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Rogers and Telus launch Motorola Flipout and Charm entry-level Android phones

September 10, 2010September 14, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, canada, Charm, Flipout, google, HSPA, launch, Motoblur, Motoblur 1.5, Motorola, QWERTY, Rogers, smartphone1 Comment

Google Android’s assault on the smartphone market share has been relentless this year, and along with HTC, the battle has been spearheaded by Motorola. The latest Android phones available in Canada from Motorola are two entry level models that bring unique form factors to the wide variety of phones available, and they both run Android 2.1 with an update of Motorola’s Motoblur UI. Google’s strategy to win the war against RIM and Apple is simply to overwhelm the enemy with numbers – there are a staggering amount of Android phones…

Rogers Samsung Wave review

September 9, 2010September 10, 2010 Doug Groves Bada, Bada OS, review, Rogers, Samsung Apps, Samsung Wave, smartphone, Super AMOLED, superphone9 Comments

Samsung, who’s been a contender in the mobile and smartphone market for some time, has recently kicked it up a notch. Their line of Android based Galaxy S phones, which have launched on multiple carriers internationally, have been getting great reviews. Just a week or so ago they announced their Galaxy Tab, a 7 inch tablet also running Android, which is due to hit multiple markets by the time November rolls around. With all this Android love, one has to ask “What’s up with this Samsung Wave?” After trying it…

Mobilicity calls out Chatr

September 9, 2010September 8, 2010 Doug Groves Chatr, Competition Act, Mobilicity, Rogers, wireless carriers1 Comment

Although it wasn’t the first of the new entrants to Canada’s mobile carrier scene, Mobilicity certainly is becoming the most outspoken. According to a Globe and Mail article earlier today, the new wireless carrier has made good on its promise to take official action against the Rogers Chatr brand. Mobilicty Chairman John Bitove first started rumbling about violations against the Competition Act back in July when Rogers Chatr brand pricing leaked online. On Wednesday, Mobilicity made good on that promise, sending an e-mail to reporters that “late last week Mobilicity’s…

Telus LG Shine Plus – sneak peak video

September 8, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Android, Android 2.1, Android 2.2, Eclair, Froyo, google, hands-on, interview, LG, LG Ally, LG Shine Plus, Show, smartphone, sneak peak, superphone, Telus4 Comments

A little while back, we got a chance to take a look at the Telus version of the LG Shine Plus, aka the LG Ally in the US. This model of the Shine Plus is unique to Telus, and can now be found on their website. The new smartphone sports a landscape slide out QWERTY keyboard, and a largely brushed metal body. Though the processor may be a little underpowered compared to its 1 GHz competitors, the Shine Plus runs Android 2.1 very smoothly, and Telus is talking with LG…

Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to Canada

September 3, 2010September 3, 2010 Doug Groves 7 inch, Android, Galaxy Tab, google, Samsung, tablet20 Comments

Over the past week or so, Samsung’s entry into the tablet market, the Galaxy Tab, has been generating a fair amount of buzz. The fact that it’s a tablet is enough to get it some press. When you combine that with the positive response to the Samsung Galaxy smartphone lineup, and it’s no surprise that the tablet is getting people interested. Though the 7 inch tablet, running Google’s Android OS (with Samsung’s TouchWiz overlay) is already slated to hit Europe on October 11th, as well as the US, a tweet…

Telus and Bell also releasing the Torch on the 24th

September 2, 2010September 2, 2010 drsquid announcement, Blackberry, Blackberry 6, Blackbery Torch, release date, RIM, Rogers, smartphone, Telus, Torch3 Comments

Telus and Bell have joined the Blackberry Torch party and also announced that they will be releasing the Blackberry 9800 Torch on September 24th. No official price has been announced by Telus, and Bell has said it will be $199 on a 3-year contract. I think it’s safe to predict the Telus price to be the same. The 24th is a big day for Canadian RIM fans. However, it remains to be seen if RIM and the carriers can generate the same level of excitement for the Torch as the…

