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Otterbox releases 3 new cases for the BlackBerry Storm2 9550

By John Connors ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ One comment

For those who are jumping on board the newly released TELUS BlackBerry Storm2 you’ll be happy to know that Otter Box has got 3 new cases for you to protect your investment. Each of them has their own unique way to protect from scratches, bumps, dust and falls.
We’ll have a review soon but for now [...]

Rogers drops price of HTC Dream to $49.99!

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Now this is the revolution we wanted! The once prize device of the Google-Android world has been slowly dropping in price and now you can get the HTC Dream for only $49.99 on a 3-year contract. Other price plans are:
2-year contract: $449.99
1-year contract: $524.99
Monthly: $549.99
This Android-powered device has a 3.2 inch touchscreen that has a [...]

Virgin to launch iPhone “in the coming months”, we say Feb

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ November 19, 2009 ⋅ 14 comments

We let you know a few weeks ago that Virgin Mobile was going to bring on the Apple iPhone and today an official statement went out: “Virgin Mobile Canada will launch iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in Virgin Mobile Retail Stores and online in Canada in the coming months”.
No worries about the coming months, we [...]

Telus sues Rogers for ads of being the “fastest” network

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ 12 comments

Back in January Rogers filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) stating that Bell Mobility went against the Canadian Code by placing the statement “fastest and largest network across North America” in one of their ads.
Today, TELUS joined the game and filed a suit with the Supreme Court of British Columbia and sued [...]

TELUS urges Industry Minister “to proceed with caution” regarding the Globalive decision

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ 23 comments

Today was the deadline for the telecom players to submit their thoughts to Industry Minister Tony Clement regarding the CRTC’s decision that stated Globalive doesn’t meet Canadian ownership rules… essentially stalling their launch plans in offering Canadians a new national choice in wireless.
TELUS sent out a press release today and Michael Hennessy, TELUS senior VP [...]

Public Mobile schools us on their network

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Public Mobile will be launching their new network soon… they will offer Canadians in Ontario and Quebec a $40 monthly flat rate unlimited talk and text plan.
Ever since Public Mobile bought their spectrum there has been much talk/controversy if the “G band” spectrum they purchased would actually work and be reliable (nobody has every used [...]

MTS releases the rugged Moto VE465

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

MTS has launched the Motorola Moto VE465.This is a rugged device that has 2 two color displays (internal is 1.9 inches with a resolution of 176 x 220, external display is 96 x 80 pixels). The VE 465 has a 1.3 megapixel camera (4x digital zoom) that has video capabilities, 2.5mm Headset Jack, MP3 Player [...]

WIND Mobile hits the streets to perform “Random Acts of Kindness”

By John Connors ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

A couple of days ago Chris Robbins, CCO (Chief Customer Officer) of WIND stated on their company blog that they will be hitting the streets and doing “Random Acts of Kindness”. I guess that day was yesterday as a bunch of pics have surfaced of some of the staff that has been hired.
WIND states [...]

Virgin’s “National Fearless Day” is tomorrow!

By Rob Avison ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For those who live without fear then you probably want to attend Virgin’s “National Fearless Day” is tomorrow. This Virgin Mobile’s attempt to find Canada’s most fearless person.
Over the past couple weeks Virgin asked Canadians to upload a 1-minute video of why they are “fearless”. People voted and tomorrow they will be giving away a [...]

Videos: TELUS BlackBerry Storm2 9550

By Ian Hardy ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

A couple weeks back we got a sneak peek of the upcoming TELUS devices and one of them just happened to be the new BlackBerry Storm2 9550 that was officially released today.
This is the second generation of the Storm and has some great improvements such as the addition of WiFi, improved SurePress technology and more [...]

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