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Upcoming SaskTel HTC Radar to be $370 outright

SaskTel recently announced they’ll be releasing the Windows Phone Mango 7.5 HTC Radar. This device is still noted as “coming soon”, but the pricing has now been revealed. The Radar will top out at a respectable $369.99 and falls to $49.99 on a 3-year. Other carriers such as WIND Mobile and Videotron are expected to [...]

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HTC Radar “Coming Soon” to SaskTel

SaskTel has come forward and announced the HTC Radar will be “coming soon” to their lineup. No clear timeline, but SaskTel proudly states you’ll be able to “Master social networking with an intuitive phone that has your life front and centre”. As for specs, the Radar has a 3.8-inch display with a resolution of 480 [...]

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SaskTel Visual Voicemail now available to Android users

Quick update for those customers with SaskTel. The regional carrier has now made Visual Voicemail available to Android devices (OS 2.1 or higher), previously it was only available on the iPhone. This will cost you $5/month, but the app is free. Now you can read or listen to you voice messages without going into your [...]

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SaskTel launching Galaxy Nexus January 13th

Let’s start the morning off right for those over in Saskatchewan. Regional carrier SaskTel is on tap to release the Samsung Galaxy Nexus soon. This Android OS 4.0 powered device will range in price between the $159.99 3-year contract to $599.99 outright. Like all high-end devices the carriers always put “coming soon”, but you can [...]

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SaskTel joins the Galaxy Nexus party, says it’s “coming soon”

Everyone is coming out of the Nexus woodwork now. First it was TELUS, then Videotron and now SaskTel with news that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is “coming soon”. Again, no prices or dates, but those interested in going through SaskTel can “register for updates” via a text message. In addition, now that the friendly Saskatchewan [...]

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SaskTel improves 4G network, “Call drops have been reduced to under 1%, with call completions at 98%”

Over the past few months SaskTel 4G customers were complaining of “calls not going through or calls being dropped”. To remedy the “network congestion issues”, SaskTel installed several COWS (Cellular On Wheels) and performed maintenance to their towers/cell sites. In a press release SaskTel stated “Holy COW Ongoing Enhancements Have Improved 4G!” and also declared [...]

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LG Eclypse now available at SaskTel

SaskTel has joined Bell and Virgin by releasing the QWERTY slider LG Eclypse. The best part of this launch is for an entry level device it comes with decent specs: Android OS 2.3.4, 1 Ghz processor, 3.5-inch touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, and a 5 megapixel camera that shoots 720p videos. As for pricing the no-term is [...]

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LG Eclypse “coming soon” to SaskTel

The LG Eclypse is coming to Bell and Virgin Mobile on December 12th, and it also looks like the QWERTY slider Android is heading to SaskTel. Respectable entry level device that has a 1 Ghz processor, 3.5-inch touchscreen display and a 5MP camera that captures 720p videos. The 3-year contract price is the same as [...]

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BlackBerry Bold 9790 now available at SaskTel

The Bold 9790 has hit the shelves at SaskTel… this “iconic BlackBerry design” comes with a a 2.4-inch touchscreen display, full QWERTY keyboard, 1GHz processor, runs BlackBerry 7 OS, NFC capabilities and a 5MP camera. The price, currently $129.99 on a 3-year and ranges upward to $469.99 outright. The 3-year price will most likely fall [...]

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SaskTel terminates CTO and 9 managers, 4G network issues continue

SaskTel has been on a good track recently – kicking their “4G” network open, announcing future plans to deploy LTE, launching the latest smartphones. Everything seems to be going so smooth, until recently. Over the past month there’s been some connectivity issues, customers were mainly complaining of “calls not going through or calls being dropped”. [...]