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Thursday, September 27, 2012
LTE: Huawei launches the Ascend P1 LTE smartphone. Video promo.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jes�s.
LTE: Huawei launches the Ascend P1 LTE smartphone. Video Promo.
Huawei announced availability of its Ascend P1 LTE smartphone, describing it as �the device compatible with the highest number of frequency bands�. As previously announced, it will initially be available in the UK through Everything Everywhere, with other markets set to follow.
According to the Chinese company, Ascend P1 LTE is being tested on operator networks across Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia Pacific regions. It is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
Earlier this year, Huawei revealed aggressive smartphone targets for 2012,looking to ship 60 million devices � compared with 20 million in 2011. Much of the growth will come from its home market, as customers transition from smartphones to feature phones.
The company is already offering a non-LTE version of the Ascend P1 worldwide, and has created a TD-SCDMA market for China Mobile.
Specifications: (Please click on the two images below to enlarge the view)
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Canada: Motorola Atrix HD LTE for $49,95 CAD now available on Bell. Video.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Motorola Atrix HD LTE for $49,95 CAD now available on Bell.Video.
The Motorola ATRIX HD LTE is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform out of the box and packs a dual-core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz., 4.5-inch HD ColorBoost capacitive touchscreen display that supports 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD memory card.
Bell is selling the device for $49,95 CAD with a 3 years contract.
Video From Bell:
Watch a hands on demo of the new Motorola ATRIX HD LTE superphone. See how the new Smart ActionsTM app adapts to your needs - and actually learns as you use it. Plus, with it's brilliant ColourBoostTM display, and blazing-fast LTE capabilities, you can see why it's the perfect device for watching Mobile TV.
Learn more about the incredible new ATRIX at http://bell.ca/superphones or visit a Bell store today.
Source: Bell
Friday, August 10, 2012
MSFT readying for the Surface launch,opens new stores in the USA and Canada.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
MSFT readying for the Surface launch, opens new stores in the USA and Canada.
Locations:
The new stores are important to Microsoft, since the company's Surface tablet will only sold at its own retail locations (as well as online). Adding another dozen stores to the 31 Microsoft Stores either already open or planning to open soon will give Microsoft's tablet a much-needed boost.
According to Microsoft's job postings, new stores will be opening in the following cities: Natick and Braintree, Massachusetts; St. Louis, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, California; San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York; two locations in Miami, Florida; and Vancouver, British Columbia and one in Toronto,Ontario.
Since the Surface is exclusively sold at retail through Microsoft's own stores, it gives customers an extra reason to walk through the door. Surface generated a lot of positive buzz for the company when it was announced in June.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Canada: RIM to launch Blackberry Playbook 4G LTE for $549,99
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: RIM to launch Blackberry Playbook 4G LTE for $549,99.
RIM`s Blackberry Playbook will be launching via Bell, and probably other Canadian carriers, on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012. According to the internal Bell document Mobilesyrup received it shows the price will be $549.95 outright.
The device will come with a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 600, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4G LTE (and HSPA+), OS 2.0, 1GB RAM, 5MP rear camera that shoots 1080p HD videos, 3MP front-facing camera, 4800 mAh battery and will only come in a 32GB version. Overall dimensions are 130 x 193 x 9.7mm and weighs in at 425 grams.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Canada: Future Shop selling the Rogers Samsung Galaxy SIII for $129,99
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Future Shop selling the Rogers Samsung Galaxy SIII for $129,99
The offer is available through Future Shop, though users will have to head over to a retail location to grab a unit.
The new mobile phone with a three-year contract agreement with Rogers will have to pay only $129.99 (€107) for the phone today.
Rogers still selling the device for $159,99
The price tag applies to the 16 GB flavor of the smartphone, which still offers support for MicroSD memory cards of up to 64GB.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Canada: Samsung opens its first retail store in Vancouver. Video.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Samsung opens its first retail store in Vancouver. Video.
Samsung is opening its first retail store in Canada in Burnaby's Metropolis in Metrotown mall in suburban Vancouver. Nelson Lemos, Samsung's director of channel sales gives a preview.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
LTE: Canada: Rogers to Launch LTE in 28 More Cities.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
LTE: Canada: Rogers to Launch LTE in 28 More Cities.
Canada's Rogers Communications is investing approximately $2.2 billion in wireless capital investments in 2011 and 2012, including close to $500 million to bring LTE to the majority of Canadians by the end of 2012. Operator has just completed one year of it's LTE launch.
On July 7, 2011, Rogers launched LTE in the greater metropolitan areas of Ottawa, followed by Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and surrounding cities. So far in 2012, Rogers has rolled out LTE in St. John's, Halifax and Calgary to reach approximately 35 per cent of the Canadian population.
Rogers is continuing to expand its LTE network, expanding coverage in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver, and adding a number of new cities with the plan to cover approximately 60 per cent of the population by the end of the year. Rogers plans to launch LTE in Moncton, Trois Rivières, Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Kingston, Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara, Windsor, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, London, Barrie, Sudbury, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Kelowna, Abbotsford and Victoria. More cities will be launched in 2013.
This summer, Rogers will be launching several more LTE devices, including Sony's LTE smartphone, the Sony Xperia Ion, and LTE Rocket hub.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Canada: Windows 8 available in August for manufacturers, and late October for general public.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Windows 8 available in August for manufacturers, and late October for general public.
Microsoft used the morning keynotes to say before 16,000 at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto that Windows 8 will be released to manufacturing the first week in August and generally available by late October.
The company also announced a plan to let partners resell the Office 365 cloud application suite and bill customers for the subscriptions, eliminating a point of contention that's existed between Microsoft and its partners since Office 365 went live more than a year ago..
"I will tell you, our partners, that this year, this year, is the most important year of unparalleled opportunities," said Ballmer, as exuberant as ever despite battling several balky microphones while speaking in the cavernous Air Canada Center. "The chance to strike, the chance to make a difference, the chance to build your business, the chance to grow," he said.
The theme of Ballmer's address was the wave of new products Microsoft has already introduced this year and will be debuting later this year. "It's Windows, it's Windows Phone, it's Windows Servers, it's Windows Azure, it's Office. It's the core of Microsoft reinventing itself for a modern era," he said. "This year will be the best year ever, ever, ever, to be a Microsoft partner."
Opening the keynote session, Jon Roskill, corporate vice president and head of the worldwide partner group, said Microsoft's partners generated $609 billion in total sales last year, up 13 percent from the previous year. "Microsoft and its partners are getting it right, and we're onto something big," he said.
The Windows 8 general availability announcement, made by Tami Reller, corporate vice president and CFO of Windows and Windows Live, was one of the biggest applause-getters of the morning. Ballmer called Windows 8 "simply the biggest deal for our company in 17 years," a reference to the launch of the breakout Windows 95 desktop OS. "It's a huge opportunity for our partners."
But, upgrades to the current generation Windows 7 has also presented opportunities for partners as well. Reller said more than 50 percent of all enterprise desktop PCs are now running Windows 7 and more than 630 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold overall.
The other big applause generator was the announcement of the Office 365 Open Program under which channel partners can buy Office 365 subscription keys from Microsoft, resell them to customers and directly bill customers for the subscriptions along with other services.
Until now Microsoft controlled the Office 365 billing, a policy some partners felt got between them and their customers.
Partners can continue to offer Office 365 under the existing Office 365 Advisor program under which partners received a percentage of the subscription fees for reference-selling the cloud application suite. Monday, Microsoft announced that it is increasing those margins up to as much as 23 percent, 11 points more than today, when they sell more than 150 seats of Office 365, said Kurt DelBene, president of the Microsoft Office Division.
While virtually every Microsoft executive at one point referred to the new Surface tablets, there was no specific announcement about the role the channel will play in selling them. The Surface announcement has also created tension with Microsoft's OEM partners who manufacture Windows-based tablets.
The executives appeared to be downplaying that tension: Ballmer at one point referred to the Surface devices as "just a design point" and said Microsoft has a "mutual goal" with OEM partners to bring a diversity of devices to market. In her presentation, Reller demonstrated a number of devices from OEM partners running Windows software.
