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Telus announces 4G LTE for Brooks, Alberta
Telus continues to further expand the coverage of its 4G LTE mobile network, this time announcing the availability of LTE speeds in Brooks as part of a $1 million investment to cover 80 percent of the Alberta population by the...
Sprint expands 4G LTE network coverage to over 20 new locations
As part of its plan to provide 4G LTE network coverage to most of its customers before the end of 2012, Sprint has announced over 20 new locations where 4G speeds are now available. The newly added 4G markets include San Francisco,...
Samsung Galaxy Note II arriving in Canada on October 30th
Multiple Canadian carriers have confirmed that the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Note II is going to become available ahead of Halloween this year, on October 30th to be specific. Pre-orders are already live on several carrier...
Motorola Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD coming to Verizon on October 18th
Two of Motorola's latest Android-powered handsets will become available through Verizon starting next week, October 18th. These are the Motorola Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD, which will be priced $199.99 and $299.99, respectively....
Telus to get rid of activation and renewal fees for good
Telus subscribers in Canada will soon be able to wave goodbye to the long-standing activation and renewal fees that have always been associated with mobile phone service contracts. This move by Telus will be officially implemented...
Samsung Galaxy S III mini officially launched
Samsung has finally announced the 4-inch screen-equipped Galaxy S III mini as a smaller and less powerful version of their current flagship handset, the Samsung Galaxy S III. The GS3 mini is fitted with a WVGA resolution Super...
Rogers and Fido launches HD Voice for users with compatible devices
Rogers and Fido quietly rolled out HD voice for its customers last week in order to greatly increase the quality of calls between HD voice compliant 3G/4G-enabled smartphones. According to a statement released by Rogers, their...
LG-made Nexus 4 (E960) shows up in clearest photos yet
Google's next Android-powered Nexus handset, which first appeared in a set of blurry spy pics earlier this week, has now surfaced in a new set of photos that are as clear and as bright as day. Apparently, Belarusian site Onliner.by...
iPad Mini Won't Have 3G or 4G, Says Report
iPad mini owners need to be at Starbucks or other areas with Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet. UK-based newspaper The Guardian, citing "sources", says the miniature version of the 9.7-inch iPad may only be coming with Wi-Fi connectivity....
HTC Bids Adieu to Tablet Market
HTC won't be releasing a successor to the 7-inch Flyer or 10.1-inch Jetstream, and won't be unveiling a new Android or Windows 8 tablet, at least in the next few months. HTC’s online communications manager Jeff Gordon told...
Nokia Belle software update not available for Symbian devices in Canada
In a response to an inquiry made through Nokia Careline, Nokia representatives have confirmed that Canadian carrier-sold Symbian devices will not receive a software update to Belle any time soon. Apparently, Nokia has made the...
Microsoft Office for Android and iOS confirmed for March 2013
In a media event that took place at the Czech Republic recently, Microsoft product manager Peter Bobek revealed that versions of Microsoft Office for Android and iOS are already on the way and will arrive some time in March 2013....
Alcatel One Touch View surfaces with Windows Phone 7.8
Yet another Windows Phone-powered handset has shown itself in the form of the Alcatel One Touch View, which is said to be a 4-inch touchscreen-equipped smartphone powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.8 OS. It features a 1GHz...
LG E960 a.k.a. Nexus 4 photos and specs revealed
Rumors of the next Google Nexus smartphone have been floating around for quite some time now, but there hasn't really been any concrete evidence to show for it until now. Pictures and specs of the said handset have finally surfaced...
Samsung Galaxy S III 'mini' confirmed for October 11th launch
Samsung's head of Mobile Communications JK Shin has confirmed the existence of the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini and promised that it will be unveiled in an official launch date scheduled on October 11th, 2012. This information was...
Lenovo Bares Lineup of Windows 8 Convertibles
Lenovo unleashed powerful Windows 8 ultrabooks that convert to tablets by flipping, folding, twisting, or turning. The Chinese PC maker is offering the 11-inch, quad-core IdeaPad Yoga ($799), a 13-inch, Intel-powered IdeaPad Yoga...
Samsung Galaxy Music now official
Samsung's rumored music-oriented smartphone is now official in the form of the Galaxy Music, which offers a 3-inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4GB storage, 512MB RAM, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich....
Mobilicity to host Mobile Phone Throwing Championships on October 13th
Did you know that throwing a mobile phone as far as you can is now a sporting event? Indeed it is, and Mobilicity is hosting Canada's first annual Mobile Phone Throwing Championship this coming Saturday, October 13th, in the city...
BlackBerry 10 launch delayed until March 2013
According to one analyst, the BlackBerry 10 launch that was originally scheduled to happen as early as January 2013--which is already late as it is--could now be pushed all the way up to March, as RIM suffers yet another delay....
Windows Phone 8 devices to become available for pre-order on October 21st
According to sources of information gathered by The Verge, Microsoft and AT&T has plans to make the first batch of Windows Phone 8-powered available for pre-order on October 21st. As you may already know, Windows Phone 8 is...
