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Telus officially announces the HTC Desire Android smartphone

July 19, 2010July 19, 2010 drsquid AMOLED, Android, Android 2.1, Android 2.2, canada, Desire, Froyo, google, HTC, Sense UI, smartphone, Sony Super LCD, superphone, Telus2 Comments

Though Canada often seems a step or two behind in getting the latest and greatest smart phones, we’ve recently seen what could be called Superphones (you know, large high-res screens and 1GHz + processors) hitting our shores. Rogers is already carrying the X10 Bell has announced the Galaxy S. Beyond Android, the iPhone 4 will clearly be in this category when released in Canada. [ED Note: I’d put the Acer Liquid E in there as well, given its specs]. The latest announcement, from Telus, is that the HTC Desire will…

Bell launching Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone soon

July 19, 2010August 23, 2010 drsquid Android, Android 2.1, Android 2.2, Bell, canada, Froyo, Galaxy S, Samsung, smartphone, Super AMOLED, superphone, Vibrant5 Comments

What is a ‘Superphone’? A smartphone with a large high-resolution screen, fast (1 GHz +) processor & HD video capture? If so, then the Sony Ericsson X10 on Rogers, a phone sadly hobbled by its out-of-date OS, could be considered Canada’s first Superphone. The Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant would be the second. Announced earlier this year, and released in Europe at the beginning of June, the Galaxy S was announced on June 29th to be coming to Canada with Bell. This was surprising news to us, since usually Canadians have…