Microsoft also announced that it is acquiring Perceptive Pixel Inc., a New York-based developer of large-scale, multi-touch display technology, for an undisclosed sum. DelBene said the technology can be combined with Windows 8 and hardware from OEM partners to create interactive wall displays and other products.
A demonstration of the technology by Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel founder and CTO, wowed the audience. Watch this video: http://worldwidegadget.blogspot.com/2012/07/look-what-microsoft-just-bought-video.html
Ballmer and DelBene also touted the potential opportunities for partners that Microsoft's pending acquisition of Yammer, the developer of social networking cloud applications for businesses, will bring. But other than general plans to integrate Yammer with SharePoint, Skype and Lync, there were no specific announcements made.
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Canada: Rogers exclusive with the SONY Xperia ion.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Rogers exclusive with the SONY Xperia ion.
Sony announced that the Xperia ion will be coming to Canada.
This is the manufacturers first LTE-enabled smartphone. In their press release they noted that the 1.5 dual-core, OS 4.0 powered, device will “be available through various Canadian wireless carriers and authorized national retailers” sometime in July.
However, only one carrier has stepped up to the plate an declared plans to launch it, that being Rogers.
There could be a reason for this. According to an internal doc Mobilesyrup received it states that Rogers is “pleased to announce the device will be coming soon exclusively to Rogers.”
Mobilesyrup
Canada: Samsung Galaxy Tab2 in 7 and 10.1 inch now available.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Samsung Galaxy Tab2 in 7 and 10.1 inch now available.
Customers can now grab the 10.1-inch slate for as low as $349 CAD, or the 7.0-inch tablet, which is currently priced at $249 CAD.
According to Samsung, the Galaxy Tab 2 comes in two distinct sizes, a 7-inch 8GB and 10.1-inch 16 GB and can be purchased from select retailers across the country.
Both tablets are powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and provide access to more than 600,000 apps and games via Google Play store.
In addition, the slates come bundled with Google's full suite of services and apps, including Gmail, Calendar and Google Maps.
Several Samsung apps and services are included as well in the form of hubs, such as Reader Hub, Music Hub, Game Hub and Video Hub.
With AllShare Play, users will also be able to play or stream their multimedia content on their Galaxy Tab 2 from a PC, other Samsung Smart devices or third-party web storages.
Hardware-wise, both tablets are equipped with 1GHz dual core processors and pack 1GB of RAM, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB). The tablets come with 3-megapixel rear cameras, along with front-facing cameras for video calls.
“We are excited to introduce the new GALAXY Tab 2 lineup to the Canadian marketplace. Running the highly anticipated Android 4.0 operating system, the GALAXY Tab 2 offers consumers a variety of new and improved Android OS features to enhance their productivity on-the-go,” said Paul Brannen, vice president, enterprise business group, Samsung Canada.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Canada: Huawei Ascend P1 to launch with WindMobile this summer.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Huawei Ascend P1 to launch with WindMobile this summer.
Huawei Canada has announced that the Ascend P1 would be launched via Wind Mobile “this summer.” The announcement was made in a press release unveiling the “Wind Mobile Expendables 2 Sweepstakes.” The sweepstakes kicks-off on July 9, and will end on July 23. In addition to getting an Ascend P1 with two months of free service, the winner (plus a guest) “will be flown to Los Angeles for the Hollywood premiere of the biggest action movie of the summer, The Expendables 2.”
The Ascend P1 is one of Huawei’s Android 4.0 ICS handsets introduced this year. It’s only 7.9mm thin, and features a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED qHD display, Dolby Mobile sound, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, and 4GB of internal memory (expandable via MicroSD). The price of the P1 for Wind Mobile hasn’t been disclosed.
Press Release:
Huawei Canada, WIND Mobile and Alliance Films Announce the “WIND Mobile Expendables 2 Sweepstakes” Contest
Winner will receive a Huawei Ascend P1 device and trip for two to Los Angeles for the Hollywood premiere of the summer blockbuster The Expendables 2
Markham, Ontario, July 4, 2012: Huawei Canada, in partnership with WIND Mobile and Alliance Films, announced today the kick-off of the “WIND Mobile Expendables 2 Sweepstakes” contest, where one lucky Canadian and a guest will be flown to Los Angeles for the Hollywood premiere of the biggest action movie of the summer, The Expendables 2. The winning contestant will also receive the highly anticipated Huawei Ascend P1 smartphone, set to launch in Canada this summer and two free months of WIND Mobile service providing unlimited Canada-wide talk, text and data.
