BlackBerry Passport launch event to be live-streamed tomorrow

As we wind down one of the most event-packed Septembers in smartphone launch history, BlackBerry is taking its turn tomorrow to launch their new Passport smartphone in an event that will run concurrently in Dubai, London and Toronto. We couldn't make it to Dubai, but we will definitely be covering the event in Toronto as early as 8:00 am Eastern time. It has been a while since BlackBerry hosted a huge launch event like this (last time was the BB10 launch with the Z10 and Alicia Keys). It also feels like forever since I've attended a huge product launch in my hometown. For anyone who wants to catch the proceedings, Blackberry is streaming the event live from http://live.blackberry.events/.

Post launch, expect to get your my first impressions on the new device as well as some hands on video and possible review to follow. Stay tuned for what we hope is a great comeback event from the company that started it all back in the day.

BlackBerry Passport expected to sell for $599 contract free in US

BlackBerry's new Passport smartphone, which we hope to see unveiled this Wednesday, will reportedly cost $599 off contract in the US. The Passport is BlackBerry's latest flagship device geared towards enterprise but has also roused a lot of interest from consumers who want a larger touch-screen device that also has a QWERTY keyboard. Stay tuned for Canada specific information, possible hands-on and first impressions on the BlackBerry Passport this week.

Source: Crackberry.com

Apple announces new record of 10 million new iPhones sold in first 3 days

As expected, the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus opening weekend broke sales records for Apple. The company is saying that 10 million units were sold over the first three days that the new devices were offered.

"Sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded our expectations for the launch weekend, and we couldn't be happier," said Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. "We would like to thank all of our customers for making this our best launch ever, shattering all previous sell-through records by a large margin. While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible."

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Google Glass 'approved' for Canada, but does anyone still care?

After over a year, Google Glass is apparently approved for Canada.Explorer Brian Buquoi received the above note with his replacement Glass which says that Google Glass has been approved by industry Canada, which means it is likely one step away from being made available to Canadians.

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