Motorola RAZR HD LTE now available through Rogers in Canada
Rogers and Motorola today announced the availability of the RAZR HD LTE for Canada, which is priced at only $99 CAD with an accompanying 3-year contract. It is one of Motorola's latest Android-powered smartphones and comes pre-loaded...
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Also Headed for Sprint
AT&T won't be the lone network carrying the second-generation Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Sprint recently announced that it would be releasing an LTE-ready Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Sprint's new slate features Android 4.0 Ice...
Samsung & Google Reportedly Readying Nexus with 10-Inch, Super Retina Display
Google partnered with the Samsung for Galaxy Nexus (first smartphone with Android Ice Cream Sandwich), then tied up with Asus for the top Android tablet Nexus 7 (first with Jelly Bean), and now reportedly with Samsung for a 10-inch...
Acer Iconia W510 Meets iPad 3 Pricing, But Offers More
Acer's Iconia W510 starts at $499.99, same as the market-leading iPad but costs $250 more with a keyboard dock. The $749.99 bundle though offers more than iPad 3: 64 GB of onboard storage, a microSD card slot for additional storage,...
iPad mini Slicker, Won't Recycle iPad 3 Design
Not only would the iPad mini be smaller and cheaper than the full-sized iPad, it may be slicker. Tokepa analyst Brian White, who claism to have corresponded with component suppliers during his trips to Taipei, said the 7.85-inch...
Apple Expects Small iPad to Go Big: 10 Million iPad minis Ordered
Apple has ordered 10 million initial units of the miniature iPad, the Wall Street Journal reported. The smaller iPad, dubbed the iPad mini, is expected to have a 7.85-inch display, a lower resolution than the iPad 3's highly touted...
T-Mobile announces LG Optimus L9 and Nokia Lumia 810
T-Mobile today announced two new handsets which are expected to become available some time well before the end of this year. These are the Android-powered LG Optimus L9 and the Nokia Lumia 810 with Windows Phone. The LG Optimus...
Sprint offers $3/mo StarStar Me vanity number service
Sprint has started offering a monthly service to let subscribers enjoy an easy-to-use vanity number service through StarStar Me. Through the said service, users can get a special 5-digit code that can be used to reach them instead...
US Intelligence Committee wants to ban Huawei and ZTE from US for security reasons
In a recently conducted investigation into the activities of Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei, the US House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee concluded that both need to be treated as security threats to the US and its...
Star Wars: Angry Birds coming on November 8
Star Wars fans who happen to love the Angry Birds mobile game franchise now have a new reason to celebrate: Angry Birds: Star Wars is coming to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone on November 8. All the famous Star Wars personalities...
Apple begins shipping 30-pin Lightning adapters for iPhone 5
Customers in Australia who spent money on the iPhone 5's new 30-pin Lightning adapter will be receiving their orders soon, according to e-mail notifications that were sent out recently by Apple itself. There is said to be an ongoing...
iPad mini Suppliers Said to Struggle with Production Deadlines
It appears that not everyone lining up outside Apple Stores would be able to take home the new iPad mini on the day the device is launched late October or early November. According to Topeka Capital Markets' Brian White, suppliers...
Acer Iconia W700, Like Other Windows 8 Tablets, Selling for $800
For $799.99, you can buy four Google Nexus 7 tablets or the same number of Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets. Acer's and other device-makers Windows 8 tablets are pricey, although they offer more features and claim to be more powerful...
iPad Tablet Market Share Drop Could Force iPad mini
Following early flops by the BlackBerry PlayBook, the HP TouchPad, and Android tablets, and the virtual monopoly by Apple's iPad, experts used to claim: consumers don't want tablets, they want iPads. But based on the trend, Apple...
Nexus 7 with More Storage and 3G Could Ship This Month
Google and ASUS emerged as the top Android tablet seller in the past three months with an 8 GB and 16 GB Nexus 7 that are priced at $199 and $249, respectively. Now Google is reportedly working on a Nexus 7 that has 32 GB of internal...
Alcatel, Midrange-Phone Maker, Has Cheap Tablet
Alcatel, known for making midrange phones, introduced the Alcatel One Touch T10 tablet. The slate has a 7-inch display, is powered by a Rockchip CPU, and runs with slightly customized Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich. The Alcatel...
Wind Mobile announces HD voice, successful HSPA+ network upgrades for Canada
A new post on its blog reveals that Wind Mobile's HD voice service is now available throughout Canada, which gives users great call quality with background-noise-cancelling technology. The carrier also announced that its sites...
Telus launches 4G LTE network coverage in more BC regions
LTE network coverage is now available in a total of four new BC regions, thanks to Canadian carrier Telus and its plan to reach 90% of the population of the said province through the rest of 2012. The list of covered regions now...
HTC One X+ coming to Canada via Telus
It has been revealed that the HTC One X+ is going to become available in Canada soon, and apparently, Telus mobile subscribers will be the first ones to get their hands on it. The One X+ features near identical specs to its predecessor,...
AT&T updates Pantech Burst to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the AT&T Pantech Burst is now available for download. It brings a number of software changes including an improved user interface, enhanced notifications and mutitasking, Face...