Category: Canada

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Future Shop lists TELUS Storm for $649.99, taking pre-orders now

By James on Nov 27, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Storm 9500 Series, Telus.

If your one of the eager people to get their hands on a BlackBerry Storm from TELUS, The folks at Future Shop are now accepting pre-orders online. They currently have the BlackBerry Storm 9530 World Edition listed for a cool $649.99 (contract free). The expected release date is December 18, 2008 however this could change at any time (in either direction). So who’s going to pick one up from Future Shop??

Head over to FutureShop.ca for details

Thanks to MobileSyrup for sending this in!

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Canadians will the Storm really be nearly $300 w/ 3YR?

By James on Nov 27, 2008 in Bell, BlackBerry, Canada, Random Thoughts, Storm 9500 Series, Telus.

Rumors have arrived that both TELUS and Bell in Canada will be selling the BlackBerry Storm for around $299 with a three year term. Bell is said to be offering their Storm for $479-200 (data and voice discount) so $279 with three year term. With Verizon’s Storm coming in at $199.99 with two year term. Does anyone think that Canadians will really buy the Storm at nearly $300 with a three year term?

I think we will have to wait and see what they do officially…

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Rounding up all the TELUS Storm Reviews

By James on Nov 27, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Reviews, Storm 9500 Series, Telus, Videos.

TELUS had a private event the other day where editors from many popular Canadian blogs got a chance to go hands-on with the BlackBerry Storm. Our friends at MobileSyrup, BlackBerry Cool and HowardChui.com all got to check it out and let everyone know what they thought.

Doug from BBCool posted a written review as well a video showing off the Storm’s copy and paste feature:
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For video reviews lets start with MobileSyrup’s video review:
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Howard from HowardChui.com (HowardForums) also did a video review:
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Rogers rumors: Curve 8900 in Q1, Pink Bold soon?

By James on Nov 26, 2008 in BlackBerry, Bold 9000 Series, Canada, Curve 8900 Series, Fido, Rogers, Rumors.

Here are a couple of new rumors for Rogers WIreless here in Canada. Apparently Rogers will be releasing the BlackBerry Curve 8900 in January 2009 for a price tag of $149.99 with three year term, next up is Rogers might be picking up a Pink colored BlackBerry Bold. And the last rumor thats floating around is it seems Fido will in fact be trying to introduce BlackBerry to their lineup within the first two weeks of December. Fido will start with the Peral 8120 then followed by the Pearl Flip 8220.

Boy Genius also included a mock up of what the Pink Bold may look like.

That’s all for now but stay tuned!

[Via BGR]

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Hands-on TELUS BlackBerry Storm Video Review

By James on Nov 25, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Reviews, Storm 9500 Series, Telus, Videos.

Our friends over at Mobile Syrup let us know that they got to spend some hands-on time a TELUS BlackBerry Storm. Here’s a blurb from the first part of their review “Overall, in our first review there is not much that we can say needs improving. The speed was good, accelerometer was responsive, music was loud (comes with a 3.5 mm headphone jack), the pictures we good quality and the device as a whole was solid.”

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Virgin Mobile Canada intros BlackBerry Curve 8330

By James on Nov 24, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Curve 8300 Series, RIM, Virgin Mobile.

Virgin Mobile Canada has just introduced their second BlackBerry smartphone. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 will join the Pearl in Virgin’s holiday lineup. The Curve will start at $49.99 with three year term or be $429.99 without contract. In order to take part in the special pricing you are required to take one of Virgin’s BlackBerry bundles which start at $15/month extra for Unlimited Personal or Work email and IM. As a bonus Virgin is including an 8GB microSD memory card with your purchase! You should be able to pick them up starting today at most Virgin Mobile stores or online.

[MobileSyrup]

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BlackBerry coming to Fido very soon?

By James on Nov 21, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Fido, Pearl 8100 Series, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, Rumors.

Rogers’ budget brand Fido under went some crazy re branding lately. A new rumor has arrived over at BGR and apparently Fido is trying to push out their first BlackBerry smartphone for this Christmas season. Earlier this year Fido killed off their BlackBerry Connect service which only ran on the Nokia E62. Apparently Fido might follow a similar suit to both Solo and Virgin Mobile by offering the Pearl as their first BlackBerry.

One interesting note is Fido seems to want to launch the Pearl 8120, the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry. After the Holiday season Fido may launch the BlackBerry Pearl Flip as well.

[BGR]

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BlackBerry Curve 8350i to churp on TELUS Mike soon?

By James on Nov 18, 2008 in BlackBerry, Canada, Curve 8300 Series, Exclusives, Rumors, Telus.

Our TELUS ninja has reported that TELUS’ Mike iDEN network will finally see a new BlackBerry soon. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is the new addition to the iDEN BlackBerry lineup (joining the 7100i and 7520i). It will feature Wi-Fi, OS 4.6, Direct Connect (PTT) and a little more ruggid but similar design to the current Curve 8300 series. Unfortunantly for now this ninja doesn’t have an exact release but they are expecting it to come soon with tons of accessories to make it a more consumer friendly market.

So what do you think? Will TELUS introduce two BlackBerry smartphones (Storm and iDen Curve) in the month of December or will they wait until early next year??

Thanks, Frogger

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Bell and TELUS to launch BlackBerry Storm at same time

By James on Nov 17, 2008 in Bell, BlackBerry, Canada, Rumors, Storm 9500 Series, Telus.

News have arrived that Bell managers received a email last week stating that they would be launching the BlackBerry Storm 9530 shortly after Verizon does. Verizon is expected to launch their Storm on November 21st. The interesting part about the email is that Bell is saying “Bell & Telus will receive the device for sale at the same time.”

Bell requires all BlackBerry Storm quizzes to be cfompleted by December 5th. Therefore this could mean that the Storm will be available on both Canadian carriers around December 8th or so. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer…

[Via MobileSyrup]

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Canada’s hot BlackBerry deals! $0 Pearls, $25 Pearl Flips..

By James on Nov 14, 2008 in Bell, BlackBerry, Canada, Hot Deals, Pearl 8100 Series, Pearl Flip 8200 Series, Rogers, Telus, Virgin Mobile.

The Holiday Shopping season is now starting in full swing. The competitive pricing on BlackBerry smartphones is here. Both Bell and TELUS both now have their popular BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $0 with three year term and Rogers is offering their new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for only $24.99 with three year term as well.

Let’s take a quick peak into the deals between the big three and see who is winning.

Bell: Currently offering Pearl 8130 for $0 (in four colors) and Curve 8330 for $99 (two colors) with three year terms.

TELUS: Currently offering the same pricing as Bell. Free Pearl 8130 (choice of 5 colors) and $99 Curve 8330 (choice of 3 colors) with three year terms.

Rogers: Currently offering Pearl Flip for $24.99 (choice of two colors), Curve 8320 (one color) for $99, Bold 9000 for $199, Pearl 8110 or 8120 for $49, Curve 8310 (three colors) for $99 all with three year terms.

Virgin Mobile: Currently only offering the Pearl 8130 in one color for $0 with three year term. Should be offering the Curve 8330 sometime this month as well.

Then of course if you wait just a little bit you should be able to pick up a BlackBerry Storm 9530 from either Bell or TELUS for an unknown price..

After you pick up your new BlackBerry smartphone head on over to The BlackBerry Sync Store and get it setup with hot new accessories and software!

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