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Rogers bringing Apple's iPhone to Canada Financial Post, Canada - 33 minutes ago TORONTO -- Rogers Communications Inc. shares rose sharply in early trading on Tuesday after the telecom company said it plans to bring Apple Inc.'s iPhone ...

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Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio

Too busy to bother with external speakers for your iPod? Still can't shake that fascination with colored blocks after all these decades? Take heart, young buck, as the iPod building block speakers can keep that kid in you alive for a good bit longer -- though we aren't sure the audiophile in you will be too pleased. These non-powered "drivers" get amped after being plugged into an iPod's dock connector (sorry, iPhone users), but curiously enough, they only arrive in a single 2.5- x 1- x .75-inch form, which doesn't exactly fit flush against the last-gen nano. Nevertheless, those giddy about the notion of claiming a few as their own can pick 'em up in yellow, white, red, black, blue and green for $24.99 apiece.

[Via BoingBoing]

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Filed under: Rumors, iPhone

According to The Star, Canadian communications firm Rogers Wireless has finally announced plans to carry the iPhone.

"We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the
iPhone to Canada later this year," they said in a statement. "We can't tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned."

This comes after nearly a year of back-and-forth between the two companies and the Canadian public. In April of last year, Rogers made a point of telling CBC News Online that they had not reached an agreement to carry the iPhone. At the time, they were the only GSM carrier in the country (all others used he CDMA standard). So no Rogers meant no iPhone.

Then, an article in The National Post suggested that Rogers would price the iPhone out of the hands of most Canadians, comparing it to their "Right Fit" plan, which offered (as of July '07) 250 anytime, zero weekends, 25MB of data and an additional fee for texts for a whopping Canadian $97/mo.

That was speculation, of course, and today's cryptic message from Rogers doesn't offer any contradictory details. However, the brief announcement should make many Canadians happy.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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Filed under: Cellphones

It seemed like it would never happen, but the impossible has occurred: Apple's iPhone is coming to Canada. The news was quietly slipped into telecom giant Rogers' latest earnings report, with the simple statement that the company was "thrilled to announce" a "deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year." Apparently, lips are sealed on all other details, but we'll keep you posted as news gets our way.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Premarket: Rogers announces iPhone Globe and Mail, Canada - Apr 29, 2008 ... Inc. reported that its first-quarter profit doubled and it also announced that it will deliver Apple Inc.'s iPhone to Canadian customers this year. ... All eyes and ears on Fed MSN Money Stocks rise ahead of Federal Reserve's rate decision The Associated Press Major Averages Move Modestly Higher At The Open [] RTT News Inquirer.net - The Associated Press all 196 news articles

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Premarket: Rogers announces iPhone Globe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours ago ... Inc. reported that its first-quarter profit doubled and it also announced that it will deliver Apple Inc.'s iPhone to Canadian customers this year. ...

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Premarket: Rogers announces iPhone Globe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours ago ... Inc. reported that its first-quarter profit doubled and it also announced that it will deliver Apple Inc.'s iPhone to Canadian customers this year. ...

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Today TomTom announces all new TomTom One and XL navigators. The software doesn't appear to be any different, but the exteriors have been streamlined even further, and the company introduced a new EasyPort mount that can stow-away in the back of the device itself, so you don't have to worry about leaving your mount in the car. TomTom also revamped the audio system, so that commands are "even more loud and clear at all times"—apparently previous versions sounded too garbled or weak, but not anymore.

When they come out in May, the baseline 3.5" TomTom One 130 will still list for $200, while a step-up with text to speech (in other words, reading of street names and highway numbers) is $250. The 4.3" widescreen TomTom XL has dropped in price, though: the 330 costs $250, and the 330S with text-to-speech is at $300. If you really just want to save money, the old TomTom One 3rd Edition currently lists for $170, while supplies last of course.

TomTom was in the news lately for having taken a beating in the first quarter of the year, profit down from $70.3 million to $12 million in year over year comparison. Keeping prices low certainly won't boost profits, though it might help to increase its flagging overall revenues. The real issue for us gadget fiends is that these minor updates, with no major change to the TomTom user interface in many years, makes the company look unable to conceive of radical new ideas as the GPS market gets crazier, and starts to include BlackBerrys and, dare I add, iPhones. I like TomTom well enough for getting from point A to point B, but I am not seeing any kind of long-term survival strategy here. [TomTom]

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Today TomTom announces all new TomTom One and XL navigators. The software doesn't appear to be any different, but the exteriors have been streamlined even further, and the company introduced a new EasyPort mount that can stow-away in the back of the device itself, so you don't have to worry about leaving your mount in the car. TomTom also revamped the audio system, so that commands are "even more loud and clear at all times"—apparently previous versions sounded too garbled or weak, but not anymore.

When they come out in May, the baseline 3.5" TomTom One 130 will still list for $200, while a step-up with text to speech (in other words, reading of street names and highway numbers) is $250. The 4.3" widescreen TomTom XL has dropped in price, though: the 330 costs $250, and the 330S with text-to-speech is at $300. If you really just want to save money, the old TomTom One 3rd Edition currently lists for $170, while supplies last of course.

TomTom was in the news lately for having taken a beating in the first quarter of the year, profit down from $70.3 million to $12 million in year over year comparison. Keeping prices low certainly won't boost profits, though it might help to increase its flagging overall revenues. The real issue for us gadget fiends is that these minor updates, with no major change to the TomTom user interface in many years, makes the company look unable to conceive of radical new ideas as the GPS market gets crazier, and starts to include BlackBerrys and, dare I add, iPhones. I like TomTom well enough for getting from point A to point B, but I am not seeing any kind of long-term survival strategy here. [TomTom]

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Rogers doubles Q1 profit to $344M; bringing iPhone to Canada The Canadian Press, TORONTO - 10 minutes ago B) more than double first-quarter profits and the company said it's finally bringing Apple's long-awaited iPhone to Canada, though it didn't say when. ...

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