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TOTA Mobile/Wireless/Celluar/VOIP Thread (pg. 59)
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
My mother is coming to Toronto for a few months this summer and I think I'm going to get her a Koodo phone.
$35 + tax: 100 day minutes, unlimited evenings (after 7 PM), voicemail, call display
$45 + tax: 100 day minutes, unlimited evenings (after 7 PM), voicemail, call display, unlimited incoming (all day & night)
No system fee. No contracts. No activation fee (if done online).
Phone is $75.
This seems like a steal. |
Reminds me (sort of) of my Solo Mobility plan.
$35 + tax (+ a $6.95 system admin fee)
150 day minutes, 150 long-distance minutes, unlimited evenings and weekend (5 PM - 8 AM), unlimited incoming calls minutes, 1,000 text messages, call display, call waiting, call forwarding, 3-way calling
Phone was $50 (Nokia 6275i... VERY HAPPY with the phone!!)
And NO LONG CONTRACT. A month-to-month plan. Can change at any time without paying a penalty.
:) Excellent, excellent deal! |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
Reminds me (sort of) of my Solo Mobility plan.
$35 + tax (+ a $6.95 system admin fee)
150 day minutes, 150 long-distance minutes, unlimited evenings and weekend (5 PM - 8 AM), unlimited incoming calls minutes, 1,000 text messages, call display, call waiting, call forwarding, 3-way calling
Phone was $50 (Nokia 6275i... VERY HAPPY with the phone!!)
And NO LONG CONTRACT. A month-to-month plan. Can change at any time without paying a penalty.
:) Excellent, excellent deal! |
This plan is better. What is it called? |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
This plan is better. What is it called? |
Now it is called the "Solo Talk & Text 35." It is only slightly changed from the original plan that I have (from last August).
They now offer you 2,500 text messages instead of the 1,000 mine has, but, unfortunately, you no longer received free included call display.
Still a very worthwhile plan, IMO, especially since you can chose a month-to-month contract term, instead of locking into a 1, 2, or 3 year contract.
(Though obviously there are benefits to locking into a contract, like a minor or significant discount on the phone purchase. Luckily, when I was shopping, I was able to obtain my phone at a steal of a price even without a long-term contract.) |
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| Chris Allen |
BlackBerry Bold (aka 9000) Officially Official
Here's the rundown:
• Has 802.11a/b/g plus good GPS, typically a tradeoff with BBs
• GPS is enhanced and assisted, and the handset has better map rendering, says Laptop
• 480 x 320 resolution screen with 65,000 colors—Crave says "never seen a better-looking display"
• 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor (reports differ), up from 312MHz
• Runs BlackBerry OS 4.6
• Keyboard has 8800-style "sculpted keys," says PC Mag, "but the rows are separated by curved barriers"
• 4.5" tall x 2.6" wide x 0.5" deep, weighing 4.7oz
• Side-loading MicroSD/SDHC slot for up to 16GB additional
• 2MP camera with flash
• Talk time of 5 hours, with standby of 13 days
• MP3, WMA, AAC, DivX4 and WMV3 codec support
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• "Pretty powerful speakers—none of that weak, tinny junk," says Crave
• 128MB of flash plus 1GB of onboard memory (with encryption)
• Black leather back panel that can be swapped for other color leather plates
• Pricing will be $300 to $500 says BGR, a pretty wide (and obvious) range; Crave narrows it to "$300 to $400"
| quote: | RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone
Top of the line BlackBerry smartphone features premium design and unprecedented performance; perfect for business professionals and power users.
Waterloo, ON- For customers seeking a smartphone that makes a bold statement, Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the admirable BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone. Crafted from premium materials, inside and out, that radiate elegance with a dramatic presence, the BlackBerry Bold is designed to give business professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and performance in an intuitive BlackBerry® smartphone. It is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities. From its lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leather-like backplate, to its stunning display, sophisticated user interface and newly designed full-QWERTY* keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone is a symbol of accomplishment and aspiration.
"The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smartphones and lives up to its name with incredible speed, power and functionality, all wrapped in a beautiful and confident design," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion.
SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone's support for tri-band HSDPA and enterprise-grade Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) networks and its next-generation 624 MHz mobile processor make short work of downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages. The BlackBerry Bold also includes 128 MB Flash memory plus 1 GB on-board storage memory, as well as and a microSD/SDHC memory card slot** that is conveniently accessible from a side door. It comes with the renowned BlackBerry productivity applications, including phone, email, messaging, organizer and browser, and works with thousands of mobile business and lifestyle applications, making it easier than ever to stay connected, productive and entertained. With this powerful new smartphone, users can even talk on the phone while sending and receiving email or accessing the web, and download Word, Excel or PowerPoint files and edit them directly on the handset using the preloaded DataViz® Documents to Go® suite.
