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RIM’s Woes Deepen As iPhones Outsell BlackBerries In Canada


RIM’s Woes Deepen As iPhones Outsell BlackBerries In Canada

iPhone becomes the top selling smartphone in Canada

Lately, RIM has been losing major enterprise customers to Apple on a regular basis. U.S. federal agencies (including NOAA and ATF) have been some of the biggest enterprise switchers from BlackBerry devices to iPhones.

Today’s bad news must have a particularly nasty sting for the BlackBerry manufacturer. For the first time, iPhone sales in RIM’s native Canada have surpassed sales of BlackBerry devices – and by a pretty wide margin. Given the sense of loyalty that many Canadian businesses and consumers have shown to RIM, which is based in Waterloo, Ontario, the new numbers highlight the extent of RIM’s challenges and shortcomings.

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Tim Cook Forces AT&T To Unlock Customer’s Phone

Tim Cook Forces AT&T To Unlock Customer’s Phone

"Can even my divine intervention get AT&T to unlock your iPhone? Let me meditate upon it."

Dealing with customer service representatives can be one of the world’s most torturous experiences. Apple isn’t perfect, but they usually give customers the best experience possible, no matter. Proving that point, earlier today a story surfaced of Tim Cook stepping in and forcing AT&T to make a special exception to a request the deny to most customers.

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Canadian Telecoms Have Apple’s iTV With Siri Hidden Away In Testing Labs [Rumor]

Canadian Telecoms Have Apple’s iTV With Siri Hidden Away In Testing Labs [Rumor]

Canada’s two largest telecoms already have Apple’s rumored iTV in their testing labs, according to The Globe and Mail. Rogers and BCE have reportedly been “in talks” with Apple to become launch partners for the upcoming IP-based television.

The iTV will have Siri integration and users will be able to control programming with their voices or through hand gestures, according to the report.

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Today At Cult Of Android: Android 4.0 Rolls Out To All WiFi Motorola XOOMs, Sony To Release 11 Additional Handsets This Year, And More…

Today At Cult Of Android: Android 4.0 Rolls Out To All WiFi Motorola XOOMs, Sony To Release 11 Additional Handsets This Year, And More…

Android may not be every Mac user’s cup of tea, but it’s the biggest mobile operating system in the world, and it’s important to know what’s going on with Android — what it’s doing right, and what it’s doing wrong. Here’s the best stories that hit today over at our sister site, Cult of Android.

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English-Speaking Countries Usually Get The Best Prices On Earth On New Apple Products

English-Speaking Countries Usually Get The Best Prices On Earth On New Apple Products

If you are looking for the best online deals from an Apple Store, it would pay to head to the United States, or any English-speaking store, a new analysis finds.

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U.S. Customs: We Won’t Accept A Photo Of Your Passport On Your iPad [Exclusive]

U.S. Customs: We Won’t Accept A Photo Of Your Passport On Your iPad [Exclusive]

Following our report about Martin Reisch earlier today — the Canadian who was reportedly allowed into the United States with a photograph of his passport on his iPad — U.S. customs have contacted us to clarify the situation.

Jenny L. Burke, a Field Branch Chief with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, says that the claim Reisch was admitted into the U.S. using solely an image of his passport on his iPad is “categorically false,” and that Reisch had to provide more than just a photo to get into the country.

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U.S. Customs Now Accepting iPads Instead Of Passports

U.S. Customs Now Accepting iPads Instead Of Passports

Meet Martin Reisch, a slightly forgetful Canadian who recently took a trip to the United States only to find shortly before landing that he had forgotten his passport. Fortunately for him, that was the day U.S. customs were allowing people into the country armed only with a photograph of their passport on their iPad. Or so he claims.

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TV Show Streaming Disappears From Apple TVs In Canada Just Days After Update

TV Show Streaming Disappears From Apple TVs In Canada Just Days After Update

Apple quietly issued an update to its Apple TV earlier this week, which finally introduced TV show streaming from the cloud to users in Australia, Canada, and the U.K. for the first time. However, there may have been a good reason why Apple was so quiet about it.

It would seem that the feature isn’t ready yet — or that it was not meant for certain territories — because just days after being introduced, Apple has removed it again.

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Apple Finally Introduces TV Show Streaming To Apple TV In Australia, Canada & U.K.

Apple Finally Introduces TV Show Streaming To Apple TV In Australia, Canada & U.K.

Apple has begun issuing an update to its second-generation Apple TV that finally allows users in Australia, Canada, and the U.K. to stream TV shows they’ve purchased on iTunes directly to their television.

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Apple Exec Says that iTunes Match is Headed to Canada “Shortly” After US

Apple Exec Says that iTunes Match is Headed to Canada “Shortly” After US

The new CEO of Apple is responding to customer emails left and right from his (sorry, you need Javascript to see this e-mail address) address. Thanks to an email sent to that address, Apple’s VP of Internet Services has now shed a little more light on the availability of iTunes Match to customers outside of the US.

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