Yesterday, Telus finally debuted the much hyped Motorola Milestone. The device is available for $199.99 on a 3-year term with a voice & data plan of $50 or more per month.

The Milestone is also available on two or one year terms, but the price for the device increases. Overall, it is going to be an investment to get the Milestone. So how about one for free?

Motorola is giving … Read More

As reported earlier this week, Telus has officially released the Motorola Milestone effective today.

Pricing was as expected, as the device will cost $199.99 on a 3-year voice and data plan of $50 per month or greater. The Milestone is also available on 2 and 1-year terms for $499.99 and $549.99 respectively. The outright price is $599.99.

Some of the key features of the Milestone include:

Thin QWERTY slider at just 13.7mm
3.7” … Read More

Effective this week, Telus has increased the number of bonus minutes customers receive when signing up on a Clear Choice Smartphone plan. At this time, the promotion has no clear expiration date.

Previously, the Clear Choice Smartphone plans offered customers 50 bonus minutes alongside the regular amount of minutes. Now the bonus minutes have been increased to 100 minutes. The promotion is available on 1, 2, and 3-year terms.

This is a … Read More

Last week we caught site of a Best Buy Mobile online ad that displayed a pre-order option for the Motorola Milestone alongside a February 18, 2010 release date.

While the February 18 release date was not confirmed, many rumors, both credible and not, have been throwing around a February 18th date. Today it would seem that Bloomberg pretty much confirmed it

During an interview, Telus CFO Bob Macfarlane stated that … Read More

A few weeks ago Rogers announced a software glitch in the HTC Dream and Magic that prevented users from making 911 calls. To remedy the situation, Rogers pushed out a ROM update.

To make sure that every HTC Dream/Magic owner updated their device, Rogers disabled data access to those phones but also applied a credit to those accounts. However that did not stop many users from not applying the update.

Then, to … Read More

Effective today, Rogers is waiving the $35 activation fee that customers are usually charged when starting up a new account. The promotion will expire on February 16, 2010.

Eligibility & Restrictions

The offer is applicable to new 3-year term activations on the following rate plans:

Mega Value Plans (All “choice of feature” plans: Unlimited Network Calling, MY5, Double Your Minutes, Messages)
Family/Couples Plans, primary and secondary lines (new activations only)
Business sharing plans, primary and … Read More

Google had a major announcement today and introduced Google Buzz, a Social Networking tool to compete with twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, etc. The highlight of Google Buzz is that it takes full advantage of your location (and Google Maps) when you send out messages (or “buzzes”?!). People can reply and you will be notified via email when that happens (sorta annoying). Just visit buzz.google.com on your Android phone to check … Read More

Today, Rogers released new price plans. The changes are listed below.

New Rogers Plans

1.) $30, $35, $40, and $45 consumer plans received “unlimited mobile browsing” as an option add-on. (not compatible with Android)

2.) $30 consumer plan lost My5 Local (talk, text unlimited) and was replaced with My5 Local Talk Only.

3.) $40 and $45 consumer plan lost its 50 bonus minutes.

4.) Two $45 consumer plan options; one with mobile browsing as an … Read More