The Nokia 5230 touchscreen device has/had been somewhat of a darling to AWS carriers as of recent. Although it never sold exorbitantly, it did give the AWS carriers (T-Mobile in the US and WIND/Mobilicity here in Canada) the ability to sell a discount touchscreen device with or without contract. Bad part is the 5230 was [...]

Common among tech bloggers is a healthy speculation surrounding when the exclusive contract with AT&T will end, and the iPhone will safely land on another carrier. So the latest rumour has the iPhone 4 arriving on T-Mobile later in the year. This parallels the earlier rumours of the popular Apple device going to Verizon. But [...]

Remember that contract-killing campaign WIND Mobile launched not too long ago called “Everybody Winds?” aimed at seducing disgruntled consumers nearing the end of their contracts with the big 3 to port over to WIND. The offer was simple: bring a bill from your respective carrier and receive a $150 bill credit (paid in installments over 6 [...]

Simply put, Anthony Lacavera is as strong a speaker as he is a tireless CEO. Since the notorious spectrum auction of 2008 he has maintained confidence and composure in the strong face of wireless adversity that is the Canadian telecom industry. What makes the delivery of this speech so powerful is the fact that WIND [...]

The big three carriers claim they don’t market “Unlimited” data plans because average mobile data user doesn’t come close to their standard data cap of xxMB, and this is true nine out of ten times. Recently, AT&T, who had an Unlimited package (which glorified new iPad owners) decided they were going to eliminate it it in [...]

Following up on what we reported a few days ago, WIND will officially activate its “Home Zone” service in Vancouver, as well as open the doors to its flagship store at 10am to the press and media, with a public opening an hour later at 11am. The event will be co-hosted by WIND Mobile CEO Ken [...]

West Coasters you are in luck, as announced a few weeks ago, WIND Mobile is officially launching in Vancouver this Thursday, June 3rd 2010, at 10am at their flagship store 116 Davie St, Yaletown, BC. This launch will round off the carriers 5 city Canadian deployment (Which has already launched in Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, and [...]

Last week I reviewed the Rogers version of the BlackBerry Pearl 9100. As indicated, there have been announcements on all three major carriers in Canada for the phone. Some were left wondering, “will an AWS version actually be released?” Considering the original leaked shots of the About screen were seen running those frequencies, it seemed only [...]

There has been rumour going around that WIND Mobile was gearing up to launch new data packages for their customers to choose from. They were set to target the people who didn’t need unlimited data usage, but needed more than the basic Social plan. That glorious day has come! WIND has posted the “Social,” “Charged,” [...]