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It’s not often that my home province of Manitoba gets thrown in the spotlight here at IntoMobile… and while I’m not saying the province IS in the spotlight, one has to admit there has been a lot going down lately. First, we found out that TELUS is launching their new HSPA+ network very soon… Then,…
If you can’t wait until Feb. 13 to get your hands on the HTC Inspire 4G you’ll be happy to know that The Shack has your back. You can preorder the Android device tomorrow from Radio Shack and you’ll even get a $30 accessory credit. The HTC Inspire 4G is a solid Android smartphone that…
Icera — the soft modem company which we’ve already covered for few times in the past — announced that it is sampling the latest in its Espresso platform series, targeted at HSPA+ smartphones. The so called Espresso 450 comprises Icera’s latest baseband and RF technology to delivers quad-band HSPA+ up to 28Mbps together with full…
With more and more people using VoIP and social networking services from their mobile phones, In-Stat forecasts there will be nearly 139 million mobile VoIP users by 2014. Social networking services and a growing number of smartphone users will especially drive people to use such services, plus there’s the obvious benefit of saving money on…
A quick bit of app update news for the BlackBerry users out there. If you’ve ever used IM+ Talk for BlackBerry, you’ll know how easy it makes conducting Skype calls and chat, right from your Berry. In an update that dropped the other day (taking it to version 4.4), some key enhancements were included: Multichat…
With TELUS hitting a strong forehand on the news that their launching HSPA+ in Manitoba real soon… Rogers has chased it down to hit what could be a backhand winner down-the-line. If you don’t like my lame tennis reference, that’s OK… all I care about here is letting you know that Canada’s ‘big red‘ will…
The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4G was announced a few weeks ago but the carrier was pretty mums on when we could expect the Android device with HSPA+ support to hit the market. Well, T-Mobile said it will be available in February, so it won’t be long before you can get this thing in your…
Wireless Dynamics and Visa have teamed up to plug NFC into an iPhone and enable wireless transactions in over 40,000 locations across Turkey. All end-users have to do is attach the accessory, launch the app, and tap their phone on a sensor at the store, and they’ll have paid. Generally you won’t even have to…
Finally, some great news for Manitobans on the TELUS HSPA+ front. If you live in the province, and have been waiting for your chance to pickup an iPhone 4, a BlackBerry Torch, or heck, even one of the latest Android powered devices on a carrier other than Rogers… the day is coming soon… in fact,…
AT&T is launching the HTC Inspire 4G on February 13 for $99.99 with a two-year contract, which isn’t a bad price at all for the Desire HD-esque Android smartphone. We first caught a glimpse of the “4G” capable HSPA+ device at CES 2011, but it was hard to draw any conclusions based on what we…