STUNNING DISPLAY
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone comes with the most vivid and bold display ever introduced on a BlackBerry smartphone. Its half-VGA (480x320 resolution) color LCD is fused to the undersurface of the lens, making images leap out with stunning definition and clarity. Pictures are vibrant and razor sharp, while videos play smoothly and web pages, documents, presentations and messages snap with exceptional quality and contrast.
DESKTOP-STYLE WEB PAGES
With its newly enhanced, high performance browser and high-resolution, ultra-bright display, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone gives users an on-the-go web browsing experience with desktop-style depiction. The trackball mimics a mouse, making it easy to navigate sites in "Page View" or "Column View" or to zoom in on specific parts of a web page, while various emulation settings allow users to choose between the full desktop-style HTML content and layout or the mobile version. Attachments can also now be downloaded from within the browser and there is support for watching streaming videos (RTSP - real-time streaming protocol).
RICH MULTIMEDIA
While it is designed to meet the extensive requirements of the business professional during the day, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone also caters to the business person's consumer side during evenings and weekends. It features a 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability, built-in flash and 5x digital zoom. The enhanced media player can display pictures and slideshows quickly, play movies smoothly in full screen mode, and manage an entire music collection. Audio can be played over the handset's dual speakers in rich, stereo sound, and when using wired headphones or external speakers, the media player gives the user an equalizer with 11 preset filters - like "Lounge", "Jazz" and "Hip Hop" - that boost or soften audio ranges to create the perfect ambiance.
For managing music and video, the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager software includes Roxio® Media Manager for BlackBerry® as well as Roxio Photosuite® 9 LE, which makes it easy to enhance pictures and create photo albums on the computer. For users that manage their collection with iTunes®, the new BlackBerry® Media Sync application provides a simple way to sync iTunes digital music collections with the smartphone***. Support for High Speed USB 2.0 allows all files to be transferred quickly from a desktop computer to the BlackBerry Bold smartphone.
POWERFUL WI-FI & GPS
For even broader high-speed network coverage, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone supports the 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi standards, ideal for use in enterprise or campus wireless LAN deployments, over Wi-Fi hotspots and on wireless home networks. A new "Push Button Setup" is included, making it faster for users to connect to protected wireless networks that require a sign on process.
Through its integrated GPS, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone can pinpoint its exact location, supporting applications like BlackBerry® Maps and other location-based applications or services. With its improved rendering capabilities, faster download speeds and ability to support simultaneous voice and data, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone even allows users to navigate while on a call.
FIRST CLASS PHONE
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone features a new acoustic design that increases the size of the phone's audio sweet spot, improving listening quality and clarity. It also comes with numerous premium phone features including Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), Bluetooth® 2.0, with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits (including car kits that adhere to the Bluetooth Remote SIM Access Profile) and other Bluetooth peripherals. It is a quad-band EDGE and tri-band HSDPA handset that supports global roaming**** and features dedicated 'send', 'end', and 'mute' keys, smart dialing, speed dialing, conference calling and call forwarding. It also features noise cancellation technology that offsets background noise, a powerful speaker phone and support for polyphonic, mp3 and MIDI ring tones.
ROBUST EMAIL & MESSAGING
Like all BlackBerry smartphones, the BlackBerry Bold gives users the industry's leading mobile messaging solution. It works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, which enables advanced security and IT administration within IBM® Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft® Exchange and Novell® GroupWise® environments, as well as BlackBerry® Professional Software for small businesses. It also works with BlackBerry® Internet Service, which gives users access to up to 10 work or personal email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts), and the BlackBerry® Unite! software for SOHO and home users.
CONVENIENT ACCESSORIES
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone comes with a variety of convenient accessories including a stereo headset, travel charger, carrying case or sleeve and USB cable. Users will also be able to personalize their BlackBerry Bold smartphone by purchasing replaceable leather-like backplates that come in a range of colors. The removable / rechargeable 1500 mAhr battery provides multi-hour usage with a target talk time of approximately 5 hours and 13 days standby time.
Accessories for BlackBerry smartphones, including leather holsters and totes, charging pods, premium earphones, the BlackBerry® Remote Stereo Gateway and Bluetooth headsets, are available through retail outlets or online at: www.shopblackberry.com.
AVAILABILITY
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone (model number: 9000) is scheduled to be available from wireless carriers around the world beginning this summer.
For more information please visit: www.BlackBerryBold.com.
About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
* Keyboard also available in AZERTY and QWERTZ configurations to support different language groups.
** MicroSD/SDHC memory cards are available today in configurations of up to 8GB and the BlackBerry Bold is expected to support upcoming 16GB microSD/SDHC cards.
