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Samsung Begins Rolling Out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean To Galaxy Note In Canada

Ryan Whitwam — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:29:18 +0000

Owners of the original Galaxy Note in the great white north are getting a little present today – a brand new (year old) version of Android is coming to their devices. Samsung has announced via Twitter that owners will be getting the update starting today on Bell, Telus, and Rogers.

GALAXY Note owners with @bell_mobility, @telus & @rogersbuzz get Jelly Bean via Samsung Kies starting today! twitter.com/SamsungMobileC…

— Samsung Mobile CAN (@SamsungMobileCA) May 6, 2013

The update is going out over Samsung's Kies program on all carriers, but it looks like OTA updates are occurring as well.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Now Available On Canadian Carriers Rogers, Bell, TELUS, Virgin, And More

Jeremiah Rice — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:59:08 +0000

Greetings to our northern neighbors - you cam now buy Samsung's latest flagship device on a variety of Canadian carriers. The Galaxy S4 is available from the standard nationwide wireless providers, Rogers, Bell, Virgin, and TELUS, in addition to MVNOs and regional carriers like Fido, Videotron, Eastlink, and Koodo. Prices range from $199 Canadian with a three-year contract from the "big three" to just shy of $700 for an off-contract model, which is pretty standard for new premium models in Canada.

Which one you choose will, naturally, depend on your personal preference and location. Rogers, Bell, TELUS, Virgin, and Eastlink all have the same $200/$700 price for on-contract and off, though Rogers currently has a promotion for a free Kindle Paperwhite 3G when you sign a 3-year contract.

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Bell, Rogers, And TELUS Pushing Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Update To LG Optimus G; SaskTel Trailing Close Behind

Cody Toombs — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:53:34 +0000

We have some good news to share with our neighbors to the north: the Optimus G is getting an update to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. Right now, this only includes customers on Bell, Rogers, and TELUS. LG says that SaskTel users will receive the OTA in "late March", which suggests it should begin shipping only a few days behind the other carriers. This version bump will bring support for Google Now, offline speech recognition, expandable notifications, and several other goodies. LG has also packaged a few of its own improvements, but seems to have left out an upgraded QSlide 2.0. Here is the full changelog, provided by MobileSyrup:

Touch performance improvement
A simpler user interface for complex features such as WiFi-Direct and Miracast combined
Multimedia file transfer through Android Beam
Lock front key feature for QuickMemo
A memo scribble feature
Notification bar enhancements
Google Now support
Offline Voice recognition and typing
Quick Translator
Exchange task sync support

The update appears to be available only as an OTA, so just keep watching for the notification.

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Android 4.1.2 Making Its Way To Rogers' Sony Xperia T

Cameron Summerson — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:49:02 +0000

AT&T started pushing Jelly Bean (4.1.2) to its variant of the Xperia T (the TL) earlier this month, but Rogers apparently wasn't far behind. The Canadian carrier just made the update available to its Xperia T, which should bring all the same goodies that the AT&T and International versions already have. Namely:

Updated, more intuitive versions of Sony Media apps: WALKMAN, Album and Movies
Lets you view and access all your photos, videos and tunes in one place.
Increased options for personalization
A revamped home screen experience for handling widgets, apps and shortcuts… With up to 7 desktop panes, widgets that auto-resize and actionable notifications, you have complete flexibility to create the interface you want / need with a few simple touches!

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HTC One Comes To America: AT&T, T-Mobile, And Sprint Confirm Release Plans, Canadian Carriers Too [Updated]

Jeremiah Rice — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:30:04 +0000

All the HTC One hubbub in New York and London is for naught if you can't get your hands on the phone. So AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customers in the United States will be glad to hear that their carriers are already confirmed to get HTC's shiny new flagship. Both AT&T and T-Mobile have reached out to us directly with confirmation, and Sprint is listed in HTC's official press release along with regional carrier Cincinnati Bell. Sprint had a sign-up page available briefly, but it seems to have disappeared. Sorry, Verizon users, you'll just have to make do with the DROID DNA for the time being.

