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MTS improves CDMA coverage in Alberta and British Columbia

Rob Avison — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:51:21 +0000

MTS is continuing to build out their CDMA network. A couple weeks ago they announced 8 new Manitoba communities will get better coverage and now improved CDMA wireless data coverage is available to residents in Alberta and British Columbia (Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton). Kelvin Shepherd, President, MTS stated “We are pleased to be able to [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

LG Pop arrives at Rogers for a low $19.99 on 3-year

John Connors — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:05:05 +0000

The LG Pop (GD510) has just been released as one of Rogers new “Touchphones”. This is one tiny touchscreen! Overall dimensions are 95.3 x 49.6 x 11.2 mm and weighs a measly 89 grams. The Pop has a 3-inch touchscreen WQVGA display (resolution of 240×400), Bluetooth, music player, 3 megapixel camera with 2x zoom [...] Related posts:

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Mobile banking in Canada: “We’re at the tipping point in terms of adoption”

Rob Avison — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:57:02 +0000

Mobile banking has been slow to adopt in Canada, stats show only 9% are accessing their account to check their balance. To put in perspective, other countries such as our U.S. friends are already taking a picture of a cheque then e-mailing their banks to make deposits. A couple reasons for the slow adoption is that [...] Related posts:

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Rogers Samsung Flight now available for $69.99

Kate O'Brien — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:47:32 +0000

The Samsung Flight was just released by Rogers and is a slider device that reveals a full QWERTY keyboard. This comes with a 2.8 inch touchscreen display and has a resolution of 240×320. The Flight has a 2 megapixel camera with 2x zoom and video capabilities, Bluetooth, can hold up to 16GB with a microSD [...] Related posts:

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Samsung R330 released by SaskTel

Kate O'Brien — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:12:06 +0000

We knew that Bell was going to release the Samung R330 but didn’t think SaskTel was going to beat them to it! If you’re looking for an entry level phone it can’t get more basic than this one. The r330 is a flip phone that has all your basic needs: phone book, alarm clock, calculator, speakerphone, [...] Related posts:

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Fourth-Gen iPhone rumoured to be 1/4-inch taller

Rob Avison — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:09:06 +0000

iPhone repair site iResQ has posted a few photos of what is apparently the front panel for the upcoming 4th generation iPhone. These are obviously not confirmed and just like all iPhone launches there are always lots of rumours to go around…. we won’t see what is actually the real parts until closer to an [...] Related posts:

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Winnipeg man claims pre-loaded Virgin Mobile texts ended his relationship

Kate O'Brien — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:40:53 +0000

A 49-year old Winnipeg resident “Darren P.” is feeling no love this week and he’s blaming his Virgin Mobile device! Apparently his girlfriend found explicit text messages and proceeded to flip out, end their relationship and kicked him out of the house. After his girlfriend approached him he said ‘That’s ridiculous, why would I cheat?’ [...] Related posts:

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Report: Telecom in 2010 “will remain oligopolistic for at least the next several years”

Ian Hardy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:19:35 +0000

UBS Investment Research released a report based on Canadian Telecommunications today titled “Ten trends for 2010″. It’s pretty in-depth and gives a good insight into what we could possibly expect to see and what not to see. (There is a top 10 list below). Phillip Huang put the report together and he says that “Quebecor (Videotron) [...] Related posts:

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Public Mobile can’t be happy with this: Gov’t says Globalive documents are confidential and “cannot be disclosed”

John Connors — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:03:38 +0000

Public Mobile is one of the new wireless entrants and will be launching their service by mid-2010. CEO Alek Krstajic has been outspoken about his viewpoints on the recent Globalive decision where Industry Minister Tony Clement overturned the CRTC and allowed Globalive to launch their Wind Mobile brand. Krstajic believes “if you’re going to have one [...] Related posts:

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Sony Ericsson: “Xperia X10 will be upgradeable”

Rob Avison — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:06:08 +0000

Rogers will be the first carrier in North America to release the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. We had a quick peek at this Android device a couple weeks back and it looks incredible. Some of the questions in the comments were about the Android 1.6 OS that it ships with… by the time this launches [...] Related posts:

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