Apple announced yesterday that their App Store has surpassed the 3 Billion download mark. Personally I’m not very fond of generalized stats such as this. I’m personally more interested in unique App download numbers or paid App download numbers. However, considering that they were at the 2 Billion download mark just over 3 months ago, [...]
Google has made the Nexus One official. Read all about it here. As rumoured, they have partnered with T-Mobile for this phone although a unlocked version is available as well. The hardware is pretty good, most notably: 5 MP Camera capable of video with 720×480 pixels @ 20 fps. Wifi/BT2.1/aGPS Digital Compass and Accelerometer Fairly [...]
In a press conference today, Google is expected to announce it’s mobile phone, the Nexus One. And although it will lack in mobile applications and enterprise functionality, my guess is that Google will focus on add-on services to entice consumers. We already know that Google has Google Maps Navigation which will no doubt be working [...]
In an expected move, Bell announced that it will start selling Bell and Virgin Mobile (which it acquired earlier this year) products in The Source retail stores. Bell acquired The Source earlier this year as well. This comes at the heels of a contract between Rogers and The Source that ended this month. Now, The [...]
It seems that iPhone prices in france have significantly dropped due to increased competition now that the Orange lost exclusivity due to a French court decision. I’ll leave the French court decision on competition to my business blog, but I will discuss the price drop subject. I find it curious that the loss of exclusivity [...]
So WIND Mobile started doing their thing officially last Thursday when they announced their plans and pricing details. Experts expected them to Wow everyone and they did. You can check out their voice plans, data plans and more on their website. The Good So what’s so good. Well, if you live in Toronto or Calgary, then [...]
To continue the madness of the Canadian Wireless Carrier Ad Wars that I reported on earlier, my prediction almost came true. Rogers has now sued Bell for their wireless network claims. Rogers is stating that Bell does not have the customer base or data to backup their claims of being fastest and most reliable network. [...]
As a follow-up to our “I’m faster than you” posting, there has been some progress in the Telus vs. Rogers face-off. In a somewhat surprise decision, Telus was granted a temporary injunction today that could eventually force rogers to stop their current campaign strategy. Rogers now admits that, with Telus’ new 21Mbps HSPA network, they [...]
It appears Telus is not happy about Rogers’ advertisement claims that it’s Canada’s fastest and most reliable network. In court filings, Telus claims that since their new HSPA network went live earlier this month that Rogers is no longer faster nor more reliable and as such needs to stop their false advertisements. They even asked [...]
I’m sure you’ve seen the barrage of commercials asking you to make noise for or against the Local TV Tax issue that is currently under debate in canada. Today is the day that the hearings begin on this issue. Since this issue may end up effecting your pocket, it may be worthwhile taking a look [...]