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We knew it was coming… so If you’ve been waiting for the HTC Desire to hit Canadian shores, wait no longer! The HTC Desire is now available on TELUS, and the pricing comes in at the following price points: 3-year contract: $79.99 2-year contract: $349.99 1-year contract: $399.99 off-contract: $449.99 Fairly standard pricing, and honestly,…
Telus just announced that they’re making a significant upgrade to their network which will include some HSPA+ technology only deployed on Australia’s Telstra network so far. They claim that using this new HSPA+ Dual Cell network, Telus will be able to achieve data speeds of up to 42 Mb/s. “Up to” are the key words…
All three major Canadian carriers have confirmed with me that they will be offering the BlackBerry Torch 9800 which was announced today on AT&T. No details on pricing or specific dates, but Rogers says it’ll be here in “the coming weeks”, while Telus will only say it’ll be here sometime this year, and Bell was…
I’m not sure whether to chalk this up to a false alarm, or if this is the real deal… but the TELUS BlackBerry Curve 3G (aka the BlackBerry 9300, aka ‘Kepler‘) has shown up on the TELUS website for all to see. The funny thing is, TELUS appears to be listing the device as the…
As expected, Preparing for the back-to-school rush, Telus has announced the INQ Chat 3G. This is a BREW-based handset that has already made the rounds in the UK, and is finally working its way over to North America. Its seemingly singular function is to get connected with online social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live…
For those of you waiting to get your hands on the HTC Desire from TELUS, it’s looking like the wait is almost over. Our good buds at MobileSyrup have reported that dummy units are arriving in-store… which can only mean one thing… the launch will be upon us real soon! In a quick recap if…
To all of the Canadians out there that are waiting patiently to get their hands on the iPhone 4… some more good news for you today. We knew that it was only a matter of time before we heard from Canada’s ‘big 3’ carriers (Bell, Rogers and TELUS), in fact, we’ve already heard from Bell.…
If you’re biding your time, waiting patiently to get your hands on the TELUS HTC Desire, it’s been a good week for you. Just the other day, TELUS made it official and announced the device would be available on their network. While no launch date has been made available yet, we do have some pricing…
Telus is testing the INQ Chat 3G, the BREW phone out of the UK with heavy social networking angle. By and large, it’s a dumbphone with well-tailored preloaded software, but my contact said he hates the thing. It’s actually kind of too bad that Telus decided to ruin the INQ brand name in Canada with…
To the best of my knowledge, the HTC Desire is not available in Canada as of yet. The best us Canucks are going to do is the HTC Legend (the second-coming of the HTC Hero) now available on Bell. The Bell HTC Legend is going for $79.95 on a 3-year term or $399.95 off contract.…