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Google completes acquisition of Motorola Mobility, Sanjay Jha steps down as CEO
Today Google has successfully acquired Motorola Mobility. It’s been 10 months in the making and they’ve gained approval from all countries and even all mobile manufacturers. Google spent $12.5 billion to swallow up Motorola and all their patents. A press release went out that stated the deal “has closed, with Google acquiring MMI for $40.00 [...]
Motorola MOTOLUXE now available at Bell for $300
There is at least one certainty about the Motorola MOTOLUXE: the price. This was released by Bell today and as expected hit a reasonable $299.95 no-term. Pretty decent pricing for an Android – albeit OS 2.3 and no plans to hit 4.0 – that has a 4-inch display (resolution of 480 x 854), 8MP camera [...]
Video: The making of the Nokia 808 PureView
Nokia has released a mini-documentary on the making of the PureView 808. This is the smartphone that has a 41MP camera. According to the 8-minute video the idea came about “in a bar in Tokyo” to have a device that has improved the “zooming capabilities in camera phones without sacrificing the image quality.” In total [...]
Contest: Win a Samsung Galaxy Note in White!
There’s nothing like bringing in the great Canadian weather with a great giveaway! This time around we have the a White version of the Samsung Galaxy Note! This phone/tablet was released back in February, comes with Samsung’s S Pen and will be upgraded to Android OS 4.0 in the coming weeks. Specs wise it’s LTE-enabled, [...]
TELUS comes out with the “Voice and Messaging 30″ plan
TELUS has come out with a similar plan as Bell and Rogers with their “Voice and Messaging 30″ plan for $30/month. This is “in direct response to Rogers” and for those interested, here’s what you included: – 200 Anytime minutes – Unlimited Nationwide Family Calling – Unlimited local Early Evenings and Weekends starting at 6pm [...]
Top Canadian stories from the past week, plus other news from around the web
This past week was again busy – laced with mobile payment news, stellar device launches, class action lawsuits and even a bit of LTE goodness. Below are the top Canadian wireless stories, plus a notable news from around the web. – TELUS puts Galaxy Nexus & Magenta Lumia 800 on the discontinued list [Read here] [...]
Samsung says “There is still a big gap in the patent war” with Apple, hints at possible cross-licensing deal
Samsung and Apple execs will be sitting down tomorrow in San Francisco to potentially find some resolution to their ongoing patent disputes. There’s no telling what will come out of the meetings, but Magistrate Judge Spero requested both manufacturers to come with “a candid evaluation of the parties’ likelihood of prevailing on the claims and [...]
TELUS puts the Galaxy Nexus and Magenta Nokia Lumia 800 on the discontinued list
This is interesting. According to an internal document, TELUS has discontinued the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. This was eventually inevitable as the Galaxy S III is coming soon along with potentially five new Nexus devices. TELUS first started to sell the Galaxy Nexus on January 13th, so this “pure Android” has been in market for only [...]
TELUS updates their “OS Upgrade schedule,” says Galaxy SII X 4.0 is expected June 12th
A few weeks ago TELUS created a online document that showed where various handsets stand of receiving the latest OS update. It’s a great idea, shows openness, as they were probably getting hammered by customers asking when their device will be updated. There might be a trend evolving as the first document was dated May [...]
Samsung giving carriers “Galaxy S III interactive training sessions”
Looks like the wheels are in motion for the Canadian launch of the Galaxy S III. It’s known that several carriers will be releasing this flagship device “this Summer” and we have a bit of an update for you. Apparently Samsung will be hitting the road and travelling across Canada giving employees from all carriers [...]
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