Rogers Collapses Under Canadian iPhone 4 Launch The popularity of the iPhone 4 in Canada has led to the collapse of Rogers’ activation system for the Apple-made smartphone. Although unlike in the US where there is an exclusive carrier so that all demand is driven to AT&T, Apple is using a multi-carrier strategy in Canada so that Rogers is not...

New York City Subway Riders To Get Cell Phone Coverage While Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) riders have had cell phone coverage–both for talk and data–for a while now crossing the tunnel from the East Bay into San Francisco, it seems that Manhattanites are finally going to get their gab on in the subways. MTA city transit officials had agreed to a...

All Canadian iPhone 4 Sold Unlocked It seems that Canadian users who are starting to purchase their iPhone 4s today are noticing that their Apple smartphones come unlocked out of the box, but there is a huge caveat to that: unless you specifically pay the full, unsubsidized retail price for the iPhone at an Apple Store in Canada, iPhone 4s...

HP 12C financial calculator emulated, runs on webOS The webOS platform is not quite dead yet, and is pretty capable if placed in the right hands. We’re talking about the HP 12c financial calculator being emulated on webOS, thanks to the magic of Javascript emulation. While this is not the full application, it will still let you perform all the relevant...

Sony PS3 firmware 3.41 unveiled Sony has released the firmware 3.41 for its PS3 console, where it will include a new type of recommendation system for videos as well as games for the PlayStation Store. For those who are browsing through the store, perusing through information on new games or videos will come across a new option on the...

Samsung SGH-i917 will run on Windows Phone 7 Another upcoming handset, the Samsung SGH-i917, will be one that will have Windows Phone 7 as the operating system of choice. We came across this piece of information thanks to a new Bluetooth certification, where the SGH-i917 will have the distinction of being the first Windows Phone 7 device from Samsung...

Verizon Wireless offers Samsung Intensity II u460 officially If you are in the market for a smartphone that offers great texting capability without breaking the bank, then you might be interested in the Samsung Intensity II u460 from Verizon Wireless. This model has all the necessary parts to get you texting right from the get go, including a 2.2″ QVGA display...

FCC approves ZTE A310 handset The A310 handset from ZTE is a tri-band CDMA device that boasts support for the 1700MHz AWS spectrum, coming alongside Bluetooth connectivity. Our good people over at the FCC have given their collective nods of approval for it to hit the US market, and we do know from the documents that the A310 will...

Samsung tablet spotted in the wild? We all know that Samsung is working on a 7″ Android-powered tablet known as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but there is still no official word on a release just yet. Waht you see here though, it an apparent sighting of what could be the Samsung Galaxy Tab, barely fitting into a single hand. Should Samsung...

Europe to get HTC Desire Android 2.2 update over the weekend HTC has made it known that those living in Europe who have an unlocked HTC Desire will be able to take advantage of the Android 2.2 update over the weekend, bringing the latest version of HTC’s Sense UI to the fore alongside improved 720p video capture mode, iTunes integration and an enhanced Caller...