Smartphone

Effective July 30, and as a limited time promotional offer for smartphone customers who activate on a three-year contract, Rogers is offering 6GB of data for $30. This data plan can be added to any in-market voice plan before September 30, 2010. *New* smartphone and iPad sharing plans Rogers has …

Rogers has released pricing details for hardware upgrades and some of you may be happy, while others may be quite upset about only saving $250. See below for full details. Did you activate or upgrade your Rogers iPhone on a term contract between January 1, 2009 and June 7, 2010? …

In an effort to win the lion’s share of Canadians waiting anxiously for the new iPhone 4, which comes out on Friday, Rogers Communications Inc. is offering big discounts to its existing iPhone customers. Unlike when the first iPhone came to Canada, Rogers does not have an exclusivity agreement for …

Today, Apple finally updated their website for the company’s retail stores to reflect the iPhone 4 launch. Canadian Apple Retail stores will open at 7AM on Friday July 30, 2010 for the iPhone 4 launch. There will be lines and it is first come, first served. As we have said …

Want to root your DROID X? Find yourself confused by all these references to this mysterious adb program and its cryptic commands? If you are nodding your head in agreement, then you need to point your browser to the forums at Alldroid where member Sil3ntKi113 has packaged up a simple …

RIM stock rises as much as 4.5% Shares of Research In Motion jumped on Wednesday on speculation it would unveil a new touchscreen BlackBerry that could compete more effectively with Apple Inc’s iPhone and other smartphones. RIM is expected to announce the launch of the BlackBerry 9800 at a joint …

Google has announced Android’s new strategy to defeat  piracy, an online “licensing service” that automatically contacts the Android Market when an app is launched. The new mechanism is available to developers now, becoming standard “over the next few months.”  Source: [ Gizmodo via Engadget] Download article as PDF

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has risen as a strong contender to Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and other smartphones from Samsung Electronics and Nokia (NOK), the world’s two biggest handset makers. Now, the company is officially in the race to win over China’s increasing number of smartphone users. At a press conference …

Shares of BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion Ltd jumped early on Wednesday on speculation it is set to unveil a long-awaited touchscreen handset designed to battle Apple Inc’s popular iPhone. RIM is expected to announce the launch of the slider 9800 handset at a joint BlackBerry-AT&T Inc event in …

Another full page Droid X ad is hitting newspapers tomorrow and it takes a huge swing at Apple  and its  free bumper giveaway. At Motorola, we believe a customer shouldn’t have to dress up their phone for it to work properly.  That’s why the DROID X comes with a dual antenna …