Apple media invite points to a September 10 iPhone launch event

Apple has just sent out media invites to a September 10 event to be held in Cupertino for what many expect to be an iOS and iPhone related event. The invite has a variety of colourful circles in red, orange, blue, purple, yellow and white and has the text "This should brighten everyone's day." Among the products expected from Apple are an updated iPhone 5 as well as the long rumoured lower cost iPhone.  iOSRemember, Apple's CEO Tim Cook promised lots of surprises for Fall and it looks like Apple is finally ready to showcase some cool new products. Canadian Reviewer will be covering the event live on September 10th, so stay tuned for our reports from the event.

HTC strong showing at IFA yields new Desires and blue HTC ones

HTC's been busy at IFA in Berlin and just announced the addition of the HTC Desire 601 and HTC Desire 300 as well as vivid blue coloured variants of the popular HTC One and HTC One mini. Continuing its focus on music and audio, HTC also outed a new HTC BoomBass subwoofer. No Canadian timing or availability has been discussed.

A glimpse into the future of Windows Phone by way of leaked Lumia 1520 screen

While the world is still reeling from the recent news that Microsoft now owns Nokia's devices business, a leaked photo from tipster extraordinaire @evleaks shows a screenshot of the "Bandit" or the 1080p (1,080 x 1,920) device. More importantly, we see a glimpse of the new Windows Phone interface with various live tile sizes. There's definitely a future for Lumia in Microsoft, so lets hope the renewed synergy will continue to produce remarkable results.

Source: @Evleaks on Twitter

Verizon CEO denies Canadian market entry

Looks like Verizon won’t be posing a threat to Canada’s “Big Three” carriers (Bell, Rogers, and TELUS) as Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam dispelled rumors that the New York-based telecoms giant was setting up shop here. 

The statement was made by McAdam during a phone interview with Bloomberg after Verizon bought out Vodafone’s 45 percent share in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion—not only giving them full control of the United States’ most profitable mobile phone operator but making this the biggest acquisition in the US in over a decade.

“Verizon is not going to Canada,” McAdam said. “It has nothing to do with the Vodafone deal, it has to do with our view of what kind of value we could get for shareholders. If we thought it had great value creation we would do it.”