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The good folks at Cricket Wireless have announced the BlackBerry Curve 8530. The device will be available on their network Starting Friday, August 6th. If this sounds like something right up your alley, you can head over to Cricket and pre-order. The pre-order will save you $10, plus you’ll get free shipping of the device,…
Anyone out there care for more action from the ‘Corby‘ lineup of Samsung devices? Latest word from our good friends at MobileSyrup puts the Samsung Corby Touch on Rogers in the very near future. As you can see on the Samsung Canada website, the Corby Touch is in full view, with Rogers branding smack-dabbed all…
The upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone 7 may lack true multitasking or copy and paste, but the software giant said it will have killer speech-recognition software that could raise the bar for voice controls. At a keynote for the SpeechTek 2010 Conference, the company reportedly said it will leverage its TellMe purchase to include voice controls…
A lot of the location-based innovation we’re seeing is locked into the Foursquare model of having to “check-in” to locations. This is supposed to to eventually be a boon for retailers because they will be able to target these frequent customers for discounts and services. The mobile app shopkick is tweaking that model a bit…
The U.S. and Canada aren’t the only ones getting RIM’s latest little bundle of techno-joy. The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is coming to Vodafone UK sometime soon, and boasts a feature we hadn’t heard much about elsewhere: a “zero shutter” camera. That apparently means there’s no lag between hitting the key and taking a picture, which…
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…
I’ve seen loads of custom iPad installations in my day. From kitchen cabinet installs to custom arcade cabinets, it seems iPad connoisseurs out there have no limits to their imagination. While most of the ideas I’ve seen thus far have been wild and only mildly practical at best, I stumbled across one this morning that…
Well Canada, iPhone 4 launch day is almost here. It’s going live tomorrow, and Apple has let it be known when their store doors will open. 7AM on July 30th is the time. Bring your fold out chairs and blankets to camp out at your local Apple Store location tonight, because I can guarantee you’re…
In a bid to make the Amazon Kindle a mass-market device, the company will be introducing new versions of the e-reader next month that will feature a cheaper price tag and a slimmer, sleeker design. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said a smaller Amazon Kindle will hit the company’s digital…
In a big step up from the original Rumour and Rumour 2, Bell has let it slip that the LG Rumour Plus will be available on their network on August 11. In the leaked internal memo you see above, you can see the device is a Bell exclusive, but unfortunately no pricing details have been…