Mobile Phone Reviews

The Dell Streak is soon to be released by Canadian wireless carrier Rogers, but up until today we had not confirmed a price point.  This all changed after a tipster leaked a purported screen shot from the internal Rogers product library, showing the Dell Streak with a retail price of $599.99.  Also included in the screenshot is a 2-year price of $399.99 or 3-year for $149.99.

The Dell Streak features a 5-inch touchscreen running at WVGA (800 x 480 pixels), a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8250 processor, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash and VGA front-facing camera.  The biggest hurdle for the Dell Streak has and will always be the Android 1.6 OS the device ships with.  According to Dell, the Streak will be updated to Android 2.1 “later this year”, but with all the talk of Honeycomb and Gingerbread coming to the Samsung Galaxy Tab, what’s an Android fan to do?

The latest Quick Messaging Device (QMD) from Rogers Canada, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro, is now available.  With 720P HD video recording, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and touch-sceen navigation, the Vivaz Pro earns the QMD title.  So what exactly is QMD?

According to Rogers, QMD is an “in-between” line of cellphones.  Most have a full QWERTY keyboard for fast, easy messaging, some have touch screens and offer data services such as messaging, email and web access.  The QMD line up began back in early 2009 with the launch of the LG Neon, alongside the Samsung Gravity and Samsung Propel.  So why is QMD important?

Simple.  QMD devices offer the functionality of a smartphone, but they do not require a data plan.  Even if you decide not to opt for a data plan you can still take advantage of a Rogers Mobile Internet Pass for short-term, occasional mobile web browsing.

Here’s a quick recap of the important specs for the Sony Vivaz Pro: 3.2-inch touchscreen in 16:9 aspect ratio running at 640 x 360 pixels, 720P HD video recording, 5.1-megapixel camera with auto focus, face and smile detection, and 802.11 b/g connectivity.

The Samsung Captivate is now available in Canada via Rogers retail stores. As a reminder, the Captivate features a 4-inch (800 x 480) Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 1GHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera with no flash, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G, a 16GB of internal memory and TV-out through the 3.5mm jack. The handset runs on the Google Android 2.1 OS with TouchWiz. Rogers sells the Samsung Captive for $179.99 each. [Intomobile]

It’s not the first time we mention the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate, there were news related to its AT&T release but now the time has come for Rogers of Canada to join the party.

With that being said, Rogers is taking pre-orders of the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and is priced at $150 with a 3-year contract of voice + data. If you pre-order now there is a bonus – WEP570 Bluetooth headset.

In case you forgot this Samsung model comes with a 4-inch AMOLED display screen that provides a WVGA resolution of 800×480, a 5-megapixel camera for photos and videos, as well as 16GB of internal memory. Other details include a slot for microSD memory cards of 32GB, Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS.

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I’m sure that you can’t forget the square Motorola Flipout. It looks like it was going to be carried by Rogers and AT&T.

I say may be carried because my Source says that AT&T stores, who were expecting it this weekend, suddenly had a standing order to destroy any and all literature about the Flipout.

What does this mean? Is there going to be some last minute feature that changes everything about this device. That, or the Flip out is flipping out of here.

I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about this before its supposed release. We’ll keep you updated until then.

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We just got done telling you that the Samsung Galaxy Tab would be coming to T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint here int he US but what about our brethren to the north? Well, it was just made known that Rogers will do the honors of carrying the Android 2.2 touting Samsung Galaxy Tab in Canada. Unfortunately, just like its US counterpart we still do not know when Rogers will actually be picking up the Galaxy Tab or at what price.

Thanks to the plethora of carriers that the Galaxy Tab will be available for, Samsung may really have a shot at knocking the iPad from its thrown when this holiday season rolls around.

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Rogers has begun selling the all new Nokia 6700 Slide on their network. This slider phone is sold for $79.99 with a 3-year contract or $229.99 without any contract. To refresh your memory, the handset is equipped with a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, a front-facing videocalling camera, a 40MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, an FM radio, Ovi Maps, HSPA connectivity and runs on Symbian S60 OS. [Rogers]

You are lucky if you are living in Canada, because Rogers will release the LG Loop a.k.a GT540 Optimus. Powered by Android 1.6 OS, the phone features a 3-inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels), 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a 3.5mm headset jack, social networking integration (SNS Manager), and a 3MP AutoFocus camera with video recording. Each purchase comes equipped with a free 2GB memory card in the retail package. The LG Loop retails for as low as $29.99 with a 3-year contract agreement. You can also buy the handset free of contract for $299.99. [Rogers]

It’s not the first time we mention the LG Loop cellphone which is originally known as GT540, in case you forgot this unit was first presented at CES2010 earlier this year.

Anyway, the good news for the folks living in Canada is that the LG Loop is finally available for purchase online and has a price tag of $30 with a 3-year contract, or if you don’t want a contract it will cost ten times more, which means $300.

The LG Loop makes use of Android as the operative system and comes with a 3-inch touchscreen that provides a resolution of 320×480 pixels, it also has a 3-megapixel camera with autofocus for the photos and videos, and comes with a SNS Manager, in other words it has social networking integration with Facebook and other sites.

To make the deal even better Rogers is offering a memory card of 2GB if your purchase the LG Loop.

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Rogers has started selling LG’s newest slider phone ‘Neon 2‘ on their network. The handset is sold for just $19.99 with a 3-year contract agreement or $174.99 with no term. As we mentioned before, the Neon 2 sports a 3-inch 240 x 400 touchscreen display, a 2-megapixel camera with video recording, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 42MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot (up to 8GB), an FM radio, an MP3 player, Bluetooth and supports quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) connectivity. [Rogers]