make alternative (including unlocked) devices and give consumers more choice.
So, when looking at the handsets currently on the market, it was interesting to compare Samsung’s flagship droid, the Galaxy S II to Sony’s flagship droid, the Xperia S. They match up well in an apple-to-apple comparison (dual-core CPUs and 4.3 inch screens), but have some differentiators that will direct some customers to one device over the other. For example, the Xperia S boasts a 12MP camera and 720p screen which are upgrades ahead compared to the Galaxy S II.
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By Aldo Panessidi
The Samsung Galaxy s3 was intended to be currently on display at the Mobile World event over in Barcelona, Spain. However Samsung later opted to decline the showing at the Mobile World Congress. In a strategic move... Samsung executives have chosen wait and give the whole world one big launch date, which is yet to be announced... although reports have it set around June of this year.   While we are still not sure whether this device will be launched as an unlocked cell phone or the related accessories to help protect, personalize and enhance its mobility... we do know that the Galaxy S 3 is slated for launch in over 50 major countries.

Regardless of this, it hasn’t stopped reporters getting their hands on all the specifications and features that the Samsung Galaxy s3 will have.  The details have fans frothing at the mouth and word of Apple iPhone [...]

By Aldo Panessidi
Before feature phones could saturate the global market, we began to see unlocked smartphones creep into the picture. Given an inch, they have taken a mile. The growth potential for mobile OS and device manufacturers is huge considering the rate technology is developed and how eager the developed (and with China, India and African in the mix, the developing) world is to adopt the latest gadgetry that is intended to make our lives better and easier.  So even though there is growth expected from the major players in this industry, Google’s recent announcement with its latest Android stats is impressive.

Yesterday, Andy Rubin, the Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google wrote a blog that let the world know that Android saw a year-over-year growth of 250%. Daily activation of Android devices has significantly increased to 850,000 and the total number of Android devices globally to more than 300 [...]

By John Castell

Rogers is ramping up. With its LTE expansion in the St. John’s, NL area we are seeing the telecommunications company continue to push the envelope and lead the pack in Canada. As the carrier expects to bring LTE access to 20 million Canadians by the end of this year, it is also stocking its arsenal with 4G LTE capable smartphones to gain new customers and get new contracts signed.
Yesterday, Rogers officially announced that they will be releasing the HTC One X and the Nokia Lumia 900. As of a few weeks ago the latter was only rumored to be the next in line as an addition to their offerings this spring. Expect to see the HTC One X around the same timeframe (which will have the capability to use the HTC Media Link which is an outstanding accessory for this device).
If you haven’t read up on Nokia’s Lumia [...]