Wind Mobile up here in Canada just went public with some excellent promotional plans yesterday. Until December 24, you can sign up for the Holiday Miracle plan, which includes unlimited data, Canada-wide calling, US long-distance, global texting, caller ID, and voicemail for $40/month. If you’re looking for something more lightweight, you can scrap the long-distance,…
Wind Mobile Launches Alcatel Tribe, BlackBerry BOGO Deal
Wind Mobile is gearing up for the holidays with their second Android device, the Alcatel Tribe OT-981. It runs 2.1, has a 2 megapixel camera, 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G. It’s a portrait-slider with a full QWERTY keyboard not unlike the Motorola Spice that Mobilicity launched yesterday. On top of that, Wind Mobile…
BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 and Others Live at Wind Mobile
As expected, the BlackBerry Curve 3G just went on sale at Wind Mobile today, alongside the LG dLite and the Huawei U3200. Although the BlackBerry 9300 will cost you $290 up front, it’s eligible for Wind Mobile’s new tab program, which can bring the price down to $140 if you’re willing to pay off the…
Wind Mobile Launches Tab Service, Knocks Up to $150 Off Handset Cost
Wind has just announced a new plan option called WINDtab, which lets you knock off up to $150 from the initial handset cost which you instead pay over time on your monthly mobile bill. Your bill doesn’t even go up, Wind just applies 10% of what you’re paying to the tab. So, if you’re paying…
BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 Spotted in Wind Inventory
We already had a pretty good feeling that the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 would be coming to Canadian carrier Wind mobile, and today we’ve got some added confirmation. This internal inventory screenshot shows two 9300 placeholders keeping the Curve 3G’s spot warm until launch (perhaps for two colours?). There’s still no pricetag, but as an…
BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 Hitting Wind Mobile Late November?
RIM’s BlackBerry software download page for Wind Mobile is listing the Curve 3G 9300, a phone that has yet to be announced by the upstart Canadian carrier. Unconfirmed rumours are pointing to a launch in the second week of November. The Curve 3G 9300 is an entry-level BlackBerry that has a 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera…
Wind Mobile Launches Motorola XT720 (Motoroi) for $430
The Motorola XT720 (also known as the Motoroi) has gone live on Wind Mobile after making a brief appearance in some training materials. It matches the BlackBerry Bold 9700’s price point at $430, which is as pricey as phones get on Wind Mobile. That being said, the Motorola XT720 brings a lot to the yard,…
Wind Mobile Starting Training for Motorola Milestone XT720 Android Handset
Earlier rumblings about Wind Mobile picking up the Motorola Milestone XT720 have been confirmed by way of this shot of their online training site for the Android phone. This is considerably higher-end than their first Android handset, Huawei U8100; the XT720 has a 3.7″ 480 x 854 display, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G, Android 2.1 and a…
BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 Gets Official on Wind Mobile for $300
As expected, Wind Mobile just launched the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 for $300. No contracts, no ETFs, and there’s currently a great half-off deal on data add-ons until September 15 – $10/month for 500 MB is a total steal. The BlackBerry 9100 is basically a miniaturized Bold 9700, including all the fixings, like HVGA display,…
Wind Mobile Investor Calls Rogers, Telus, Bell a Joke
Naguib Sawiris, executive chairman of Orascom and majority investor in Wind Mobile, had some salty things to say about Canadian wireless and the three carriers that currently rule it in a recent interview. Sawiris says not only that Rogers, Bell and Telus are “a joke” and that he wouldn’t invest in them for being big…