Wireless News

5 February 2010	Rogers Q1 Cell Phone Lineup Revealed! We've managed to get our hands on Rogers Q1 Cell Phone Lineup which will see them adding 4 new phones between Feb 9th and March 9th. New Phones include the Samsung Flight, LG Pop, Samsung Corby Pro and LG KM555. Samsung Flight Starting at $69.99 2.8" Touchscreen LCD with slide-out QWERTY Keyboard 2.0 megapixel camera Music Player Bluetooth A-GPS Expandable microSD memory up to 32GB LG Pop Starting at $19.99 3" Touchscreen LCD 3.0 megapixel camera Web Browser Music Player Bluetooth Expandable microSD memory up to 16GB Samsung Corby Pro Starting at $69.99 Touchscreen LCD with slide-out QWERTY Keyboard 2.0 megapixel camera Musci Player Web Browser Music Player Bluetooth Expandable microSD memory up to 8GB LG KM555 Starting at $49.99 3" Touchscreen LCD 3.0 megapixel camera Web Browser Music Player Wi-fi Bluetooth Expandable micoSD memory
	BestBuy.ca Reveals TELUS Motorola Milestone Launch Date of Feb. 18th BestBuy.ca launched a re-designed version of their web site this morning and included a Feb. 18th launch date for the TELUS Motorola Milestone. You can see a screenshot of the pre-order information with launch date below. The Motorola Milestone is the GSM/HSPA version of the Motorola Droid that is currently available through Verizon in the US. The Motorola Milestone will be Canada's first Android 2.0 phone until Rogers releases the Sony Ericsson X10 sometime later this year. Motorola Milestone Best Buy Mobile Flyer Promotion Material
4 February 2010	Bell adds 163,000 New Wireless Customers over Q4 2009 With the launch of its new HSPA network, Bell added 163,000 wireless customers over Q4 2009. Bell's wireless subscriber base has now grown to 6,833,000, an increase of 5.2% over last year. Bell saw Gross Activations for Q4 2009 of 523,000 and net activations of 163,000. This means they gained 523,000 customers and lost 360,000 for a net gaine of 163,000 wirelss customers. Total net activations increased by 39.3% over Q4 2008 to 163,000. Postpaid net activations increased by 37.5% to 110,000 Prepaid net activations increased by 43.2% to 53,000 In comparison, Bell Q4 2008 Net Activation numbers looked like this: 117,000 net activations 80,000 postpaid activations 37,000 prepaid activations Both Rogers & TELUS will be releasing their Q4 2009 results mid February which should provide some great comparisons.
	Rogers adds new "One Rate" Canada & US Data Roaming Plans If you're a frequent traveler to the US and turn your BlackBerry or Smartphone off to avoid excessive voice & data roaming charges then Rogers has some new plans for you. Rogers has introduced plans that allow you to use data while in the US like you would in Canada. If we compare what TELUS and Bell is currently charging for US Data Roaming we can see that Rogers has really stepped up in response to Canadian's needs. TELUS currently charges $3/MB for data in the US Bell currently charges $6/MB for data in the US A full breakdown of the new One Rate data plans is as follows: BlackBerry Plans Personal Email on BlackBerry Canada & US One Rate Data Plan $20 per month Unlimited Email & IM 500MB on BlackBerry, Canada & US One Rate Data Plan $35 per month 500 MB 1GB on BlackBerry, Canada & US One Rate Data Plan $40 per month 1 GB Smartphone Plans 500MB on Smartphones, Canada & US One Rate Data Plan $30 per month 500MB 1GB on Smartphones, Canada & US One Rate Data Plan $45 per month 1GB Mobile Internet Stick Plans Mobile Internet Flex-Rate, Canada & US One Rate Data Plan 500 MB @ $45 per month 1 GB @ $50 per month 2 GB @ $65 per month 3 GB @ $80 per month 5 GB @ $100 per month Browse through our Rogers Plans & Add-ons section for more information.
3 February 2010	Nokia's Free Ovi Maps tops 1.4 million Downloads Nokia made their Ovi Maps application free to download on January 21, 2010 and has since seen over 1.4 million downloads. Nokia has stated that they are seeing a download every second. As of 31 January 2010 the top five countries downloading the new version of Ovi Maps were: China, Italy, UK, Germany and Spain. The top five most popular Nokia devices installing the download were: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97, Nokia 5230 and Nokia E72. Nokia plans on pre-loading Ovi Maps on all future phones & smartphones providing them with an even larger install base. Some analysts are predicting the death of companies like TomTom & Magellan with the runaway success of Ovi Maps and Google's Plans to include similar software with their Android 2.0 OS.
2 February 2010	Google adds Multi-Touch Capabilities to the Nexus One Google released a software update for Nexus One phones today that adds mutli-touch capabilities to the Smartphone. The Android 2.0 update will only be made available to the Nexus One and not the Motorola Droid just yet. The software update will be rolling out to users throughout the week and includes: Google Goggles This mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from your All Apps menu. Just use your Nexus One camera to start searching the web Google Maps The Google Maps application with be updated to a new version, Google Maps 3.4, which will include: Starred items synchronized with maps.google.com - access your favorite places from your phone or computer Search suggestions from your personal maps.google.com history - makes it easy to search for places you've searched for before Night mode in Google Maps Navigation - automatically changes your screen at night for easier viewing and driving Pinch-to-zoom functionality (Multi-Touch) Devices will now include a new pinch-to-zoom mechanism in the phone's Browser, Gallery and Maps applications. 3G connectivity A general fix to help improve 3G connectivity on some Nexus One phones. You can read the full Google blog post by clicking here.