Archive for July 2nd, 2010

Rogers announces plans for budget-minded ‘Chatr’ wireless brand

Well, it looks like Canadians will soon have yet another discount wireless brand to consider — Rogers has just officially announced plans to launch a new budget-minded “Chatr” brand to compete with the likes of Wind, Mobilicity and Public Mobile. Yes, that’s the same Rogers that already has the Fido discount brand, but it says that the “launch of a third brand mirrors many other industries like the hospitality and retail sectors and is designed to offer Canadians more choice.” The official announcement follows some rumors and leaks that have been circulating as of late, which suggested that Chatr would initially launch in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver on July 5th, although those details still haven’t yet been confirmed by Rogers.

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Nokia updates E71, E66, N97 Mini, N97 firmware

Nokia has updated the firmware for the E71, E66, N97, and N97 mini smartphones. According to Into Mobile, the E71 and E66 update adds Ovi Maps 3.3 with free voice-guided navigation, as well as bug fixes, a music player patch, and an updated version of Quick Office. The N97 was updated with bug fixes, Ovi Maps 3.3, RAM fixes, and “improved C: disk usage.” There aren’t notes for what was updated with the N97 mini.

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Apple drops restocking fee for returned iPhone 4s

Just a friendly PSA: after facing a tidal wave of customer complaints and bad PR, Apple has opted to waive the 10% restocking fee incurred on customers returning their iPhone 4s. I doubt this is any sort of admission of faultiness from Apple — they’re addressing the reception problem partially by making the bars bigger [...]

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Best Buy Stops DROID X Preorders Because of Huge Demand

Motorola Droid was a hit, we all know that, but what about its follow-up? It appears that Droid X is also selling well, or too well… as the huge demand for the device has made Best Buy freeze its preorders. This Android smartphone on Verizon is running out of stock fast. 5 days since the [...]

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This Week’s Best Apps [Apps]

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