Motorola officially unveils the Moto X, coming to Canada exclusively with Rogers

This afternoon, live in New York City, Motorola officially unveiled their newest flagship Android device, the Moto X. Launching in a both white and black (Canada), Rogers has announced an exclusive on the Canadian launch slated for the end of this month and says it will go for $189.99 on a 2-year term. The Moto X features: a 4.7-inch 720p display, a 1.7Ghz dual-core X8 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage (non-expandable), a 2200mAh battery, and run stock Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.

Billed as the device that is "ready when you are", it has an even deeper "Google Now" integration offering the now recognizable "OK Google" that we have grown accustomed to from Google Glass. It also offers a more intuitive camera, allowing its users' to access the camera for photos with the flick of a wrist.

Of course, because it is a Rogers exclusive, those interested can drop their $40 and add themselves to the MotoX reservation list here.

Stay tuned for more on an official release date when we attend the hands-on in Toronto in the coming weeks.

[via RogersRedboard]

BBM for iOS and Android reaches BetaZone, release imminent

Since BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins made the announcement at BlackBerry Live in May about BBM going cross-platform, the internet (and BlackBerry fanboys) have been in a tizzy about when the switch would be finally flipped. 

Well, wait no more, BBM for iOS and Android is literally around the corner.

What you're looking at above is an email from BlackBerry's BetaZone team to one lucky user being invited to try the application out on their ICS(or higher)-powered Android device. All they're asked to do is fill out a form and they'll be "granted access" to a pre-release build. This often means that a final public version is just around the corner.

As I anxiously await my invite, I ask if any of our readers have received the faithful golden ticket seen above and if they've had the time to get on the program and download it. Let us know!

[via BBOS]

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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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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