The BlackBerry PlayBook was the best-selling tablet at two major electronics chains in Canada last week. Both Future Shop and Best Buy Canada have tole Research in Motion that the 7 inch tablet outsold the competition… including Apple’s iPad 2 for the week. Before you break out the champagne to toast RIM though, there are […]
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HP Canada is all out of HP TouchPad tablets… forever
The HP TouchPad became the surprise must-have tablet of the summer after HP discontinued the tablet and slashed the price from $499 to $99. Unfortunately there weren’t that many tablets to go around, and all the stores that had them in stock sold out almost immediately. The good news is that HP decided to make […]
BlackBerry PlayBook price drops to $300 in Canada
Research in Motion promised that it would lower the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook soon in response to sluggish sales. Now it looks like you can pick up a PlayBook in RIM’s home country of Canada for just $299.99. Best Buy and Future Shop are both offering a 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for $399.99 — […]
Gateway TP A60 Android tablet hits Canada
If the Gateway TP A60 tablet looks familiar, there’s a good reason for that. It’s basically the Acer Iconia Tab A500. The key difference? This one has a Gateway logo on it instead of an Acer logo. Gateway is a subsidiary of Acer, as is Packard Bell. For some reason the computer maker sometimes releases […]
Sony Tablet S slated for mid-September debut in Canada
Sony has been showing off its upcoming Android tablets — the Sony Tablet S and dual-screen, clamshell Sony Tablet P — since April of this year. The Tablet S is thought to be arriving in the U.S. in mid-September, and it’s now thought that Canadians will see the slate debut at the same time. That’s […]
Toshiba Thrive tablet to hit Canada in August
Toshiba’s 10.1 inch Thrive tablet with Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb is scheduled to ship in the US on July 10th. But it looks like you’ll have to wait a little longer to get your hands on the tablet if you’re north of the border. Toshiba has announced that the tablet will launch in Canada in […]
Dell Streak heads to Canada
Dell has announced that the Dell Streak is now available in Canada from Rogers. The 5 inch tablet/phone/Android thingamajig will run you $149.99 when you sign up for a 3 year service contract. The Dell Streak has a 5 inch capacitive touchscreen display, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and access to the Android Market. At […]
RIM BlackPad tablet to ship in November?
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve heard any rumors about Research in Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry Tablet, which may end up with the awkward name of “BlackPad.” So I guess we were about due for a series of rumors. First up, Fudzilla reports that its sources say the tablet will be announced in late November […]
Samsung Galaxy Tab headed to Canada’s Bell and Rogers networks
Samsung is making some serious headway in its quest for global tablet dominance. Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that all four major US wireless carriers would offer the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet, Samsung has announced that Bell and Rogers, two of the largest wireless carriers in Canada will follow suit. Neither […]
Gateway’s DVD drive-equipped thin and light laptop hits Canada
Gateway’s EC14D series notebook has an 11.6 inch display and Intel CULV processor — which does absolutely nothing to set it apart from a dozen similar models from Asus, Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. But here’s one thing that does set it apart: This laptop has a built in DVD burner. The Gateway EC14D07U went […]