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T-Mobile, the smallest of America’s four major operators, has been nosediving ever since AT&T announced their intent to buy them. That obviously never happened, and the market is all the better because of that, but T-Mobile doesn’t exactly have a strategy to stay competitive for much longer. Verizon launched a 4G LTE network in 2010,…
When you buy a tool, let’s say a hammer, you don’t care if a better hammer comes out a few weeks later since both hammers do exactly the same thing. They bang nails into the wall. Phones however are a different story. When you buy a phone you’re not just buying a battery powered lump…
Everyone who owns an iPhone will tell you that Facebook’s iOS app is a hit or miss. On some days it works fine, while on others you end up staring at the loading screen for what feels like an eternity. Why’s this the case? Because today’s Facebook iOS app isn’t really an app, it’s a…
Yesterday was the day for Android fans in Canada, as pretty much all carriers started selling the Samsung Galaxy S III, including Bell Mobility, Mobilicity, Rogers Wireless, SaskTel, Telus, Virgin Mobile, Videotron and Wind Mobile. The prices start at some $150 with the ever-long three-year contract. Alternatively, there’s an expensive phone-only option that will take $600 out…
Aside from having a ton of rock-solid smartphones, Verizon Wireless keeps adding feature phones to its portfolio cause, you know, not every necessarily wants, needs or can afford a modern smartphone. For those folks, the Big Red carrier will launch the third generation of the Samsung Intensity phone. Similarly to the previous model, which was…
Of all the mobile operators in Canada, Bell Mobility is best-placed to take advantage of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The math is simple – Bell owns CTV, which has committed to bring more than 3,500 hours of coverage online and on mobile devices. Of the total number, live streaming of coverage from CTV, RDS,…
While everyone talks about Jelly Beans these days, some folks are trying to get Ice Cream Sandwich working on non-Android phones. Take Samsung Wave for instance. It’s a pretty powerful device that rocks a 1GHz processor. Sure, it’s a single-core CPU and it’s not exactly the latest generation one, but it’s still fast enough. Its…
Barnes & Noble has struck a deal with DC Comics to bring their popular comics to the Nook Tablet and Nook Color users. The first batch includes more than 100 of DC’s graphic novels, including various Superman, Batman and Sandman titles, as well as the first storylines from The New 52, which is the initiative…
According to a new report from Juniper Research, the smartphone industry has the opportunity to save 30 million tonnes in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next five years by targeting the largest sources within its supply chain activities, most notably component manufacturing. The “Green Handset & Tablet” report estimates that supply chain activities like…
Just before some of you/us hit the road for the summer holiday, it’s a good idea to fill-up your phone with useful apps. There are so many of them, prompting HighTable to compile a list of the most useful ones and nicely present them in an infographic. As you’re about to see, they divided all…