TS2R Wireless News: White Nexus S, New Consumer Cellular Plans, Mo' Android, Windows Phone Stats & Polar Mobile PlayBooks

TS2R Wireless News.jpgTS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News


White Nexus S -
In Canada, they are selling an unlocked Samsung Nexus S in white, raising the hopes and dreams of those who love white smartphones.

Consumer Cellular Changes Voice and Data Plans - Beginning today, Consumer Cellular added more bandwidth to every "Connect! plan" for the same low price.  If a customer is paying $2.50 a month for data, they previously received 2 megabytes of memory.  Now they will receive 4 megabytes.  Consumer Cellular also added a $15 voice plan and increased minutes for its existing voice plans.

ABI Research Shows Mo' Smartphones & Mo' Android - 302 million smartphones were shipped in 2010, a 71% growth over 2009's shipment levels.  There were 69 million Androlid smartphones shipped last year, and ABI Research expects that in 2016 Android will have captured 45% of the market.

Windows Phone Stats - According to the Windows Phone Blog, there were 1.5 million downloads of Windows Phone Developer Tools, 36,000 active developers and 11,500 apps.

Polar Mobile Plays PlayBook Apps - Polar Mobile announced plans today to support Research In Motion's PlayBook tablets and estimates launching at least 100 PlayBook apps in 2011.

Full articles today include Wireless and Mobile News Google Panda Problems, BlackBerry Touch specs, and the HTC ThunderBolt is selling better than the iPhone 4 in some Verizon outlets.