Android in Canada Blog

By Tom Gray on August 10th, 2011

Bell has been hammering the mobile market with one phone after another, leaving some people questioning when their own carrier is going to release some updated super phones. The final instalment of this quarters Bell “Superphones” has been released. The Motorola XT860 4G sits nicely along side the recent smash hits, HTC Sensation, Samsung Galaxy S II 4G…

By Tom Gray on August 10th, 2011

Virgin Mobile and Bell released the OS 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant. We’ve been getting tipped that it’s now available to download via Samsung Kies. In addition, Virgin states that “the samsung galaxy S vibrant is good to go”. Unfortunately with a lot of Galaxy S phones, you are not able to just do a simple…

By Tom Gray on August 5th, 2011

6GB data for $30/month is a growing and incredible trend in Canada. Rogers, then TELUS offered it… now Bell has joined the gang. The internal doc says this promo is on until September 30th. Source: MobileSyrup   Crazy twist of events have been unfolding around here recently. Rogers quietly announces its $30 6GB Data plan, then Telus follows…

By Tom Gray on August 5th, 2011

Bell HTC Desire Z users will start the weekend off right! Looks like the update to Android OS 2.3.3 that Bell promised has been pushed through. This was expected to be “late Summer” but if you have a Desire Z you can now download this over the air. As usual, check settings > about phone > system…

By Tom Gray on August 1st, 2011

Super-super-super-superphone! Who’s ready for the 4th Bell “Superphone” to arrive? We’ve already seen the Samsung Galaxy S II, Motorola ATRIX and the HTC Sensation launch. Bell stated a few weeks back that the Motorola XT860 4G will be available sometime “this Summer”, today we bring you great news for those wanting this Android beast. Thanks to one…

By Tom Gray on July 26th, 2011

So I have had my Galaxy S II from Bell for nearly a full 48 hours. I bought it out full price and unlocked it for Rogers. For starters, to my surprise the phone was actually smart enough to program the APN to rogers network setting without the need to manually entering it yourself. With…

By Tom Gray on July 23rd, 2011

Just a quick note here. Bell has pushed out a OS update for the HTC sensation 4G to help fix a booting issue that the device suffered. I personally only had my phone self restart itself once, but it’s nice to know Bell and HTC patched this up rather quickly I read many rumours of…

By Tom Gray on July 22nd, 2011

Bell promised a Summer upgrade for the HTC Incredible S and have delivered. Owners are reporting that they’re now getting OS 2.3.3 Gingerbread pushed to their device and are downloading OTA (over-the-air). If you have yet to be notified check Settings > About Phone > System Updates! Some of the reported features are: New on-screen keyboard – standard keyboard…