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Wind Mobile sees network traffic jump 3 times after earthquake

CRIKEY! WIND Mobile sent out a tweet that their network traffic jumped 3 times right after the earthquake that hit Ontario and Quebec today. We’re guessing their network is getting more reliable as the days go by. Still no official word on how many customers they have brought on though. Did anyone experience any issues [...]

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Get breaking G20 news sent to you mobile via text alerts

Toronto-based Broadplay has partnered up with The Globe and Mail to offer text message alerts of breaking G20 news. Majority of carriers are on board and it’s free to sign up but standard text messaging charges apply. You can sign up here at this site or text G20 to 123411. Tweet

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Android Market now has over 65,000 apps

In NYC today Motorola announced the Droid X (not available in Canada yet) and Google’s Andy Rubin said that Android activations are reaching a mind blowing 160,000 per day. In addition, the Android Market continues to increase as it now has over 65,000 apps (both free and paid). Those are some solid numbers for a [...]

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Data is free when you download and use Rogers FIFA World Cup app

Rogers continues the good vibes. First it was giving back $30 million do customers who overpaid in their bundle… and now they are giving you free data when you download and use their iPad Rogers LIVE 2010 FIFA World Cup app. This app is specifically for Rogers customers with iPad Wi-Fi + 3G. The new [...]

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The iPhone 4 and its “chemically strengthened” glass can scratch

Ouch. The iPhone 4 and its “chemically strengthened” glass front is supposed to be scratch resistant. However the back of the new iPhone is clearly not. Take a look at the pic below and you’ll see a beautiful scratch on it. A few weeks ago another pic popped up showing the glass that is “20 [...]

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Public Mobile officially launching in Montreal June 25th

Here’s some good news for those located in the Montreal area! Already humming in Toronto, new entrant Public Mobile is officially set to go live in Montreal this Friday, June 25th. Combined in both cities Public currently has 66 stores and a couple monthly plans to choose from: $24 unlimited talk and a $40 unlimited [...]

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Mobilicity now offers new Pakistan long distance rate at $0.07/minute

A few days ago Mobilicity changed their Unlimited Asia plan and removed a few countries from the list. Apparently the reason was that a massive amount of fraud was happening where people were renting their line out to call Pakistan. With this news a new promo has been released where Mobilicity now offers $0.07 per [...]

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TELUS releasing Nokia E72 July 11th

About 2 months ago we let you know that the Nokia E72 was coming to TELUS and the date is almost here. This slim smartphone will officially be launching on July 11th (weird that it’s on a Sunday). No official pricing is announced yet but specs are that it has a 2.4 inch display (resolution [...]

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Samsung Wave also coming to Rogers?

Isn’t this interesting. We only thought that Bell was going to be launching Samsung Wave… but thanks to one of reliable Rogers tipsters who let us know that we can expect to see it in their lineup also. There’s no confirmed launch date or pricing but this operates on Samsung’s new open mobile platform called [...]

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Rogers BlackBerry Bold 9700 hits $0 on 3-year!

Dang – this is a good sign! If you’ve wanted to get the Bold 9700 via Rogers and like the 3-year price plan than you should drop what you’re doing and head to the closest store. It looks like they have dropped the price again – this time a whopping $99.99 to hit the rock [...]