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WIND Mobile Changing Rate Plans and Add-ons March 1st, Here Are the Details The wind is shifting over at WIND Mobile. Rate plan changes are in the works and here’s the complete details for you. Axed are the names of their current “Clever”, “Smart”, “Brilliant” and “Genius”...

Rogers Nokia Lumia 900 Launching in April Want even more Nokia Lumia 900 news? Checking out the Nokia Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference keynote gives a bit more insight into when the LTE Windows Phone device will launch. Rogers said sometime “this Spring”, but Nokia’s CEO Stephen...

HTC One S Launching With Bell, TELUS, Virgin and Fido Looks like Rogers might have an exclusive on the HTC One X, but the HTC S will be hitting all other carriers. Quick reminder of the One S specs, OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 4.0, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display...

Texas Instruments Shows Off Dual-Core OMAP 5 SoC, Wipes the Floor with Tegra 3 The Tegra 3 has taken a bit of a hit in recent days as it was negatively compared to the upcoming dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset, and now it’s been paired up with Texas Instrument’s OMAP 5 SoC, to no less of...

Samsung's Galaxy S II Celebrates 20 Million Sold, Just in Time for MWC After crossing the 10 million units moved threshold back in September, Samsung has joyously announced ahead of MWC 2012 that its Galaxy S II family of phones has sold 20 million since launching in April. According to Samsung,...

TELUS to Launch New Trade-In Program Most carriers in Canada have some sort of device recycling program in place. The latest was Fido with FidoTRADE, basically mimicking what Best Buy and Future Shop have in their stores. Now TELUS is rolling out their initiative called the TELUS “Trade-In...

ZTE Toasts the Mimosa X, with Nvidia Tegra 2 and Icera Modem ZTE and Nvidia today announced the Mimosa X, a new Android smartphone that includes both an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and an Nvidia Icera modem chipset with support for 21Mbps HSPA+. Nvidia purchased Icera in mid-2011 and the Mimosa is the...

Google Quietly Launches Latitude Leaderboards, Threatens Foursquare Under Its Breath Google didn't exactly offer much fanfare for this new feature -- as far as we can tell, it still hasn't been officially announced. With the latest update to the Maps app, Mountain View delivered an extra level of...

5 Paradoxes Shaping the Future of Mobile Commerce “Mobile is ramping up faster than any other technology we have seen in the past,” says Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins. Mobile web adoption is happening eight times faster than traditional web adoption in the late ’90s. Mashable HTC Endeavour...

TELUS Re-Introduces the $30/Month 6GB Data Plan “In direct response to Bell and Rogers, TELUS is re-introducing the 6GB data add on, with an incredible 6GB of Data”. That sums it up. The $30/month 6GB plan is back – it’s available to those on a MTM, 1, 2, or 3-year contracts who “meet the...

There Will Be More Smartphones Than Humans on the Planet by Year’s End A prediction for the future of smartphone growth makes some bold projections: By the end of this year, there could be more smartphones on the planet than humans, and by 2016 there could be 10 billion smartphones. That’s 1.4...

Last-Minute Apps to Make Valentine’s Day Sweet Valentine’s Day is a about celebrating connections. Whether it’s a loved one, a family member or a best friend, reconnect with the important people in your life with the great Valentine’s Day apps. Amazon LG Optimus 3D 2 Specs and Image...

10 Apps for Finding Apps With the bounty of apps available for mobile devices, it would take a full-time job to customize the best apps to suit our needs and populate our devices. Of course, there are the good ‘ol standbys like Facebook, Shazam, Twitter, Pulse, Angry Birds, (insert your...

Here’s the Complete Samsung Galaxy Note Pricing for Rogers, Bell and TELUS The 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note will be arriving at Rogers, Bell and TELUS on February 14th – a lovely day for a new LTE-enabled device. TELUS’ no-contract price plan will be $779.99; 1-year will be $729.99; 2-year is...

Vonage Brings Free Calling and Messaging to iPhone, Android Vonage on Wednesday unveiled a new mobile app for the iPhone and Android smartphones that affords free calling and messaging along with cheap international calling rates. Vonage Mobile allows users to make free “high-definition” voice...

Public Mobile Has 199,000 Subscribers Public Mobile launched their wireless service in 2010. According to a report in Reuters, Public Mobile, who operates in 2 core cities, increased their Q4 subscriber base by a stunning 45,000 to reach a total of 199,000 subs. 199k in 2 markets! It’s also been...

Samsung Canada Giving Away 5 Galaxy Notes Samsung is gearing up for the big Canadian Galaxy Note launch on February 14th – the beast of a phone/tablet will be available from TELUS, Bell and Rogers. To celebrate this momentous occasion Samsung has decided to throw a contest together and giveaway 5...

Bell Adding 5 Hours of Mobile TV to the Fab 10 $60/Month Plan Effective tomorrow, Bell will be changing their Fab 10 $60/month rate plan around. It’ll still have the same 200 minutes, 1 GB data, Unlimited nationwide talk to 10 numbers, Unlimited text, picture and video messaging, Call Waiting and...

Koodo Mobile to Increase Rate Plans by $5/month, Will Now Include Call Display and Voicemail Koodo Mobile has decided to increase their rate plans by $5/month. The change will go live tomorrow, February 3rd, and the major difference I can see is that all plans will now include Call Display and...

Here's The Supposed Launch Date For iPhone 5 The iPhone 5 will launch at Apple's WWDC event, according to a report by Daiwa Securities cited by DigiTimes. WWDC is Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference, held in June each year. It's an event where Apple showcases the latest and greatest of its...