The HTC One Developer Edition is available for pre-order today for a tidy sum of $649+shipping. While that may be a high number to the average smartphone buyer, you’re getting quite a lot for your money. The HTC One DE comes with both an unlocked bootloader and SIM tray, so you can use it on [...]
The new hotness may be the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4, but despite a massive 5-inch screen and 13 megapixel camera sensor, the device lacks one important feature: optical image stabilization. This disparity to Nokia’s flagship Lumia 920 was tested by the folks at WP7Forum.ru and as you would expect, the proprietors know their home court advantage. Both [...]
Samsung is betting on massive first quarter earnings results, with the period ending March 31st approaching $8 billion USD in profits. This would be up 45% over the same period last year, when the company made $4.5 billion. Q1 2013 revenue was also up a decent amount from the same period last year, but is [...]
Netflix has updated its Windows Phone app to fully support Windows Phone 8. While the new version doesn’t add any true new features, it now takes advantage of the 16:9 aspect ratio found on devices like the HTC 8X and Samsung ATIV S. Previously, due to the 5:3 limitation of WP7.5 devices at 800×480, there [...]
Export Development Canada, the country’s credit agency for products and companies that do business outside our borders, have announced a €200 million (approximately $260 million CDN) “working capital facility” to one of the world’s largest mobile operators, Telefónica, for “the procurement of BlackBerry smartphones, services and solutions across its worldwide operations.” The Spain-based company will receive [...]
Deezer may not have the same profile in Canada as Rdio, but the streaming service offers over 20 million tracks and operates in 182 countries. It claims to be the world’s most popular streaming music service, and competes with Spotify directly by offering an SDK with which developers can create Deezer-integrated apps. The French company [...]
One of the first Windows Phone devices to be released has typically been the first to receive updates, too, and the situation is no different today. TELUS’ LG Optimus 7 has been updated to Windows Phone 7.8, the first device in Canada to officially receive the new software. While the differences are minor and are [...]
Microsoft and Apple must have resolved any lingering issues over subscriptions in the iOS SkyDrive app because version 3.0 is finally available to download. The cloud storage service is now fully iPhone 5 and iPad mini-compatible, and offers full-resolution photo uploads. It’s also now possible to open files such as PDFs in other compatible apps [...]
HTC has launched the First smartphone in four colours. It has LTE connectivity and will debut on AT&T in the States. Its $99.99 price will be available with a two-year contract and will come pre-loaded with Facebook Home. Its 4.3-inch 720p screen and dual-core Snapdragon 400 SoC puts this very much in the mid-range market, [...]
Facebook has announced, as expected, a suite of apps and Android launcher called Home. Its main tenet is called CoverFeed that uses photos to connect people, apps and data in a single place. According to Facebook, the app is used three times more than any other Android app on average; users are inside the app [...]