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Survey: 54% of students use their phone primarily for texting
A recent survey, commissioned by Best Buy Mobile, shows that students text more than talk. This is not too surprising as the CWTA just announced that there was over 18 billion text messages sent in Q2 2011. The results are based on feedback between August 2-4 of “601 randomly selected college and university students from [...]
Update: BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Curve 9830 “coming soon” to SaskTel next week
The new BlackBerry Torch 9860 and all its 3.7-inch touchscreen glory will be coming soon to SaskTel. They’ve officially put the pricing online and it’ll be $129.99 on a 3-year, topping out at $549.99 no-term. The 9860 comes with BlackBerry 7 OS, 1.2Ghz processor, 5 megapixel camera that shoots HD videos. Update: SaskTel has also [...]
TELUS gives $250,000 to Junior Achievement of Canada
TELUS has a respectable initiative happening with Junior Achievement of Canada. For every smartphone they sell in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver they will donate $50 to JA, up to a max of $500,000. Today TELUS announced the Toronto Junior Achievements will be getting a sweet cheque for $250,000. Jim Senko of TELUS stated that [...]
WINDspeed data stick E366 now available for $99
Most smartphones these days have a Mobile Hotspot in it, some don’t and if you want to surf the web from anywhere you’ll need an internet stick. WIND Mobile has added a new stick to their lineup, the Huawei E366 can be yours for $99 no-term. WIND says that you’ll experience “blazing fast 4G download [...]
Polar Mobile recognized as one of Canada’s “50 Most Engaged Workplaces”
The “50 Most Engaged Workplaces” in Canada has been announced and Toronto-based Polar Mobile has made the cut again, “Rogers Business Care” was also there too. We’re thrilled that Polar is there and it’s great to see a Canadian company doing so well. Led by CEO Kunal Gupta, Polar has slowly risen to fame in [...]
BlackBerry Torch 9860 cases available for sale at Rogers, device isn’t
Every little steps helps I guess. One of the last remaining BlackBerry devices to be launched by Rogers this year is almost available. The Torch 9860 will be available this week for $524.99 outright and $199.99 on a 3-year. If you want to get ahead start then you can purchase official BlackBerry cases, prices range [...]
A burp by the Android robot will destroy competitors potential patent lawsuits
Once Google’s $12.5 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility officially gets approved they will amass their 17,000 patents, plus the other 7,500 that are currently pending. The Joy of Tech has weighed in on the situation and gives a good illustration of their potential power in the near future. Source: Joy Of Tech Tweet
Facebook for BlackBerry gets bumped to v2.0.0.45
Facebook for iPhone and Android were both updated a few days ago and now an update has been pushed through for BlackBerry users. Version 2.0.0.45 can be downloaded/upgraded for free from the BlackBerry App World and fixed the social networking app from freezing. In addition, this also fixes the News feed from now refreshing. Source: [...]
Rumour: BlackBerry App World 3.0 to officially launch August 22nd
The BlackBerry App World 3.0 went into beta back on August 5th, but August 22nd is a day that the 50 million+ BlackBerry users will want to mark down. This coming Monday is the date that RIM is intending to push out the final version to the masses. According to N4BB they received word via [...]
Skyfire for iPhone and iPad updated to v3.3.0
Skyfire, the web browser app that allows you to watch Flash videos on your iPhone and iPad, has been updated to version 3.3.0. If you don’t have this it’ll cost you $2.99, if you do can now download it via iTunes. Thankfully Skyfire says their team has been “hard at work zapping a number of [...]
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