Sometime in the spring of 2010, Canada’s Scotiabank will be offering “secure access to their bank accounts – anywhere, any time”. Besides checking your balance, this project will also allow customers to pay bills and make transfers. Scotiabank’s partner in this project, M-Com, looks like they mainly deal with secure WAP sites and SMS; M-Com…
Rogers Drops Pricing on BlackBerry Bold 9700 to $249.99 on 3-Year Contract
Rogers has just lowered the price of the new and chalked-full-of-awesome BlackBerry Bold 9700. The new pricing brings the device down to $249.99 on a 3-year contract. Oh Rogers, darn those nasty 3-year contracts! The new pricing is a savings of $50 from the original $299.99 price tag offered at launch. If the 3-year contract…
All Official: OS 5.0.0.351 for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 via Rogers
Rogers has officially released a new OS for the BlackBerry Bold 9700. The new OS brings us up to 5.0.0.351. Go on, pick it up right here. C’mon, go get it! As always, before you proceed please backup your device and take all necessary precautions. If and when you install, be sure to let us…
Saskatchewan Roughriders App Very Popular on the Prairies
Canadians are gearing up for the big football game of the year up here in Canada. That’s right, the Canadian version of the ‘Super Bowl’, the ‘Grey Cup‘ is being played this Sunday in Calgary… Featuring the Montreal Alouettes vs. the Saskatchewan Roughriders. If you’re familiar with the CFL, you’ll know that Saskatchewan’s fans are…
MasterCard Canada Pilots PayPass Mobile Tag for BlackBerry
PayPass mobile contactless payments have been making the rounds in NYC, and even found their way north of the border through Bell recently, but have both been limited to NFC-enabled phones (namely the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 6131). Luckily, MasterCard Canada is launching a new tag that you can slap on the back of your BlackBerry…
BlackBerry App World Down in Israel?
While doing some poking around in the BlackBerryOS forums today, I happened to notice something disappointing… especially for the good folks residing in Israel. Seems as though BlackBerry App World is no longer available in the country. Paid apps disappeared first, and now, apparently free apps aren’t available either. Strange. I know there is quite…
Bplay Launches ‘7 Days of Deals’ Promo
Bplay is kicking off the Thanksgiving holiday ‘shopping season’ with a ‘7 Days of Deals’ promotion. As each day passes, a new deal is revealed. The first day featured a buy one get one free offer… Buy EA Sports Madden NFL 10 for BlackBerry, and you get the Space Slideshow theme for free. Be sure…
Black Friday Mobile Deals – Radio Shack
Radio Shack, or ‘The Shack’ as they’d like to be called, is offering a fine plethora of sales for Black Friday. Shoppers be on alert since some sweet, sweet handsets are going on sale here, so make sure you’re wearing running shoes, or you could end up like Mrs. Avery up there. Don’t worry, all…
Black Friday Mobile Deals – Best Buy
For those of you who are making the pilgrimage to Best Buy Friday morning, I hope you did some working out beforehand as trying to pick up a TV or a refrigerator without any kind of preparation will not end well. If you’re anything like me, years of being a hermit has turned your body…
Black Friday Mobile Deals – Amazon
Ah, Thanksgiving. The time where families come together to share a delicious meal and be thankful for all of life’s blessings. Once Thanksgiving is over, that’s where the holiday shopping season begins. Black Friday is known across America as the Friday after Thanksgiving where retailers drop prices on a lot of popular merchandise in order…