Huawei Ascend Y300 destined for Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile

Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile now offer the cost-efficient  4G-enabled Huawei Ascend Y300 Android smartphone.

Huawei is one of the largest telecom solutions provider in the world, ranking  at no. 3 in smartphone shipments at the end of 2012.  This is the third device that Huawei has launched with a tier one Canadian carrier this year (last month, they launched devices with TELUS and Bell through Virgin).   

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First images of the Porsche Design BlackBerry Z10 leak out

When the original Porsche Design BlackBerry P'9981 was released last summer, pundits wondered what would happen with the luxury collection once BlackBerry 10 finally launched some six months later. Of course, BlackBerry (then RIM) and Porsche Design remained mum to the subject. 

Fast forward exactly a year and BlackBerry has launched, to somewhat mass appeal, both new 10-powered devices in the Z10 and Q10 (with the entry-level Q5 launching imminently). Still, however, no word on what would happen with this expensive - but oh so luxurious - collaboration. Even with BlackBerry 10 on the market, BlackBerry and Porsche Design still launched an all black Matte finish P'9981 and a 24-carat gold version is also floating around online. 

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SourceCode: Microsoft Office finally comes to Android smartphones

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft Office is the one of the first software programs users install on their PCs and Macs. Since smartphones are the closest thing to pocket computers, there have been countless substitutes for Word, Excel and PowerPoint available for Android and iOS devices but most don't come close to the original, or fail to integrate seamlessly with the desktop and cloud version of Microsoft's bread and butter suite.

Microsoft Office is now available on Android for free if you have an existing Office 365 account but it is only for smartphones and not for tablets where it would be far more useful.

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BlackBerry Q5 confirmed to be coming to Bell, Fido, Sasktel, TELUS and Virgin Mobile

After showing up on Kodoo's website, the BlackBerry Q5 will be availeble from TELUS, Bell, Fido, Sasktel and from Virgin Mobile as well (in Pure Red!). The midrange smartphone will feature a dual core 1.2GHz processor, vibrant touchscreen and 4G/LTE network support.

Andrew MacLeod, Managing Director for Canada at BlackBerry said, "Canada is our home, and bringing the BlackBerry Q5 smartphone here is a testament to our strong partner support and ongoing commitment to delivering innovative technologies that enable Canadian enterprises and consumers to improve how they connect and communicate." Good call, BlackBerry. Pricing is expected to be substantially lower than the Q10 and Z10 which are premium devices.