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Fido to release the BlackBerry Curve 9300 & Sony Ericsson J108 “Cedar”
Fido has released a few new devices over the past couple days: Nokia C1, LG Neon 2 and the LG Gossip in white. A recent thread over at HowardForums reveals a couple more devices are coming down the pipe at Fido. First, another basic entry level device from Sony Ericsson, the J108 “Cedar”. In addition, [...]
Fido releases the Nokia C1 and LG Neon 2
Fido has added a couple entry level devices to their lineup. The LG Neon 2 and the Nokia C1 can be yours for $0 on a 2-year contract. If signing a contract is not your deal then the Neon 2 is available for $150 no-contract and the Nokia C1 is going for a reasonable $50 [...]
Fido releases the LG Gossip in White
Not sure when this happened but Fido has released a White version of the LG Gossip. The price is still the same as when they launched it back in June of 2010 at $90 no-contract or $0.00 on a 2-year. As for specs the Gossip has a full-QWERTY keyboard, 2.4-inch display (resolution of 320 x [...]
Rogers & Fido increasing 411 Directory Assistance March 16th to 2.50/call
I’m not sure how many people still call 411 Directory Assistance from a mobile device but it must be getting significantly lower year-over-year. I personally can’t remember the last time I dialed 411, Google and the Yellow Pages app have replaced 411 for myself. However from a customer standpoint an increase is never needed. Effective [...]
Rogers and Fido increasing text message rate to $0.20 March 16th
Rogers and Fido have decided to increase the pay-per-use text message rate to $0.20 per text on March 16th (increase of $0.05). They have posted a note on their site that states this is for all non-premium (sent or received) text messages or any texts sent above the amount that’s included in your plan. Here’s [...]
City Fido plans reduced by $5 a month
The good news is that Fido has dropped the price of their City Fido plans by $5 in the following cities: Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and London. So now the prices are $35/month for 2000 Minutes and $55/month for 4000 Minutes. The bad news is that Quebec is still the cheapest place to [...]
Fido Post Holiday Sale hopes to clear inventory
We’re hoping Fido comes out with some great devices in 2011 – would be nice to see them increase the number of Smartphones to their lineup and compete with other carriers. More up-to-date BlackBerry and Android devices (Rogers certainly has many to choose from). In the meantime they have a “Post Holiday Sale” happening now [...]
Rogers and Fido start new policy: Will unlock your device for $50
Looks like unlocking cellphones is starting to become a trend. Recently TELUS announced they will unlock various devices for a fee starting in 2011… but today both Rogers and Fido have stepped up with a new “Handset Unlocking Policy”. According to the internal doc it states that “Effective December 14, we’ll be changing our policy [...]
Review: Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro
Sony recently released an updated version of their initial Ericsson Vivaz, now dubbed the Vivaz Pro, which sports a 3.2” TFT resistive touchscreen, with a resolution of 360 x 640, and a full slide out, QWERTY keyboard. The Vivaz Pro is approximately 109mm (tall) by 52mm (wide) by 15mm (thick) and weighs around 117g. AESTHETICS [...]
$50 Unlimited plan arrives at Fido
All the new carriers have unlimited plans and so does Chatr, Solo, Virgin and Koodo. Now Rogers original sub-brand has created their own and basically killing off their own $60 City Fido plan. The reason: for $50 a month you get basically everything (except Call Display): Unlimited minutes (with per second billing), unlimited Incoming local [...]
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