Today Rogers and CIBC are launching what they refer to as “the future of mobile payments in Canada.” Using existing contact-less kiosks at retailers around the country (often provided by Moneris and TD) users can spend up to $50 on NFC-capable BlackBerry devices by connecting their CIBC Visa or Mastercard. CIBC Senior Executive Vice-President David [...]
HTC has released a stellar device with the One X. It’s powerful, slim and runs Android OS 4.0. You can have a gander at our full review here, but this phone is stacked: OS 4.0.3 with Sense 4.0, 4.7-inch Super LCD 2 display, 1.5Ghz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8MP camera that shoots 1080p HD videos, [...]
The Galaxy S III was officially unveiled and it’s a natural evolution from the previous Galaxy devices. Our hands-on of the 4.8-inch OS 4.0 Android device is coming up shortly, but in the meantime, Samsung Canada has announced it’s estimated availability. In an email to us they noted that: “Samsung Canada is pleased to announce [...]
Thorsten Heins, RIM President and CEO, has taken some time to speak with press from around the world this morning. Apparently it’s the first time they are being so open and interacting about their vision. Heins stated that “there are some exciting things happening” and that RIM needs “focus.” Over the years he stated that [...]
BlackBerry World 2012 kicks off today and the first press release it out. It was known that developers would be witnessing and also getting their hands on an alpha device running RIM’s new BlackBerry 10 OS, once known as once BBX, but today it was “officially launched.” In a press release RIM stated that the [...]
EnStream, the Rogers/Bell/TELUS joint venture, is poised to bring the “mobile wallet” to Canadians by this coming Summer. This term – mobile wallet – refers to the ability to pay for various items via your mobile device, with a greater goal of eventually replacing your physical wallet. So no more credit cards, loyalty cards, bank [...]
UPDATE: This contest is now closed. We’re happy to announce that Facebook follower Kim Nguyen has claimed the Sony Xperia S! Congrats Kim! We’ll have another contest coming up this week so keep your Twitter/Facebook page open for updates. OK Android lovers, here’s your chance to win the latest device to be released in Canada! [...]
Back in February we let you know that the Samsung Galaxy S II HD was coming to Canada. At the time we only knew that it would be launching sometime “early Q2″, and now it’s been graced with the “coming soon” stamp and heading to Bell. No word on prices or a release date, but [...]
A few weeks ago we let you know that WIND Mobile was going to be releasing a few new devices: Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Gravity Touch 2, and Huawei Astro. These are all expected to be available sometime over the next few weeks and if you take a gander at the WIND Mobile site today [...]
It’s hard not to get excited for the upcoming series of HTC One devices. They all run Android OS 4.0 and also the new Sense 4.0. HTC has done a good job covering off these devices at several carriers and we’ll see the One V, One S and One X be released in Canada before [...]