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Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) Now Rolling Out To The HTC One X On Rogers

Cameron Summerson — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:20:00 +0000

Hey Rogers guys – did you think HTC forgot about you? Turns out they didn't, as the Android 4.1 update is making its way to your variant of the One X as I type this. Exciting, no?

The update – which should clock in at around 635MB – brings all sorts of goodies to the flagship device, including Sense 4+, Google Now, Project Butter, and... some more stuff. Unfortunately, there's nary a changelog in sight so we can't tell you exactly what else to expect. In fact, the OTA is so fresh, even Rogers hasn't updated its OS update page just yet.

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Android 4.1.1 Rolling Out Now To The Galaxy S III On Bell, Telus, SaskTel, And Rogers In Canada

Cameron Summerson — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:08:00 +0000

It's been a long time coming, hasn't it Canadian GSIII owners? You've sat back and watched Jelly Bean roll out to GSIIIs across the globe over the last several weeks, and there you were - forced to deal with ICS. It's a hard knock life.

But no more! Things are starting to look up - the 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update is now making its way to handsets all across Canada. GSIII owners on Bell, Telus, SaskTel, and Rogers should all be getting the OTA any time now - head into Settings > About phone to see if it's available on your device.

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Rogers Scores Exclusive Rights To The RAZR HD LTE In Canada, Coming 'This Fall'

Cameron Summerson — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:55:00 +0000

The past hour has been full of Motorola this, and RAZR that for most of us here in the US, but what about our brothers (and sisters) to the north? If you want some RAZR HD love, Rogers is the place to be. The only place to be, in fact, at least for an LTE version of the device.

Motorola just announced that the newly-unveiled RAZR HD will be making its Canadian debut exclusively on Rogers Wireless in all of its 4.7" glory. The device is virtually identical to Verizon's offering:

4.7" SAMOLED HD 720p display with Gorilla Glass
1.5GHz dual-core processor (most likely MSM8960 Snapdragon)
Android 4.0.4
Rogers 4G LTE
1GB RAM
Bluetooth 4.0
16GB (12GB usable) internal storage for HD
8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera
microSD slot
2500mAh battery for RAZR HD
NFC-enabled (no mention of Wallet)
Android 4.0

Much like the US Droid RAZR HD, there's no certain release date yet, only that it will be release "this fall."

TORONTO, Sept.

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LG Confirms In Bluetooth SIG That Quad-Core Krait E970 / LS970 Headed To North America This Fall

David Ruddock — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:11:22 +0000

In a Bluetooth SIG listing (a trade certification group), LG has officially confirmed the existence of the E970 and LS970. The former is possibly headed for AT&T (it has AT&T GSM and LTE bands - which could mean Rogers as well) and is packing a quad-core Qualcomm S4 Krait chip, complete with the latest Adreno 320 GPU goes toe-for-toe with the Galaxy SIII in GLBencmark. The 1280x768 resolution is something of an oddity - why the extra 48 pixels? A 13MP rear camera and 2GB of RAM round of this beefy device's specs. It's actually quite similar to the upcoming Optimus LTE2, so we could be seeing a carrier-specific iteration of that hardware here.

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The Galaxy Nexus Is Coming To Rogers And Telus In Canada On January 13th

Cameron Summerson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:42:00 +0000

While Canadian carriers Virgin and Bell have had Google's newest flagship phone gracing their shelves since December 8th of last year (that makes it sound so long ago, doesn't it?), competitors Rogers and Telus are finally getting their piece of the Nexus pie on January 13th.

Rogers and Telus will begin carrying the Galaxy Nexus by Samsung starting January 13th!

— Samsung Mobile CAN (@SamsungMobileCA) January 5, 2012

There is no word on pricing at this point, but the competition launched the device for around CA$160 on a three-year agreement, so we expect the above mentioned duo to come out of the gate with similar pricing.

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