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Virgin Mobile increases 411 directory assistance fees
With all this new competition shouldn’t prices be going down? Another increase has gone into effect over at Virgin Mobile… it’s the 411 directory assistance. I can’t remember the last time I used 411 but it’s just the fact that it’s another price increase. Virgin stated on their site that “Effective immediately, the fee that [...]
Winner in our “Win the Android you want” contest!
We’ve got a winner in one of our most popular contest to date! This time we gave you the option to choose which Android device you wanted in our “Win the Android you want contest”. We’re happy to announce that Jason Stevenson will be getting a sweet Nexus One shipped to his front door over [...]
First pics of “BlackBerry Shield” surface
Below are pics of what appears to be what RIM’s “BlackBerry Sheild”. Apparently when this is released it’ll be available for free for BIS customers. BlackBerry Shield remotely wipes your device and removes all the data (like the iPhone does with Find My iPhone), can remotely set your password, “Lost & Found” feature that allows [...]
RIM ships its 100 millionth BlackBerry device
Waterloo-based RIM sailed passed a massive milestone this past quarter by shipping their 100 millionth BlackBerry device. They also recorded another record by shipping 11.2 million devices last quarter alone, up 43% from last year. This has raised the total subscribers to 46 million worldwide. Co-CEO of RIM Jim Balsillie said “RIM achieved significant earnings [...]
TELUS announces the 8GB iPhone 3GS
So with all the iPhone 4 frenzy happening in other countries its easy to get a bit jealous. However, good news for those still wanting and old school iPhone 3GS. TELUS has just announced the Black 8GB model of the 3GS is now available. Thanks to a tipster who sent us the internal screenshot showing [...]
Bell & Solo launching Samsung “Entro” July 8th
Sure feels like a whack load of Samsung news today. Here’s another one for you… On July 8th Bell & Solo will be releasing a CDMA device called the “Entro”. This is categorized as a Smartphone but looks like a basic messaging device. Quick specs are that it has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, music [...]
Samsung Galaxy S coming to Canada “this summer”
Even though we’ve been talking about the Samsung Galaxy S coming to Canada for about a month now… it’s now confirmed as Samsung themselves have put up a registration page for interested Canadians to be kept in the loop. It’s going to be available “this summer” and operate on Android OS 2.1 with an “Astounding [...]
Samsung Wave hitting Bell July 8th
Those looking to get their hands on the Samsung Wave via Bell will be able to effective July 8th. According to this internal doc it shows that the price points will be $299.99 but that complete pricing will be revealed on June 28th. We got an early look at the Bell Samung Wave last week [...]
Nokia 5230 in Black now available at Mobilicity
Although it’s not a new phone that’s been added to their lineup… it’s another choice in colour. Mobilicity just released the Nokia 5230 in Black. The no-contract price point on this touchscreen device is still the same at $169.99 (this includes a Bluetooth headset). You like? We would like to see Mobilicity bring on an [...]
Live from the Samsung “bada Developer Day in Toronto”
Today is the big day for Samsung enthusiasts – especially developers. We’re here at the Samsung “bada Developer Day in Toronto” and will update you with all the happenings. So far there seems to be about 50 people ready to take on and build apps for their new open mobile platform called Bada. We’re seeing [...]
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