Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) is reportedly working on a low-end Android smartphone called Vodafone 845 (though the name could change in due course). Details are scarce at the moment, but we’re hearing the upcoming device will run Android 2.1 and come with such features as HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, GPS, 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3.2-megapixel camera, 512 MB of internal memory and a 1200 mAh battery.
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Low-end Android-powered Vodafone 845 in works
Seems like Rogers ( NYSE: RCI ) has been busy over the last little while. They’ve just launched the Samsung Galaxy ‘Spica’ powered-by Android 1.5, and late last week they also launched the new Rogers ‘RedBoard’ to help them connect with customers.
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Rogers Navigator for iPhone Coming Soon – Will Not be Voiced by Kenny Rogers
The big buzz on the Canadian mobile scene these last few weeks has been Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ). News hit us hard that they’re bringing a ton of Android and MOTOBLUR love to the true north strong and free via the BACKFLIP , DEXT and QUENCH . The devices would be sprinkled amongst the ‘big 3′, giving consumers nationwide a good look at what Moto has to offer these days
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TELUS to Launch Motorola’s iDEN ‘Opus One’?
Apple wants you to use your iPhone as your internet surfboard, your music player, your camera, your casual gaming machine, oh, and as a phone too.
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Apple patent for iPhone combo lock secures your eWallet
Remember that Motorola Opus we’ve seen back in December of 2009 ? The iDEN based device seems to be heading towards the official announcement, possibly at the CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas next month. The new thing is the name – instead of Opus, Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) will call it i1 (meaning the i2 and maybe even i3 is in development?).
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Motorola Opus rechristened to i1
If getting a whackload of new Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) MOTOBLUR-enabled devices wasn’t enough for Canadians… How about another carrier choice for even more Android love? Recently a WIND subscriber reported that the HTC Magic+ showed up when he logged into his account
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Rumor: WIND Getting the Android-Powered HTC Magic+
A BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) contact backup application for Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) subscribers will be arriving on March 9, according to some leaked training documents.
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BlackBerry Contact Backup En Route for Verizon Customers
The rumor is that LG will ship its first Windows Mobile 7 phone as early as September.
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LG to ship the first Windows Mobile 7 phone as early as September?
Google would like you believe that the Nexus One was entirely their creation – the ultimate fruit of their Android loins – and ignore the fact that the Android superphone was developed and manufactured with a good deal of help from HTC. But, things could have gone differently if Sony Ericsson ( NYSE: SNE ) had accepted Google ( NSDQ: GOOG )’s initial request to build the Nexus One. According to statements made by a Sony Ericsson exec, Google first approached Sony Ericsson to stamp out the metal and plastic bits to create the Nexus One
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Sony Ericsson rejected Google’s request to make Nexus One
Read an interesting article by Jason Kincaid over at TechCrunch this evening.