MobileSyrup.com - Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews

“mysask411″ BlackBerry and iPhone app released

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

DirectWest (owned by SaskTel) has created a free app called “mysask411″ that’s available for the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. The app basically gives users access to Saskatchewan numbers. According to the release the app features:
•   Most up-to-date Saskatchewan plus Canadian listings
•   Call businesses directly with a single click
•   See business results displayed on an interactive [...]

MOTOBLUR launch party kicks off April 8th in Toronto, then Vancouver & Montreal

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Earlier today we posted a MOTOBLUR launch party that is happening in Montreal on April 22nd. In order to attend sales reps will have to complete the e-learning. More parties are happening in Toronto (April 8th) and Vancouver (April 15th) and we’ve been informed that these “launch events promise to be a lot of fun [...]

Opera Mini 5 & Opera Mobile 10 are officially out of beta

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 are officially now out of beta and in a release Opera says they’ve “released the final versions of the world’s most popular mobile Web browsers”.
To start using these you can type m.opera.com into your mobile browser and you’re good to go.
Opera has over 50 million downloads of their [...]

Virgin increasing Long Distance, Local Calling, Web Browsing & International Texting prices April 15th

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

Effective April 15th Virgin will be increasing the prices for a number of services across the board. These basically only impact those of you who are not on a plan but it’s always important to know what’s happening – just so you’re not shocked when you get your monthly bill.
Virgin posted this on their Customer [...]

Google Nexus One officially arrives in Canada

By John Connors ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 87 comments

This is a bonus for today… for all those who have been waiting to get their hands on the Nexus One… you can now order this and officially ship into Canada and hook up via Rogers bands for a no contract price of $529 USD. Google says on the Nexus one site that “Compatible with [...]

MOTOBLUR party to rock Montreal April 22nd

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

We know 3 new Motorola Android smartphones will “coming to Canada with all three national wireless carriers in the first half of 2010″. The devices are the Backflip (TELUS), Dext (Bell) and Quench (unofficially Rogers). Thanks to tipster “Eric823″ who sent us a Rogers invitation of an upcoming MOTOBLUR party that is happening on Thursday, [...]

WIND’s “Contract Carnival” is where “contract-killing” occurs

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 20 comments

WIND Mobile is hosting Canada’s first ever “Contract Carnival” this Friday at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto (runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). During these festivities there will be paper airplane-making, piñatas, a caricature artist and a magician. In addition, WIND has put together some sort of experience where creative “contract-killing” happens. This is [...]

Fido launching new Prepaid plans March 28th?

By John Connors ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 10 comments

The Canadian wireless market is getting more competitive and it’s all good for us customers. I believe we’ll eventually see cheaper handset prices and we’re now seeing rate plans dropping.
Fido recently introduced their new City Fido plans and also a slew of new handsets. For those interested in Prepaid option, Fido looks to be set [...]

Contest: Enter to win a WIND BlackBerry Bold 9700!

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 16, 2010 ⋅ 294 comments

Our previous contest section was full.You can also enter your name for this contest below…
Everyone up for another contest… how about winning a BlackBerry Bold 9700! We have 2 WIND Mobile Bold 9700 devices to giveaway and all you have to do is enter your name in the comment section below.
The Bold 9700 is one [...]

Paid apps finally come to Canadian Android Market!

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 15, 2010 ⋅ 30 comments

Remember at the end of February when Google Canada spokesperson Wendy Rozeluk spoke about the lack of paid apps in the Android Market… she said “There are many factors that come into play to make sure the selling and purchasing processes run smoothly. It takes time to bring support to more countries, which is something [...]

Search

Mobile News