When I woke up yesterday morning, and checked my timeline, over half the tweets I read were frustrated curses regarding iPhone 4S pre-orders not going through. Sites were crashing due to traffic, and people who had gotten up at the ungodly hour of 3AM to get the first crack at the device were tired and [...]

This morning, Telus and Koodo released the BlackBerry Curve 9360 to their subscribers, and now Virgin Mobile has joined the party. Hitting the same price points as Telus, Virgin is offering the device in black for $349.99 outright, dropping to $49.99 with a three-year contract. Available online only for the time being, outlets should have [...]

We’ve posted quite a few rumoured release dates for the Curve 9360 for different carriers over the last week, but today Telus and Koodo officially released the device. Price points are sitting right where they were expected to, with Telus retailing the device for $349.99 outright, and cutting the cost to $49.99 on a three-year [...]

We’re not sure what to make of this one, but according to MobileSyrup, Canadians will soon be able to buy the iPhone 4 at a reduced rate. According to the site’s tipsters, all carriers that currently offer the device will be cutting the 3-year contract price of the 16GB model from $169.99 to $99.99. The [...]

Previously available only to customers living in Toronto and Vancouver, Koodo Mobile is now offering all of its customers the ability to purchase the iPhone 4. Koodo, which typically eschews contracts, is taking a different approach with the iPhone 4. Customers who take up the device will be charged $160 and have a $500 tab. The [...]

Last week, we told you about Best Buy Canada’s Free Phone Friday deal. This week is the last week of the Free Phone Friday fun as it is only a month of May thing and Best Buy sure is ending this special set of deals in style! In case you don’t remember the details, let’s [...]

For our first Birthday Giveaway, we’re happy to announce that Telus and INQ have given us a brand new INQ Chat 3G with $200 airtime. This is about the most feature-filled non-smartphone you can imagine, with native access to Twitter, Facebook and the web via Opera Mini. The QWERTY keyboard is clicky and lovely, and [...]

Koodo’s second HSPA device is a doozy. UK-based manufacturer INQ has a very unique branding style that they hope will appeal to teens and young adults. Along with their new $40 Stay Social Combo, the company plans to counter Chatr, WIND and Mobilicity before they heavily penetrate the market. With unlimited text, incoming calls, 7pm [...]

Koodo is moving on up! Telus’ little brother subsidiary is releasing several new voice and data plans, as well as the new INQ Chat 3G that we reported earlier in the week. The new plans, according to a leaked brochure, will be as follows: $40 Stay Social Plan - Unlimited text and picture messages, unlimited [...]

Pretty simply, we’ve known Koodo (who is owned by Telus) will be getting the BlackBerry 8530 for a number of weeks now. We knew that it was going to arrive sometime late in May, and be around $150 on the tab (or $300 outright). This is now confirmed. The two things we didn’t know were [...]