*** Certain music files may not be supported, including files that contain digital rights management technologies.
**** Check with service provider for roaming services. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| ^^^ I was playing with one of those about a month ago... slick little machine but I prefer one handed typing so I'll stick with the suretype models. |
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| magikb |
I've just noticed with Rogers, along with all those other changes that as of July 15th, 2008 they will no longer allow you to send txt msgs to the US for free included with your txt msg plan. They are going to charge 25 cents per txt sent and now have 4$ and 7$ plans for x amount of txts sent to the USA.
That is total BS. They already charge more per txt than any other company out there from what I have read up on. :whip:
I get charged 40 cents to sent international and when I am in the US I get charged 40 cents to txt back to a Canadian number.
I do have a BB and am looking for the best plans. Anyone else using someone other than Rogers for their BB and what are your plans like? |
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| Chris Allen |
| quote: | Originally posted by magikb
I've just noticed with Rogers, along with all those other changes that as of July 15th, 2008 they will no longer allow you to send txt msgs to the US for free included with your txt msg plan. They are going to charge 25 cents per txt sent and now have 4$ and 7$ plans for x amount of txts sent to the USA.
That is total BS. They already charge more per txt than any other company out there from what I have read up on. :whip:
I get charged 40 cents to sent international and when I am in the US I get charged 40 cents to txt back to a Canadian number.
I do have a BB and am looking for the best plans. Anyone else using someone other than Rogers for their BB and what are your plans like? |
You can get an international texting plan, but that will kill your current plan. I've tried this already and they said if went with the ty international plan I'd have to get rid of the unlimited plan I currently have as you can't have 2.
So stupid. Rogers really needs to wake up. |
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| magikb |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Allen
You can get an international texting plan, but that will kill your current plan. I've tried this already and they said if went with the ty international plan I'd have to get rid of the unlimited plan I currently have as you can't have 2.
So stupid. Rogers really needs to wake up. |
seriously?? again, total BS.
If Rogers doesn't want to work with people I may look at canning them altogether for my cable, internet and wireless. I have been a customer with them for 10 yrs and haven't had any complaints up until more recently.
(as far as I have seen though, they are still the best plan out there for BB which is unfortunate and why I asked who else has what for theirs) |
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| Chris Allen |
| quote: | Originally posted by magikb
seriously?? again, total BS.
If Rogers doesn't want to work with people I may look at canning them altogether for my cable, internet and wireless. I have been a customer with them for 10 yrs and haven't had any complaints up until more recently.
(as far as I have seen though, they are still the best plan out there for BB which is unfortunate and why I asked who else has what for theirs) |
I have Rogers for my Blackberry as I need it for international use outside of North America and Bell just doesn't have good enough phones or plans for that (plus I hate Bell less than I hate Rogers, imagine that).
That said, with my usage of one week in Miami this year with these exact charges you're talking about, I was up at almost $700 for one week because of international and roaming charges (most of that was txting, not calls).
Will be interesting to see if things will change, because we're getting raped as of late. |
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| dEsidEL |
more on the spectrum auction.. i wish the Star would cite some of their sources sometimes. I'd really like to take a look at some of the independent studies on Canada's wireless market and its competitiveness against other industrialized nations.
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Auction to lower cellphone prices, Prentice says
Bandwidth set aside for new mobile players in bid to increase competition
May 27, 2008
Julian Beltrame
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The federal government's spectrum auction is already having the desired impact of lowering prices in Canada's cellphone market, Industry Minister Jim Prentice said Tuesday on the first day of a weeks-long process that could introduce new competition.
The government is auctioning 105 megahertz of radio spectrum, which is used to carry the signals of cellphones.
The auction is expected to raise up to $1 billion for the government treasury and draw interest from the big three existing players in the market, Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI.B), BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) and Telus Corp. (TSX: T)
But because 40 MHz has been set aside for new entrants, Prentice says he is hopeful it will increase competition in Canada and lead to lower prices.
"Certainly it will have the effect of introducing more competition to the Canadian market place, there's no doubt about that," said Prentice.
"There are those who would say even to this point it has started to exert downward pressure on prices."
Independent market reports have placed Canada's cellphone market as among the least competitive and most costly to users in the industrial world.
Prentice said 24 bidders are in the auction, which will be conducted electronically, with the anticipation there will be many rounds. The department will table the results of each round on its website.
But a final determination of winners and losers may not be known for a month, he said.
Following the close of the auction, winning bidders will be required to submit ownership and control documentation and to complete various payment transactions within 30 business days, Industry Canada said.
The department will then review the information submitted by each bidder and issue licences as appropriate.
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source:
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/431636
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| exstasie |
In case you didn't know...
HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY TED ROGERS!!!
:D
PS. The Auction is suppose to last 3-5 weeks...so we'll have to wait a bit and see what happens then!
Here's a list of the qualified bidders:
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| exstasie |
Bell apparently has a new option that is available as of yesterday...some of the effects of the auction hopefully!
$30 Unlimited Data (Excludes BES) so long as you have a $30 Voice Plan.
Not to shabby at all...if you're on Bell...
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