Well whataya know… over the weekend images of a Best Buy Mobile Buyer’s Guide detailed the Motorola Milestone as coming soon to TELUS… Now, TELUS has gone ahead and made it kinda-sorta official by posting a link to a new coming soon page for the Motorola Milestone. You can check it out right here. On…
OS 5.0.0.463 Leaked for the BlackBerry Curve 8530
A quickie here for anyone packing the BlackBerry Curve 8530. Over the weekend an OS leak occurred (albeit an unofficial one), giving us OS 5.0.0.463 for the 8530. It’s been a little while for 8530 owners, as the last OS leak was way back at .386. If you’ve got a BlackBerry 8530 in-hand, and feel…
TELUS Lowers Price on BlackBerry Curve 8530 to $24.99
It wasn’t long ago that TELUS released the BlackBerry Curve 8530. Introductory pricing on the latest iteration of the Curve was set at $49.99 on a 3-year contract. Not bad, but once again it looks like early adopters got burned… to the tune of $25. Yessir, the TELUS BlackBerry Curve 8530 is now available for…
Motorola Milestone Spotted in Upcoming Best Buy Mobile Buyer’s Guide
The Motorola Milestone, aka DROID has been a tightly guarded secret in Canada. With knowledge that the Milestone will indeed be making an appearance on the TELUS network, all of my contacts within the company have been tight-lipped at best… and I have to give them all credit for being consistent on the topic. My…
Review: Platinum Series Case for the BlackBerry Tour 9630
Sold exclusively at Best Buy (and manufactured by Seidio), Platinum BlackBerry Cases are available for the Curve 8300, 8900, Bold 9000 and the Tour 9630. The 9630 case is the one I’m going to take a look at today. To start, the Platinum case for the 9630 features a unique style of packaging, one that…
VisualBoyAdvance Emulator Brings Gameboy Love to webOS
Palm Pre and Pixi users have a new Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance Emulator to check out. Called VisualBoyAdvance (VBA), developer dtzWill (with some help from webOS-internals) has put together this little gem for those that love them some old-school gaming action. The emulator itself is free, but as always, if you enjoy it…
Stephen Colbert Flexes iPad at the Grammys
Earlier tonight the Grammy Awards went down, and in case you missed it, Stephen Colbert was among the first to take the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In typical Colbert fashion, he ripped into one of the bigger names in the music biz, after pulling an iPad out of his jacket: ‘Jay-Z…
TELUS Launches Phase Two of ‘Enhanced 911’ Service
Received a note from TELUS this morning, letting us know that they’ve implemented a new technology to better track 911 emergency calls. The new tech lets TELUS and other carriers to pass enhanced location information to the 911 operators… In the end, this helps emergency services better locate the caller, translating (hopefully) into faster response…
T-Mobile Taking Care of Their Balls… Trackballs, that is!
Important note for all T-Mobile BlackBerry users… in particular, BlackBerry users still rockin’ the trackball. Starting on February 15th, T-Mobile will replace any damaged or not-quite-up-to-snuff trackballs… for FREE. Yep, a free BlackBerry trackball replacement program is in the works. Awesome. The service will be available for Pearl 8100/8120 and Curve 8320 users only, and…
CityFido Prepaid Options Now Available in 9 Canadian Cities
Rogers’ discount carrier, Fido, has just launched new CityFido PrePaid options in nine Canadian cities… Which ones? Included are Toronto, London, Ottawa/Gatineau, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria. Customers in those cities will get 1,000 in-zone anytime local minutes with unlimited incoming and outgoing SMS messages, call waiting, voicemail and call display… For $45. Not too…