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

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