“We’re excited to partner with WIND Mobile and Alliance Films to offer one lucky Canadian the chance to attend the Hollywood premiere of The Expendables 2 in Los Angeles and be one of the first people in the country to own the Ascend P1,” said Alane Zhang, General Manager of Huawei Device Canada. “We’re looking forward to making the device available here in Canada in the near future and with it, the benefits of a richer mobile experience for Canadian mobile customers. It’s truly a remarkable smartphone, one that we’re very proud of.”
At 7.69 mm, the Huawei Ascend P1 is one of the thinnest smartphones in the market today. Running Android 4.0, its super AMOLED screen, 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound System, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and 4.3 inch screen provides users with a theatre-like experience when they watch videos on their phone.
The winner and one guest will receive roundtrip airfare for two to Los Angeles, California from anywhere in Canada on August 2nd, a two-night stay in a four star hotel and two tickets to the Hollywood premiere of The Expendables 2 on the evening of August 3rd.
Contest entry begins on July 9th at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 11:59 p.m. on July 23rd. To enter the “WIND Mobile Expendables 2 Sweepstakes” contest and to review the rules and restrictions, please visit and “like” the WIND mobile Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/WINDmobile.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Canada: Virgin Mobile has started selling Apple's iPhone to its prepaid customers.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Canada: Virgin Mobile has started selling Apple's iPhone to its prepaid customers.
Customers looking to get their hands on the device can opt for the 8GB iPhone 4 or the 16GBiPhone 4S. The former will set customers back $550, while the iPhone 4S will cost $650. As one might expect, based on those prices, they come with no contract and no fees for activation.
Virgin Mobile announced earlier this month that it would start carrying Apple's iPhone. The company says that it's available to prepaid customers with its Beyond Talk unlimited data and messaging plans, starting at $35 per month. Virgin Mobile is offering a $5-per-month discount to customers who set up automatic monthly payments with the company.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Google Nexus 7 available for pre-order in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia.
WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
The Nexus 7 is a 7-inch tablet featuring a 1280 x 800 HD display with a pixel density of 216 pixels-per-inch, which is only slightly lower than the iPad 3 with its 264 pixels-per-inch screen density. The screen is covered with what is described as “scratch-resistant Corning glass” which we can assume is a form of Gorilla Glass.
The tablet features a front-facing 1.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a micro USB port and NFC.
As expected, the Nexus 7 will run Google’s upcoming Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” operating system.
The Nexus 7 is powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and comes with either 8GB or 16GB of internal storage and 1GB of RAM. The tablet is powered by a 4,325mAh battery offering up to 8 hours of active use.
The 8GB model will cost $199, while the 16GB device will be priced at $249. Price includes $25 credit to spend in the Google Play store, plus a copy of Transformers Dark of the Moon.
Nexus 7 is available for preorder today from Google Play in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, and starts at $199 in the U.S. It will start shipping mid-July.
More: Features
From the Google Blog:
Nexus 7: powerful, portable and designed for Google Play
All of this great Google Play content comes to life on Nexus 7, a powerful new tablet with a vibrant, 7” 1280x800 HD display. The Tegra-3 chipset, with a quad-core CPU and 12-core GPU, makes everything, including games, extremely fast. And best of all, it’s only 340 grams, lighter than most tablets out there. Nexus 7 was built to bring you the best of Google in the palm of your hand. Hang out with up to 10 friends on Google+ using the front-facing camera, browse the web blazingly fast with Chrome and, of course, crank through your emails with Gmail.
