Virgin Mobile drops BlackBerry prices to $0.00

Virgin Mobile has once again dropped their prices for all of their BlackBerry devices. You can now get the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, Flip 8230 and the Curve 8330 for $0.00 on a 3-year contract. These all have to be on Virgin’s BlackBerry Bundle monthly plan and make sure you read all the fine print before [...]

Bell Pre owners: Palm pushes out webOS 1.3.1 update

If you’ve got yourself a Bell Palm Pre them you’ll be happy to know that Palm has updated webOS to version 1.3.1. Below is a full list of all the updates you can expect and here’s the link to get it, or download it right from your Pre. (Thanks Shawn)
Backup

Backup now includes browser cookies, so [...]

Missing in Canada: Dell Mini 3 Smartphone

Dell officially entered the smartphone market today with their “Dell 3 Mini” Smartphone, this will be available late November through China Mobile and by the end of year at Brazilian carrier Claro. The Dell 3 Mini has not yet been announced for a US, European release or any of our Canadian carriers.
The specs are still [...]

70% of Canadians say searching points of interest when using GPS is important

We knew that launched the E71 in two exclusive colours last week, Red and Black. In addition, this comes preloaded with the newest version of Ovi Maps.
Nokia and Angus Reid recently conducted a online survey that asked is it “important to them to have visually-guided, turn by turn pedestrian/walk navigation as a part of their [...]

Rogers launches “Rocket Hub”, creates WiFi party for 15

Rogers has officially launched their “Rocket Hub”, this is the product that gives you a wireless or voice connection when you can’t find one. Rogers describes this Ericsson product as “Just plug the Rocket Hub into any power outlet and create a Wi-Fi spot connected to the Rogers Wireless Network and enjoy internet connectivity for [...]

LG works with GelaSkins to pimp out your phone

LG wants you to look your best and apparently separate yourself from all the other off the shelf coloured devices. From looking at the dedicated site, they have struck a relationship with GelaSkins that can see you put either hundreds of their images, or upload one of your own image and truly personalize your phone.
The [...]

Rogers, TELUS attending invitation-only Future:Mobile 2009 conference

Nikos Katinakis, VP, Strategy and Technology, Rogers Wireless and David Neale, SVP, Products and Services, TELUS have been invited to attend the Future:Mobile 2009 on December 1st, 2009 in Silicon Valley.
This is reserved for 200 senior executives and “is a one-day, invitation-only forum that catalyzes information exchange and deal making between private companies, public companies, [...]

Primus offers up Nokia 2680 for $0.00 on 3-year

Primus has released a new entry-level device to their lineup. The Nokia 2680 is a slider phone that measures 99mm x 47mm x 16mm and weighs just over 80 grams. Features include Bluetooth capabilities, speakerphone, VGA camera, GPRS Web browser, MP3 Player, Calculator, Organizer and FM radio. The screen resolution is 128 x 160 pixels.
This [...]

TELUS to launch Palm Pre and Pixi in January

The second coming of Palm is in full force as they have just launched the Pre in the U.K, Germany and Spain. Here in Canada, even though Bell just dropped the price of the Pre down another $50 we understand that sales are strong. Could there be reasoning behind the price drop though, other than [...]

eBay App coming to BlackBerry devices later this month

At the BlackBerry Developer Challenge yesterday, eBay was on hand to demonstrate how their upcoming app works on BlackBerry devices. The app is due out later this month and has the ability to search, view and bid on items. In addition, the app gives you push notifications pf when you are outbid.
Check out the video [...]