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Over the past week there was a slew of hot mobile news – mostly revolving around takeovers, lawsuits and last minute shopping deals. Mobilicity was at the centre of Canadian news with WIND being “in talks” to buy them, plus RIM fielded trademark infringement accusations over their popular BBM use by BBM Canada. Below are some top Canadian stories, plus other notable news from around the web:

- Google planning on releasing a tablet within 6 months [Read here]
- ASUS Transformer Prime arrives in the hands of some lucky Canadians [Read here]
- Mobilicity rumoured to launch an IPO Q1 2012, looks to raise 0 million [Read here]
- Survey shows 23% of Canadians have the urge to use their phone in the bathroom [Read here]
- Fido launching the Motorola RAZR “in the next few days” [Read here]
- Angry Birds finally available for BlackBerry Playbook [Read here]
- BBM Canada hits RIM with trademark infringement over BBM use [Read here]
- Rogers changing DOA Policy to 15 days from purchase, effective February 1st, 2012 [Read here]
- Samsung bringing OS 4.0 to the Galaxy SII in Q1 2012, other devices “will soon follow” [Read here]
- UBC says “People more likely to lie when texting” [Read here]
- Hands-on with the Nexus S running Ice Cream Sandwich [Read here]
- Public Mobile finds a home in 48 Walmart stores [Read here]
- WIND “in talks to buy Mobilicity”, says Bloomberg [Read here]
- iMessage bug revealed after stolen iPhones still receiving texts to old number [Read here]
- Contest: Win a WIND Mobile HTC Amaze 4G [Read here]
- List of Boxing Day specials from various Canadian retailers [Read here]

Around the web:
- Steve Jobs to receive Grammy for transforming the music industry [TheVerge]
- Republic Wireless goes truly unlimited [Engadget]
- AT&T’s LTE Network Is Faster Than Verizon’s [Wired]
- Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 Release Date and Pricing [CrackBerry]
- Microsoft is finally planning to fix backup in Windows Phone [WMPU]

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Here’s a list of the top Canadian stories from the past week (lots of BlackBerry and Galaxy Nexus news). In addition, a bunch of other cool stuff from around the world.

- TELUS Samsung Galaxy S II X (Hercules) getting ICS update sometime in 2012 [Read here]
- Bell and Virgin officially launching Galaxy Nexus December 8th [Read here]
- Samsung commercial takes a shot at Apple [Read here]
- Bell to release the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE December 7th [Read here]
- Rogers destroys a birthday cake and an egg with a RAZR [Read here]
- Virgin Mobile to release the BlackBerry Bold 9790 [Read here]
- Galaxy Nexus will be available at Videotron next year [Read here]
- Rendering of the HTC Ville with more specs surface [Read here]
- Bell and TELUS release the all-touch BlackBerry Curve 9380 [Read here]
- BlackBerry Curve 9380 Review [Read here]
- Rogers Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Review [Read here]
- White BlackBerry Bold 9900 now available at Rogers [Read here]
- WIND to release the HTC Amaze for 9 [Read here]
- Bell releases the LG Optimus LTE [Read here]
- Rogers Sony Ericsson Xperia arc OS 2.3.4 now available to download [Read here]
- Bell LG Optimus 4G LTE Review [Read here]
- WIND expands into Niagara, coming to London in December [Read here]

Around the web:

- Motorola Droid 4 Specs Surface: LTE 4-Inch display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor [Droid Life]
- Sharp Aquos SH-01D Android has a 720p 3D display, 12.1-megapixel camera [The Verge]
- RIM and Telefonica enter in NFC payments trial [CrackBerry]
- Android OS 4.0 gets ported to original HTC Dream [XDA]
- HTC “re-evaluating” S3 Graphics purchase after ITC reversal [Apple Insider]
- LG Nitro HD event happening on December 1st in the United States [Engadget]

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Much of this past week circled around the excitement of the upcoming “pure Android” Galaxy Nexus. In addition, several carriers released new handsets and will be adding new devices shortly. Below is a list of the top stories from the past week, plus other notable news from around the web:

