Samsung has released the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the Samsung Vibrant on Bell, Virgin Mobile, and SaskTel and the Samsung Fascinate on TELUS. The United States customers are still patiently waiting for the update to their Galaxy S phones. If you have a Canadian Galaxy S phone, be sure to check for the Froyo [...]
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Android 2.2 Froyo comes to Canadian Galaxy S phones
Posted on 27 December 2010.
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Canadian Carriers Announce BlackBerry Torch 9800 (Update)
Posted on 03 August 2010.
The famous and mysterious 9800 has been announced by the 4 Canadian carriers and the name of it will be called the Torch. The Torch includes a fairly large 3.2 inch touchscreen with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard as well and will be running RIM’s newest OS6.0.
Features include:
-A 5 megapixel camera
-Built-in GPS and Wi-Fi
-A new [...]
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Bell Pearl Flip 8230 now Prepaid
Posted on 04 July 2010.
You might have heard earlier from MobileSyrup about the Pearl 8130 selling for $199.99 on prepaid. Well more new news. It seems that Walmart is selling their Bell BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230′s on prepaid with a $30 start-up credit for only $148.83. It seems that it hasn’t showed up on Bell’s website but if anyone [...]
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Bell announces data plans for iPad with WiFi + 3G in Canada
Posted on 29 May 2010.
As much as Rogers tried to be the only carrier to provide the iPad data plans, they didn’t succeed. Bell has announced that they will also provide iPad data plans. Prices start at $15 for 250mb or $35 for 5gb. Exactly the same as Rogers. You will also have access to all of Bell’s WiFi [...]
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Bell Launches Motorola Dext with MOTOBLUR
Posted on 14 May 2010.
Today, Bell officially announced that they will be carrying the Motorola Dext with MOTOBLUR which is a social networking phone. MOTOBLUR will sync with your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Gmail as well as work email Exchange and more. The Motorola Dext will be running on the Android platform and will be equipped with a 5 [...]
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Bell and Rogers recall Novatel MiFi 2372
Posted on 05 May 2010.
Bell and Rogers have both recalled their Novatel MiFi 2372 product. The device’s battery is prone to swelling and poses a safety hazard to consumers.
Bell customers have been given a U998 Turbo stick while they wait and any users who decide to skip the recall, their device will be deactivated. Please visit your local Bell [...]
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BlackBerry Pearl 3G coming to Bell; $449.99 retail price?
Posted on 26 April 2010.
Our Future Shop hookup just let us know that the recently announced BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 has popped into the inventory system and will definitely be hitting Bell Canada. There is no date listed, but RIM says that it will start hitting carriers in May.
Our Future Shop hookup also let us know that the phone [...]
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BlackBerry Got You Hangin?
Posted on 24 December 2009.
It’s the most wonderful tiiime of the year. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We’ve all heard that before. For this month, that doesn’t seem to be the case. RIM has seemed to epically fail once again. Three times in one month and two times in one week, their services has shut down and CrackBerry BlackBerry users are [...]
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Nokia Closes Doors at 2 Major/Flagship Stores
Posted on 09 December 2009.
Nokia UK recently announced they would be closing their Regent Street flagship shop. Within 2 days, another announcement declaring Nokia USA closing shops in Chicago and New York. This is no surprise, as most of the handset purchased in North America are made through carriers (AT&T, I’m looking at you). Could this mean stronger [...]
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Smartphone Nation’s Holiday Smartphone Gift Guide
Posted on 02 December 2009.
With the holiday season approaching fast, we at Smartphone Nation thought it would only be right to make a holiday gift guide to help you choose the perfect the gift. There have been many great phone launches this year; however, a few stuck out as superior. We have though of all major carriers when writing [...]
Posted in Android, Apple, AT&T, Bell, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Fido, HTC, iOS, iPhone & iPad, Motorola, Palm, RIM, Rogers, Sprint, T-Mobile, Telus, Verizon, WebOS1 Comment