The New iPhone 4S has been out for 2-weeks today, which means both MTS and SaskTel have the glory of bringing this iOS 5 device to their customers. It’s now available on both regional carriers, so residents of both provinces can get hooked on Siri. As expected, same prices as everyone else: 16GB is $159.99 on a 3-year and $649.99 outright; 32GB version is $269.99 on a 3-year and $749.99 outright.
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Now, that’s not a huge surprise – LG hasn’t even brought Android 2.3 Gingerbread to their dual-core Optimus 2X. It’s interesting to see, though, what’s the reasoning behind such decision from LG as Samsung in contrast has said that all previous devices with enough horsepower should be compatible with the 4.0 update.

The LG Optimus 2X was the very first handset to arrive with a dual-core processor, and it’s a bit more affordable than the rest of the dual-core crowd. At the same time, it offers top-notch specs, so it’s really a pity it won’t get Android’s latest version.
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The HTC Rhyme, the company’s first device aimed primarily at women, was announced last month for Verizon in the US, however we quickly heard that it would be making its way to the UK too. Over there, O2 was supposed to start selling the Rhyme on October 17 (so ten days ago), but when that didn’t happen, we got to thinking that the Rhyme was delayed in the UK.

We’re happy to report that there was in fact a delay, but a rather short one, for the Rhyme is now safely in stock at O2. The ‘plum’ color will be exclusive to O2 in the UK, and, as usual, the phone is being offered with a myriad of different contracts.

The cheapest monthly contract is £13.50 and nets you 50 minutes, 250 texts, and 100 MB of data, but you’ll have to shell out £104.99 for the phone upfront. The cheapest plan that allows you to get the Rhyme for free costs £24 per month and comes with 300 minutes, unlimited texts, and 100 MB of data. That said, there are other options, so make sure you check them all out before hitting that all-important Add to basket button.

The HTC Rhyme has a 3.7-inch 800×480 touchscreen, a 1 GHz processor, a 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and 720p HD video recording, a secondary front-facing camera for video calls, 4 GB of built-in storage, microSD card support, 768 MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, HSPA, and a 1,600 mAh battery.
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An image of what Blackberry Colt might look like has appear. Blackberry Colt will be the RIM’s first high-end smartphone which runs on BBX, the the operating system build based on Blackberry OS combined with QNX-based OS. Blackberry Colt is expected to sport a large touchscreen display (at least 4-inch) with high resolution and the phone will be powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. Sure all those specs are still rumor, so you should take it with a large grain of salt. Oh, and if you wanna know when we can see Blackberry Colt in the market, you can mark somewhere in mid-2012 inyour calendar.
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Research in Motion and Porsche have officially unveiled the BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981, a new luxury smartphone that was first seen a few months ago.

The Porsche Design P’9981 runs BlackBerry OS 7 with an “exclusive Porsche Design UI”, and is 11.3mm thin. It’s build from a forged stainless steel frame, and has a “sculpted QWERTY keyboard”, in addition to a hand-wrapped leather back cover.

Other features include a 2.8 inch VGA touchscreen display, HSDPA, NFC, Wi-Fi, GPS, Wikitude World Browser augmented reality app, 5MP rear camera with 720p video recording, 768MB of RAM, 1.2GHz single-core processor, 8GB of internal memory, and “exclusive PINs that help easily identify another P’9981 smartphone user.”

The BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 will be available in Porsche Design stores around the world sometime later this year. There’s no word on the smartphone’s price yet.

It isn’t the first time Porsche ventures into the mobile phone world – the company has also worked with Sagem to make that Porsche Design P’9522 candybar back in 2008.
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Enterprise users looking to get their hands on an Android smartphone will be pleased to hear that Motorola together with Bell Canada have officially announced the Motorola Pro+ 4G. The device is expected to make its debut on the 7th of November and will be available for subscribers on Bell Canada for $350 off contract.

