Earlier this month you may recall the TELUS LG IQ making a cameo in a Best Buy mobile ad. The device that was once a bit of a mystery is starting to come out into the light, today in the form of a few spy shots. The IQ features a 3.2″ touchscreen, 5.0MP camera with…
Scotiabank Moving Forward with Mobile Banking in Spring 2010
Canadian banking giant Scotiabank has announced that they’ll move forward with mobile banking services in the spring of next year. With almost 13 million customers worldwide, me thinks a lot of folks are going to love the new features afforded to them. The new app will provide personal and small business customers with access to…
BlackBerry Curve 8520 Dummy Units Arriving at AT&T Stores
Last we heard the AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8520 was hitting stores ‘in the coming weeks‘ for $99.99 after rebates (and of course, with that shiny new contract). Well, to add some more fuel to the fire it looks like 8520 dummy units are showing up at AT&T stores. Set the countdown timer, because we could…
Bell To Offer ‘Skullcandy Mash Up Package’ December 1st
Looks like Bell is getting ready to crank up the Holiday Promo Machine. According to a report over at MobileSyrup, on December 1st Bell will unveil a new ‘Skullcandy Mash Up Package’. The package will be available anyone willing to sign a new 3-year sentence, er, contract with Bell. So what do you get? Well,…
Follow-Up! iPhone Still on its way to South Korea?
Just a quick follow-up here from something that broke in late September. The last we heard, South Korea’s telecommunications regulator gave the thumbs up to Apple and the iPhone… clearing the way for the iPhone 3GS to make its way to South Korean shores by the end of November. According to the Korea Communications Commission,…
Palm Pre Coming to Mexico, November 27th on Telcel
Back in September we managed to catch the GSM’d-out Palm Pre making an appearance on Telcel in Mexico. All we’ve had up until now was a few videos showing off the Pre on Telcel… convincing? Sorta. Official? Not at all. Today while doing my regular morning reading, I stumbled upon more Pre/Telcel news via a…
T-Mobile Set to Launch Samsung Behold II on November 18th
UPDATE: CNET has noted pricing will be $229.99 on a 2-year contract. Yesterday I noted some pricing details on the T-Mobile Samsung Behold II (and the Bold 9700), and today, official word from T-Mo themselves that the Behold II is arriving November 18th. If the pricing leaks are correct, the Behold will be $449.99 or…
Palm Pixi Makes Cameo Appearance at Walmart
Well what do we have here? A Palm Pixi sighting… at a Walmart? Yeppers, that’s exactly what we’ve got. PalmTwit reader Tom sent this in just awhile ago, while doing some late night shopping at a Walmart in Tennesee. The picture clearly reveals the Pixi, pressed up against the display case, just trying to get…
Pricing Leaks on T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 and Samsung Behold II
Looks like my bud David over at TMoNews has managed to get his hands on some pricing sheets for the BlackBerry 9700 and Samsung Behold II. The 9700 will run you $449.99 or $22.50/mth on no contract, or $199.99 on a 2-year deal. The Behold II will run you, well, exactly the same amounts. There…
Xperia ‘Pureness’ Pops up on Sony Ericsson Canada Website
The Sony Ericsson Xperia ‘Pureness’ has made an appearance on the Canadian Sony Ericsson site… a move that will almost certainly see the device make its debut on a Canadian carrier in the near future. My money would be on a January 2010 launch, but we’ll have to wait and see. If you check out…