As reported here on Cell Phones Etc. and across the Web, here’s your daily brief on what happened in the world of mobile phones this Friday, April 15th, 2011.
Boost Mobile intros International Connect, features unlimited texts to anyone, anywhere
Here’s something that might entice you to sign-up with Boost Mobile. The carrier has just rolled a new add-on service that allows you to call unlimited to Canada, and send countless text messages to anywhere in the world. For $5/month, that’s what you get, but if you want unlimited international calling to go with that, it’ll be $10/month. A bit more pricey, but still not that expensive. Now, who says you can’t get unlimited service for international call and text?
Engadget Mobile
Windows Phone 7 browser aces the HTML5 drawing test
One of the new features in the upcoming WP7 Mango update is its mobile IE 9 browser. The desktop version is getting rave reviews, and from the looks of it, it’s mobile counterpart is just as good. Microsoft demoed it in a showdown with mobile Safari and Android Gingerbread’s Browser in an HTML5 speed reading test, and IE9 blew the competition away. IE 9’s 20fps vs mobile Safari’s 2fps vs Gingerbread’s 11fps; the numbers speak for itself.
GSMArena
Update: Nexus S and Samsung Linx now available online at Fido
Fido has finally released their Nexus S offering. But apart from the newest Google phone, they also debuted a new phone for those with a strapped budget, the Samsung Linx. This entry-level messaging phone comes packed with a slide-out QWERTY keypad, a standard alphanumeric keypad, 1.3-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth connectivity. It’s retailing for just $10 on a 2-yr contract, perfect for those working on a limited budget.
Mobilesyrup
Twitter for BlackBerry 1.1 sheds beta tag, blossoms into official app
The final version of Twitter for BlackBerry 1.1 is now available. This latest version of Twitter for BlackBerry adds support for 5 new languages, and comes wit a few new treats including push notifications for mentions, autocompletion of hashtags, geotag support, and a nifty “pull to refresh” shortcut similar to the one implemented on the iOS and Android platform. Twitter for BlackBerry 1.1 is readily available at the BlackBerry App World.
Engadget Mobile
Telus Nexus S just got $50 price drop to $149.99 on a 3-year agreement
Speaking of the new Goohle phone, Telus has finally lowered their 3-year contract price of their Nexus S. It’s now retailing for just $149.99, $30 cheaper than before. It may now be more affordable, but it’s still not the most enticing offer around as Rogers and company have theirs priced at around the $100 price point with a 3-year agreement.
But hey, if the price drop we’ve been hoping for came true, who knows, maybe in a week’s time it’ll go down to $100 as well. Here’s to wishful thinking.
