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TELUS bumps up refreshed iPhone 3G to $9 on 3-year
It was only a few days ago that all the carriers reduced the 3-year contract prices for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. TELUS was first to do this and it now seems they have also bumped up the price on the “refreshed” iPhone 3G. It used to be at the rock bottom price of $0.00 [...]
Android-powered LG Aloha coming to Canada in July?
Like Android? Like LG? Like an Android slider with a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor? Well, we’ve been tipped for the 3rd time over the last month that the LG Aloha is coming to Canada. No word prices or an exact launch date but what we’re hearing is sometime in July with either Bell or TELUS. [...]
WIND currently testing an Android device, launching soon
WIND held a “Twitterview” today with VP of Core Network, Ante Rupcic. We were following the Tweets and a few people asked when an Android device will be available on WIND. Rupcic stated “Soon. I’m testing one right now actually. So far so good.” There’s been talk about WIND bringing on a Motorola device, possibly [...]
Even more confirmation of the upcoming Rogers Xperia X10 Mini
Everyday gets closer to Rogers releasing the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini & X10 Mini Pro. We’ve been saying this new set of Android devices will be launching for the past couple months and even more confirmation can be found on the Rogers UR Music download section. We hear that the 3-year price plans for [...]
Public Mobile adding Unlimited International texting July 15th to $40 plan
Public Mobile has announced they will now included unlimited international texting as part of their $40 unlimited talk and text plan. This will go into effect July 15th so until then you can’t send a text overseas. Nice addition for Public Mobile include this… does this mean July 15th is when Montreal will go live [...]
Rumour du jour: iPhone 4 launch delayed in Canada?
There’s rumours flying around the interweb today that state the anticipated iPhone 4 launch in Canada could be delayed beyond July. No official confirmation from Apple or the carriers. According to BGR who noticed the Apple site was changed from the “Coming in July” to only now show “Coming Soon”. Personally I can’t remember what [...]
WIND hosting Twitterview with VP of Core Network today
Remember a couple months back when we showed you inside the WIND Mobile network? We interviewed the VP of Core Network, Ante Rupcic. You can check out the video below… but starting today at 9:30am WIND will be hosting a “Twitterview” where you can go nuts on Twitter and ask him as many network related [...]
Palm: “next year very exciting” with new devices
The Palm Pre is the only device that has graced our great land and it’s available for about $300 no-contract. Pretty good deal for a device that has the new webOS platform. We’re hearing mixed rumours of this selling well vs. not selling well in Canada, no exact numbers are released. However, if you’re a [...]
Motorola says Dext, Quench and Backflip OS “Upgrade under evaluation”
Earlier today we had a post that stated 50% of all Android devices are running 2.1… many devices in Canada are still waiting for an upgrade. A bit more news today from the Motorola camp as they have put a schedule together for OS 2.1 upgrades. When the Dext, Quench and Backflip launched there was [...]
NDP tables “Cellphone Freedom Act” aimed to unlock cellphones
Bruce Hyer, NDP MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, introduced private members’ Bill C-560 today, otherwise known as the “Cellphone Freedom Act”. According to the dedicated site “Don’t Lock My Freedom” there are 3 rules: Consumers buying new cell phones in Canada must be informed of the existence of any network lock on their phone before [...]
