Tune into the new Canoe.ca Mobile site for complete election coverage
Toronto, September 25, 2008 - Canoe.ca launches its new Mobile site today, delivering an amazingly fast and easy way to stay connected to the latest Canadian news and content, including the 2008 federal elections - using any cellphone with basic access to the Mobile Internet.
"The Canoe.ca Mobile site makes it extremely fast and easy for users to keep abreast of Canadian news and content" said Dominique-Sébastien Forest, General Manager of Digital Content and E-Commerce at Canoe.ca. The Canoe.ca Mobile site offers a wide range of content, including the Canada Votes 2008 section on the Canoe.ca portal, which features the latest election coverage from senior writers and editors from the Sun Media newspaper network. "Canadians can use Canoe.ca Mobile to follow the 2008 federal election campaign from any location."
"Canoe.ca Mobile implements the best practices in mobile site optimization," said Mr. Forest. "Canoe.ca Mobile's user-friendly interface boasts state-of-the-art mobile ergonomics that deliver a high-quality user experience with any cellphone, smart or not - which means quality content delivered anywhere at any time."
These best practices mean content can be viewed quickly and universally on any mobile device, from basic cellphones with small screens to more sophisticated handheld units, such as iPhones or BlackBerrys. In addition, Canoe.ca Mobile content is tailored and optimized to the specifications of each device. Canoe.ca Mobile files have the added benefit of being small (about 6 to 25 kilobytes), keeping service-provider charges for data downloads to a bare minimum.
Accessing Canoe.ca Mobile content is simple: Just text "CANOE" at 22022 or bookmark the "m.canoe.ca" URL using your mobile Web browser function. All you need is a cellphone plan with basic mobile Web access.
Canoe.ca Mobile content is available in both English and French, with feature sections including news, sports, entertainment, technology, finance, travel, lifestyles and more, all in line with the continuously evolving Canoe.ca service offering. The Canoe.ca Mobile platform will ultimately support also the mobile strategy of all Quebecor Media Inc. proprieties, including Sun Media newspapers.
For more information, please visit Canoe.ca.
About Canoe.ca
A subsidiary of Quebecor Media, Canoe.ca is a leading local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services, helping to inform and connect Canadians. The Canoe Network attracts over 8.8 million monthly visitors and includes Canoe.ca, top information verticals like Cnews, Slam!, Jam! and Lifewise, as well as the Sun Media newspaper sites. Canoe.ca also offers online services in the fields of employment and continuing education (jobboom.com), housing (micasa.ca), automobiles (autonet.ca), personals (reseaucontact.com), social networks (space.canoe.ca), classified ads (classifiedextra.ca) and advertising solutions (canoeklix.ca).
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Source:
Dominique-Sébastien Forest
General Manager of Digital Content and E-Commerce
Canoe Inc.
dominique.forest@canoe.ca
Contact:
Katherine Clark
Press relations for Canoe.ca
cathy@cowanandcompany.net
(416) 462-8773 ext. 55
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