- WIND Mobile Q3 results bumps subscriber base to 358,000 [Read here]
- Bell and Virgin to exclusively launch the Galaxy Nexus first [Read here for Bell & Virgin]
- BlackBerry PlayBook drops to a low 9 [Read here]
- The BBX-powered BlackBerry “London” surfaces online [Read here]
- Rogers and TELUS will release the Galaxy Nexus January 2012 [Read here]
- TELUS and Rogers to release the Bold 9790 [Read here]
- Samsung becomes the global leader in smartphone shipments [Read here]
- Motorola RAZR review [Read here]
- Public Mobile launches releases Android devices, under 0 [Read here]
- Bell BlackBerry Curve 9380 available November 28th [Read here]
- HTC AMAZE coming to Videotron, probably WIND [Read here]
- Galaxy Nexus review Part 1 & Part 2
- Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Glide available [Read here]
- Mobilicity gets a new CEO, Dave Dobbin dismissed from role [Read here]
- Current poll has 78% of votes saying the 700MHz auction should have a set-aside [Read here]

Around the web:

- How to use Google Music from outside the States [Engadget]
- Twitter for Windows Phone updated to Mango [WMPoweruser]
- Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 Unboxed [CrackBerry]
- Steve Jobs biographer says he “wanted to reinvent” photography and textbooks [The Verge]
- Android malware up 472% since July [Phandroid]
- Motorola Droid Xyboard 8.2 tablet pictured [PocketNow]

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This past week was almost as busy as the week when Google acquired Motorola Mobility. An incredible amount happened in mobile, everything from new device announcements, new OS (specifically Android 4.0), manufacturer apologies and historic sales numbers. The next few weeks will even get busier as the carriers will unload their new phones for the holiday season. Here’s a rundown of the top stories from this past week:

- Samsung and Google announce the Galaxy Nexus – yes, it’s coming to Canada! [more here]
- Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is demoed [more here]
- Motorola’s Android Motorola RAZR announced, pictured above & Rogers launching in November [more here]
- iPhone 4S sales pass 4 million [more here]
- RIM decides to give 0 worth of free app to customers for recent service outage [more here]
- Bell will release the LG Optimus LTE as the LG Eye [more here]
- Rogers releases the HTC Jetstream, Canada’s first LTE tablet [more here]
- Samsung confirms the Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE is coming to Canada [more here]
- 1 week with Siri, our iPhone 4S review [more here]
- Steve Jobs bio available Monday, he says that “I’m going to destroy Android” [more here]
- TELUS will release the Samsung Galaxy S II X on October 28th [more here]
- Our latest poll, “Which device are you most excited to get your hands on?”, currently has 60% saying the Galaxy Nexus [more here]

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Maybe there is a point where technology ceases to make life easier/better/prettier. I think we’re there. The first person to think “Hey, let’s add a camera feature to a cellphone” probably didn’t have Rep. Anthony Weiner in mind when he thought a camera and phone would be a good combination. … Read More
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Alright. I will admit it. I am an idiot. I don’t know how else to explain my inability to “get” tablet devices. I mean, it seems that everyone in the world has gone Country Hip-Hop crazy over these overgrown smart phones. … Read More »

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2 million Apple iPad sold a week before WWDC 2010

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Apple iPad took over the world, reaching 2 million sales in less than 60 days after entering the market on April 3. The tablet of Apple recently began to spread around the world and this helped to increase sales but soon they may grow even more since in July iPad comes in 9 more countries. Steve Jobs said: “Our clients around the world experience the magic of the iPad and obviously enjoying it as much as we. We appreciate their patience and work hard to make enough iPads for all. “Apple launched the era of tablets, but still has not appeared no one to challenge their supremacy in the sector. Currently, however, Google is gaining strength and will undoubtedly prepare for the attack – similar to the situation with Android which recently captured a growing share of the market of smartphones. But no one knows what will trump other removed by Apple against its competitors.

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So, Apple is having its annual developers pow-wow next week and most are expecting the maker of all things iCool to unveil its latest iPhone iteration.
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