The new BlackBerry Z10 officially launched this week, which was apparently the best release of any BlackBerry smartphone in its history. In addition, Canadians witnessed both WIND Mobile and Fido launch the Nexus 4… plus after a short delay the Samsung Galaxy Note II finally received the Jelly Bean update that included Multi-View support. Below are the top Canadian mobile stories, plus notable news from around the web:
– Bell and Virgin make changes to their cancellation fees [Read here]
– Eastlink to launch wireless service next week [Read here]
– WIND Mobile HTC One S users reporting Jelly Bean upgrade is now available [Read here]
– Bell’s LTE network now live in Charlottetown [Read here]
– HTC 8X coming to Virgin Mobile [Read here]
– Rogers will allow customers to unlock phones after 90 days, still costs $50 [Read here]
– Rogers plans to launch a $7.99 United States pay-per-use roaming fee “this Spring” [Read here]
– TELUS starts taking BlackBerry Q10 pre-registrations [Read here]
– Samsung Galaxy Note II update to OS 4.1.2 now available [Read here]
– Heins on the BlackBerry Z10 launch: “yesterday was the best day ever” [Read here]
– BlackBerry Q10 launching “in the April time frame” (Video) [Read here]
– Fido launches the Nexus 4 [Read here]
– Province of Nova Scotia to build the “BlackBerry 10 Centre of Excellence” [Read here]
– Video: BlackBerry’s Super Bowl ad [Read here]
– WIND launches the Google Nexus 4 [Read here]
– Nokia Lumia 620 coming to TELUS and Koodo Mobile [Read here]
– Jelly Bean now powers 13.6% of Android devices [Read here]
– Bell 2012 full-year results: Subscriber base now at 7,681,032 [Read here]
– Video: Rogers activates the first BlackBerry Z10 in North America [Read here]
– Samsung ATIV S arrives at SaskTel [Read here]
– BlackBerry 10 Software Review (video) [Read here]
– Contest: Win a White Rogers Nokia Lumia 920! [Enter here]
– Win a TELUS BlackBerry Z10! (Contest) [Read here]
Around the web:
– Windows Phone users unable to download apps, receiving error code 805a0193 [Engadget]
– Specs Get Rumored for Nokia Lumia 720, 520 [PocketNow]
– ZOMG: Windows Phone design lead Joe Belfiore tweets from Android [AndroidCentral]
– The Chromebook Pixel is real, here’s the proof [AndroidAuthority]
