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Moto W388 Renew+ now available in White at Fido

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The eco-friendly Moto W388 Renew+ has been available on Fido for about a month now and good news for those who wanted this device but don’t like the “charcoal” colour. You can now pick up a very clean looking Renew+ in a stunning White for $15 on a 2-year contract, or $65 outright.
The Renew+ has [...]

“Palm is essentially an accelerating death spiral”… analysts target shares to hit $0.00

By John Connors ⋅ March 20, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Interesting article on the future of Palm from CNN Money. “Shares of Palm plunged 19% to $4.59 a share early Friday, a new 52-week low. Investors are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the company’s future and several analysts downgraded their positions on the stock to “sell.” Two analysts even lowered their price targets to $0… Morgan [...]

Bell Motorola DEXT to retail for $399.95?

By John Connors ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

The Motorola DEXT is an upcoming Android device that will exclusively be released by Bell, timing is not known but there are many early rumours flying around beyond the given “first half of 2010“.
What’s out there currently is as early as April 8th with the MOTOBLUR launch parties (starting in Toronto)… and if you look [...]

Bell to entice customers with free calling starting at 6PM

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ 11 comments

Bell is on a big push these days to keep and increase their subscriber base. Previously taking aim directly at the $150 Wind porting deal they have now come out with a bonus that has free calling starting at 6PM. The sales reps will be using this to close the deal when you sign up [...]

Koodo discounts entire lineup by $50

By John Connors ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

If you’re looking to save a bit of cash over the next few days and Koodo Mobile is your flavour then you’re in luck. They have discounted their entire lineup by $50 which means that all all the devices can now be had for $0.00 on the Tab. We still are gunning for the April/May [...]

Pics from WIND’s “Contract Killing Contract Carnival”

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ 20 comments

We’re here at the WIND “Contract Carnival” and things are just getting started. We’re pretty sure that the highlight is not the face painting or the free popcorn but more the highly anticipated “Contract Killing” that will occur. We’ll be putting up video shortly but in the meantime WIND is making the most of the [...]

Is this what the BlackBerry OS 6.0 will look like?

By John Connors ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ 10 comments

Check out the pics below as these are what could be the new and improved BlackBerry OS. These are speculated to be the upcoming 6.0 version and you’ll it looks like RIM is making room for widgets such as weather, sports, news and possibly putting your apps on the homescreen… similar to Apple and Android [...]

Real or Fake Video: Nokia N900 controls helicopter

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 19, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Check out the video and let us know if you think the Nokia N900 (WIND is getting this device soon) is actually controlling the helicopter. Looks incredibly fake to me but amusing for a few moments to watch.

Rogers to announce Q1 2010 results April 28th

By John Connors ⋅ March 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Rogers has announced they will be reporting their Q1 2010 results on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 8:30am. Last quarter (Q4 2009) Rogers increased their subscriber base by 109,000 and activated 400,000 smartphones, which they state were “predominantly iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices”.

WIND: Tethering now available for BlackBerry devices

By John Connors ⋅ March 18, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

WIND’s network continues to get some upgrades and enhancements and today they have posted a note on the company blog that states “WIND BlackBerry Bold 9700 customers can now tether and stream with their smartphones”.
So if you’re a WIND customers who has the WIND 9700 and want to use your device as your modem, they [...]

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