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INQ handsets coming to Canada (ahead of the States, even) through Telus

TORONTO – Smartphone maker INQ is doing something few have done before: It is launching in North America in Canada, before the States.INQ bills itself as more than a handset company though because its hardware and software are completely geared around social media. Its launch release this morning bills it in near religious terms: “The inventors of true social mobile bring their mission of affordable wireless internet for the masses to North America,” reads the release’s headline.It’s Canadian launch partner is Telus, which will roll out the INQ Chat 3G (pictured) “soon”, under the Telus and Koodo brands, according to the...