By Aldo Panessidi
Blackberry may have accidentally let its own cat out of the bag about the launch of its PlayBook 4G. In case you were worried, the lack of an official announcement doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait that much longer.
It seems an enterprising CrackBerry member discovered an entry:“Insert a micro SIM card into the PlayBook” in a section of a Help document update. Current PlayBook versions are WiFi-only. That little listing has led almost everyone who cares to conclude that RIM is almost ready to let its PlayBook lose.
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Luckily, its release is imminent. The word is also out [...]

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.
Leaving your valuable [...]

By Aldo Panessidi
We all know that in addition to car kit accessories, a protective case is a must-buy when purchasing a new smartphone or tablet. As with any “necessity,” we look to ways to express our style and individuality to let the world see a bit of our personality. For handset covers, the array of protective bags, sleeves and cases offers is staggering. Graphic art, clothing / accessory designers, iconic games, high-tech durable materials – these are all protective accessories people choose for functionality and form.
So what will happen now that Samsung’s Smart Device-Skin technology patent has been published by the US Patent & Trademark Office? Will the technology prompt consumers to eschew protective cases so they can choose the photo or graphic of their choice and electronically wrap it around their entire device. Even more, users can change the design being used at any time.  Samsung accomplishes this feat [...]

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 [...]

By Aldo Panessidi
RIM is in the hot seat of bad press – once again!   Unfortunately for the beleaguered Canadian company, it involves its PlayBook 2.0, the long-awaited “second coming” of a BlackBerry tablet. Don’t get me wrong – a lot of issues were addressed in this next generation product, including the fact that the OS 2.0 on the PlayBook supports Android apps with the use of an emulation engine:  the Android Player.
While this is a pretty seamless end user experience - a full screen window opens and does incorporate many existing PlayBook featured including swiping down on the display to make the menu appear, there are some concerns being voiced from app developers.
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By Megan Fleet
Serious kudos to Symbian for not slinking off to die in a corner after Nokia made its bold move to work with Microsoft and paired up to bring Nokia WPs to the world and to win back some market share in North America. Besides its following in India and die-hard Nokia fans, Symbian has been slotted as a mobile OS not long for this world…

But the flailing company has grabbed onto a lifeline: photography. The well-known camera phone with the Symbian platform, the Nokia N8, set a high bar. Its sequel will blow other camera phones out of the water. Carl Zeiss and Nokia have collaborated to develop an optics/ lens/ software system that brings a 41 megapixel sensor camera to the marketplace. This is accomplished by a system that combines 7 pixels for every one used. The result is 5 MP photos that are high quality (i.e [...]

By John Castell

Apple today issued invitations to the media for an event next Wednesday, March 7, where it's expected to launch the next generation of Apple tablet the - iPad 3.  Invitations to join this corporate event to be held in San Francisco were received by bloggers and reporters alike.
Apple will host the launch event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, a regular venue for the company's press-only announcements and where former CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad 2 on March 2, 2011.
Most experts believe the iPad 3 will feature a higher-resolution screen, a faster processor - perhaps Apple's first quad-core - and more internal memory. They have been split on whether the new tablet will support the faster LTE data networks like those now being deployed in the U.S. by Verizon and AT&T.
Apple’s iPad 3 is expected to feature a high-definition 2,048 x 1,536-pixel Retina [...]