Android-powered Backflip coming to Telus
The Android-powered Motorola Backflip smartphone will be available exclusively from Telus starting sometime in the second half of this year according to a statement this week from the company.
2010 edition of MLB iPhone app released
The 2010 edition of Major League Baseball’s “At Bat” iPhone and iPod Touch application is now available on the iTunes Canada app store.
The popular application – the 2009 edition won Apple’s prestigious Design award last year – offers live audio broadcasts for every regular and postseason baseball game, video streaming of selected games, a continuously updated scoreboard, MLB.com Gameday functionality, real-time video highlights and condensed games, a short-form video recap of the most important hits, pitches and outs of every game.
Archos Android tablets to compete with iPad
Less than a month prior to when the Apple iPad is expected to reach retail stores, Archos, the Denver based company which introduced the first portable video player in 2003, has announced two new Android-based tablet computers.
Motoblur for Android devices coming to Canada
Motorola Canada today announced that Motoblur for Android powered devices will be be coming to Canada in the first half of 2010.
Motoblur is a widget based system which combines various social networking portals such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter all in one place without the need of logging into each service separately.
Apple suing HTC for patent infringement
Apple today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents involving the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.
The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
Android and iPhone owners use similar number of apps
The January 2010 Mobile Metrics Report from AdMob was released this week and it provides some interesting insights into consumer usage and attitudes across the Android, iPhone and webOS application platforms
The survey found that consumers on the Android and iPhone platforms continue to be actively engaged with applications.
Canada’s RIM is Smartphone leader in U.S.
Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the popular Blackberry devices, was the leading mobile smartphone operating system in the U.S. in December 2009 with 41.6 percent share of U.S. smartphone devices according to a recent Comscore report.
Apple ranked second with a 25.3 percent share, followed by Microsoft with 18.0 percent share, Palm with 6.1 percent share, and Google with 5.2 percent share.
Sportsnet apps are for Rogers customers only
Rogers Media today announced that it has launched Sportsnet apps for the BlackBerry, Apple iPhone and Android smartphones.
The applications are similar to existing free apps from Score Media, TSN, and ESPN which users with up-to-date sports news, schedules and scores, however, they are only available to Rogers Wireless customers.
