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Video: Quick demo of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, coming to Bell and Rogers “in the coming months”

Last week Samsung Canada gave us a quick look at the upcoming Android 2.2 tablet they’ll be releasing. The Galaxy Tab is a powerful little beast that has a 7-inch TFT LCD display (with 1024 x 600 resolution) and also has Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 UI. The good thing about the Tab is that it’s a [...]

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TELUS puts up BlackBerry Torch 9800 pre-order page

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is being released next Friday and TELUS has taken the liberty to put up a pre-order page. For those Canadians who are interested in this QWERTY/Touchscreen you’ll have to fill out a form and then a TELUS rep will call you back for more details. The only price point we know [...]

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Video: HTC’s customized UI for Windows Phone 7 leaks out

There’s plenty of hype, mystery and anticipation for Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 OS. To date we’ve seen a few leaks but this has to be one of the best. There are a couple video here…  one is a “for internal use” only and demos WP7 flavoured by a bit of HTC’s Sense UI with [...]

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Bell President on the future of mobile advertising: “Ads work best on the best network” (Video)

One of the good lines that has come out from the Mobile Media Day in Toronto was from Wade Oosterman, President & Chief Brand Officer at Bell Mobility. He was talking about the future of mobile advertising and how more focus will be put on this media as more people are adopting cellphones. The stat [...]

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Bell to announce BNN is coming to your mobile phone

We’re at the Mobile Media Day in Toronto today and one of the speakers is Wade Oosterman, President & Chief Brand Officer at Bell Mobility. He’s said a number of great things that we’ll be putting on the site. First is that they’ll be announcing that BNN (Business News Network), which is part of their [...]

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Bell & TELUS launching BlackBerry 9670 “Style” first week of November

Want more upcoming Canadian BlackBerry news? How about the heavily leaked BlackBerry 9670. This is the clamshell device that’s apparently going to be called the “Style” and it’s heading for Bell and TELUS’ CDMA network during the first week of November. We’ve got no price plans or an exact date but can confirm that this [...]

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TELUS to release the BlackBerry Bold 9780 October 21st

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has been put on TELUS’ end of life status (EOL) which only means one thing. A new device is coming soon and that chosen smartphone is the BlackBerry Bold 9780. We’ve seen pics and videos of this in the past and RIM has made some important changes to this model, namely [...]

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LG Rumour Plus now available at Bell

After a couple manufacturing delays – the LG Rumour Plus is officially available at Bell. Specs of this side slider have it with a full QWERTY keyboard, 2.4-inch display (resolution of 240×320), 2 megapixel camera, touch dialing, GPS, holds up to 16 GB with microSD card and weighs 119 grams. Price plans have this for [...]

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Public Mobile starts selling wireless at 60 Gateway Newstands locations

Public Mobile recently signed a partnership with Gateway Newstands locations to sell their service at their locations. Today’s the day the deal goes live and if you’re in Toronto you’ll be see a new co-branded signage between the two companies. Currently there are 60 Toronto locations and this will increase to 120 locations by January. [...]

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Distribution is the next battleground in Canadian wireless (Loblaws sends out request to carriers)

Over the last year we’ve seen the Canadian wireless market heat up. New entrants such as Wind Mobile, Public Mobile and Mobilicity have all launched their service. Videotron and SaskTel just launched their new 3G+ networks, MTS and Shaw will be going live soon as well… the Big 3 (Rogers, Bell and TELUS) and their [...]