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Sep

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G Officially Available In Canada Today

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Galaxy Tab 10.1, News

While the Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been out for a couple of weeks now, the always-connected 4G is now available for our brothers (and sisters) to the north.

In case you need a reminder of what this ultra-thin tablet is all about, here is a quick look at the specs:

10.1-inch 1280x800 display
1GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor
1GB RAM
16 or 32 GB internal storage
Android 3.1

The Tab 10.1 is available immediately on Bell, Rogers, TELUS, Virgin Mobile, and Sasktel.

SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab10.1 4G Now Available in Canada

Premium Android Honeycomb Tablet with Ultra-slim, Lightweight Design, Brilliant 10-inch Touchscreen and Lightning Fast Internet Access

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept.

Apr

Canucks Rejoice: Nexus S and Motorola Xoom Now Available In Canada

Posted by Zak Stinson in News, Nexus S (Crespo/Soju), Rogers, TELUS, XOOM

If you travelled back in time to the middle of 2010 and asked your average Canadian about the selection of Android devices available to them, you would not be impressed with their answer - it seems that up until this year, the Android selection in Canada was about 6 months behind the curve.

Canadians, myself included, can now stop bemoaning their second rate options. As of today, two major new devices, the Nexus S and the Motorola Xoom, have been made available to those in the Great White North.

The Nexus S has landed on Videotron, Mobilicity, Telus and Koodo as of today, with Wind and Rogers expected to release it in the very near future.

Nov

Samsung Canada Announces Galaxy S Froyo Upgrade Timelines

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Bell, Captivate, Fascinate, Galaxy S, News, Rogers, Samsung, TELUS, Vibrant

Samsung, which has been under fire from consumers for repeatedly delaying Android 2.2. updates on their Galaxy S line of phones, recently posted an announcement for its Canadian customers on Bell, TELUS, and Rogers. In the announcement, Samsung apologized for delaying the long-awaited update and cited rigorous testing as the current stage of the rollout process.

Now, keeping in mind that these are just estimates, have a look at the upgrade timelines for your Canadian Galaxy S device:

Vibrant from Bell and Captivate from Rogers will be up first in the middle of December
Fascinate from TELUS will not get upgraded until all the way to the beginning of 2011

It's quite sad that Gingerbread, the Android version following Froyo, will be released long before Froyo itself makes it to the biggest flagship device series Samsung offers and long after their European and Korean counterparts.

Sep

Samsung Galaxy Apollo Coming Soon To Telus, Looks To Be A Motorola Backflip Killer

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in News, Samsung

OK, so it isn't exactly number one on our list of hotly anticipated Android devices, but if you're on Telus and you're looking for a solid Android phone that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, it's not like you have a whole lot of options (unless, of course, you're dying for a phone that flips the wrong way).

Indeed, the Samsung Galaxy Apollo, a newly announced low-end Android phone for Telus, features yawn-inspiring specs like:

a 3.2" 480x320 LCD display
a 3 MP camera
an HSPA radio
150 MB of onboard storage
a 2 GB microSD card out of the box

As you can probably see, there's a good reason the Apollo isn't a member of the Galaxy S family of phones, although it does appear to share the same TouchWiz 3.0 skin (see pictures below).

Jul

HTC Desire Headed To Canada On Telus

Posted by Ron Hamelin in Carriers, Desire (Bravo/BravoC), News

Android is getting some love from the great white North: the HTC Desire is coming to Canada on Telus. The Desire features:

Sony SLCD 3.7” HVGA screen at 800x480,
1GHz Snapdragon processor
5 MP camera with flash and video recording
3G (850MHz and 1,900MHz bands)
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1
MicroSD slot with support for cards up to 16GB

Telus is also throwing in an 8GB microSD card for good measure, and the device will be running Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense UI. Can you spot the difference between Telus’s Desire and the original? HTC has apparently chosen to start using SLCD screens on the device in place of the AMOLED display the European version possesses, presumably to make sure production capacity is high enough (due to the AMOLED “shortage”).