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It seems that waves of Android smartphones is not going to stop soon. Canada have also been invaded by Android smartphones, and the latest two of them is this, the Samsung Vibrant a.k.a. Samsung Galaxy S and the HTC Desire.

Bell is now officially offering the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S for a price of $79 with a 3-yr contract agreement.In addition, Bell also offers Lady Gaga concert tickets for those who buy the Galaxy S Vibrant before August 12. In addition, there is also a lucky draw for people who buy the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S before September 3, with the price of 55-inch Samsung LED HD TV.

Meanwhile, Telus is also starting to offer the HTC Desire for the same price as the Samsung Vibrant ($79.99 with a 3-yr contract agreement). Alternatively, you can buy the HTC Desire without contract for $449.99. There are also 1-yr and 2-yr contract agreement plan for this HTC Desire with a price of $399.99 and $349.99, respectively.

Bell Canada is the first Canadian carrier to offer the Samsung Galaxy S variant, the samsung Vibrant. On August 6 Bell customers will be able to purchase the Samsung Vibrant for a price of $499.99 with no contract or $149.99 with 3-year contract agreement. Interestingly, Bell also held a chance to win a Samsung Vibrant event everyday, which will be ended by tomorrow.

There is a new buzz over at the internet saying that Bell won’t be the only carrier to offer the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S. According to our sources, Virgin Mobile will also launch the Samsung Vibrant. But what about Rogers? Well, Rogers will offer the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S, named Samsung Captivate.

Rogers through its spokesperson have confirmed that they will unveil details about Samsung Captivate in the coming weeks. This means that Rogers will likely offer the Samsung Captivate this month.

If you want to know what are the differences between samsung Vibrant and Captivate, you should see our Samsung Vibrant vs Captivate Comparison, Or perhaps you’re also interested in the Galaxy S brawl battle (Vibrant vs Captivate vs Fascinate vs Epic 4G)

Just a short news. Starbucks has just announced that starting from July 1st (today), they are offering WiFi connectivity in each stores located in the United States and Canada!

Anyway, the WiFi connections is powered by AT&T network, and it doesn’t require username/password whatsoever. Isn’t that nice? So now you can taste they WiFi for free on 6800 Starbucks stores across U.S.

But remember folks, safety first. Make sure you have protected your important data and files first.

Enjoy!

Samsung Galaxy S will soon arrive in Canada. According to the recent development, Bell Canada will get the Samsung Galaxy S android smartphone as Samsung Vibrant. This means that the Samsung Vibrant name isn’t available only in the U.S by T-Mobile, but also in Canada.

Anyway, apparently Bell has the exclusivity of releasing Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant in Canada. However, it is also possible for other carrier to bundle the device with a different name.

It is predicted that the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant will come with Android 2.1 (which will be upgraded to Android 2.2 Froyo later this year). Unfortunately, we still haven’t got a clue about the price and release date of the smartphone with 4 inches screen and WVGA Super AMOLED (which some said that it is close to the iPhone 4’s retina display quality).

Other notable Samsung Vibrant specs and features are the Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor, six-axis sensor optimized for media and gaming, and last but not least, the Android Market which contains more than 65,000 applications and growing.

Finally the HTC Touch Pro2 and Snap has arrived in Canada, and these WinMo phones can be purchased starting from this afternoon…. About the price, you can buy the Telus HTC Touch Pro2 and Snap for $0 and $249.99 respectively on 3-year deals with voice and data discount (or $399.99 and $649.99 outright). Both of them has some nice features such as email support, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, speakerphone, visual voicemail, global GSM roaming and well over five hours of talk-time per device.

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