Effective April 15, 2010, Virgin Mobile will be increasing their rates for a number of provided services. Please note that the rate increases only affect those customers who are not on any type of plan or package providing the specific service.

Long Distance & Local Calling Price Changes

Beginning April 15, 2010, long distance charges on out-of-plan calls to Canada or the USA are increasing from $0.30/minute to $0.35/minute in addition … Read More

If you are looking to get an iPhone 3G/3GS, you may want to consider service from Bell, as they are giving customers some lucrative credits when they buy.

Bell has detailed a promotion for potential iPhone buyers that gives customers an $85 credit. At this time, the promo is available at Best Buy and Future Shop locations and requires the purchase of an iPhone 3G/3GS on a 3-year agreement.

The $85 … Read More

Leading up the launch of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics (which we all dearly miss!), Bell and Telus worked feverishly to build a shared HSPA+ GSM network. Both companies managed to successfully complete the network early and it was fully operational for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Bell was an official sponsor and yesterday they released stats of Olympic usage during the period from February 12-28.

Bell network … Read More

Have you been watching the Olympics? CTV has some amazing high definition feeds online that will let you watch all the action live. Want to watch some live TV on your iPhone? Bell customers can now do that with the Bell Mobile TV iPhone app.

This app was released yesterday and only works exclusively for iPhone users on the Bell network (Rogers/Fido/Telus iPhone users shut out! noo!). Here’s a brief description … Read More

Sometime this week, Apple and the Canadian wireless carriers increased the 3G file size limit for App Store downloads up to 20MB.

Previously, when users were connected to 3G, they could only download apps that were up to 10MB in size. Anything greater than 10MB needed a WiFi connection.

The new limit is now 20MB and anything greater than 20MB will need WiFi.

However, unless you have the Rogers/Fido 6GB data plan, we … Read More

In the last few weeks, we have seen an increasing number of Olympic related apps becoming available. Today, we have another one!

Bell Cowbell by Bell Mobility Inc.

Bell is one of the major sponsors for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and the company has released a Cowbell app to support Team Canada.

The app showcases a Bell branded cowbell that is activated by tapping on it. The cowbell sound is a good … Read More

Bell has launched three new price plans as a promotion during the 2010 Winter Games.

The plans are available to new Bell customers on a 3-year term and also to existing Bell customers who renew on a 3-year term.

The plans do not offer as much value has Bell’s Smartphone/iPhone Combo plans and the 3-year requirement is rather odd for being “Olympic plans” since that really only allows Canadians to signing … Read More

A few days ago, Virgin Mobile officially launched its HSPA+ network (using Bell service) across Canada. Alongside the launch, Virgin announced new smartphone rates plans and that it was carrying the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.

Until now, the only place to get Virgin Mobile service on an iPhone 3G/3GS was to visit a Virgin Mobile store. As of today however, prospective customers may get their Virgin Mobile iPhone … Read More

Virgin Mobile has officially launched their HSPA+ network that now supports the iPhone. Alongside the release, the company has introduced new price plans as well.

The company has launched two types of plans; Smartphone Combo plans that include a voice plan and a data plan or customers can opt to separate the two and choose a separate voice plan and separate data plan.

Note that Virgin is owned by Bell, so iPhone … Read More

Virgin Mobile has made official that the iPhone is coming in February 2010. If you check out their website today, users can pre-register for iPhone news.

As a bonus, the first 100 people to activate an iPhone have a chance to win two tickets to the Virgin Festival 2010 in Toronto.

When Virgin Mobile launches the iPhone, the device will be available for sale through official Virgin Mobile stores and Read More