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Entries from July 2008

Top Free Apple iPhone Apps

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Here at Cell Canada, we are big fans of ’cheap’ and ‘free’ in all their forms - whether it be cheap cell long distance with Alligato Mobile, or cheap gadget toys at DealExtreme, or the focus of this article, free Apple iPhone Apps.  We have a well earned reputation for being tight with our pennies.
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Tags: Reviews

RIM Blackberry Storm Vs Apple iPhone

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Blackberry Storm details are coming out fast and furious.  From early reviews, it seems to meet and beat most expectations.  It may certainly be the best corporate device ever built though I’m sure some will argue otherwise.  The keyboard, our big question in previous posts, is getting good reviews and RIM seems to have done [...]

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Tags: News & Analysis · Reviews

Blackberry Storm to Launch in Canada on Telus

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Telus has their Blackberry Storm teaser page up.  It’s identified as an ‘exclusive’ and thus implies that we will not be seeing the Storm on Rogers or Bell at launch.  Quite the sweep by Telus given the expected corporate and consumer interest in the device.  However we expect that the use of the term ‘exclusive’ [...]

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Tags: News & Analysis

Latest Blackberry Thunder / Storm Video

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

An official Vodafone Blackberry Storm / Thunder video.  Slick presentation of the functionality.  Looks good though we’d like to see the UI in a bit more detail.  Soon enough…

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Tags: News & Analysis

Great, Easy, & Cheap Cellular Long Distance

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

We just returned from a couple of trips across Canada and were reminded again of how much we like the Alligato cellular long distance service.  During travel to Toronto, Montreal, Regina, Calgary, and Edmonton, we had to use our cell phone extensively to call long distance back to Vancouver as well as to the other [...]

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