We’ve been tipped this morning (and have now been able to confirm, thanks to our own Myriam Joire braving the lines) that if you buy an iPhone 4 in a Canadian carrier’s store today, you leave with it locked to that carrier — despite Apple’s trumpeting that you can buy it SIM-free. It appears as though the activation process might be responsible for causing the carrier lock — either that, or the carriers’ subsidized models are shipped locked, unlike the full-price devices you can buy directly from Apple. Either way, it’s a bummer, and it’s certainly something to take into consideration before you buy . . . → Read More: Buying an iPhone 4 from a Canadian carrier? It’s locked
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You might remember that an LTE modem for Verizon passed FCC muster not long ago — now, it seems we’re getting our first glimpse of it. . . . → Read More: LG VL600 LTE / CDMA modem for Verizon in the wild? It’s hard out there for a prez, you know? Hardly anyone knows better than one Barack Obama, who sat down this morning on ABC’s The View in order to talk smack with a few ladies who undoubtedly helped put him in office. If you’ll recall, Obama fought hard early on for the privilege of maintaining his prized BlackBerry , and while he eventually won out, we learned today that a grand total of ten individuals are authorized to ping it . . . → Read More: Obama says presidential BlackBerry ownership is ‘no fun,’ should’ve gone with the Sectera Edge If you think this dynamic duo is running Android, well… think again! Turns out Moto apparently isn’t abandoning its Google-free low end just yet, with Celular Cafe — a site that has developed quite a track record for leaking South American Motorolas — showing a pair of new models that have all the smartphone looks without guts to match. The EX112 (pictured right) is actually available in two variants, with the second — the EX115 — featuring dual SIM capability; it’s got a 3 megapixel cam, quadband GSM, full QWERTY (obviously), and apparently not much else. . . . → Read More: Motorola’s EX112, EX115, and EX245 exposed enroute to Brazil The iPhone 4 may be launching on all the major Canadian carriers tomorrow , but we’re only just now starting to get the actual details on what they’ll be offering. Rogers is the first out of the gate and, for a change, it looks like folks in the US may just be a tad jealous of their northern neighbors . . . → Read More: Canadian iPhone 4 launch details emerge: Rogers offers 6GB for $30, iPad sharing for $20 Though Samsung has developed a near-legendary reputation for giving its phones silly names , it turns out that “Intensity II” is surprisingly appropriate in a way: this thing’s got an infrared camera. Or at least the 1.3 megapixel shooter has an infrared mode, which should make it unusually adept at taking pictures of things that people never intended to be captured for posterity. Like its predecessor , the Intensity II has a slide-out landscape QWERTY keyboard paired with a numeric keypad in front; you’ve got a 2.2-inch QVGA screen and microSD expansion up to 32GB, perfect for those thousands of night shots you’ll undoubtedly be taking. . . . → Read More: Samsung Intensity II descends on Verizon Boost Mobile does a fine enough job advertising its $50 monthly unlimited plan, but how’s about the phone selection? If you’re a fan of flips, Motorola has a new duo headed to the aforesaid operator next month . . . → Read More: Motorola Bali and Rambler flip phones hitting Boost Mobile on August 11 It’s a crying shame that the American flavors of Samsung’s otherwise stunning Galaxy S lack a front facing camera, but even those camped out in the Great White North should know that the European versions ( i9000 ) do have such a feature. Lucky for them, Bell’s Galaxy S Vibrant will also have a camera mounted on the front, enabling video chats with a lot less hassle. . . . → Read More: Bell’s Galaxy S gets front-facing camera, rumored August 6 launch date Call us jaded, bitter or just downright unlucky, but we’ve received more new Citi card digits in the past two years than we know what to do with. Every other month or so, some prankster is breaking into some database and compromising some quantity information over at Citi (or at least that’s how it seems), and now the frustrations have spilled over into the mobile realm. . . . → Read More: Citi discloses security flaw in iPhone app, is probably sending you a(nother) new card right now This new Bold 9780 is really looking like the real deal, isn’t it? The phone, which includes some ultra-minor aesthetic tweaks over the 9700, along with 512MB of RAM to handle the new BlackBerry 6 OS, has been described on paper, caught on camera , and now has gotten the requisite video walkthrough. The video, obtained by Driphter.com , includes some nice WebKit browsing , with fast page loads but some slightly sluggish scroll speeds . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Bold 9780 caught on video running OS 6 |
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