ASUS teases Metal for MWC by completing Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in a video

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona begins on February 25th but ASUS is already hyping the airwaves with a District-9 type video that shows a spaceship flying over the famed Catalonian city and cruising above Antoni Gaudi's still unfinished modernist masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia Basilica. The spaceship then lands next to the Sagrada Familia and in one fell-swoop, completes the structure with shiny metal spires. What is ASUS selling here and what sort of Metallic Miracle will we see launched during the event. All will be revealed soon enough.

Staples Canada to carry Lenovo Yoga and Twist models

As Lenovo continues to move forward in the consumer space, it is focusing on making its products more widely available to consumers. Staples Canada will now carry the Lenovo Yoga and Lenovo Twist convertible Windows 8 PCs starting today. Hit jump for the details.

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Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 now appearing for Canadian Nexus 4s

Canadian Nexus 4 users will likely get a notice on their devices stating the availability of the Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 update. While it is a nice little update that brings some fixes it also annihilates the ability to enable 4G-LTE on certain carriers (like TELUS and Rogers in Canada, for example). Granted the 4G-LTE feature was a hack, and the Nexus 4 was never marketed as a 4G-LTE device, it is still capable of accessing those network speeds and has the required LTE hardware. So the 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update actually cripples this promising feature on the device. How will users who updated their Nexus 4's to the latest OS build feel knowing their device is capable of accessing faster speeds? Not too happy, I would guess.

Sources: TheCellularGuru

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TELUS launches Canada’s first Network Experience application

TELUS justannounced the launch of the TELUS Network Experience (TNE) application – a free and easy-to-use mobile app, which gives customers the opportunity to provide real time, on-the-go feedback about wireless service on the TELUS network*. TELUS will use customer feedback and submitted Reports to make network enhancements and to influence its future network build. Resolutions and updates regarding network improvements will be communicated to app users through a News section.

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