Canadian BlackBerry addicts will be pleased to know that both Rogers and Bell have officially launched OS 4.5. Rogers has gone ahead and released the new OS for the Curve 8310 and 8320, while bell has released it for the Curve 8330 and Pearl 8130. If you’ve got one of those devices on said carriers,…
Bell launches LG Wine
Canada’s Bell Mobility has scored an exclusive contract with LG to carry the LG Wine clamshell. As we’ve already covered the stylish, low-to-mid range device in the past, I’ll only quickly recap the specs — the Wine sports a 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.2-inch screen, GPS, and Bluetooth. To celebrate the release, Bell is also launching…
BlackBerry Storm spurs bidding war between Bell and Telus
The other week some rumors surfaced regarding a Bell Canadian exclusive for RIM’s upcoming touch device, the BlackBerry Storm, which conflicted directly with earlier info on Telus availability. Well, it turns out all the confusion is over an ongoing bidding war between Canada’s two major CDMA carriers for exclusivity of the BlackBerry 9530. Bell apparently…
Bell HTC Diamond Pricing and Release Date
What a huge last quarter of 2008 we’re having. So many device releases it isn’t even funny. One of the more notable releases will be the HTC Diamond, available in Canada on the Bell network. A recent Bell flyer (pictured above) details that the HTC Diamond will be available at $149.95 with on a 3-year…
Bell gimping BlackBerry GPS service?
A rumour’s floating around that the speed of the built-in Maps application will be dummed down on Bell’s BlackBerry handsets in order to make their pay service better by comparison. It’s not entirely unheard of for carriers to favour their private $10/month service to what’s already built into the device for free (except maybe wireless…
MasterCard, Bell Mobility trial mobile payments
MasterCard and Bell Mobility are in the midst of trialing contactless payments with mobile phones. About 24 million locations such as fast food restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores and convenience stores, which accept MasterCrd PayPass are involved in the pilot program. No signature is required for purchases under 50 bucks — all you have to…
Bell launches Sanyo Katana Eclipse
So, where will the Sanyo Katana Eclipse first launch? Nope, it’s not Sprint. Turns out, the newest clamshell from Sanyo will be offered first in Canada through Bell Mobility. The Sanyo Katana Eclipse has been getting some disproportionate press recently, considering its mid-range feature-set, but there’s no doubt that the affordable flip-phone will find plenty…
Canada’s Bell Mobility releases HTC Touch Dual
Bell Mobility in Canada is releasing the HTC Touch Dual. The version Bell is offering features a slide-out 20-key QWERTY keyboard, rather than standard numeric keypad. Other specs include built-in GPS, 3G support (EV-DO Rev. A), touchscreen with HTC’s TouchFLO user interface, media player with streaming video support, 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, and a…
Bell brings Samsung Instinct to Canada for $129.95
The Samsung Instinct is one of the most popular CDMA touchscreen handsets to land on North American shores in some time. With Sprint claiming records sales numbers for the Instinct, Bell has apparently taken the handset’s popularity in to account in their own Canadian debut of the Samsung Instinct. As expected, Bell has launched their…
Bell Mobility to add BlackBerry Pearl in white and titanium, Curve 8330 in red
Canada’s Bell Mobility will be adding new color options to its existing BlackBerry smartphone offering. As far as we know, the BlackBerry Pearl will be hitting the Canadian carrier in White and Titanium, and BlackBerry Curve 8330 (the one with 3G support) in red. I guess it’s a great news for style aware users who…