Friday, November 18, 2011

The Best Android Phone Yet, Another Lumia Leaked & Wind says “It Was a Bad Idea” to Get Involved in Canada

Samsung Galaxy Nexus: the Best Android Phone We’ve Seen Yet
A new era in the impressive story of Google‘s Android operating system has just begun with the release of the Nexus.
Mashable

Motorola Motokey

Motorola Motokey Social set to Like Telus November 21st
The Motokey Social and Telus will change their status to “In a Relationship” on November 21st, and you can take part of the festivities.
Engadget

4.3-Inch Nokia Lumia 900 Gets Leaked By Nokia
The Nokia Lumia 900 has found its way to YouTube thanks to none other than Nokia themselves. Apparently the Finnish phone maker posted a video to court developers, promising them the combination of “Nokia’s stunning hardware” and “a dynamic Microsoft OS.”
TechCrunch

“It Was a Bad Idea”, Says Wind Mobile Financial Backer on Entering Canada
At the end of Q3 2011 Wind Mobile amassed 358,000 subscribers and their main financial backer, Naguib Sawiris, says getting involved in Canada and launching the wireless brand “was a bad idea”.
MobileSyrup

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Huawei to Acquire Symantec’s 49% Stake, Rogers to Release the BlackBerry Bold 9790 & Mobilicity Drops Monthly Rate Plans by 50%

Here are top stories we’re tracking on Tuesday, November 15th:

Huawei to Acquire Symantec’s 49% Stake in Huawei Symantec for $530 Million
Huawei announced on Monday its intentions to purchase Symantec’s 49% stake in Huawei Symantec, a joint venture between the two companies that was originally formed in 2008, giving Huawei full control of the company.
BGR

BlackBerry 9790
Rogers to Release the BlackBerry Bold 9790 “Just in Time for the Holiday Gift-giving Season”
The press release this morning stated that it will be available “in the coming weeks”, but Rogers wanted to be first out and have stated that this new BlackBerry 7 powered QWERTY/touchscreen will be available “just in time for the holiday gift-giving season”.
MobileSyrup

Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to Full Xperia Lineup, Sony Ericsson Confirms
Today, the forthcoming upgrade has become officially official, though details remain equally fuzzy. “We can today confirm that we plan to upgrade the entire 2011 Xperia portfolio to the next version of Android known as Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich,” the company wrote in a blog post this morning.
Engadget

Mobilicity Has Gone Crazy… Dropping Monthly Rate Plans by 50%
Coming down the pipe tomorrow is another Mobilicity promo plan that is giving customers 50% off regular rate plans for up to 1-year, plus their $10 unlimited data and $5 BlackBerry Internet Service add-ons will also be cut in half.
MobileSyrup

Friday, November 11, 2011

Today’s Mobile Brief: Apple Fixes iPhone Battery Issues & Has No Plans to Bring Siri to Older Devices, Public Mobile Launches New Download Store

Amazon Just Sliced About $200 off the Droid RAZR
Motorola’s Droid RAZR launches today for $299.99, but Amazon is selling it for just $111.11 on a new two-year contract. If you’re in the market for the world’s slimmest smartphone (at 7.8mm), then this is a heck of a deal. In any Verizon Store, the RAZR costs nearly three times as much.
Business Insider

iPhone 4S Siri
Apple Reportedly Has No Plans to Bring Siri to Older Devices
Apple will not bring its virtual personal assistant Siri to older devices, a new report claims to confirm. MSComputerVideos founder Michael Steeber on Tuesday posted an email conversation that allegedly took place between “someone who contacted Apple with a bug report” and Apple. In the exchange, a suggestion is posed to Apple asking the company to consider offering Siri to owners of older devices as part of a special paid update.
BGR

Public Mobile Launches New Download Store
A new “Store” tab has been launched and Public Mobile customers with 1X device (C76, BUZZ or E520) can now download ringtones and wallpapers. Apparently there’s a bunch of free images, plus also items you can purchase – ringtones cost $2.50 and wallpapers are $2.00.
MobileSyrup

Apple Fixes Critical iPhone Battery Issues With iOS 5.0.1
iOS 5.0.1 is the first update to Apple’s iOS 5, which brought the notifications tray, increased performance and iCloud to the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. In addition to fixing the iOS battery issue, 5.0.1. adds multitouch gestures to the original iPad, fixes iCloud bugs and improves voice recognition for Australian iPhone users. This is the first OS update available both via iTunes and over-the-air.
Mashable