The 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook launched this week in Canada, then will hit other countries “soon.” In other RIM news they successfully appealed a patent infringement case which saved they about $150 million. Various Canadian carriers released a number of new handsets, Koodo (Samsung Galaxy S II X), SaskTel (BlackBerry Curve 9320), TELUS (Sierra hotspot). In addition, new back-to-school smartphone plans were released across the board and we are hearing more will be coming this week. Below are the top Canadian mobile stories from the past 7 days, plus notable news from around the web.
– Hands-on with the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook (video) [Read here]
– Rogers discontinues the Galaxy Nexus [Read here]
– WIND reportedly has a year-end goal of reaching 600,000 subscribers [Read here]
– Bell Motorola ATRIX HD LTE officially launching on August 14th [Read here]
– TELUS releases the Sierra Wireless AirCard 763S 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot [Read here]
– Sony Xperia ion review (video) [Read here]
– Galaxy Nexus drops to $300 at Mobilicity [Read here]
– Bell Q2 2012 results: Subscriber base increases to 7,453,363 [Read here]
– Virgin rolls out new Back-to-School promo plans [Read here]
– RIM wins appeal in Mformation patent case, gets to keep $147.2 million [Read here]
– Samsung isn’t interested in acquiring RIM or licensing BB10 [Read here]
– Curve 9320 now available at SaskTel [Read here]
– 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook now available in Canada! [Read here]
– TELUS expands LTE network in Vancouver [Read here]
– Rogers giving 3-months of Unlimited Data to new customers [Read here]
– Koodo releases the Samsung Galaxy S II X [Read here]
– Update: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is launching globally this month [Read here]
– Public Mobile enters the cash services business [Read here]
– Virgin’s “Tester Team” offers up the Motorola RAZR V [Read here]
– Contest: Win a Bell Samsung Galaxy S III Olympic Prize pack! [Enter here]
Around the web:
– Next iPhone’s tiny docking connector possibly spotted [Engadget]
– BlackBerry PlayBook Being Used for Intergraph Mobile Responder [BerryReview]
– Sony Xperia TX = LT29i ‘Hayabusa’ [XperiaBlog]
– Samsung Releases Source Code For Note 10.1, Tab 10.1, And Tab 7 Plus [DroidDog]
– RIM Trying to Sell its NewBay Cloud Service? [N4BB]
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