Quick add-on update for those who are with or plan to join Fido. To compete with all the other sub-brands such as Koodo and Virgin, Fido has slashed the cost of their Unlimited Canadian add-on by 50%, now costing $10/month for the unlimited Canadian calling. It states that it’s available on all Fido plans, but [...]
Hope you Fido customers/potential customers are liking QWERTY smartphones. The LG Gossip was added last year and Fido is following it up with the upcoming release of the LG Gossip Pro. We’re hearing a November release and this will be available for $40 on a 2-year or $250 outright. (Thanks tipster!)
Take a look at that beast up above – it’s looking very circa 2004, running Series 40 with a 2.4-inch display rocking a full QWERTY keyboard. The Nokia X2-01 was officially announced back in November 2010 but will be available on Fido in the coming days. Dummy devices have started to arrive in stores and [...]
We’ve known that Fido will be launching the entry-level BlackBerry Curve 9360 for about a month now. This will be a solid low cost device for them. The Curve 9360 is the thinnest BlackBerry yet, runs OS 7 and Fido is expected to price this around $350 outright. Certainly not the biggest news in Canadian [...]
It’s expected that Apple will be announcing the next iPhone on October 4th. This is still a rumour just like all the upgraded specs. However, a good sign that brings truth to the rumour, and that Canadians will be getting the new iPhone, is an email to some Fido employees of an upcoming blackout period. [...]
The iPhone 5 is rumoured to officially be unveiled on October 5th, something that Apple fans have been waiting and pining over for the last number of months. Carriers in Canada have slowly reduced the 3-year contract price, TELUS, Bell, Virgin and SaskTel have all cut their pricing of the iPhone 4 16GB to $99 [...]
Fido has already released the LG Optimus 2X, Samsung Galaxy Q, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro this quarter and it seems they are not yet finished. Coming down the pipe is an entry level messaging device, the Nokia X2. This has a full QWERTY keyboard, 2.-4-inch display with a resolution of 320 x 240 and a [...]
You didn’t think Fido would be left out of all the BlackBerry fun did you? They too will be showing the love for the newest BlackBerry OS 7 smartphone, the Curve 9360. There’s no confirmed launch date yet or the prices (most likely around the $350 outright mark), but a clear indication that it’s “coming [...]
Snuggling into Fido’s Android device lineup is the Samsung Galaxy Q, this now joins the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro, Nexus S, LG Optimus 2X and the Acer Liquid E. Overall a great selection of Androids. The Galaxy Q is a entry level device that has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-inch display, 3 megapixel camera [...]
As expected, Fido has released the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro today. A step up in class from the mini pro that Rogers released earlier today. This is the 4th Android that Fido has released and it’s a solid 2.3 device that comes packed with 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 8.1 megapixel camera that takes HD [...]