Rogers first Canadian carrier to announce release date for Blackberry Torch 9800

September 1, 2010September 1, 2010 Doug Groves announcement, Blackberry, Blackberry 6, Blackbery Torch, Redboard, release date, RIM, Rogers, smartphone, Torch Mobile1 Comment

The Blackberry Torch, which represents a new large screen form factor and updated operating system, is coming to Rogers on September 24th, with pricing starting at $199.99. When the Blackberry Torch was first revealed running the new Blackberry OS 6, it seemed like a step forward for the Waterloo company. The Torch has a slide out portrait keyboard, much like the Palm Pre, and its name comes from RIM’s acquisition of Torch Mobile, a Blackberry developer that was working on a Webkit based browser for the operating system. RIM also…

Pure Pwnage Android app l33t Speaker beta demonstrated

August 30, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves Android, app, Apple, beta, Boom Headshot, Fan Expo, Fan Expo 2010, Geoff Lapaire, google, HTC, iPhone, l33t Speaker, l33t Speaker Pro, Nexus One, Pure Pwnage, smartphone, soundboard3 Comments

At Fan Expo, Geoff Lapaire of Pure Pwnage was kind enough to give us a look at the still-in-beta app that they’re developing for Android phones (an update to the already available iPhone app). The soundboard app, l33t Speaker, will have both basic and Pro versions, and Geoff shows it off on his Nexus One. The soundboard is a popular app category, but sound quality can sometimes be an issue. Since this is an official app, not only is the sound quality going to be top notch, but they’ve actually…

At X’10 – Windows Phone 7 with Xbox Live

August 24, 2010September 20, 2010 Doug Groves hands-on, interview, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile gaming, smartphone, Windows Phone 7, WP7, x10, Xbox Live68 Comments

Alex and I attended Microsoft’s X’10 event in Toronto, and the first order of business was to get a look at Windows Phone 7 in action – actually, I played a little Fable 3 before Alex showed up, but that’s another interview in the pipeline, but I digress. Greg Milligan of Microsoft gave us a demonstration of the new mobile platform, and showed off some of the Xbox Live integration as well. All in all it looks pretty impressive, and the screen response, even on the LG prototype phone (which…

Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate coming soon, “Register today to receive updates”

August 24, 2010August 25, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, Bell, canada, Captivate, Galaxy S, google, HSPA, Rogers, Samsung, smartphone, Super AMOLED, superphone, Vibrant5 Comments

It was perfect timing: Rogers, hoping to steal a little of the thunder from Bell and Virgin with their big Galaxy S launch concert with Metric, announced their version of the Galaxy S, the Captivate (already available in the US on AT&T), the same day, August 4th 2010. While I was already pretty excited about the Galaxy S by the day of the concert, having already got to use one for a few days by then, the Rogers news was even better. The Bell Galaxy S Vibrant is a great…

Bell HTC Legend discontinued

August 23, 2010August 23, 2010 Doug Groves aluminum, AMOLED, Bell, discontinued, HTC, HTC Legend, unibody, Virgin Mobile1 Comment

It was only a couple of months ago when Bell released the HTC Legend (just after the Virgin branded one), an Android phone with a great aluminum unibody design and a gorgeous AMOLED screen. Now it looks like that the Bell version of the phone has met an untimely demise, possibly due to the inability of HTC to get enough of those AMOLED screens out. Please be advised that, due to ongoing supply constraints from the manufacturer, the HTC Legend for Bell is effective immediately being discontinued and SKUs for…

Windows Phone 7 launch games announced

August 19, 2010 Doug Groves bing, Bing maps, Crackdown, Microsoft, Microsoft Canada, Project Sunburst, Star Wars, THQ, Windows Phone 7, WP7, x10, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live2 Comments

In anticipation of the international fall launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has announced the starting line up of games, clocking in at over 60 titles. This includes some casual mobile classics like Uno and the always addictive Bejewelled, and mobile interpretations of console titles such as Guitar Hero 5, Halo: Waypoint, and Assassins Creeed. For Star Wars fans there’ll be a couple of games developed by THQ – Cantina, which puts you in the role of a Tatooine bar owner, and Battle For Hoth, a tower defense game set…