Top Canadian stories from the past week, plus other news from around the web

Another busy week in Canadian mobile! Lots of Android updates to a number of handsets and tablets, plus several carriers expanded their coverage area and also announced expansion plans for 2012. Here’s a good look at what happened over the past 7 days, plus a few notable items from around the world:

– Google begins Android 4.0 rollout for Nexus S [Read here]
– Eastlink targeting mid-2012 to launch wireless service [Read here]
– WIND Mobile launching in Halifax, Winnipeg and Regina next year [Read here]
– Bell Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Review [Read here]
– RIM reports Q3 Fiscal 2012 Results [Read here]
– Bell rollout of Ice Cream Sandwich on various smartphones [Read here]
– WIND Mobile brings back the “Holiday Miracle” plan [Read here]
– Fido releases the BlackBerry Curve 9360 [Read here]
– Mobilicity enters into a trial distribution with Metro grocery stores [Read here]
– Best Buy & Future Shop confirm delay of the ASUS Transformer Prime [Read here]
– CRTC finds Bell in violation of exclusive programming rights over NHL, NFL content [Read here]
– CWTA: Canadians have sent 57 billion text messages so far in 2011 [Read here]
– Bell re-launches the Early Hardware Upgrade Program [Read here]
– BlackBerry 10 devices delayed until “latter part of calendar 2012” [Reader here]
– Rogers open up Galaxy Nexus online reservation [Read here]
– Rogers expands LTE coverage in Toronto and Vancouver [Read here]
– Check out our list of current contests [Read here]

From around the web:

– Senator Al Franken asks about Carrier IQ [Engadget]
– White Droid RAZR Now Available from Verizon [Phandroid]
– American Airlines puts the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in select flights [Android Central]
– Steve Jobs was “far from the mastermind” of “Think Different” ad [TheVerge]
– DROID RAZR Maxx appears in Verizon inventory [DroidLife]
– T-Mobile USA releasing the Lumia 710 on January 11th for $49.99 [WPCentral]