Sirius and XM Canada release Android App
Canadian subscription satellite radio providers, Sirius Canada and XM Canada have each announced the availability of a free Android smartphone App for their respective subscribers.
Through the free applications, Sirius Canada and XM online subscribers can access more than 100 satellite radio stations. Some select programming including NFL Play-by-Play, Nascar Radio, and Howard Stern, is not available.
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant Smartphone coming to Bell this week
Samsung and Bell announced today that the Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone will be launched in Canada this Friday August 6th on the Bell Mobility network.
First announced at the CTIA Wireless show in March, the smartphone boasts a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with 800 x 480 resolution, an ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor, surround sound capabilities, a 5-megapixel camera with HD video capture, MP3 player and a touch screen QWERTY keyboard.
Google stops selling Nexus One
In a blog posting last Friday, Google announced it will stop selling the Nexus One smartphone and will be closing the Nexus One web store.
The Android smartphone will continue to be sold by partners including Vodafone in Europe, KT in Korea, and possibly others based on local market conditions.
Android platform builds Smartphone market share in U.S.
A report released last week by Comscore finds that for the three months ending May 2010, RIM led among smartphone platforms with 41.7 percent market share. Apple ranked second with 24.4 percent share, followed by Microsoft (13.2 percent share), Google Android (13 percent share) and Palm (4.8 percent share).
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Kindle App for Android Smartphones released
Amazon announced this week that its Kindle app for Android based smartphones is now available on the Android Market for free.
Features of the Android app include the ability syncs books and bookmarks across devices, adjustable text size, asjustable text colour, annotations, bookmarks and portrait or landscape modes.
Samsung Galaxy S Android phone coming soon to Bell
The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone will be coming to Canada this summer through Bell Mobility, Samsung announced today.
First announced at the CTIA Wireless show in March, the smartphone boasts a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with 800 x 480 resolution, an ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera with HD video capture, MP3 player and a touch screen QWERTY keyboard.
SlingPlayer Mobile App for Android released
Sling Media today announced the availability of its SlingPlayer Mobile application for Android Smartphones.
The Android software app lets users “sling” television content from their Slingbox Solo, Pro or Pro-HD at home to to their Android smartphone over a 3G or Wi-FI connection.
Free ScoreMobile FC Smartphone app released
In time for the World Cup, Score Media has launched ScoreMobile FC, a free smartphone application which provides scores, stats and standings for more than 30 international soccer leagues from over 15 countries worldwide.
Score says Blackberry and Android versions are now available with an iPhone version coming soon.
