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Virgin Mobile, a relatively recent acquisition of Bell Mobility, has finally hooked into the new HSPA network that had been rolled out by its big brother, and is offering a range of high end devices to take advantage. As rumoured, various iPhones and the BlackBerry Bold 9700 are now a part of the Virgin Mobile Canada family, and are all ripe for the picking from the online store. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 was also launched, which will use Virgin’s pre-existing CDMA network, and good thing – the GSM equivalent, the 8520, lacked both 3G and GPS. A few mobile broadband products, like an HSPA+ capable Novatel internet stick and Wi-Fi-sharing MiFi are also available, if you’re into that kind of thing. And hey, two-year contracts on all of ‘em, which is something you won’t see a lot of anywhere else in Canada. In any case, Virgin Mobile stands to enjoy a much wider selection of devices now that they’re rocking HSPA, and we’re looking forward to seeing what comes next.
[via MobileSyrup]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
