Motorola’s Milestone XT720 has been popping up in a few places. First released in Korea as the Motoroi (with Android OS 2.0), and then on to Europe in June, the phone made its US debut with Cincinnati Bell, and then showed up again with Centennial Wireless. The Milestone XT720 should be crossing north to join [...]
Introduction Today we take a look at the Motorola Flipout , this android smart phone makes its North American debut on Canada’s Rogers Network.It has a unique flip feature and is a small and compact design which is sure to be a hit among new smartphone users. Looks This android device is like a small [...]
Introduction We are looking at today Bell Canada’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant that was released a few weeks back and is Canada’s debut of the Samsung Galaxy S series in Canada. The long-awaited Samsung Android smartphone is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the smart phone industry so [...]
Motorola has updated their Android OS update plan, and once more, Canada has to wait its turn patiently. The Milestone, which is essentially the same phone as the Motorola DROID, had its update to Android 2.2 (Froyo) “under evaluation.” Until today. Moto announced on their support forums that the Milestone will indeed get the tasty [...]
Rogers is not doing too bad of a job bring Android phones to Canada lately. Today they are launching LG Optimus GT540 AKA “Loop”, which looks pretty good on the outside, but it’s not on the same level on the inside, featuring the obsolete Android 1.6 version.I suppose you can’t complain when it comes with [...]
XM Radio is now availabe to download directly from the XM Canada website. The application features: listening over wifi or 3G, plays in background, browse other channels, and create and store channels. For a monthly subscription plan, the price is $7.99, or $2.99 monthly in addition to your current subscription. If you just want to [...]
Today we are reviewing the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini which is a truly amazing miniature smart phone which is running the android operating system. The Xperia X10 mini is a smaller brother to the next to the Xperia x10 that debuted on the Rogers network back in a April of earlier this year. Looks [...]
SaskTel is rolling out their 3G+ network. In the midst of this they have released the Blackberry Bold 9700 and the Pearl 9100. Now they have announced a phone that can make everyone excited, not that a few wouldn’t be excited about a Blackberry. SaskTel has announced that they are going to offer the Samsung [...]
The Samsung Galaxy Apollo is coming soon to Telus Canada and it is an impressive mid range Android phone. The Samsung Galaxy Apollo will have Android 2.1 Éclair and run a 667 MHz CPU, TouchWiz 3.0, and 256 MB RAM. The Other must haves on any Android phone are WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and even [...]
In the past five months, three new Canadian wireless carriers came out of nowhere. Two others have are the offspring of already existing carriers. Some are concerned that all this new competition will instigate a price war. Wind, one of the new carriers, claims that they will not be starting it. Aldo Mareuse, CFO of [...]
It cost operators of WIND Mobile, Globalive, nearly half a billion Canadian dollars to secure the AWS frequency band back in 2008. Now that investment is starting to pay off for the provider, who exceeded 100,000 subscriptions in July this year, well on their way to their self-stated target of 1.5 million customers in three [...]
Ontario residents on Mobilicity, rejoice! It appears that starting tomorrow, you get a free new feature if you are subscribed on a $35 or higher plan. There will be free Ontario-wide calling. Currently, the $35 plan has unlimited texting, Caller ID, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, 3 Way Calling, Voice Mail, Mobilicity to Mobilicity Talking. It’s [...]
Wireless competition is getting tougher in Canada. Solo Mobile is relaunching their service as Solo unlimited in August. Canada has Rogers, Bell and TELUS who have already started lowering their prices to remain competitive. Then there are the cheaper tiers of service, Koodo Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Fido, Solo and Chatr. It was officiallydeclared yesterday during [...]
We reported earlier in the week that HTC Desire was supposed to be released on Tuesday but that did not happen.Well our friends over at mobilsyrup.com were tipped off that this phone will be released tomorrow on Telus and available in-stores and online.Official Price will not be announced till tomorrow but our sources are saying [...]
Bell is Launching the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant tomorrow and will be available to purchase in stores or online for $149.99 on a 3 year contract or $499.99 off contract.This Vibrant Version of the Samsung Galaxy S phone was released last month in the United States for t-Mobile Customers and the feedback from users have [...]
Canada’s Wind Mobile first Android Device is going to be the Huawei U8100 according to our friends over at mobilesyrup.They received packaging that clearly shows the Huawei U8100 Android Smartphone in Wind Mobile’s official packaging. The rumored pricing on this device is supposed to be around $170.00.This will be the first Huawei Android device in [...]
Canadian Android site AndroidTablets.ca is reporting an August 3rd launch date for the HTC Desire at Telus. The employee who confirmed the date in-store wasn’t able to give an exact price but quoted it as probably coming in under $100 for a 3-year deal. This goes against earlier leaked figures putting it at $299.95 on [...]
