Canadian Firm Uses Android for Social Media Marketing, Mayoral Campaigns
by Lee Rickwood
Multiple Twitter feeds and Foursquare meet-ups can be managed using new tools from Vancouver’s HootSuite
Category: Mobile
Google’s Nexus One now available to Rogers customers
By Gadjo C. Sevilla
Regarded by enthusiasts as “the ultimate Google Android smartphone,” the Nexus One was built by HTC specifically from Google’s design specs. The device runs on a speedy 1GHz Snapdragon processor and features the best screen in the market today, a 3’7 inch 480 by 800 AMOLED display.
Canpages Contest Call for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Web Developers
Lee Rickwood
Vancouver-based Canpages, the online local search firm, is launching a nation-wide contest for smart phone application developers on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and web platforms.
Windows Phone 7 Series is the new contender
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Windows Phone 7 Series is a departure from the usual and dated look of Windows Mobile which still resembles desktop Windows 95. For the new OS, Microsoft went back to the drawing board on everything from raw materials, to how the company works with their phone partners, to a complete redesign of the operating system.
Following the 2010 Olympics with 3 iPhone apps
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Hooked on the 2010 Vancouver Olympics? So are we! We found not one but three apps that can keep us tuned in to this exciting and historical event.
Following the Olympics with Samsung’s Omnia II on Bell
Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Using Samsung’s Omnia II smartphone which is the official handset of the 2010 Olympics and which runs Windows Mobile 6.5, we took time to discover Bell’s Olympic offerings. The first application we tried out was Live TV which enables subscribed users real time access to ongoing events.
Canadians spent more than $4.66 billion on tech devices in 2009
Text and photo by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Canadians purchased more than 83 million IT products – eight per cent lower than the year before – at an average price of $56 per unit. The most popular among these items was the computer notebook, which came down 15 per cent in average price, fuelling a 31 per cent rise in the total units sold.
Mobilicity is Canada’s newest wireless carrier
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Mobilicity squeezes into a picture that’s got providers Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus, Virgin and Wind all competing for 3G customers and selling the latest batch of app phones and smartphones.