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 Tuesday, June 28th 2011.
Competition Bureau Fines Bell $10 Million For Misleading Advertising
The Competition Bureau have reached an agreement with Bell today that will see them fork over $10 million for misleading advertising. The Bureau said that Bell has been advertising prices for various services since 2007 that “were not in fact available” and hiding details within the fine print. Bell stated that they fundamentally disagree with the outcome but “has decided to immediately resolve the issue and move forward by paying”.
MobileSyrup
500,000 Android Devices Are Activated Every Day
Half a million Android devices are activated every day, a number that’s growing 4.4% each week, Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin revealed in a tweet. Android’s growth has been amazing in the past couple of months. In May, Google said 100 million Android devices had been activated and 400,000 devices are activated every day. It took Google’s smartphone platform a month-and-a-half to reach half a million daily activations, and at such an astonishing growth rate, it might reach one million activations per day before the end of the year.
Mashable
Windows Phone 7 gets its Kik, too
It would seem Kik, everybody’s almost favorite free messaging service — except those on a BlackBerry, perhaps — has added Windows Phone 7 to its list of supported platforms. What’s Kik you ask? Well, in case you’ve been hiding under a rock, Kik’s an instant messaging app with BBM-like features such as message status which lets you know if your message has been read, received, or if whomever you messaged is typing back. Throw in photo sharing and the fact that it is free, and well, you get the idea.
Engadget
Rogers Employees Start LTE Training
Ottawa residents will be first to experience the new Rogers LTE network this Summer. There has been no official launch date announced but the Sierra Wireless Rocket Stick (AirCard 313U) has been deemed the inaugural device. Rogers has future roll-out plans to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver by the end of 2011, then another 25 locations in 2012.
MobileSyrup
iOS Vs. Android: Which Mobile OS Is More Secure?
A new independent study by security experts at Symantec attempted to measure how secure Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platform are, and also to determine how these mobile platforms stack up against desktop operating systems. Symantec claims that these mobile platforms are much more secure than today’s popular desktop operating systems, though the firm does note that the key variable, as always, is the human element.
BGR
