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Rogers and CIBC launch “the future of mobile payments in Canada” for NFC-capable smartphones (Video)

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 [...]

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Contest: Win the HTC One X!

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, [...]

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Samsung Canada says the Galaxy S III launch “is scheduled for summer of 2012″

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 [...]

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RIM CEO: It would be “just wrong” to ditch the physical keyboard with upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices

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 [...]

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RIM officially launches BlackBerry 10 platform (Video)

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 [...]

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“Mobile wallet” launching in Canada within six months, carriers currently in final talks with banks

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 [...]

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Update: Winner announced in our Sony Xperia S contest

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! [...]

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Bell to launch the Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE, puts it online as “coming soon”

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 [...]

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WIND officially says the Nokia Lumia 710 is “Coming Soon”

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 [...]

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HTC One invites sent to carrier employees, all flavours launching soon

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 [...]