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Rogers fires back at Virgin’s “WTF” comment!

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 6, 2009 ⋅ 11 comments

We thought the Globalive foreign ownership issues was Canada’s version of a wireless soap opera!
It turns out it’s not and the surprising and almost awkward battle between Virgin Mobile and Rogers Wireless flamed up this morning with Virgin’s latest ad campaign hammering down the recently introduced Rogers “Government Regulatory Recovery Fee”, or in short the [...]

Virgin says WTF is with the Rogers GRRF fee?

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 6, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

Rogers recently removed the System Access Fees and introduced the “Government Regulatory Recovery Fee” (GRRF) and off all companies to respond it’s Bell’s sub-brand Virgin Mobile that says “GRRF! WFT!… seriously Rogers. What’s the Fee?”.
Always putting things so eloquently, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Mobile Canada said, “I’d like to congratulate Rogers for removing [...]

Saskatchewan Roughriders BlackBerry “Rider App” gets updated

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Sasktel recently launched their “Rider App” for BlackBerry devices. If you are a fan of the Saskatchewan Roughriders then this app brings you that much closer.
The app gives you access to their schedule, Standings, Scores, Roster (in-depth player into), Stats, Articles from newspapers and blogs and their Twitter account. An update has been made (Version [...]

Inventor of the cellphone says future’s in “a number of specialist devices”

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 6, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Perhaps evolution is not progress. According to Martin Cooper, he the person who’s coined with creating the world’s first mobile phone, has stated at a privacy conference in Madrid “Whenever you create a universal device that does all things for all people, it does not do any things well, Our future I think is a [...]

TELUS Smartphone promo offers up a $50 Future Shop gift card

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Primed and HSPA ready, TELUS comes out with a decent promo this month that can put a $50 Future Shop gift card in your pocket (perfect to re-gift this holiday season).
If you’re considering buying a smartphone, especially one of the new HSPA devices, such as the iPhone, Bold 9700, Nokia E71 or the LG New [...]

“Videotron is pressing ahead with its advanced wireless services network project”

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Quebecor, Videotron’s parent company, released their Q3 results and I found an update of how very quietly Videotron is making progress to launch their HSPA network. Some say they are the real long term threat when it comes to wireless competition, especially in the Quebec market.
Pierre Karl Peladeau, President and CEO of Quebecor. “Videotron again [...]

Best Buy ad shows mysterious LG “IQ” coming to Canada

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

With all the new mobile devices coming out from all the carriers, such as the Samsung Omnia II, HTC Hero, LG Eve, Apple iPhone 3GS (Bell & TELUS), BlackBerry Bold 9700… there is certainly a great amount of choice!
Thanks goes out to the upcoming Best Buy Mobile catalog that shows an LG ad of their [...]

Rogers calls Smartphones “Webphones” and drops prices of some stellar devices

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

We first reported about Rogers new promo that switches some Smartphones to “Webphones” last week. However with the HSPA network launches of both Bell and TELUS it seems Rogers wants Canadians to know where to shop for good deals.
Here are a few good deals going on over at Rogers:

Bell officially drops price of Palm Pre to $99.95!

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

We let you know yesterday that Bell would be dropping the Price of the Palm Pre to a low $99.95 on a 3-year contract. . For those holding our for the Pre to be cheaper in price… this is now reality!
With all the new Bell HSPA devices, it seems the once proud exclusive device (we [...]

Motorola “Who &*^% on My Patio?” Bluetooth promo video

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Motorola has put together a video that bold showcases how effective you can be when you have one of their Bluetooth headsets. It’s pretty amusing and perfect timing for all the recent laws that are banning the use of handheld devices while driving.
Check it out here

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