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Bell, TELUS and Rogers Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich now available

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE upgrade to Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has been a long time coming. Months actually. Now, after unknown delays, Bell, TELUS and Rogers have announced the anticipated upgrade to ICS is now available. The Bell internal doc we received says “Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) now available for [...]

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Bell customers are sending 151.6 million text, video & picture messages everyday

The latest text stat released by the CWTA (Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association) was that Canadians sent 23.3 billion text messages in Q1 2012, with March setting a record with 7.9 billion texts, or about 254 million texts per day. The number increased 28% over 2011 numbers. Today, a random, but welcomed Tweet by Bell reveals [...]

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Bell rolling out LTE to Windsor, Whistler, Red Deer, and others on October 16th (Coverage will reach 20 million Canadians)

Bell’s LTE network continues to expand at a fast rate – this time going westward. On October 16th, residents of various locations in British Columbia and Alberta will be graced with LTE (Long Term Evolution) download speeds of an average of 25 Mbps – 35 Mbps. In addition, Bell will also be going live with [...]

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Bell releasing the Samsung Galaxy Rugby LTE on November 1st, a rugged PTT device running Android ICS

Let’s face it. Rugged devices are a limited breed, couple that with Push-to-Talk and LTE capabilities make it even more scarce. Bell’s PTT LTE network will be going live “in the first half of 2013,″ but that’s not stopping them from releasing a new device. On November November 1st, Bell will be launching the Samsung [...]

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Bell and TELUS Samsung Galaxy Note II will be $149.99 on a 3-year

The Samsung Galaxy Note II is coming to Canadian soil on October 30th. Currently missing are the price points, but thankfully big box retailer Best Buy has gone ahead and revealed the price that both Bell and TELUS, potentially Rogers, will be making this 16GB Jelly Bean phone/tablet available for – $149.99 on a 3-year [...]

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Bell’s PTT LTE network to go live “in the first half of 2013″

Bell launched their PTT (push-to-talk) network back in April, unfortunately there’s no word on how many subscribers have jumped on board. The device lineup is currently limited, only the Sonim XP5520 BOLT, and by the way of mobile apps the BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Curve 9360 and the Samsung Galaxy S II. The PTT service [...]

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Update: Bell and Virgin release the “Garnet Red” Samsung Galaxy S III

As expected, Bell has exclusively released the Samsung Galaxy S III today in Garnet Red. They note on their site that “the red version is only available with 16 GB of memory,” so if you’re looking for this colour in the 32GB version you best be getting a case of some sort. The price is [...]

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Update: Bell, Virgin and TELUS hop on the extra gig train

Earlier this week we saw Rogers come out with the limited time offer of “Get a Gig on Us” promo. They offered up a free gig on either the $73/month or $63/month plan. Now both Bell and Virgin have come out swinging. Their deal is only available on the $65/month plan – for Bell it’s [...]

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Red Samsung Galaxy S III dummy devices start arriving at Bell and Virgin stores

A few days ago we let you know that the red version of the Galaxy S III was headed to Bell on October 9th. The good news is that this is still on track and we can now also confirm that Virgin Mobile will also be graced with a new colour. Both carriers seem to [...]

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Red Samsung Galaxy S III coming to Bell on October 9th

Bored with the Pebble Blue or Marble White Samsung Galaxy S III? Not interested in the $3,400 “Swarovski Edition” GS III? How about a Red version? Today, we bring you news that a new colour of Galaxy S III is coming to Canadian soil, courtesy of Bell. According to an internal doc we received it [...]