Amazon unleashes new Wi-Fi-only Kindle for US$139

Amazon has a new Kindle and it looks great. After lowering the price of their Kindle 2 e-Reader to $189, possibly to clear inventory for this new model. The new model, which has a more rounded form-factor, an improved e-Ink display and now only connects to the Amazon store via Wi-Fi sells in the US for $139, which is a more competitive price for the already successful e-Reading device. No official word on when it will be available to Canada or how much it will cost us.

Release: Rogers launches chatr budget prepaid mobile carrier

chatr wireless today announced its entry into the Canadian market offering Canadians unlimited talk and text on a trusted network. chatr will offer cost certainty with zone-based plans including unlimited talk for just $35 per month and unlimited talk and text for just $45 per month, without term contracts. The service will be available in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and soon in Montreal with future plans for other Canadian markets.

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Travel: FlightNetwork.com launches Canadian 'State Of Air Travel Poll'

 FlightNetwork.com, one of Canada's highest volume online travel sales sites (second only to Expedia in Canada), today announced the launch of their 'State of Air Travel Poll,' aimed at giving Canadians a voice to weigh-in on the biggest issues facing the travel industry in 2010.

"Ash clouds, airline mergers and a global economic slowdown have created an unprecedented shake-up in the air travel industry over the past 12 months," said Naman Budhdeo, CEO of FlightNetwork.com. "We see the State of Air Travel Poll as a way to take the pulse of Canadians by offering a forum for the serious and not so serious flight industry issues that they are talking about."

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Wind Mobile selling $1.00 hotdogs to 'celebrate' launch of Rogers' Chatr

WIND Mobile, one of the recent entrants into Canada's budget wireless services is up in arms at Rogers launch of competing discount-prepaid  mobile brand Chatr.

Part awareness campaign and part PR stunt, Wind sent out an invitation for Torontonians to, "celebrate the arrival of even more competition in the wireless market with Rogers' experiment, the launch of chatr on their 2G network."

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