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Samsung has just announced that the Android-powered Galaxy S II has sold 10 million handsets worldwide, blowing past their previous record. Samsung stated in a press release that over the past 8 weeks they have doubled their sales from 5 million to 10 million. To put this into perspective, the original Galaxy S reached the 10 million mark in 7 months, the Galaxy S II has surpassed this milestone in just short 5 months. There’s no specific numbers for Canada, but other country sales are the following: South Korea has sold 3.6 million, 3.4 million in Europe and over 10 countries (probably including Canada) made up over 3 million.

JK Shin of Samsung said “Since its launch in late April 2011, the GALAXY S II has seen continued sales success, demonstrating Samsung’s industry-leading capabilities in – and commitment to – the smartphone market… In just five months the GALAXY S II has seen tremendous growth, reflecting its tremendous popularity with customers around the world, who in selecting the GALAXY S II as their device of choice have driven the device’s strong market position globally.”

In Canada, Bell, Virgin and SaskTel all sell the Galaxy S II. Rogers will be hopping on board soon with the LTE-enabled Galaxy S II, meanwhile TELUS is launching the powerful Galaxy S II X (Hercules) soon.

Source: SammyHub
Via: AndroidPolice

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The Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S II 4G successfully launched in Canada last week, no word on how many were sold but it’ll certainly add to the global sales numbers. Samsung sold 1 million of the Galaxy S II in 30 days, then gained momentum as a confirmed statement by Samsung on July 3rd said they reached a record setting 3 million devices sold in just 55 days. Now,  according to rumours around the web is an unconfirmed report from Samsung stating that an astonishing 6 million Galaxy S II units have been sold worldwide in less than 3 months. Remarkable numbers for this thin 4.3-inch device.

Source: Digital Versus
Via: PhoneArena & PocketNow

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Thanks to one of our tipsters for letting us know that Bell will finally be able to activate HSPA devices in Saskatchewan. Employees have started training and the go live date is expected to be on June 27th. We’ve also been informed that Bell will have “have 98% coverage” and all HPSA devices will be available. We’re getting more info soon and will report back.

Update: A press release just went out that noted they will launch “its 4G wireless broadband network to Saskatchewan customers next week” and have “mobile download speeds up to 21 megabits per second (Mbps) and typical speeds of 7 to 14 Mbps”. In addition, you’ll be able to score a Bell 4G device at over 50 locations including Bell authorized dealers and at The Source locations.

(Thanks tipster!)

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The prices keep falling over at Mobilicity. They have dropped their price plans in several cities and today announced a new /month couples promo that gives Unlimited talk, text and data for two. The plans have been dropped and now handset prices have been cut. Specifically all of their Android devices. The Nexus One goes [...]

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TELUS has a new contest out for 2011 and it’s called it’s “Bold Moves”. Basically you communicate a successful bold move you made and share it with others to inspire them to take action on their dreams. Up for grabs is a cool ,000 and 40 BlackBerry Bold smartphones. The end date of the contest [...]

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Sony Ericsson has introduced a Bluetooth remote control specifically for Android devices called LiveView. It’ll be available sometime in Q4 and the idea is that this 1.3-inch OLED touchscreen accessory communicates with your smartphone (via Bluetooth) for various functions such as playing music (pause/play and skip), check for incoming calls, messages, calendar reminders, Twitter/Facebook updates [...]

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Calgary-based Multiplied Media and their location based app called “Poynt” will now come preloaded on WIND Mobile BlackBerry devices. For those unfamiliar with Poynt, it’s a free app that helps you find phone numbers, addresses, directions, movie reviews & trailers, purchase movie tickets and book restaurant reservations. We’re not sure if this will be preloaded [...]

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Motorola has been plenty busy with Android this year and it seems the company is in no hurry to change strategies.  Yesterday found us learning that the handset maker expects upwards of 20 Android phones this year. Thanks to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), we might be looking at two from the roadmap.

First up is the Goldfinch 8208 which is a quad-band touch tablet with a 3.2-inch display, a 3 megapixel camera,FM Radio, and a DTV ISDB-T receiver to enjoy TV programs on the go.  Geographic availability indicates it could be headed to Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.  It’s hard to say for certain at this point but I wouldn’t look for this one in the United States any time soon.

Next up to bat, the GSM Bei Hai TD, is headed for Asia with a 5 megapixel camera capable of 720p HD capture/play back/output on HD TV.  I’m assuming this has HDMI-out but I could be wrong.

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