Rogers has introduced their new discount brand to Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver. You can get their service from Future Shop, Wireless Wave, TBooth, Zellers, Best Buy plus others. There will be stand alone kiosks in the malls of the cities with coverage. They offer two different plans : $35 (Unlimited Talk) and $45 [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant is making its way over to Bell soon. There’s also a rumour that Rogers will be launching a Galaxy S of some sorts. According to this invite for a TELUS and Samsung sponsored event it somewhat hints towards them releasing a version of the Android-based Galaxy S of their own. [...]
If you are Canadian and want a Samsung Vibrant, the Galaxy S phone that found its home on T-Mobile in the US, time to hit up this contest entry form. Bell Canada is giving away one phone a day from July 23 until August 6. They have fifteen phones to give away for fifteen days. [...]
For those of you waiting to get your hands on the HTC Desire from TELUS, it’s looking like the wait is almost over. Our good buds at MobileSyrup have reported that dummy units are arriving in-store… which can only mean one thing… the launch will be upon us real soon! In a quick recap if [...]
The newest Android has hit Rogers and it’s the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini. It’s like the little baby of all the Androids because it so incredibly small (80x50x16mm) and weighs a light 88 grams. It runs Android OS 1.6 but will be upgraded to 2.1 in Q4. Specs wise you’re looking at a 2.6-inch [...]
A source at Samsung Canada confirmed to us today that Rogers Wireless Canada will be getting Samsung’s latest Android device ‘The Samsung Galaxy S’.They said that Rogers will be releasing this handset in September.We were not able to confirm which version of the Galaxy S will be made available to Rogers as their are a [...]
One of our sources working in the cellphone industry sent us this photo of the HTC Wildfire being used for a current in-house Bell Canada Promotion for agents that clearly displays the HTC Wildfire in a current promotional Ad.While their has been no official announcement of the HTC Wildfire coming to Bell Canada this photo [...]
The Android-powered HTC desire will be hitting TELUS soon. Yesterday we found hidden prices in the source code of the TELUS Desire web page… but today we’ve got a retail inventory screenshot of the 3-year contract price. How does $79.99 sound to you? If this is the actual price that TELUS will be releasing the [...]
Rogers Communications Inc.’s move to launch a discount wireless brand this summer threatens to ignite an all-out price war between incumbent carriers and a corps of new entrants, one chief executive is warning. “If Rogers makes the mistake of coming in with a brand and price that undercuts us … they’ll start a price war,” [...]
Telus announced that they’ll be carrying the HTC Desire, which amounts roughly to a Nexus One with the Sense UI slapped on top. Not that we didn’t see it coming, or anything. It’s no Droid X, but it’ll be the best Android phone we have up north. Those on AT&T who have been interested in [...]
We thought Solo Mobile would slowly be put into the grave ever since Bell swallowed up all Virgin Mobile Canada. However, we’ve learned that Solo Mobile is currently getting a full re-branding. One of our tipsters let us know that Solo is prepping for an “upcoming brand re-launch to directly compete with Chatr and new [...]
On behalf of Androidheadlines.com and HTC Canada i would like to thank everyone that entered our contest.Canadians came out in droves and proved to us in may way “Why do you love Android so much,eh? Picking one winner was very hard thing to do, their were so many great entries and we had about 5 [...]
Even though we’ve been talking about the Samsung Galaxy S coming to Canada for about a month now… it’s now confirmed as Samsung themselves have put up a registration page for interested Canadians to be kept in the loop. It’s going to be available “this summer” and operate on Android OS 2.1 with an “Astounding [...]
Androidheadlines.com and HTC Canada are Celebrating Canada Day with a Great Contest for Canadian Android Fans.The contest is called “Hay Canadians! Why do you love Android so much,eh?” Sumbit your detailed reason or story below in our comment section on ‘why you love android so much’ and win a HTC Hero Prize pack!! We are [...]
Like LG? Like an Android slider with a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor? Well, we’ve been tipped for the 3rd time over the last month that the LG Aloha is coming to Canada. No word prices or an exact launch date but what we’re hearing is sometime in July with either Bell or TELUS. The Aloha [...]
Introduction Today we get to look at the latest offering from Rogers Canada Motorola quench, this is part of Motorola’s blur android series smartphones. Looks This is what they call candy bar style of phone it has a nice black hard plastic finish and are rigid backing so it does not slide around. Its dimensions [...]
Right on schedule from what we said a few weeks ago, Bell has released the Android-powered HTC Legend today. There’s something odd about this release though. First it was a bit bizarre that Virgin Mobile released the OS 2.1 device before parent-company Bell. The Virgin price plans are really impressive: $79.99 on a 3-year and [...]
Introduction We are reviewing Telus’s latest android phone the Motorola Backflip which is part of Motorola’s Motoblur series of android phones. Looks At first glance this looks like your average candy bar styled smart phone but it is far from average. Comes with a nice piano black finish on the front. Three buttons at home, [...]
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