Rogers on Tuesday revealed it will be the first to get the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE smartphone, along with four other LTE-capable hardware devices. The also include the LTE Rocket mobile hotspot, a new LTE Rocket Stick, an unnamed LTE tablet (likely the HTC Puccini) and an HTC smartphone. At the same time, the […]
Canadian carriers Bell and Virgin Mobile have joined Telus in lowering the price of the iPhone 4. In both cases a 16GB model is just $100, although with Bell this requires a three-year contract, and on Virgin either the contract or coverage under a SuperTab. 32GB models remain as expensive as before, costing $270. The […]
Telus has lowered the price on one of its iPhones, and is running special promotions on several of its Android smartphones. The Canadian wireless provider is now selling the 16GB iPhone 4 for $99, down from its usual $159. It’s simultaneously giving away Android smartphones from five different vendors for free with a three year […]
Rogers gave a possible clue as to the launch timing of the next iPhone by reviving its 6GB data plan. The $30 monthly plan gives six times the usual bandwidth for a smartphone for the same money. It qualifies for the Canadian carrier’s data sharing plans for an extra $10 per month to give a […]
Canadian wireless provider Rogers on Friday announced it will bring the HTC Evo 3D and the LG Optimus 3D to its stores this summer. The pair will be Canada’s first smartphones capable of capturing 3D images. The handsets capture said images using their dual five-megapixel cameras and can play them back to users on their […]
Shaw Communications Inc. has revealed plans to launch an online movie streaming service to compete against Netflix that threatens to put the Calgary-based cable giant at the center of the net neutrality debate in Canada. The new service, dubbed Movie Club, will cost $12 per month and will allow Shaw customers to watch movies and […]
A line-up of new BlackBerry handsets coming to Canadian provider Bell has been leaked and posted up on the web by TechFIBE. The leak includes the Curve 9360, the Bold 9900, Torch 9860, and the Torch 9810. All but the Curve 9360 are slated for a late August release, with the single handset due to […]
Telus on Monday became one of the first major North American carriers to mostly drop early termination fees and changing how it handles upgrades. Taking a cue from its sub-label Koodo, subscribers don’t pay an arbitrary fee but instead pay off the “device balance,” or the amount left on the unsubsidized price that wasn’t paid […]
Bell gained the distinction of being the first if not only Canadian carrier to get the HTC Sensation 4G. Its version will be much like the international version of the 1.2GHz, dual-core Android 2.3 phone but switch over to Bell’s HSPA frequencies, also shared with most Canadian carriers and AT&T, and carry 14.4Mbps. The carrier […]
Saskatchewan-based cellular carrier SaskTel is the first North American carrier to confirm plans to launch Samsung’s Galaxy S II smartphone. The timing of the announcement, which promises a ship within the next month, suggests the device may be on track for a wider launch through several North American carriers sometime in July. The Android-based device […]
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