So Bell recently released the Palm Pre and with it a commercial.  One of the first things said in the commercial was “Unlike our neighbors to the south, Canadians are an active people.”  No one is really sure why they included it or if they were doing it on purpose.  The thing is that it has started people talking online.  So if Bell was trying to get people talking then they have succeeded.

If you are interesting the commercial is below.

Recently we came across an article on the Wall Street Journal about the joys and pains of switching your phone to a smartphone.  Specifically a Apple iPhone or Blackberry.

It was a very good article but there are a few issues that we’d like to bring up.  First off the person writing this post is a Blackberry user and more specifically uses the Blackberry Curve 8900.  This is going to be as unbiased as possible as the author thinks both manufacturers have great products.

Like the article mentions it comes down to preference.  If you like Blackberry phones then you will likely stick with them and the same goes for iPhone users.  There are iPhone users that get the new iPhone every year when Apple releases it.  The only really difference is that Apple only has three phones all that look similar (slight look variations every year) and Blackberry has five or more active phones.  The choice isn’t necessarily a good thing as some people don’t want to have to from so many.

A couple of things the article said were true although they aren’t a big problem.  The first one was “The iPhone automatically changes its time when you enter a new time zone. BlackBerrys remain set to their home time zone for time stamping all emails with that time—unless you change the time in settings.”  While this is true it takes a total of fifteen seconds to go and change it to Network time.  This means that every where you go your phone will update its time based on the network.  So if you are on the east coast you will be on east cost time if you are on teh west coast your phone will say the time in the west coast.

The other issue was “The BlackBerry’s AC adaptor takes up two power outlet spots, while the small, square iPhone plug occupies only one outlet, making it more versatile and able to charge in more locations.”  We aren’t sure why they would say that.  Yes the iPhone has small one inch charger but the prongs are not retractable.  This means if you travel with it there is a chance they can bend or break.  The Blackberry charger is larger and by larger we mean the same size as every other charger.  The advantage is that the prongs are retractable and make for nicer travelling.  It only takes up two electrical outlets if you place it in the top socket.  Although an annoyance it is something that is common with a lot of plugs.

Overall we would highly recommend reading the article if you are thinking of either getting a new smartphone (Blackberry or Apple in particular) or if you are thinking about switching from a Blackberry to an iPhone or vice-versa

In these hard economic times www.Puremobile.ca knows that a new cell phone isn’t really at the top of your priority list.  We also know that that getting a really nice phone might be even more out of the question.  That’s why we’ve decided to have a giveaway for an Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB Unlocked

That’s right Puremobile has decided that until September 15, 2009 to give you a chance to get an Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB Unlocked.  You don’t even have to buy anything.  All you have to do is become our facebook friend and post a status update with www.PureMobile.ca in it or follow us on Twitter and have at least one (1) tweet with PureMobile.ca mentioned.

For full contest rules check out here.  What are you waiting for enter already.

So a few months back Rogers Communications announced that it would be change hardware upgrade policy for smartphones from every 12 months to every 24 months.  Well Rogers has not done the same for all phones.

This means that you need to wait 2 years before you can get a deal on a new phone.  If you want a new cell phone before hand you have to pay their full price.

This has angered a lot of people because now instead of getting a new phone every year they have to wait.  Rogers has been quoted at saying that the reason for the change in policy is because it allows them to bring better phones to more people and also because cell phone quality has improved a lot consumers don’t need to upgrade every year.

If you are looking for alternatives and arent’ happy with your current provider now may be the time to start looking at unlocked cell phones.

WIND is coming to Canada.  You heard that right by the end of the year we should start to see WIND in the major markets (likely Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver) and then general availability in 2010.

Some may have already heard of WIND.  They are big in Italy and Greece and successful in Europe in general.  Globalive, which is the parent company, is hoping to have the same success in Canada as it has in other markets.  Globalive was the winner of last year’s Canadian AWS auction.

This means there will be more competition and hopefully this will lower pricing on plans.  For now we have to wait and see how things change the wireless landscape in Canada.  One downside is for now they will not be available in Montreal or Quebec in general for that matter.

So over the past few days it has looked more and more like Rogers is planning on carrying the Apple iPhone 3GS in 8GB flavour.  Up until now Apple has been saying that the iPhone 3G would remain part of the line up and the iPhone 3GS would only come in 16GB and 32GB editions.

A couple of days last week it was reported that Rogers website had started posting things on the site that made it look like they were phasing out the iPhone 3G 8GB for a new Apple iPhone 3GS 8GB.  Well on thing that appeared was a comparison chart with a checkbox under 8GB 3GS

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Gizmodo received a response from Rogers stating that it was an error on their part, that there is no iPhone 3Gs 8GB, and have since updated their site.

So today crackberry.com posted an IDC study that showed the top ten selling cellular phones from April 1, 2009 until June 30, 2009.

It turns out the top 6 phones are either Apple or Blackberry phones, but the big surprise is that the number one spot went to the Blackberry Curve

10.HTC Touch Diamond
9. HTC Touch Pro
8. Palm Pre
7. T-Mobile G1
6. BlackBerry Storm
5. BlackBerry Bold
4. Apple iPhone 3G (8GB and 16GB versions)
3. BlackBerry Pearl (81xx series but not the Pearl Flip)
2. Apple iPhone 3GS (both 16GB and 32GB versions)
1. BlackBerry Curve (83xx series and 8900)

So this is incase someone was still on the fence about getting a new Apple iPhone 3GS it turns out Rogers and Fido have decided to extended their 6GB for $30 plan.

That mean that until September 15, 2009 if you have a qualifying phone (Magic, Dream, iPhone 3G or iPhone 3Gs) call up Rogers/Fido now and get on the plan.

This  is great news and better with the fact that tethering is free until December 31, 2009.

What are you waiting for call them!

So in a late development last week Apple released an upgrade to all the iPhones.  This upgrade fixes the hack/exploit that was announced last week that could allow someone to take over your iPhone and send texts or even use it to control another iPhone.

If you haven’t upgraded already then do so now.  If you’ve been holding off because you are afraid of locking your unlocked iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS then don’t worry thanks to BoyGeniusReport.com it looks like the unlock will work on the new version 3.01 since the update only fixes the patch it doesn’t make any changes to eliminate the unlocking tool.

So what are you waiting for go update you iPhone be safe