February 22, 2012

TELUS to Launch New Trade-In Program, LG announces L-style Android Phones & Twitter’s App Get Updates

TELUS to Launch New Trade-In Program Most carriers in Canada have some sort of device recycling program in place. The latest was Fido with FidoTRADE, basically mimicking what Best Buy and Future Shop have in their stores.

Mobile Miscellany: week of February 13th, 2012

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Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This week, we bring you announcements of LTE expansion from AT&T, US Cellular and Verizon, along with news of three Samsung smartphones that received WiFi certification — each are thought to be high-end devices and bound for US carriers.

TELUS Re-Introduces the $30/Month 6GB Data Plan, Sony Ericsson Is Now Sony Mobile Communications & Opera Snaps Up Mobile Theory

TELUS Re-Introduces the $30/Month 6GB Data Plan “In direct response to Bell and Rogers, TELUS is re-introducing the 6GB data add on, with an incredible 6GB of Data”. That sums it up.

There Will Be More Smartphones Than Humans on the Planet, TELUS “Various locations” Have Reported Fake iPhones & Google Wallet Gets Prepaid…

There Will Be More Smartphones Than Humans on the Planet by Year’s End A prediction for the future of smartphone growth makes some bold projections: By the end of this year, there could be more smartphones on the planet than humans, and by 2016 there could be 10 billion smartphones. That’s 1.4 mobile devices per capita.

Samsung Galaxy Note now available in Canada

Just in time to doodle your crushes name over and over or draw hearts all over screenshots of their text messages, the Samsung Galaxy note has launched in Canada on TELUS and Rogers. The Note will take advantage of Canada’s LTE networks and also features a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, Android Gingerbread  with TouchWiz, and utilizes Samsung’s S Pen stylus for input.

Canada welcomes the Galaxy Note, available on Bell and Telus for $199 today (video)

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Boom. Just as promised , the large beast that is Samsung’s don’t-call-it-a-tablet handset has hit available status in the Land of the Maple Leaf.

Galaxy Note arriving at retail locations across Canada

Oh Canada! The Galaxy Note launch is tantalizingly close across the border (technically, across half a dozen or so, for me) and the phablet has started arriving at retail locations earlier this morning. Personally, I had the opportunity to play with it at a mall nearby, and though I was impressed with the digitizer, the “Phone?

Here’s the Complete Samsung Galaxy Note Pricing, Google Reportedly Prepping Free Dropbox Competitor & LinkedIn Will Introduce Ads To Mobile Apps

Here’s the Complete Samsung Galaxy Note Pricing for Rogers, Bell and TELUS The 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note will be arriving at Rogers, Bell and TELUS on February 14th – a lovely day for a new LTE-enabled device. TELUS’ no-contract price plan will be $779.99; 1-year will be $729.99; 2-year is $679.99 and the 3-year promo plan

Telus turning on LTE across Canada on Friday

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Telus will launch Canada’s third LTE network on Friday , rolling out the mobile broadband technology in 14 cities from Vancouver to Halifax. It plans to expand the network throughout 2012 to cover 25 million Canadians, 71 percent of the country’s population, by year end.

Telus flipping switch on LTE, network goes live February 10th

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After the competition got a head start , Telus has finally announced it’s ready to flip the switch on its fresh LTE network tomorrow. Though it’s certainly taken the longer road, its 4G waves are hitting several more markets on launch day in comparison to Rogers’ solo-city debut.