By far the biggest news this week was Apple’s new iPhone 5. The design was bang-on to what all the leaks promised and Apple declared an aggressive pre-order and launch date. The iPhone 5 is available in Canada on September 21st. In other news, Android topped 500 million activations, several OS updates, new handsets and new rate plans were released in Canada. Below are the top Canadian mobile stories from the past week, plus notable news from around the web:
– Bell and Virgin stop iPhone 5 pre-orders [Read here]
– Koodo Mobile to release the LG Optimus L3 [Read here]
– Rogers, Telus & Bell sued by Canadian Competition Bureau over misleading ads [Read here]
– iPhone 5 is now available for pre-order [Read here]
– Rogers releases the LG C195 for $90 [Read here]
– Microsoft opening four “pop-up” stores in Canada this holiday season [Read here]
– WIND releases the HTC One S & BlackBerry Bold 9900 in White [Read here]
– LG Optimus L3 now available at Rogers [Read here]
– Google says they’ve activated 500 million Android devices [Read here]
– Galaxy Nexus users reporting OS 4.1 Jelly Bean update is available [Read here]
– Galaxy S III Jelly Bean upgrade coming to Canada will in Q4 [Read here]
– RIM’s “BBM” is now considered a word [Read here]
– Hands on with Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S III (Video) [Read here]
– Rogers expanding LTE service to 10 new cities by October 1st [Read here]
– Bell planning to launch two Windows Phone 8 devices [Read here]
– New 6GB data plans released by several Canadian carriers [Read here]
– Apple now has over 700,000 apps in the App Store [Read here]
– comScore: 34% of smartphones in Canada are running Android [Read here]
– Poll: Will you be buying the new iPhone 5? [Read here]
– Contest: Win a Sony Xperia ion! [Enter here]
Around the web:
– Verizon’s Galaxy Note II purportedly poses for the camera [Engadget]
– BlackBerry 10 Screen Resolution is Better than iPhone 5 [N4BB]
– Windows Phone 8 has been signed off for RTM [WMPU]
– Microsoft granted patent for “whacking it off” [PhoneArena]
