Some solid Canadian mobile news here. Reports have it that Bell have received their ‘dummy phones’ for the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Treo Pro and BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Pearl Flip. They are no doubt gearing up to launch these devices tomorrow. The Treo Pro is expected to fetch $99.95 on a 3-yea...

Anyone in the world can update Twitter via SMS shortcode, but until today only US Tweeters could receive SMS messages on their mobile. Not anymore! After pulling the plug on outbound SMS for Canadian users in November of last year, Twitter is happy to welcome them back into the fold through a partne...

Ruh roh. LG Electronics has just issued a voluntary recall of around 45,000 LG 150 phones in Canada, and for whatever reason, Bell Mobility has agreed to assist in cleaning up the mess. Of course, it probably helps that basically every single one was used by a Bell subscriber, but we digress. Report...

Remember when you were a little kid, and you accidentally hurt your buddy while playing around outside? What did he do after he got hurt? He told his mom. That’s kind of the way things go. Seems as though a little spat is going on now between Rogers (NYSE: RCI) and Bell, and I can only assume ...

Sorry Americans, were you jealous after hearing about Canada getting the Wi-Fi BlackBerry Storm from Rogers? Not to fret, this leaked ‘09 lineup gives us a rough idea of what BlackBerrys to expect from American and Canadian carriers, including lots of love for the EV-DO portion of the wireless...

For all the Canadians out there… If the ‘jonesing’ for a BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Storm hasn’t diminished in your mind at all, you’ll be pleased to know there will be more opportunities to score the device. It looks like a new shipment of BlackBerry Storms are due to hit...

A mailout just went to those savvy enough to sign on for updates telling us that “the world’s first touch screen BlackBerry smartphone is almost here.” Well, I guess that depends where ‘here’ is, but if your ‘here’ happens to be Canada, then it’s good ...

Like any good federally-sanctioned frequency spectrum auction should do, the recently-wrapped Canadian AWS (advanced wireless spectrum) spectrum was auctioned off in hopes of sparking competition and driving down wireless prices from Canadian carriers like Rogers, Telus, and Bell. Canada saw 105 Mhz...

Filed under: Cellphones Fired up to capitalize on some of the hype Sprint has managed to drum up for the Instinct down in the States, Samsung's taking its iPhone fighter north of the border for a promised intro later this summer. Bell Mobility is the lucky partner (seriously, Telus, you probably sho...

How do you manage to run up an $85,000 mobile phone bill you ask? Apparently, 22-year-old Calgary native Piotr Staniaszek was under the impression that his $10 "unlimited browser plan" on Bell Mobility gave him carte blanche to use his cellphone as a PC modem. Unfortunately, when a $60,000 bill arri...