BlackBerry Passport now available across major Canadian carriers

Powerful, exciting, unusual and disruptive; the BlackBerry Passport is finally avaiable from more Canadian carriers today. You an get the Passport at TELUS Mobility, Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility, MTS Wireless and SaskTel Wireless. Please see the carriers’ websites for up-to-date pricing information. 

The BlackBerry Passport’s innovative touch-enabled keyboard, unique 4.5” square screen and long battery life are built for mobile professionals who want a smartphone that empowers them to accomplish more.

It’s also the first BlackBerry device to come preloaded with BlackBerry 10.3. This new OS release includes BlackBerry Blend, a new app that seamlessly and securely brings messaging and content that’s on your BlackBerry smartphone to your computer and tablet. Here are our first impressions of this new chapter for Canada's mobile company.

Bright Red Nexus 5 up for sale on TELUS

TELUS customers looking for a more colorful smartphone can now avail of the bright red version of Google’s Nexus 5 handset. It has the same features of the earlier released Nexus 5 but with a brighter color option. The phone is available for free for those availing a two-year agreement through TELUS SharePlus Plan or for $500 off-contract.

Source: IntoMobile

Review: LG Optimus 7 Windows Phone

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

LG has taken the release of Windows Phone 7 very seriously. Not only has it produced two of the best handsets for the new platforms today, it has also added some innovative features of its own to confirm it is locked into Microsoft's new mobile OS. The LG Optimus 7 brings Windows Phone to Telus in a slim touch-screen form factor.

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Review: Mobilicity

By A Dawn

Mobilicity’s New Unlimited Plans: More Bad News For The Big Three As They Are Losing Their Already Fragile Grip

After manipulating Canadian cell phone consumers with their overpriced plans and inhumane 3 year contracts for a long time, it looks like the big three phone companies are finally losing their tight-grip on the Canadian mobile market. With the arrival of a third new Phone Company, the big three have more than enough to worry about while trying to hold onto existing clients. Signing up new customers onto 3 year contracts will be much tougher to do now.

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