Bell has announced this morning that they will be selling Apple’s iPhone 3G and 3GS, ending Rogers’ exclusivity deal. Running on the brand new HSPA network that Bell and Telus jointly built, agreeing Apple to drop the exclusivity is a huge win for Bell. It is rumored that Telus also will be selling iPhones but no announcements have been made. Full (and short) press release:
MONTREAL, ON, Oct. 6 2009 — Bell and Apple have reached an
agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to Canada this November.
To learn more about Bell’s new 3G network, please visit bell.ca/network
or bell.ca/reseau.
Bell is Canada’s largest communications company, providing consumers and
business with solutions to all their communications needs, including Bell
Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite
television, Bell Home phone local and long distance, and IP-broadband and
information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is proud to be
a Premier National Partner and the exclusive Telecommunications Partner to
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on
Bell’s products and services, please visit bell.ca. For BCE corporate
information, please visit bce.ca.
Nokia has a brand new touchscreen phone and they’re naming it X6. Spiritual successor to Nokia’s first touchscreen device 5800, the new X6 will have on board 32gb of storage, a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2″ touchscreen and even TV out capabilities. Look for this device in Europe in Q4 this year around 450 Euros.
Nokia’s latest internet tablet N900 has finally been unveiled. Running on Maemo 5, this would make N900 the first device from Nokia with the Maemo OS. Internal specs include 32Gb onboard storage, GPS, FM transmitter, TV out, Bluetooth 2.1, Wifi and a 5 megapixel camera. Storage is expandable via microSD (to up to 48Gb) and you can control the device with the 3.5inch touchscreen, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Sale will start in Europe in October around €500, and expect this device to come to T-Mobile in the United States.
If you like your phone with a little chin, then HTC’ latest Android device will suit you best. As expected, HTC has unveiled Hero, which is very similar to Magic but upgrades the camera to 5 megapixel with autofocus, and finally adds a regular 3.5mm jack for all your headphones, instead of having to rely on a cumbersome dongle. Full specs after the jump:
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Sony Ericsson needs a touchscreen device to counter all the doom and gloom about the future of the handset manufacturer, and Satio is designed as its flagship phone for the year. Featuring a 16×9 3.5” touch screen with 12.1 megapixel camera with Xenon flash, the hardware is powered by Symbian S60 (5th edition) OS. This quad-band device won’t feature internal storage, but you could add up to 8GB with microSD cards. Set to launch in October for an unannounced price, I really hope another touchscreen device from, let’s say Apple, won’t overshadow Satio even before its launch.
iPhone (and its phoneless sibling iPod Touch) has seen its countless share of games and applications. Who knew a convenient marketplace would lead to such a development! Fieldrunners for the iPhone is a simple tower defence game where the goal is to prevent a group of nasties from reaching one end of the map by installing defence structures. The game gives you 6 types of structures: machine gun, goo that’ll slow down enemies, rocket and flamethrower with splash damage, lightning and heavy artillery. Each of these structures can be upgraded to increase the damage as well as area of effectiveness. Overall, it’s a standard gameplay with great art direction. Visuals are vibrant and the game runs pretty smoothly on your iPhone (although towards the latter stages with the map full of defensive structures, you will notice some dip in framerate.
The game’s simple nature and addictive proven gameplay of tower defence, it is no wonder that it made Time’s list of Top 10 videogames of 2008.
[Download Fieldrunners - opens in iTunes]
HTC’s new non-touchscreen smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard is named Snap. Running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard and will be available this Summer in the U.K. Folks in the United States will be getting an unlocked version (as in no carrier subsidy) but availability and pricing are not available at this time.
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As expected, Microsoft has unveiled the latest upgrade to its long running Windows Mobile platform for mobile devices. Dubbed 6.5, the new revision contains a new home screen GUI featuring honeycombs, My Phone online backup solution as well as Marketplace where you can download/purchase applications directly to your phone. More details such as availability of upgrades have not been revealed.
Nokia’s flagship N-series has always crammed as much technology as possible, and the latest model N86 doesn’t buck the trend. Featuring a 8 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens and dual-LED flash, the new phone will retain the familiar form factor with dual slide. Other goodies include 8GB internal memory, 2.6 inch OLED screen, TV-out and microSD slot. Expect this device in Q2 in Europe. No availability was announced (as usual) for North America.
Palm’s latest device is more like the iPhone than the Treo. Opting for a touchscreen, with slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Palm has finally created a lust-worthy device, at least on specs.
Pre will feature 3.1 inch touchscreen, with a rollerball and “gesture” oriented lower part. Internal specs include wi-fi, EV-DO Rev A, Bluetooth, GPS and 8GB built-in storage. You will be able to take pictures and videos with the 3 megapixel camera. Truly innovative is the use of the wireless battery charger, first for a mainstream device. Pre will be available first on Sprint.
