If waiting in endless lines for the iPhone 4 is getting on your nerves… then perhaps you’d like to consider the BlackBerry Torch 9800, RIM’s main rival to the new iPhone.

Rogers will be the first Canadian carrier to provide the Torch on September 24, 2010. Pricing will start as $199 with a three-year term.

It is the only smartphone to have a BlackBerry keyboard and full touch screen. Think of it as an attempt to have the best of both worlds. It will also sport the new BB OS 6.

Check out the video after jump to learn more about this new BlackBerry device…

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Apple dropped the jaws of people around the world again today with another amazing product line.

I’m most excited about the new iPod touches with facetime… It’s going to be awesome to facetime with people without an iPhone!

iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2
Steve Jobs revealed that iOS 4.1 will be available for the iPhone and iPod next week, and iOS 4.2 for iPad will be available in November. This is great news for iPad owners such as myself. Finally the iPad will catch with all the awesome multitasking/folders features that the iPhone iOS4 has.

iOS 4.1 brings Gamecenter (Apples version of XBOX Live) as well as HDR Photography. You’ll also now be able to upload HD video to YouTube over WiFi.

 

iPod Shuffle
The iPod Shuffle now has buttons again. It is the same size as the last gen shuffle, but now with the familiar buttons. The price is also amazing. A 2GB shuffle will run you $59!

 

 

iPod Nano
The iPod Nano looks awesome!! It runs a mini version of iOS with a touch screen and does almost everything an iPod Touch does! Think of it as a mini version of an iPod touch.

It has voice controls as well as a built-in FM radio. It also sports the same clip on the back so you can still wear it wherever you go.

The regular colours are available. 8GB $159. 16GB $189.

 

 

 

iPod Touch
The iPod Touch has now been updated to have everything an iPhone 4 has except the phone. It will have the same HD Retina Display as well as a front facing and back camera.

The camera can be used to do facetime calls over wifi. Facetime calls on an iPod Touch are triggered via email address.

8GB $249. 32GB $319. 64GB $429.

 

 

Apple TV
It doesn’t look like Apple was able to license the name iTV so they will stick to the Apple TV name. Apple TV got a big refresh today. It now has an all black matte finish and its 4 times smaller than the original Apple TV. It is comparable to a hockey puck. The new Apple TV will be 100% HD and have TV rentals for only $.99. It will have internal storage and can also play video/photos/audio over wifi. Apple also slashed the price making it only $119.

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The CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) has ordered Canada’s largest phone companies, including MTS, to give back MTS Allstream, to give back $310-million to urban home telephone customers.

The credits will appear on your bill within the next few months and will range from $25 – $90 per customer.

The credit comes from millions of dollars that were charged to customers in effort to increase industry competition. The CRTC has ruled that that money should go back to the customers.

MTS will now also expend their Broadband Internet access to sixteen remote communities in Manitoba. Within the next 4 years, the following communities will now have high-speed Internet access available through MTS:

- Cooks Creek Poplar Point
- Cranberry Portage Rockwood
- Dallas Roseau River
- Falcon River Sandy Bay
- Lee River Sprucewoods
- Lynn Lake St. Eustache
- Nelson House Sunset Bay
- Oswald Woodridge

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Rogers and Fido has begun testing their HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access) network in Manitoba.

The 21Mbps HSPA+ network will be the fastest in Canada. Rogers 3G is up to 7.2Mbps.

You’ll now be to enjoy faster data access on the go! HTC G2 and Rocket Sticks never looked any better.

What is HSPA+?
HSPA+ is not 4G. HSPA+ falls somewhere in between 3G and 4G. Eventually Rogers will achieve 4G or LTE, but at this time HSPA+ is more like 3.75G.

Will I Notice A Speed Increase on my Phone?
Chances are, no, you wont. HSPA+ is very new technology. Chances are that your phone will only support a maximum 3G network. But expect more and more phones to start supporting the HSPA+ and 4G networks soon. The iPhone 4 currently doesn’t support HSPA+.

Rogers is currently testing HSPA+ in Northern Manitoba… Fido has already begun it’s roll out.

FIDO NETWORK COVERAGE MANITOBA

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It’s no secret that Apple updates it’s products at least once a year. The iPod and iPhone have all received significant yearly updates to their hardware and/or software.

We all know of the big iPhone 4 update that came earlier this year… and it’s now time for the back-to-school fall iPod update.

Tomorrow Apple will be revealing more gadgets that we all can spend our hard earned money on…

Some Rumours:
- iPod Touch
- – Retina Display Update
- – Camera
- – Facetime via Wifi + Email Address
- Apple TV Refresh w/ Apps
- iPod Nano Update

What I’m hoping to see:
- iOS 4.1 + Game Center release
- iOS 4 for iPad (Finally!)

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- Ipod Touch Face

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Everyone has been making a big deal of the iPhone 4 Death Grip. The Death Grip is when you hold your iPhone 4 a certain way that causes severe antenna loss.

Unfortunately, the problem does exist in Winnipeg as demonstrated in the video above. However… I noticed that even though my phone was reporting signal loss with the grip, I could still make clear phone calls with it. Also, this was only happening in weak-signal environments such as a basement. Though my basement started off with 5 bars, it quickly demolished to 0 bars after 1 minute of the death grip.

In a stronger signaled environment, the bars only dropped to 3 with the death grip.

So if you haven’t taken advantage of Apple’s FREE case offer, you should right away. I ordered mine on July 30, 2010 and my case isn’t schedule to ship until September. Head to Apples Website for instructions on how to obtain your free case, it only took me a few seconds to order one.

iPhone 4 Case Program