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The Case Against Bloatware
Since the proliferation of the Android operating system in the last year, one of the repeated arguments against picking up one of the many powerful devices released by a carrier are the massive amounts of what’s come to be known as ‘bloatware’ pre-installed on the phones. Every carrier is guilty of this: ringtone stores to [...]
Mobilicity adjusts $35 plan to include Voicemail, Call Forwarding, Three-Way Calling and Call Waiting
Mobilicity launched with 6 plans with various features and various pricing that ranges from $15 – $65 per month. There’s no word on how many people have signed up or which plan people are subscribing to. Since their official Toronto launch they have adjusted some Unlimited plans and today announced that they’ve added Voicemail to [...]
Easy come, Easy go… “The Nexus One is no longer available for purchase directly from Google”
The title says it all… Google recently said they would no longer offer the Nexus One for sale directly from them. Today they put a gentle message on the Google.com/phone site that says “Nexus One is no longer available for purchase directly from Google.” Easiest way now to get this “superphone” is through eBay.
Virgin Mobile releases Samsung Gravity Touch
So much for a Bell exclusive… well I guess it’ll run in the family. Virgin Mobile has released the Samsung Gravity Touch. This is priced at a decent $49 on a 2-year and $199 on a 30-day. It’s actually interesting pricing because we saw yesterday that Bell was going to have this available for$49.95 on [...]
Must watch: Banned iPhone 4 Antennagate video
Hilarious take on the iPhone 4 “Antennagate” saga… “We made the iPhone 4 practically idiot proof. There are 3 places on this phone you don’t touch, and they’re clearly marked… what did you think those were for!?”
RIM teases us again with images of the BlackBerry 6 multimedia experience
RIM has continued the teasing process by posting pics of their new OS called BlackBerry 6. We’ve seen a couple official videos in the past and a fair share of leaked videos that give a good outline. The images below has BlackBerry 6 hooked on Rogers network and shows the multimedia experience of what RIM [...]
TELUS officially puts July 30th for iPhone 4 availability
There really was no doubt that they would follow up the recent Apple announcement of the iPhone 4 landing in Canada on July 30th… but it took a few days longer than Bell for TELUS to update their site confirming the date. Regardless, the iPhone 4 is hitting TELUS locations soon.
Apple reports Q3 results: 8.4 million iPhones sold
Apple’s been getting hit hard over the past few weeks regarding the iPhone 4, but they just reported their Q3 2010 results and it’s another one for the record books. They stated in a release that revenue hit $15.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion. Stellar results. On a product breakdown in this [...]
CRTC is on it Toronto: 416 & 647 area codes “expected to run out of telephone numbers by July 2015″
The CRTC issues a press release today that they have started the “process to resolve the projected telephone number shortage that will affect Toronto in 2015″. That’s right… for those who are located in Toronto it sounds like they’ll be adding to the 416 & 647 area code soon. Hopefully the CRTC moves fast because [...]
Samsung looking for 30 “Mobilers” to be brand ambassadors
Samsung Canada is looking for some help. They’ve put together a Facebook contest called “Samsung Mob!ler” where you could take home a Android Galaxy Vibrant. That’s not event the best part of the contest. If you win you’ll get access to new devices, help develop future apps and possibly visit the Samsung headquarters in Korea. [...]
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