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Boost Mobile Drops Price on BB Curve

live_strong — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:44:50 +0000

Boost Mobile has dropped the price of the BlackBerry Curve 8330. The full QWERTY smartphone is now only $199.99, a $50 price drop.

Although the device is now a few years old it does feature a 2.0 MP camera, built-in GPS, and operates on Boost’s CDMA network.

Buy your BlackBerry 8330 on the Boost website today.

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Fido Releases Nokia 2220

live_strong — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:49:23 +0000

Fido has release the Nokia 2220. The super basic slider is only $65 off contract, or free on a 2 year term.

The Nokia 2220 features:

Dual-band phone for GSM 850/1900
VGA camera
FM radio with recording feature
Email
HandsfreeSpeaker
MP3 Ringtones

I recommend picking up this device off contract if it does appeal to you.

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We’re Losing Signal Captain! – iPhone Problems

live_strong — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:08:20 +0000

Maybe it is better that the Canadian launch of the iPhone 4 has been delayed. It looks like early adopters in the United States are having signal problems with their devices. Instead of me explaining the problem to you, take a look at the video below.

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Rogers LIVE 2010 FIFA World Cup App

live_strong — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:02:51 +0000

We are two weeks into the FIFA World Cup and Rogers has put the finishing touches on an app designed for the Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G. The FIFA World Cup Live app allows users to stream the remaining games on their iPad free of charge.

According to the RedBoard post, the app is free to download and all data consumed by the application will NOT come out of your monthly data bucket. The only catch I can see is that your iPad must be registered on the Rogers network and activated on a 30 day plan.

Download the app from the iTunes and start watching the games today.

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Canada iPhone 4 Launch Fast Tracked?

live_strong — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:01:13 +0000

It looks like Apple Canada has removed the “Coming in July” banner on the device from the online store. This change could mean one of two things: either the July launch has been fast-tracked or it has been pushed back.

The Canadian carriers have always said that the iPhone was launching in the “coming week”, if the launch was planned for July why did they no say the device would launch next month. Also, the end of July is still 6 weeks away, giving Apple plenty of time to catch up to demand. This leads me to hope believe that “Coming Soon” is referring to sometime this month, after all it would not make sense for Apple to say “Coming in June” as the month is already half over.

I can hope…right?

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Droid Does

live_strong — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:43:02 +0000

Verizon is confirming the upcoming release of the Motorola Droid X with a promotional website for the device. The Droid X features a 854 x 480 4.3″ display, HDMI output, and 720p capture. Expect the official launch to be next week, June 23rd.

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Rogers Launches N97 Mini

live_strong — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:51:59 +0000

Rogers Wireless has released the N97 Mini, a full touch screen device with slide out QWERTY keyboard.

The Nokia N97 Mini comes with everything you need for productivity and entertainment. It offers the full Ovi suite, including Ovi Maps with free Navigation and a car mount so you can turn this N-series smartphone into a full GPS solution. For your entertainment needs, the N97 Mini comes with exclusive content like Rihanna tracks and 5 free premium games to keep you entertained.

3 year: $99.99 (voice and data)
2 year: $399.99
1 year: $449.99
monthly: $449.99
no term: $499.99

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Once You Go Black…

live_strong — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:15:54 +0000

If you are like me you love black electronics. It looks like WIND is helping us out with our black addiction by adding the Nokia 5230 in black to their phone lineup.

Like the white 5230, the black phone will retail contract free for only $180. The 3.2″ touch screen device has a virtual QWERTY keyboard and free turn-by-turn navigation through Nokia Maps 3.0.

The Nokia 5230 is a stylish affordable touch screen device featuring a full-function Media Player with expandable memory of up to 16 GB, Nokia Maps, and integrated online communities like Facebook and YouTube.

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Virgin Mobile Releases HTC Legend

live_strong — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:54:21 +0000

Virgin Mobile Canada has released their first Android device, say hello to the HTC Legend.

The HTC Legend^™ delivers all the power of Android^™ in one killer package. You get seamless multi-tasking, super quick mobile web browsing, completely customizable multiple home screens, a huge selections of apps, and fully integrated Google^™ apps like Gmail^™, Google Maps, and way more.

Heads-up! Because of network differences, this phone isn’t available in Saskatchewan and Manitoba yet.

3 year term: $79.99 (voice and data)
30 day term: $349.99

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iPhone 4 Announced

live_strong — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:38:36 +0000