Nexus 7 comes preloaded with some great entertainment, including the movie "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," the book “The Bourne Dominion,” magazines likeCondé Nast Traveler and Popular Science, and songs from bands like Coldplay and the Rolling Stones. We’ve also included a $25 credit to purchase your favorite movies, books and more from Google Play, for a limited time. Nexus 7 is available for preorder today from Google Play in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, and starts at $199 in the U.S. It will start shipping mid-July.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Canada: Samsung Galaxy Tab launch by Bell on November 12th
WorldWideTech. Francisco De Jes�s Nov 08, 2010
The Source that the shipping date of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is �Expected to ship by November 16th, 2010? for �$649.95. Thanks to an internal doc that shows this new Android 2.2 OS tablet will actually be available on November 12th. No word on other price plans but Rogers will be releasing the Tab also on the following price plans (so we can expects Bell to be similar): Outright is $674.99; 1-year is $599.99; 2-year is $564.99 and the 3-year is $539.99.
Source: http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/11/05/samsung-galaxy-tab-being-released-by-bell-on-november-12th/
The Source that the shipping date of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is �Expected to ship by November 16th, 2010? for �$649.95. Thanks to an internal doc that shows this new Android 2.2 OS tablet will actually be available on November 12th. No word on other price plans but Rogers will be releasing the Tab also on the following price plans (so we can expects Bell to be similar): Outright is $674.99; 1-year is $599.99; 2-year is $564.99 and the 3-year is $539.99.
Source: http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/11/05/samsung-galaxy-tab-being-released-by-bell-on-november-12th/
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Canada: Rogers confirmed will launch the Palm Pre 2: Box Images
Last week HP officially announced that the Palm Pre 2 was coming to Canada �in the coming months�, but gave no insight into which carrier was going to carry the device. Then hidden in the source code on the Palm Canada site was �The Palm Pre2 phone is available on the Rodger�s network�. We can now confirm that this new webOS 2.0 device will in fact be coming to Rogers as one of our tipsters sent us the upcoming packaging with Rogers all over it. In addition, taking a look at the pics you�ll see the Pre 2 all hooked up to Rogers network. We�re still waiting on an official launch date and pricing. Check out the pics after the break�
Source: http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/10/27/rogers-palm-pre-2-images-surface/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mobilesyrup+%28mobilesyrup.com%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Canada: Palm Pre 2 will launch with Rogers
Yesterday, when HP officially unveiled the Palm Pre 2, it said the new smartphone would be available in France via SFR, in the US via Verizon, and in Canada � without specifying the Canadian carrier.
However, the source code of the Pre 2�s Canadian web page shows that the carrier will be none other thanRogers (actually, the source code reads Rodger�s, but that�s less important).
As previously announced, the new Pre should be out in Canada �in the next few months� � we don�t have an exact launch date at the moment.
There�s still no word on the price of the Palm Pre 2, but we should find out more about this on Friday, when the new WebOS 2.0 handset will be launched in France.
Via Mobile Syrup
With HP officially announcing the new Palm Pre 2 yesterday they stated that it will be available in Canada �in the coming months�. Other carriers were announced such as Verizon in the United States and even SFR in France will be the first to launch this on Friday. No Canadian carrier was listed. However, if you take a look into the source code on the Canadian section of the Palm Pre 2 it reveals that �The Palm Pre2 phone is available on the Rodger�s network�. Even though it�s spelled incorrectly it�s a good indication that Rogers Wireless will be taking a crack at the newest version of the Palm Pre.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Rogers to start LTE trial in Canada
Canada's service provider Rogers Communications has announced the launch of LTE network technical trial with Ericsson Canada in the Ottawa area.
"Our customers increasingly want anywhere, anytime access to information, communications, entertainment and transactional experiences on their device of choice," said Nadir Mohamed, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rogers Communications Inc.
Ericsson, in co-operation with Rogers, has been conducting LTE lab testing at its Ottawa Research and Development facility comparing speeds and performance of LTE technology in multiple frequency bands. Rogers will expand on this testing and move to a comprehensive technical trial of LTE on both low and high band frequencies across the Ottawa area.
"Through this trial we will validate how LTE technology will perform in real world situations across a variety of spectrum frequencies in urban, suburban, and rural environments," said Bob Berner, EVP, Network and Chief Technology Officer, Rogers Communications Inc.
The technical trial will initially use recently auctioned AWS spectrum. Rogers is also working with Industry Canada to secure a development license to use 700 MHz spectrum for the trial.
