Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge coming to TELUS, preorders start on March 5th

TELUS has confirmed that March 5 is the day to pre-order the new Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 edge. Announced yesterday at the Mobile World Congress.

According to TELUS, "the Samsung Galaxy S6 is reinvented from the outside in. Beneath stunning metal and sophisticated glass lies the fastest, most powerful processor ever in a Samsung smartphone.

The best HD display yet brings your life to light—even in sunlight. And the dynamic, ultra-responsive camera captures the true-to-life brilliance of any moment. Every detail. Every day. Meet the reimagined Samsung Galaxy S6." 

Alcatel OneTouch launches Hero 2+ phablet running in Cyanogen OS for $299

Alcatel OneTouch revealed its Hero 2+ smartphone which will be the first phablet running Cyanogen OS. The HERO 2+ is a refreshed concept of the 2015 iF Design Award winning HERO 2 phablet, featuring Cyanogen OS, with enhanced customization, security, and photo and video capture features. The HERO 2+ with Cyanogen has a 6-inch Full HD edge-to-edge display and LTE running  on an octa-core processor

This is also the first phablet with an octa-core processor with Cyanogen OS natively available on the device, brought exclusively to the North American market by ALCATEL ONETOUCH. It will be available unlocked via the ALCATEL ONETOUCH store powered by Amazon for $299 beginning in Q2 2015.

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Google, Samsung gearing up to challenge Apple Pay in mobile payments this year

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Its been over six months after Apple launched its US-based mobile payments platform Apple Pay, and competitors are finally gearing to challenge the iPhone focused payments solution.

Part of Samsung's big announcement yesterday at its Samsung Galaxy S6 device launch was Samsung Pay and today Google's Sundar Pichai revealed that his company has been working on Android Pay.

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SanDisk revolutionizes mobile storage with 200GB microSD Card

It's kind of a shame that Samsung's Galaxy S6 devices no longer accept microSD cards, because SanDisk's new 200GB card really pushes the storage limits.

200GB is more than what many notebooks ship with and SanDisk has made it possible to store vast amounts of data on a tiny card. The latest microSDXC card will have transfer speeds of up to 90MB/sec and will come to market during Q2 of 2015 for an SRT of US $400.00.

Oh, and if regular sized SD Cards are your thing, SanDisk has also released a 512GB Extreme PRO SDHC/SDXC card ideal for digital cameras and video cameras.