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The folks at iLounge have confirmed the Verizon iPhone 4 also suffers from signal attenuation (death grip), similar to the original iPhone 4. This does not come as a big surprise, however during the Verizon media event, it was confimred the iPhone 4 had been tweaked and the antennagate should …

Posted by Jamie Forestell Teksavvy CEO Rocky Gaudrault and VP of Network Services for Primus,  Matt Stein will get their chance  to testify before a commons committee today.  Last week Konrad von Finckenstein of the CRTC was  ordered by the government to reconsider the ruling, or they would intervene.  Today, von …

Posted by Jamie Forestell Well this is what we have been waiting for. A company to develop a gamepad for the iPhone and other smartphones as well. Touchscreen gaming is great, but with limited area for visibility, the gamepad will be a much needed accessory. iControlpad, based out of the …

Posted by Jamie Forestell iHome, winners of several CES 2011 awards, have released two new portable speaker systems for the Apple iPad. Both portable systems feature a rechargable battery and appear to be very travel friendly. We will let you know more when we get our hands on them! For …

Posted by Jamie Forestell Effective February 15, Telus will be offering customers the ability to unlock their SIM based cellular devices for a $50 fee.  Customers must be on a monthly plan and have had their cellular device for a minimum of 90 days to qualify.  The move will allow for customers …

Kyocera Echo coming to Sprint customers in the USA soon, by Jamie Forestell During a live media event tonight in New York, Sprint announced plans to launch the new Kyocera Echo smartphone.  The phone runs on Android 2.2 and is 3G capable. Here is a few screenies and this is …

Sprint holding media event, by Jamie Forestell  Sprint is holding a media event tonight in New York City and rumor has it, will be unveiling the Kyocera Echo.  The smartphone will feature dual touch screens which can be placed side by side allowing a multi task environment, according to the Wall Street …

The team over at XBMC have been hard at work since the launch of XBMC for iOS devices such as Apple TV2, and the iphone/ipad.  While the application  plays many types of video/audio files, it was obvious that this is a work in progress. So let’s take a look at the …

Motorola Xoom, by Jamie Forestell Well, sure enough, Motorola takes a big swing and a big hit at Apple. Empower the People ad spot, was broadcast during Superbowl XLV.  Motorola Xoom is scheduled to be released in February/March, and plans to ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The newest Android OS …

On the Sony Ericsson facebook page, we have official confirmation the Xperia Play is coming! There will be a Live Event on February 13 to unveil the “playstation phone”. Stay tuned! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4lxuoGgbxs&hd=1 Download article as PDF