Canada will be among the first (but not the first) to launch the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. Following the device’s unveiling this morning, carrier availability and pricing announcements are coming in fast and furious. The launches will begin on February 5th with the following carriers already on board: Bell: Black and white models Koodo: Coming soon Mobilicity: Coming soon MTS: […]
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Virgin Mobile Canada now taking BlackBerry 10 pre-registrations
Virgin Mobile Canada today began to take pre-registrations for the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smarpthones. Those who sign up will also be entered to win one of four new BlackBerry devices (model unspecified). Research In Motion will unveil its much anticipated BlackBerry 10 devices on January 30th in a series of worldwide events, including Toronto and New York. It will announce […]
Virgin Mobile Canada launches Windows Phone 8S by HTC
Virgin Mobile Canada today launched its first Windows Phone 8 device, the Windows Phone 8S by HTC [product information]. The smaller sibling to the Windows Phone 8X by HTC, it comes with a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 and 4-inch WVGA (800×480) super LCD display. Virgin is offering it blue. Virgin Mobile is offering the Windows Phone 8S for CA$79.99 […]
Virgin Mobile Canada launches Samsung Galaxy Ace II x
Virgin Mobile Canada today launched the Samsung Galaxy Ace II x [product information], a mid-tier smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy Ace II x is Virgin’s latest RE*Generation phone. For each one sold, Virgin and Samsung will donate CA$15 to Virgin Unite’s RE*Generation which supports organizations across Canada that work with at-risk and homeless youth. “The Samsung RE*Generation phone is empowering a […]
Apple iPhone 5 goes on sale
Today is the day that the Apple iPhone 5 goes on sale. Hopefully you pre-ordered it or are already in a line-up (or even already have it) as Apple looks to have another record seller on its hands. It received 2 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours alone and online orders now show availability in three to four weeks. […]
Where to pre-order your Apple iPhone 5 in Canada
Have you pre-ordered your iPhone 5 yet? If you chose sleep over staying up until 03:01 AM EST, here is where you can pre-order it: Apple: Unlocked starting at CA$699 for the 16GB model Bell: Starting at CA$179.95 with a three-year contract for the 16GB model Fido: Only the 16GB model is offered at at CA$179.00 with a three-year contract […]
Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders start at 12:01 AM PST September 14th
Yesterday, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 and announced that it would begin to take pre-orders on September 14th for Canada and the U.S. (and a number of other countries). The only missing detail was exactly what time would pre-orders begin. We now know that they will start at 12:01AM PDT (or 03:00AM EST). It will be possible to pre-order the […]
Apple iPhone 5 coming to Canada September 21st
As expected, Apple today announced the iPhone 5. During the presentation, it also confirmed that it will be coming to a number of Canadian carriers. With support for LTE as well as HSPA+ and 42Mbps DC-HSPA+, Apple confirmed that Bell, Fido, Koodo, Rogers, TELUS, and Virgin Mobile would all carry it starting on September 21st. The Apple iPhone 5 will […]