Android in Canada Blog

By Tom Gray on August 31st, 2011

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 users will wait no longer, OS 2.3.3 Gingerbread is now available. Other countries have had this for weeks now, but it seems that Rogers and Sony Ericsson Canada have been working hard to push their update through. On Twitter SE previously stated that “To all #Xperia #X10 users waiting for the 2.3 update, we’re…

By Ryan Moore on August 30th, 2011

Rogers announced that as part of their launch of their LTE network that they will be getting their own version of the S2, which unlike the others that have launched elsewhere, will be the beefed up LTE version of the phone. This is great news.  I had some concern whether or not Rogers was really…

By Tom Gray on August 26th, 2011

Back in June we saw Android 2.3.3 leak for the Samsung Captivate and the leaks just keep on coming. This time we have an official leaked build of Android 2.3.4 for the Cappy courtesy of Przekret over at XDA. I’m not going to tell you how to flash this, but Odin is what you need The rest you will have…

By Tom Gray on August 26th, 2011

Sony, a name known for delayed Android updates and slow, buggy software has pulled a 180 and now releases more updates than any other manufacturer. Today, they announced that in addition to a Gingerbread update for the Xperia X10 (which is a 2010 model), they will be upgrading all their Android models released this year…

By Tom Gray on August 17th, 2011

PhanDroid has reported that some users of the HTC Evo 3D are experiencing the ‘Black screen of death’. It seemed to be a rare occurrence, but as time goes on, more reports start coming in with simular complaints. users are reporting a mysterious black-screen-of-death issue where their screen will go black and become unresponsive. Battery pulls,…

By Tom Gray on August 4th, 2011

Best Buy has officially made the Rogers HTC Evo 3D and LG Optimus 3D available for sale today (Rogers website still has thin on pre-order). Here’s some more goodness for these 3D devices, Best Buy is selling them both $50 cheaper on a 3-year than Rogers is. The HTC EVO is be available for $99.99…

By Tom Gray on August 2nd, 2011

Rogers is rolling out the popular $30/month 6GB data plan again tomorrow (August 3rd) for a limited time and the good news is that it can be added to any voice plan. This plan can be added for new and existing customers and can be hooked on to the current $57.75 promo plan for $10…

By Tom Gray on August 2nd, 2011

Good ol Rogers and their lacklustre Android selection, and poor support to match. Rogers Social media team touches on the Xperia X10 and lack up updates. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 users in various countries started receiving the very anticipated upgrade to OS 2.3.3 Gingerbread last week. This is a device that was once stuck at OS 2.1,…