Category Archives: Accessories

Apple Tries to Pin Antenna Problem on Other Products Too

July 17, 2010

Apple summoned the media to its Cupertino lair on Friday and did as we expected they would. In addressing the iPhone 4 antenna/signal fiasco, Steve Jobs took time out from being self-congratulatory to tell everyone that they’d be giving out … Continue reading →

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Introducing iVuvuzela

June 16, 2010

Ah yes, the beloved app business. Since developers started climbing over each other to develop newer and fresher applications for smart phones and mobile devices, we’ve faced a barrage of ideas – some good and some not so good. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Ah, the Bathroom Finder

June 14, 2010

The good people at TENA have launched a Bathroom Finder. If you’re curious about this, it’s exactly what it sounds like. The TENA Bathroom Finder can be accessed online, making it an easy resource to use for your smart phone … Continue reading →

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Rogers Hopes to Have App Store Soon

March 25, 2010

Rogers President and CEO Nadir Mohamed, when talking to the 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit crowd, presented an idea for a Rogers app store. Progress on that front has been slight since then, but Rogers today announced a fairly significant step … Continue reading →

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Paid Apps Hit Canada’s Android Market

March 15, 2010

We reported a few days ago about Palm finally making paid apps available in Canada and now it’s Google’s turn. Paid apps have finally arrived in Google’s Android Market in Canada and users can log on now to discover a … Continue reading →

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Paid Apps Coming to Palm webOS

March 12, 2010

Current Palm webOS users in Canada and Mexico can now rejoice, for they will have access to the entire assortment of paid apps available to American users. Many think the slow arrival of paid apps to Canadian users is a … Continue reading →

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Zoompass Making the BlackBerry Rounds

March 9, 2010

Zoompass, that mobile payment service that enables users to send, receive and request money, is making the rounds on BlackBerry devices in Canada. It first made its service available permanently on BlackBerry devices with Telus and is now doing the … Continue reading →

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PocketGear Acquires Handango

February 23, 2010

PocketGear has purchased Handango and in the process has created the biggest cross-platform mobile application store going right now. PocketGear has said that the application store will feature more than 140,000 applications with cross-platform capabilities. Users of Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, … Continue reading →

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BlackBerry Gets Free Kindle

February 18, 2010

Amazon.com has released a brand spanking new Kindle for BlackBerry applications and, best of all, it’s free! Users of the BlackBerry can now get access to Amazon’s catalogue and more than 400,000 digital books to download and use on the … Continue reading →

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Location-Aware Smartphones

February 9, 2010

Location-aware smartphones may soon have GPS standalone units going extinct, as powerful navigation applications start to give these products the edge in terms of finding your way. A whole crop of location-aware smarthphones are out there to choose form, too, … Continue reading →

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