Canada: Samsung Galaxy Note White live on Telus, in a few days on Rogers. Next Bell.

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Canada: Samsung Galaxy Note White live on Telus, in a few days on Rogers. Next Bell.

The white Galaxy Note has gone live at TELUS and is about to make its debut at Rogers within the next few days as well. Bell will also launch the white-flavored Galaxy Note. 

According to Samsung, the Galaxy Note in glossy ceramic white is expected to arrive at carriers and select retailers across Canada beginning today.

The smartphone is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, but Samsung stated the Galaxy Note will receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update in Q2 2012.

Moreover, the handset maker promised it will deliver a 'Premium Suite' upgrade that will enhance and add to the features that are already available onto the Galaxy Note and its S Pen stylus.

This enhanced update will be available in the late-spring timeframe, and will offer new features and applications exclusive to Galaxy Note and its innovative S Pen. 

“GALAXY Note continues to delight customers with its incredible versatility and unique user experience and we are excited to introduce a new colour of the popular Samsung Galaxy Note to Canadians,” said Paul Brannen, Vice President, Mobile Communications at Samsung Canada. 

On the inside, the smartphone is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).

“Designed to capture, share and create content like never before, the Galaxy Note combines the power of a tablet with the convenience of a smartphone to bring an all-in-one device to the Canadian marketplace,” concluded Brannen.

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Canada: TELUS, Bell and Rogers releasing the Galaxy Note February 14th for $249.99 on a 3-year, according to Best Buy

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The confirmed carriers to release this Android phone/tablet are TELUS, Bell and Rogers with a “mid-February” availability. 

First out of the gate with the official release date and pricing is big box retailer Best Buy showing the Note will be available to the masses on Tuesday, February 14th for the 3-year contract price of $249.99. Best Buy also notes the Rogers logo on their info page, but doesn’t have any pricing info.

 Missing is the no-contract price points but will most likely be around the $600+ mark. If you want to pre-order the Note can walk into a store and lay down a $50 deposit.

Source: Best Buy Canada via Mobilesyrup.

Canada. Future Shop: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy S II LTE bundled just for $250.

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Canada. Future Shop: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy S II bundle juts for $250.

Starting this Friday, the Canadian retailer will offer the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy Tab 10.1 bundled for only $250 (190 EUR).

Obviously, customers who want to take advantage of this amazing deal will have to commit to a new three-year agreement from Rogers.

Currently, Rogers offers the Galaxy S II LTE for $149.99 (115 EUR) on a three-year term, while the 16GB Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi, which is included in the bundle, is available at Rogers for $349.99 (265 EUR) off-contract.

No details about when this offer ends.

Canada: Rogers and Telus will carry the Samsung Galxy Nexus in Jan 13th.

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On a tweet by Samsung Canada announced that Rogers and Telus, Canada operators will begin carrying the Galaxy Nexus starting Jan 13th, 2012.

Source: Twitter

LTE: Canada: Rogers expands LTE network.

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Rogers Communications has extended it's LTE service now in Canada's three largest cities Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Operator had launched LTE network in Ottawa on July 7th. Rogers LTE network will expand to more than 30 per cent of the population by the end of 2011.

"We're thrilled to be the first carrier in Canada to offer LTE and the fastest mobile speeds to Canada's three largest provinces and to more Canadians than any other carrier in Canada," said John Boynton, Rogers Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. 

Rogers also plans to launch HTC Jetstream™ LTE tablet on October 18. The Samsung Galaxy S II™ LTE smartphone, the LTE Rocket™ mobile hotspot (Sierra Wireless AirCard ® 754S), and an HTC smartphone will be in stores in the coming weeks. 

Rogers is also offering a special introductory plan that gives LTE customers an opportunity to activate on one of Rogers largest ever data buckets - 10GB for $52.93 per month. According to operator, Rogers LTE customers are experiencing typical download speeds ranging from 12 Mbps to 25 Mbps.

Canada: Rogers to launch the HP webOS TouchPad July 15th and Pre 3 July 19th.

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According to Mobilesyrup Rogers will carry both the HP webOS TouchPad  16GB $499, 32GB $599.- launching it in July 15th, and the HP webOS Pre 3 smartphone to launch in July 19th.

The picture bellow is from a big box retailer. Mobilesyrup thinks it is Rogers.

This news also confirms our before post where HP themselves twitted as July 15th the availabilty of the TouchPad : HP

The TouchPad will be for pre-order this June 19th on HP Canada, as well.

Source: Mobilesyrup

LTE: Canada: Rogers selected Ericsson to build LTE network.

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As part of this multi-year agreement, Ericsson expands its key supplier role with Rogers by delivering an end-to-end LTE network. Ericsson will deploy all 4G/LTE radio sites with its new multi-standard radio base station, RBS 6000, and upgrade and expand Rogers' existing packet core network into an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network, supporting the new LTE network.

"This deal reaffirms Ericsson's leadership in LTE and further extends our long-standing relationship with Rogers. Ericsson's LTE/EPC network will enable Rogers to deliver unique experiences for people and businesses thereby shaping the networked society," said Angel Ruiz, head of Ericsson North America.

"Ericsson has been a strategic, valued partner of ours for more than 25 years and we look forward to working with them to bring this next generation technology to Canadians," said Bob Berner, Executive Vice President Network and Chief Technology Officer of Rogers Communications Inc.

To date, Ericsson has signed commercial LTE contracts with six of seven of the top ranked operators by 2010 global revenue. In North America, the world's fastest growing LTE market, we now have four LTE contracts with leading operators in the region.

LTE, the next generation of mobile communication technology, enables the fast transfer of huge amounts of data in an efficient and cost-effective way, optimizing the use of the frequency spectrum. With increased speed and decreased latency, consumers can enjoy a wide range of applications (real-time web, online gaming, social media collaboration and video conferencing) effortlessly and while on the move. LTE will meet the demands of new and enhanced mobile internet applications of the future.

Ericsson has been driving open standards and has had the highest impact on the released LTE specifications. Ericsson expects to hold 25 percent of all essential patents for LTE, making it the largest patent holder in the industry.

HP webOS: Palm Pre 2 is available on Rogers, Canada. Plans and Video.

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Source: http://www.hp.com/canada/products/landing/palm-pre/index.html?jumpid=ex_r552_ca/hho/psg/palm_pre2/20101018

Source: http://www.palm.com/ca/

Palm Pre 2 page on Rogers. It's $99.99 Canadian with a 3-year contract, $349.99 at 2 years, $399.99 on 1-year or month-to-month. and no term $449.99.

The video demo is the same as the US: