With the launch of Android devices across many of the Canadian wireless carriers, many Canadians have adopted an Android device.

Over the last year, there have been a lot of positive and negative experiences regarding Android devices in Canada. Some of the positives are a simple, open source OS and that the Android OS has been picked up by many mobile manufacturers such as Motorola, LG, Samsung, and of course HTC.

Some … Read More

Rogers has announced that they will be launching the Acer “Liquid e” Android powered device this Spring 2010.

The new Acer device is expected to feature Android 2.1 firmware and include the following hardware specs:

768MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
3.5-inch WVGA high-definition capacitive touch screen
5 megapixel camera with video capabilities
WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth
HTML browser
3.5mm headset jack
Up to 32GB with a microSD card
Dimensions: 116×54×12.75mm
Weight: 135 grams

The new Android powered device is definitely going to be … Read More

Android 2.1, together with the Nexus One, brought a lot of neat features to users. Those features included 3D graphics, interactive wallpapers, and Google Earth. However Google Earth was not fully available yet.

It now seems that Google Earth is fully functioning and available on the Android Market for Android 2.1 only.

Google Earth is a very graphic intensive application and as a result, Android 1.5 and 1.6 users will be unable … Read More

Google has released a new Android-only application called “Google Shopper”.

Shopper lets users find product information easily and quickly by using an Android device’s camera. In other words, users take a photo of a product using Shopper and are then presented with information about that item such as price and where to purchase.

From books, DVDs, and video games, Shopper works with most standard barcodes. Users can also speak the name … Read More

Firefox Mobile has been making a lot of ground lately with the most recent release of their browser for the Maemo platform. The next step is Android. It has been known for some time that Firefox was making its way to Android but a date or time frame had never been defined.

Well, that unknown time frame is about to change.

Mozilla’s VP of Mobile, Jay Sullivan, and Tech Radar, … Read More

On January 22, Rogers began pushing out a ROM update to HTC Dream and Magic owners. The update patched the highly debated 911 glitch. However the update came with its own craziness.

When Rogers began pushing the update, they also decided to disable 3G service as an incentive to get users to apply the ROM fix. Instead of calling customers, as they should have, users lost their Internet connection … Read More

One of the hottest Android phones at the moment, the Google Nexus One, is unfortunately not available in Canada yet. However, we do know that WIND has confirmed that they are in talks with Google to bring the Nexus One to Canada.

Since living in Canada requires us to wait for the latest toys, this should be no surprise to many of you out there. In the meantime, check … Read More

Just a brief note this morning for Rogers LG Eve owners.

LG Canada has posted on their Twitter page that they plan to push out Android 1.6 to all Rogers LG Eve owners this Spring 2010.

“LG will release an upgrade to Android 1.6 OS for the LG Eve this Spring, for Rogers customers.(Available for download on Rogers/LG websites)”

The update will be available on both the LG support site and Rogers … Read More