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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.
Thus we thought it might be [...]

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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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To  our knowledge, this is the first video of the upcoming Blackberry Thunder (on Vodafone, Rogers, Telus) and Storm (on Verizon). 
The Brew Ninja has a history of first-reveals of upcoming phones.

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Alligato Mobile - Simple and cheap long distance calling from cell phones (alligatomobile.com)
GrandCentral - Free and feature rich single number service (grandcentral.com)
Lypp - Cost effective audio conference calls (lyyp.com)
Maxroam - Cheap multi-country roaming service (maxroam.com)
These are a few of the services that we will be discussing in more detail in future posts.  We are big fans of [...]

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The extremely high cost of long distance calling from our family’s cell phones has been the main reason that, until recently, we’ve held off on canceling our home phone line.  Like many others, we’ve come to realize that our cell phones have become our primary phones and our home phone has been relegated to occasional long distance calling.  [...]

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Yes this is a bit premature.  The Thunder is not out yet and at best we have rumours on design and specs and photoshopped images.  However I thought I’d touch on it given that, with all the buzz around competitive responses to the iPhone from the major mobile handset manufacturers, this is the one that I [...]

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The early reviews are in on the Blackberry Bold and comparisons with the iPhone are inevitable.  In summary, the comparisons highlight that these are two distinctly different phones with different strengths.  Perhaps the real RIM vs. Apple showdown will come when the Blackberry Thunder comes out later in the year with a large screen and [...]

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It has been an unprecedented few weeks in the Canadian cellular market. 
The iPhone has finally arrived in Canada with an array of plan options, Bell and Telus have just announced new incoming text message charges, and there will be three new carriers vying for cellular customers by 2010. 
Cell phones have become a fashion [...]

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In the middle of the Rogers and Apple iPhone PR blitz and resulting Canadian consumer rebellion - as evidenced by www.ruinediphone.com’s 60,000-plus signatures - Bell and Telus announced they are going to begin charging for incoming text messages at 15 cents per message for customers not on bulk text messaging plans.
By timing it this way [...]

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To help navigate the recent changes in the cellular industry from a consumer perspective, we have summarized a list of 10 Tips for Managing Your Cell Phone Bill

Avoid signing up for service contracts that will extend past early 2010. The emergence of new carriers in late 2009 and early 2010 will lead to much better [...]

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