Good news for Roger’s subscribers in Toronto, the Canadian carrier announced today that they will be adding Toronto to their LTE network on September 28th, less than a month away. Customers in Ottawa have been enjoying the convenience of LTE speeds since it became available on July 7th of this year, when Rogers became the [...]

According to Android Central, what you’re looking at is the Samsung SGH-i405, a Verizon-bound 4G LTE Android smartphone. In its current state, the yet-to-be-named phone is running Android 2.3.4 and sports a WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display, sliding QWERTY keypad, 5 megapixel camera and 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, 1GHz processor, and 512MB of RAM. Naturally all of [...]

OK, this is a LIVE BLOG so keep refreshing because I will be updating continually. Pricing? It will be unique, flex rate pricing starting at $45 for 1.5GB, 3GB at $65 and on and the plans will always adjust to the customers’ usage. $10/GB after you hit the maximum 9GB LTE Sticks: $79 in-store right [...]

Six high-profile tech companies comprised of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and Sony have banded together to purchase Nortel’s patent portfolio. Collectively spending $4.5-billion, the consortium purchased the rights to over 6,000 patents which cover wireless voice and network technology, optical data technology, and 4G LTE. Most of the companies involved are remaining tight-lipped about the splurge, [...]

Seeing that’s its been a few days since any new “rumors” of an impending iPhone 5 launch have popped up, why not start the day off right, right? What you’re looking at is an artist rendering of what the newly redesigned iPhone 5 is slated to look like. Rumors have is slated to feature an [...]

Thanks to one of BGR’s anonymous sources, today we have a bit more information to report on the first Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” smartphone from Google. Purportedly dubbed either the Google Nexus Prime or Nexus Prime, the device is said to be built by Samsung and feature some rather jaw-dropping specs, including a large 720p [...]

Oh LTE, I love you and all, but how your name is overused agitates me; alas, this post isn’t about that, so I will get right down to what it is. You all know by now that national LTE deployment is coming to a Canadian city near you by the end of 2011 - epic. [...]

I’m glad someone finally paid homage to Dick Tracy in an advertisement, even if it is for an as-of-yet unannounced product; here’s the story: Motorola Mobility’s website is currently undergoing a face lift, and the image above - and below - are screenshots that were caught by Pocketnow before Motorola sent out a cease and [...]

  If you’ve ever had an issue with you mobile internet speed, Rogers has a new service with you in mind. It’s called LTE (Long Term Evolution) and it promises a staggering 150 Mbps download and 70 Mbps upload speed. The new service is being rolled out to cities in Canada, starting with Toronto, Ottawa, [...]

During Rogers’ earning call this morning, CTO Bob Berner talked about Rogers’ multi-year commitment to building an extensive, Canada-wide LTE (Long Term Evolution) network. LTE is the name of the technology that sits behind the 4G moniker that is becoming more pervasive throughout the developed world. Besides announcing a localized trial in Ottawa/Kanata last October, [...]