Posts tagged Nexus One
Mobile payment needs more than an iPhone Bump to get going
Mar 19th
I’d like to apologize to Darrell MacMichael of PayPal Canada for costing him all of $8 while we were filming a demo of his company’s new Send Money Version 2.0 application for the iPhone.
Send Money is an app that enables smart phone users to access their PayPal accounts with their mobile device. The new version works with the Bump app on the iPhone which allows people to exchange information on their phone by just touching (or bumping) their iPhones together.
How smart do you need to be to use a smart phone?
Mar 16th
- By Dominira Saul
In today’s fast paced and mobile world often our customers, vendors and collaborators expect 24-hour availability and instant responsiveness. Business people are expected to be able to respond to situations with the smallest possible turn around times. The growing popularity of smartphones gives even more weight to these expectations. 
The advent of light, powerful laptops in the early 90s led to a mobile revolution. It freed workers from their offices and allowed them to work remotely and while on the go. The advent of powerful smart phones has allowed us to take the tele-work revolution one step further. Workers have now been freed from the need to be close to networks, power sources and peripherals. Most smart phones can edit documents, surf the Internet and send email. These cornerstones of business communications are further extended by the ability of these phones to download additional applications. In addition to these basic functions, a smart phone will also allow you to IM, Skype, SMS, MMS, Tweet, Blog, Phlog, Vlog and use a host of other business and social networking features. If you are not a smart phone user, placing all of these features in the palm of your hand may seem daunting.
iPad will rewrite Canadian wireless pricing – cheap AT&T-like rates must come here, too
Mar 9th
By Carmi Levy, independent technology analyst and journalist
The clock is now ticking. Apple’s iPad hits U.S. retailers April 3rd and migrates north of the border sometime before the end of the month. The gamechanger in all of this isn’t the device, however. It’s the pricing model for 3G service that AT&T will follow – and how it could potentially push Canadian carriers to follow suit. 
AT&T is rolling the dice with a data plan map that breaks all the rules. First, at $15/month for 250 Megabytes of usage and $30 for unlimited access, it’s a lot less expensive than smartphone traditional data plans. Second, it doesn’t require a contract, so consumers can opt in and out and back in at will.
To Canadian consumers and businesses long used to paying more for less, a near-total lack of unlimited-data availability and near-universal 2-to-3-year lock-in, the prospect of an AT&T-like wave rolling into Canada is almost too good to be true. Read the rest of this entry »
Google’s Nexus One works in Canada on Wind 3G, Rogers 2G networks
Jan 11th
It was no surprise when Canada was left out of Google’s Nexus One phone launch. This nation is getting used to playing second fiddle (or third, or 85th) when it comes to getting the latest gadget.
It’s probably for the best, since most Canadians probably couldn’t handle more excitement after finally getting their hands on an Amazon Kindle (albeit a crippled version of the e-reader).
Google gives Apple cause for concern with Nexus One
Jan 5th
Today’s buzz is all about the announcement that Google is launching its new Google Phone, called the Nexus One.
While Stephen Jobs and the gang at Apple say they are not threatened by this new entry in to the highly competitive phone market, the mere fact that Apple said they are not worried speaks volumes about their concerns of the shifting market share.
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