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Samsung Galaxy S II Headed to Multiple Canadian Carriers

By Cory Gunther
on 29 Jun, 2011

The all mighty and powerful Samsung Galaxy S II is headed to multiple carriers up in Canada according to some news of late. Everyone knows and has heard plenty about the Galaxy S II over the past few months but just for you guys here is our review anyways. The SGSII will be headed to a few carriers with one even offering it for the low low price of $79.99

Condoms Promote Smartphone “Couples” Deal for Valentine’s Day

By Chris Burns
on 11 Feb, 2011

There are some methods for promotion that are so volatile that they're just used over and over and over again without losing steam. One of these methods for money mayhem is to hand out a branded condom to your customers to promote the use of those condoms - OR, in this case, to promote a Valentine's Day sale for a mobile company. This company is Mobilicity, they're a Canadian group, and they're totally brilliant.

Canada Doesn’t Care About the New Galaxy Tab

By Chris Burns
on 14 Jan, 2011

Really. They don't even care at all. Why else would they only offer up a $100 discount to their Bell Samsung Galaxy Tab when the fabulous businesses like US Cellular who is doing a Valentine's Day 2 for 1 deal, or Sprint who slashed their Tab down to a mere nubbin - $300! Clearly Canada plans on taking some of my stash of old Tabs that I requested upon the announcement of the new Tabs at Mobile World Congress.

Samsung Vibrant and Fascinate acquire Android 2.2 in Canada before the rest

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 27 Dec, 2010

With Froyo recieving less attention than Gingerbread in the spotlight lately, some Android users with anything less will undoubtedly feel left behind. Fortunately, Samsung’s Galaxy S line in Canada is currently receiving 2.2 updates for the Telus Fascinate and on three versions of the Vibrant sold by Virgin Mobile, Bell, and SaskTel.

HTC Desire HD Coming To TELUS

By Dylan Bailey
on 20 Dec, 2010

The HTC Desire HD is quite the impressive device, sporting a 4.3-inch touchscreen it's perfect for media consumption. We have heard that the handset will be coming to Canada for quite some time, and now it looks like we have got further confirmation.

Android 2.2 Update Coming to Canadian Galaxy S devices this December

By Dylan Bailey
on 18 Nov, 2010

Samsung Mobile Canada has now officially announced their plans for Android 2.2 on Canadian Galaxy S Devices on their Facebook page. These devices include the Vibrant, Captivate and Fascinate and we will see an update in December with the Fascinate update coming in 2011.

Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to Bell November 12

By Dakota Torres
on 6 Nov, 2010

With the Samsung Galaxy Tab looking to make its US debut on all major carriers coming up, its not a surprise that the Canada release will follow closely after. According to the picture below, the official launch date for the Samsung Galaxy Tab is November 12.

HTC Desire HD coming to Canada for Telus Users?

By Dakota Torres
on 5 Nov, 2010

As many of you know, the HTC Desire HD was recently released to the European markets. Well some more info on this giant device has popped up. The guys over at CellGuru were on the HTC Sense website for Canadian users and while registering their HTC Desire Z, found the HTC Desire HD hanging out under the phones category.

Motorola Milestone in Canada Getting Android 2.2 in First Quarter of 2011

By Evan Selleck
on 24 Aug, 2010

When we brought you the latest information regarding Motorola's upgrade plans for their Android-powered devices out there in the wild, the initial big surprise was that the Motorola Milestone over there in Europe had been given the green light for the roll-out to Android 2.2, beginning some time in the fourth quarter of this year. Considering Motorola hadn't known whether or not they would upgrade the device initially, it was pretty big news. But now, in a move that no one expected, Motorola has out-done themselves.

Roger’s Liquid E, Reviewed by Slashgear

By David Junior
on 10 Jun, 2010

While we wait for our first Acer Android Device our friends in Canada now have the Liquid E. this is second handset in Acer’s Liquid series and it looks almost identical its predecessor. There has been a few welcome additions, first of which is the Snapdragon processor. Like the original Liquid, the Liquid E CPU is also under clocked to 768, so you dont get to enjoy the full befits of the 1GHZ clock speed.