Android in Canada Blog

By Tom Gray on October 14th, 2011

I have been steering clear of most of the new Nexus Prime rumours, as I’m not really huge on releasing unconfirmed information. I don’t want to be one of those blogs who reach for strings in order to get the best story. It has come to my attention that some lucky individuals are receiving for following invitation: This event was originally dated for Oct.11,…

By Tom Gray on October 10th, 2011

I don’t normally post about roms and rooted apps an such, but this has got me really excited. Cyanogen, arguably the best near stock rom available for Android phones, has released their first official stable release for Galaxy S II.   For some odd reason if you don’t know what Cyanogen is, they specialize in making…

By Tom Gray on October 3rd, 2011

I have asked the question several times throughout my Android experience, “Where is Google Chrome, this is a Google phone after all.”  It looks like my questing finally has an answer.  There’s mention on the Chromium revision log that Chrome for Android will include a lot of the features that your accustomed to on the…

By Ryan Moore on September 29th, 2011

Yesterday the my eeePad notified me I had an update. I love how quickly Asus has been delivering the updates for me. (gives me hope for ice cream sandwich) This update didn’t have much that you can see, and more under the hood. It does seem a little snappier to me, and did add a…

By Ryan Moore on September 24th, 2011

I usually don’t like to re-hash a post another has done, but it’s hard not to for this case. 2.3 for the Captivate has been something I’ve been waiting for for some time. I followed all the leaks and tweets since it was announced. Sure enough, Rogers was the last Canadian carrier to apply the…

By Tom Gray on September 23rd, 2011

The long awaited update for Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate is finally being pushed out. We have been hearing a few reports that users have already received their updates to OS 2.3 Gingerbread. you can find this update via Samsung Kies. Let us know if it’s made it to your Captivate yet… I have not yet heard…

By Tom Gray on September 19th, 2011

Android Developers Blog is getting Android devs and their apps ready for the soon-to-be-announced Ice Cream Sandwich SDK with some helpful tips. Even though the ICS SDK isn’t currently available for devs, the post lists various ways a developer can get their Honeycomb apps (currently only available on tablets) ready for smartphones and smaller screen…

By Tom Gray on September 19th, 2011

Once deemed as being “Canada’s fastest phone”, the Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 4G launched with Android OS 2.2 Froyo but promised an upgrade to OS 2.3. Fascinate 4G users can now go forth and update their beloved Android to 2.3.4 Gingerbread I’m really loving how all these Android phones are all updating to gingerbread, just weeks apart…