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Canada’s Rogers Wireless unveiled plans to expand its LTE network, covering 10 additional cities by October 1st. By that date, the carrier’s 4G network will work in Kingston, Edmonton, Quebec City, Oakville, Burlington, London, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Barrie. Rogers also pledged to cover approximately 60% of population by the end of the year. In…
After Cricket, we have C Spire Wireless joining the iPhone party with plans to start selling the iPhone 5 on September 28th. The company issued a short press release to announce the news: C Spire Wireless today announced that it will offer iPhone 5, the thinnest and lightest iPhone ever, to customers beginning Friday, September…
Two of the hottest phones, HTC One X+ and Sony Xperia T, have been caught at the FCC getting the paperwork needed to start selling in the U.S. HTC’s baby is perhaps more interesting as it comes with AT&T LTE connectivity support, hinting us who’ll get to carry it. Of course, there’s also the fast…
LG and Qualcomm are organizing event on September 19th, inviting folks to “Live without boundaries.” I would assume we’ll see the hot-new Optimus G announced for the U.S. market at that time with many of the major carriers jumping on board. As we’ve learned previously, once announced – the Optimus G will be the best…
Samsung is pretty bullish on prospects of its Galaxy Note II with plans to move more than 20 million units. JK Shin recently told reporters that they expect the Galaxy Note II to sell two times the current model, which reached an impressive the figure of 10 million. The new Note will start selling in…
We all know the soon-to-be-launched LG Optimus G will be an awesome device, not least thanks to Qualcomm’s quad-core S4 Pro processor. Like that’s not enough, LG is marketing the phone’s camera with 13-megapixel sensor, promising to deliver “world’s best image quality.” To that end, the Korean company released a short clip on YouTube to…
Sony Xperia T aka the Bond phone will be available in its full “Skyfall glory” exclusively through O2 UK. The carrier proudly announced the news, hoping that affiliating with the world’s most famous secret agent will help them boost sales. The special version of the Xperia T comes with 007 ringtone, themes, screensavers and SKYFALL…
We’ve already told you about the great deal on BlackBerry PlayBook. If you missed that opportunity, now may be the time act with Walmart Canada offering the 32GB model for just $118. You’ve read that correctly, it’s less than $120, making for an awesome deal. When you think about it, components inside RIM’s tablet gotta…
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that global mobile messaging traffic will reach 28.2 trillion annually by 2017, which is nearly double the 14.7 trillion messages expected to be sent this year. Mobile messages — in case you wonder — comprise SMS, MMS, IM, Email, RCS/RCS-e and Social Media messages. Instant messaging services will…
According to a report in Bloomberg, Walmart will join Apple and the wireless carriers in selling the iPhone 5 on a pre-order basis. Pre-orders with the retailer will start at 8 am at US stores and the iPhone will be available to pick up in stores on Friday, September 21st. Walmart is one-upping the competition…