Follow Us:
MobileSyrup
0
Google takes mobile advertising to another level, adds “Click to Call” feature
Google has officially added another feature to their advertising portfolio.. this time it’s “Click to Call”and basically give an option for advertisers to put their phone number in the ad and when clicked it automatically calls the number for you. Apparently advertisers in the beta test saw a 5% – 30% jump in results (which [...]
Bell Storm 9530 now $249.95 with no contract
Bell has been reducing and slashing pricing over the past week and it’s all good! We saw the Palm Pre and the BlackBerry Storm hit the low price of free, and even the 9700 got a price drop of $50. What we didn’t notice is the no-contract cost of the BlackBerry Storm 9530… a stellar [...]
RIM confirms on Facebook that “BlackBerry Tour 9650 is coming”
RIM has confirmed on their Facebook page that states the The BlackBerry Tour 9650 is coming! Check back soon for official news!”. Can’t get more clearer than that… now it’s just a matter of when TELUS or Bell will release the new smartphone. In the meantime there has been several videos released that show the [...]
680News gets an iPhone app that streams live video traffic reports
680News has released an iPhone app that gives you up-to-the-minute news, weather and more importantly traffic updates. All the news you want is live but the traffic cams are even live too via video streams (you can set up the roads you want to watch so you don’t have to sit in traffic). Sounds like [...]
Fido launches “CityFido PrePaid” for $45
Fido has launched the CityFido PrePaid option and if you’re into prepaid it’s pretty decent. For $45 you get 1,000 in-zone anytime local minutes (billed by the minute), unlimited incoming/outgoing SMS messages, call display, voicemail and call waiting. Out of zone rates and Long Distance are about $0.10 higher than everyone else at $0.40 a [...]
Wireless fraud business “still fairly new” in Canada
As people in Canada become more dependent on our devices we actually find that we want higher end smartphones like the iPhone or BlackBerry. With this it seems that those who are in the fraud business are raking in the cash. They’ve found a bit of a loophole in Canada as they fraudsters walk into [...]
Sportsnet launches app for BlackBerry, iPhone and Android devices
Rogers Sportsnet has released their free mobile app that gives you live coverage of the NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA, EPL Soccer. Some of the features are scores and boxscores, statistics for players and teams, latest headlines from around league, full pre and post-coverage of all major league games and is available on BlackBerry, Apple iPhone [...]
Virgin launching “huge new” HSPA+ network Feb. 2nd
We saw last week ALL the upcoming devices that Virgin Mobile will offer: iPhone 3G & 3GS, Blackberry Bold 9700, BlackBerry Curve 8530, Samsung M330, Broadband2Go MC998D and the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372. The first of the bunch are the iPhone and Bold 9700 for availability in February – these are both devices that will [...]
Ericsson to cut another 1,500 employees in 2010
Ericsson has reported today that another 1,500 will loose their job this year as profits declined by a hefty 92% in Q4. These cuts are in addition to the 5,000 announced last year. In their statement Ericsson said “When the initial program was announced in January 2009, it was anticipated that the actions would result [...]
Bell chooses Comverse for Mobile Internet, Visual Voicemail and Multimedia Messaging
Everyone is jumping on the visual voicemail bus these days. Although it;s been around for a while, last week we saw Wind bring on their partner… and now Bell Mobility has brought on Comverse Mobile for several new service add-ons such as Internet HUB, visual voicemail and multimedia messaging (MMS).
- CES 2012
- Mobile News
- Airtel Wireless
- Bell Mobility News
- Chatr
- Clearnet
- Eastlink
- Fido News
- Globalive News
- Koodo Mobile News
- Mobilicity
- MTS
- NorthernTel
- PC Mobile News
- Petro-Canada Mobility
- Primus Wireless News
- Public Mobile
- Rogers Wireless News
- SaskTel News
- Shaw
- Solo Mobile News
- Speak Out Wireless News
- tbaytel
- Telus Mobility News
- Vidéotron News
- Virgin Mobile News
- WIND Mobile
- Reviews – Carrier
- Reviews – Manufacturer
- Various News
