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 Thursday, February 17th 2011.
UPS iPhone app now available in Canada
Want to keep track of your UPS deliveries on your iPhone? If so, then you’ll be happy to know that, finally, there’s an app for that now. Already on the BlackBerry and Android platform, the UPS mobile app can now likewise be found at the iTunes App Store. Aside from keeping tabs on your delivery, he app also comes with a shipping rate calculator, and locations of the various UPS branches that works via GPS.
Mobilesyrup
Nokia Clarifies Plans To Customize Windows Phone
If there’s one thing that will help differentiate Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets from the rest of the WP7 flock is that it’ll come with a custom UI. That’s one of the privileges Espoo’s been given by Microsoft, which no other phone maker, thus far, has had the luxury of getting. How extensive are these customizations? We don’t exactly know for sure, but they did point out that these customizations won’t “delay PS updates from Microsoft reaching Nokia customers.”
Phonescoop
Confirmed: Motorola ATRIX 4G launches on February 22nd
Mark your calendars, folks. The Motorola ATRIX 4G is arriving on the Tuesday, February 22. That’s in the US. Still no word on when it will officially arrive in Canada, but our money’s still on March 17th as is big D-day on Bell.
BGR
Globalive appealsFederal Court Ruling
As expected, Globalive has just filed an appeal with the Federal Court of Appeal in response to the recent decision of the Federal Court to overturn the ruling that granted the company to operate in Canada. They also filed an application for the extension of the 45 day stay order in order for their operations to continue in-spite of the legal impediments hounding them.
CNW
NYT: Apple considering a cheaper iPhone, but not a smaller one right now
There’s been a spike in iPhone Nano rumors as of late, but this one goes against the grain. According to the NYT’s source, it doesn’t make sense to come out with multiple form factors for the iPhone. If it’s to drive down its price point, an iPhone with cheaper components would be the better alternative as opposed to one that’s smaller in size. So, is it an iPhone with cheaper parts then that’s in the works? We don’t know, but unless more substantial evidence surfaces, we’re not willing to go out on a limb and say this one’s a done deal.
Engadget
