Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jul 5, 2009 10:00 am
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, CDMA, EV-DO, Exclusives, HTC, Handsets, RIM, Telus, Windows Mobile
It looks as if July is shaping up to be a pretty good month for TELUS subscribers — how does three hot new handsets in one week sound? One of our ninjas just hit us to let us know the carrier will apparently be launching both the BlackBerry Tour and the HTC Snap on July [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jul 3, 2009 3:04 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, CDMA, EV-DO, HTC, Handsets, News, RIM, Telus, Windows Mobile
It’s been a while since we talked about these devices coming to TELUS, but the BlackBerry Tour, HTC Snap and Touch Pro2 are front and center in our minds today, having just popped up in a new Best Buy Mobile flyer. TELUS has yet to officially announce the two HTC handsets (the Tour popped up [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Jul 1, 2009 3:43 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, Features, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, RIM, UMTS, Unboxing, Verizon
Well boys and girls (and especially CDMA BlackBerry-lovers), your much-awaited BlackBerry Tour launch date is getting closer and closer. To try and make it easier on you, we’ve got our hands on a retail Verizon BlackBerry Tour and put together a quick unboxing for you. Part 2 of our popular BlackBerry Tour review will be [...]
Folks who scooped up the HTC Ozone from Verizon Wireless or the HTC Snap from Sprint may be pleased to learn that an official upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 may be in your future. According to documents published on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s website, a Windows Mobile 6.5 variant of the HTC Cedar, codename [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 30, 2009 9:27 am
Filed in 1xRTT, Bell, BlackBerry, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, Exclusives, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, RIM, UMTS
Well then. It looks like we’re now able to confirm that the BlackBerry Tour 9630 — which Bell has yet to officially announce — will touch down in Canada on the 17th of July. Beyond that, we’re also able to confirm that the full retail price will be $699.95. So what does this mean for [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Jun 29, 2009 9:43 am
Filed in 1xRTT, AT&T, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HTC, Handsets, Motorola, Retail, Verizon, Windows Mobile
Two new low cost handsets are now available for your budget-minded buying pleasure. This weekend AT&T debuted its teen and tween texting machine, the Motorola Karma QA1. The quad-band EDGE/dual-band HSDPA handset features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 2.5-inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, aGPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSDHC expansion and, most [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Jun 26, 2009 9:17 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, BG's Corner, BlackBerry, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, RIM, UMTS, Verizon
Well, you heard that right peoples. It looks like Verizon Wireless is gearing up to launch the much-awaited BlackBerry Tour on July 12th. The best part? It appears it’s going to go for $199 with a two-year agreement according to Verizon’s testman site. That’s sweet spot pricing and hey, let’s be upfront — they’re going [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Jun 25, 2009 10:26 am
Filed in 1xRTT, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HTC, Handsets, Verizon, Windows Mobile
No surprises with this one as our leaked spy shots, release date, pricing details and specifications were all spot on. Today, Verizon Wireless made all that we already knew about the HTC Ozone official. Those looking for a basic Windows Mobile phone with a QWERTY keyboard will only have to shell out a meager $49.99 [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 22, 2009 2:55 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, Bell, CDMA, EV-DO, News
If the thought of browsing the internet on your laptop while hurtling down the Trans-Canada Highway at speeds in excess of 90 km/h gets you all excited (while someone else is driving, of course), perhaps it’s time you head on over to your nearest Bell dealer and take a look at the newly released Novatel [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 22, 2009 8:01 am
Filed in 1xRTT, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, Exclusives, GPRS, GSM, HTC, Handsets, Verizon, Windows Mobile
We’ve already given the world its first peek and Verizon’s upcoming HTC Ozone, nailed down its scheduled availability of June 29th/July 13th and pegged its pricing at $49.99 after MIR, but we’re not done yet because two of our VZW ninjas just hit us up with the complete spec list for the device — and [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Jun 20, 2009 5:01 pm
Filed in CDMA, LTE, News, Press Release, Wireless
Canada-based Nortel, once North America’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, filed for bankruptcy in January 2009 after a turnaround effort failed. As part of its bankruptcy proceedings, Nortel will sell its LTE and CDMA assets to Nokia Siemens for a cool $650 million. The acquisition will improve Nokia Siemen’s position in both North America and the [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 20, 2009 9:12 am
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, CDMA, EV-DO, HTC, Handsets, Rumors, Services, Verizon, Windows Mobile
Remember the HTC Ozone? Of course you do and so does one of our Verizon ninjas because we’ve received word that the Ozone (also known as the XV6175, Snap, Cedar and Willow if you’re so inclined) will apparently be available online starting June 29th with brick and mortar availability to follow on July 13th. Pricing [...]
Right on time, the Pearl Flip has made its official debut on Verizon Wireless’ website and is now ripe for the picking. Surprisingly, sort of, the Pearl Flip has already been discounted — selling for $79 after a $70 mail-in rebate and two year contract instead of the announced $129.99. Apparently, Verizon included the Pearl [...]
