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Virgin increasing Long Distance, Local Calling, Web Browsing & International Texting prices April 15th

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

Effective April 15th Virgin will be increasing the prices for a number of services across the board. These basically only impact those of you who are not on a plan but it’s always important to know what’s happening – just so you’re not shocked when you get your monthly bill.
Virgin posted this on their Customer [...]

WIND’s “Contract Carnival” is where “contract-killing” occurs

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 20 comments

WIND Mobile is hosting Canada’s first ever “Contract Carnival” this Friday at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto (runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). During these festivities there will be paper airplane-making, piñatas, a caricature artist and a magician. In addition, WIND has put together some sort of experience where creative “contract-killing” happens. This is [...]

SaskTel releases a sexy Purple BlackBerry Curve 8530

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 15, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Last week SaskTel added the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to their lineup and over the weekend they were doing some upgrades to their website. Looks like they have also released the Curve in a stunning Purple and state that “The Curve would make a great first smartphone”… we agree.

Virgin saves you over $600 for an older CDMA device

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Virgin has a promo going on right now that’s pretty darn good – especially if you’re looking to use their old CDMA network.
They state that they’ll save you over $600 with all their credits and discounts such as Text Messaging & Voicemail and Call Display for only $15 a month… but the real question [...]

Video: The making of Virgin’s flash mob “Random Acts Of Love”

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 14, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Here’s something light for a Sunday evening. Remember a few weeks back when Virgin Mobile entertained a few select Torontonians at the corner of Yonge & Dundas. They called it the “Random Acts Of Love” and it took 150 dancers to make it happen. They’ve released a video that shows the entire scene unfold… the [...]

TELUS BlackBerry Bold 9700 OS 5.0.0.442 officially released

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

TELUS has released an official OS update for their BlackBerry Bold 9700. This version is OS 5.0.0.442 and as usual make sure you back up before you start to download this new version. Get it here at BlackBerry

Samsung Gravity now available at Fido

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 12, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Fido has added yet another device to their lineup… you can now get the Samsung Gravity for $25 on a 2-year contract, or $150 with no contract.
We saw Rogers launch the Gravity back in February of 2009 and this device has a full slide out QWERTY keyboard, screen of 2.1-inches (resolution of 176 x [...]

Vidéotron customer service is “Almost perfection”

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 11, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Vidéotron has announced their Q4 results and now have over 83,000 mobile subscribers. The more important part of the report is the astonishing high level of customer service. Videotron offers TV, Internet, Cable, Home Phone and Wireless services and when they officially roll out their HSPA network this Summer will be even greater competition to [...]

Clement on wireless foreign ownership: “I don’t want this to drag on forever”

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 11, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

There was much talk since Governor General Michaëlle Jean stated “Our government will open Canada’s doors further to venture capital and to foreign investment in key sectors, including the satellite and telecommunications industries, giving Canadian firms access to the funds and expertise they need.”
No insight was given yet on wireless foreign ownership but yesterday Industry [...]

LG “Make Life Pop” Contest gives chance to meet Jason Derulo and win $5k

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

LG has a new contest that promotes the upcoming LG Shine Touch and the recently released LG Pop. The contest is called “Make Life Pop” and if you win you could walk meet artist Jason Derulo and score a cool $5,000 shopping spree in Los Angeles. Seems like the contest is pretty basic as all [...]

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