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Roughriders mobile app being downloaded “at an astonishing pace”

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Remember that Saskatchewan Roughriders BlackBerry app that was released about a month ago, well it seems that all parties involved in making it (SaskTel , zu and the Saskatchewan Roughriders) are thrilled with the early success.
Since launching October 8th it’s been downloaded at and “astonishing pace” with over 11,000 times in 64 countries. The app [...]

Rogers Nokia N86 8MP unboxing (Video)

By Ian Hardy ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Rogers is set to release the Nokia N86 any day now and we got our hands on one to do a sweet unboxing.
The N86 comes with an 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus, Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and video capabilities. The screen size is 2.6 inches and has a resolution of 240×320. You’ll see [...]

Is Dave Wireless Canada’s new carrier to watch?

By Ian Hardy ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

Today I spoke with Dave Dobbin, President of Dave Wireless, and he’s looking forward to launching his new wireless brand in Canada soon. Honestly he’s incredibly enthusiastic and he says that Canadians will be happy about their lineup and offerings.
DAVE Wireless invested $243.1-million during the Canadian Wireless Spectrum Auction and they have:signed a roaming agreement [...]

Update: Bell officially drops SAF & 911 Fees

By Ian Hardy ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

For those who are Bell, or want to be on Bell the good news is that they have dropped the monthly $6.95 System Access Fees and the $0.75 Carrier 911 Fees. There will be no formal announcement but you’ll notice on the Bell site that the fees are removed from the plans.
The dropped fees are [...]

Visa’s mobile payments plans for the future (Video)

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Juniper Research shows by the year 2014 global mobile payments is posed to be a $65 billion (USD) business. Visa was in Paris this week at the Cartes exhibition and they had on display their upcoming initiatives for mobile payments… and with the market suggesting to be in the billions is reason enough to start [...]

Pics of the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 9100 “Striker”

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ November 20, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 was one or RIM’s best selling devices and it looks they are coming back for round 2 with an update. Pics have surfaced of the upcoming Pearl 9100… this has a codename of “Striker”. Gone is the trackball and the trackpad has been installed. The 3G Pearl 9100 looks like a [...]

Virgin Mobile’s “National Fearless Day” was awesome

By John Connors ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Virgin Mobile held their “National Fearless Day” contest today and it was actually an awesome event, nothing shy of what you would expect from them.
Here’s why it was so cool:
1. Richard Branson was in attendance
2. There were 3 challenges
- 1. Find the letters in a tank full of maggots and Spell “Fearless”
- 2. Get chained [...]

Pics of what the WIND Mobile stores currently look like…

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

A couple months back we sat down with new wireless entrant WIND Mobile CEO Ken Campbell and CCO (Chief Consumer Officer) Chris Robbins for a quick interview. Back then they stated that “their stores they will have no cash desks “or any barriers with the customer… a completely digital environment”.
Today the folks over at WIND [...]

Bell “Skullcandy Mash Up” package coming Dec. 1st

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Now that Bell is rocking their HSPA network they are starting to bang out the holiday promos!
Thanks to our friend the “Informer”, on December 1st they ll be introducing the “Skullcandy Mash Up package”. This will be available for $69.95 and is looks to be targeted towards the Samsung Vice. Along with the QWERTY [...]

TELUS BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Review #1 (Video)

By Ian Hardy ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

TELUS released the BlackBerry Storm2 9550 yesterday and it’s puts the first generation of the Storm to shame. This is the device that RIM should have released first, but they took the feedback and make a device that’s more responsive and more productive.
You’ll see in the video that we checked out the difference between this [...]

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