In terms of hardware, the Motorola Pro+ 4G will sport a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, a 3.1” 640×480 display, HSPA+ connectivity and will run on Android’s Gingerbread 2.3. All of which will be packed into a candybar shaped phone with a QWERTY keyboard reminiscent of Blackberry smartphones.

Granted that the 3.1” display may not be the most ideal to edit documents, but for those who travel frequently, it would the encryption capabilities of the Pro+ 4G that will sell it for enterprise customers. It will come with QuickOffice Connect and should you lose your device, it appears that the Pro+ 4G will support a remote wipe of your device and the SD card. It will also feature a variety of accessories designed for the business person on the go, such as a Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth enabled car kit, portable power and a car charger.
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Samsung has announced that its big smartphone / tablet combo device is now available in Germany. Galaxy Note brings in the goodness of Super AMOLED high-definition display along with note taking abilities. The phone is equipped with an S Pen that can be used to take handwritten notes, drawings or with apps like S-Memo and S-Planner. Galaxy Note also comes with videos that show different uses of the S Pen.

As for hardware specs, 9.65mm thick Galaxy Note weighs 178g and comes with a 5.3-inch 1280×800 Super AMOLED HD display, 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 21Mbps HSPA+, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 16GB internal memory, 8MP camera with full HD video recording support, front-facing 2MP camera and Audience earSmart voice processor to improve voice quality and suppress ambient noise level.

Samsung’s official price is fixed at 699 euros but retailers like Amazon Germany are already selling it at a discounted price of 561 euros.
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Existing Motorola Xoom tablet owners probably had to deal with the hassle, wait and slight delays in sending their tablet back to the company in order for them to upgrade it to be LTE compatible. The good news for those who have held out on getting the tablet is that the Motorola Xoom LTE edition is now available from Verizon’s and Motorola’s stores.

As far as its tech specs are concerned, it has remained exactly the same as the current Xoom tablets, with the addition of 4G radios. This means that customers can expect a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra-2 dual-core processor under the hood with 1GB of RAM, a 10.1” display and Android’s Honeycomb 3.2 on board. The LTE version of the Motorola Xoom tablet will set you back $499 (32GB version) on a two year contract with Verizon, while the off-contract model will cost you $649. While LTE would be pretty sweet, would you rather hold out for the rumored Xoom 2 instead?
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T-Mobile has been one of Android’s most loyal supporters even doing the honors of unveiling the platform with the T-Mobile G1. Things have come quite a ways since then as T-Mobile now offers a very extensive line up of Android powered devices both big and small. Their tablet line up is about to get some very highly sought after additions in the form of both the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Springboard from Huawei.

Today, T-Mobile has come forth to let us know that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be made available on November 2nd while the T-Mobile Springboard will hit the streets on November 9th. Spec wise the Galaxy Tab 10.1 features a 10.1-inch display, NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor clocked at a speedy 1.2GHz, front/rear facing cameras and Android Honeycomb. The Springboard, on the other hand, will have a 7-inch display, dual-core processor also clocked at 1.2GHz, front/rear facing cameras and Android Honeycomb.

Both great offerings but we haven’t heard of a price tag yet so we’ll keep you posted.
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Seems like Amazon set a new bar for the tablet pricing standard with its $199 price ag for Kindle Fire tablet. Manufacturers trying to beat this low price. Early this month Epesitec anouncing it’s $189 priced tablet dubbed Epesitec E515. Now another company called Leader International announcing it’s 7-inch Android tablet which will be sold at a lower price point. It is called Impression 7 or I7. Impression 7 sport a 7-inch 800 x 480 pixels display and running Android 2.2 Froyo. The tablet is powered by a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. Impression 7 featuring a MicroSD card slot, WiFi b/g/n, a VGA webcam and two USB 2.0 ports.

Beside Impression 7, Leader International also has a larger tablet with 10-inch display dubbed Impression 10 AA I10.This one will be retailed at $349. Both Impressionb 7 and 10 will be avai;able in November.
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