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Avoiding Bill Shock In Canada
Managing your cell phone bills – 3 Quick Tips
As reported by the OTI in their latest survey and Canada’s Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications (CCTS), Canadians still have the dubious record of being the most expensive cell phone market in the world and Canadians are filing more complaints about overly complex or confusing options, carrier errors and billing related issues. So what do we do? One thing you can do as a Canadian cell phone subscriber is understand your cell phone plan to make sure you don’t end up facing bill shock woes.
Here are 3 quick tips that we find most clients misunderstand about their cell phone plans that you can’t afford not to know.
Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate on Telus
It’s Official! The Fascinate coming soon to Telus
With the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate now available on Rogers and the Galaxy S Vibrant on Bell for sometime now; Telus is the latest carrier to bring the Samsung S series device, only this time it’s 
called Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate. Don’t think the Epic 4G will be coming anytime soon unless the Canadian carriers can support 4G network.
Typically all the models are the same just a rebranding of sorts with a few tweaks, which confuses us all but gives us options to get the phone on what ever carrier we choose. However, the calling card for this line is the inclusion of the impressive Super AMOLED 4 “display, which offers better color and less power drain than other types of mobile screens. These models are also all based on a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor which is optimized for both speed and power efficiency and they all run on Android 2.1 OS. The one good thing though is you can upgrade to OS 2.2 (Froyo) sometime in November or if you so dare, you can go the Samsung’s Open Source Release Centre and grab the update immediately.
If you are keen to compare I have highlighted a few positives and not so good things for you to consider when evaluating this model.
Is it a BlackBerry Bold 9700 or Bold 9780 – What’s the difference?
The new BlackBerry on the Block – The Bold 9780
It looks the same so what’s the catch. With this latest device from BlackBerry it’s all about what’s under the hood versus the form factor. So the catch is it looks exactly like theBold 9700 and intentionally so, but the Bold 9780 has its differences.
So how is the Bold 9700 different from the Bold 9780. In summary, more memory, better camera and most importantly and excitingly BlackBerry OS 6, which means you get to enjoy a great online web browsing experience.
BlackBerry Style Review
BlackBerry Style 9670 coming to Canada
BlackBerry launched its new flip phone called the BlackBerry Style. Let’s review the key features of this new cell phone and how it differs from the other BlackBerry cell phones. The last flip phone from BlackBerry, the Pearl Flip 8200 series was essentially the Pearl design with a flip screen. The BlackBerry Style is no different; it’s the Curve 3G with a flip screen. This device is targeted to the users who still like the flip style phones. The style is likely to be available in Canada during the month of November on TELUS’ network and possibly in December on Bell. The Style is being sold in the US for $99.99 on Sprint’s network we can expect a similar price point here in Canada.
Mobilicity to extend coverage area beyond Toronto by November 2010
Mobilicity to launch in Ottawa Vancouver and Edmonton
In an expected move, Mobilicity announced that they will be expanding their networks into the Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver areas by November of this year.
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Windows Phone 7 Devices in Canada
Windows Phone 7 in Canada
With the Windows Phone 7 November launch in Canada fast approaching and the buzz heating up on whether Microsoft can really make a come back with the leap into the mobile market. The question remains will the Windows 7 OS out do both Google and Android.
What’s coming?
There are 10 WP7 Smartphones in the initial line up: 5 from HTC, 2 Samsung, 2 LG and a new addition from Dell. All of which have a common denominator, the all brand new Windows Mobile 7 Operating System; featuring a completely altered home screen and user interface experience, robust Xbox LIVE and Zune integration, and vastly new and improved social networking tools.
See a snapshot below of the complete list of devices, availability in Canada and summary specifications/features.
Will Motorola’s Droid Pro replace the BlackBerry for Businesses?
Motorola’s Droid Pro for Business Review
This week Motorola announced their new cell phone, the DROID PRO. It is being targeted as a business cell phone or the next productivity powerhouse. Motorola Mobility CEO said that business users will drop their BlackBerry phones for the new Droid Pro. Quite a bold statement for a phone that has not been released as yet. While we cannot predict how this phone will perform here in Canada, we can review its features and investigate whether the phone is indeed suited to be the Business Productivity powerhouse as suggested by Motorola.
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Alberta & BC company saves $80K on their cell phone plan
Company in Alberta and BC saves $80,000 on their cell phone bill
Energetic Services is a leader in the logistics industry in Western Canada with offices in British Columbia (BC) and Alberta (AB). They wanted to leverage the increasing power of smartphones for tracking, communications and other services which would help them to become more efficient. myCELLmyTERMS was engaged to find them a package of cell phones and plans which would allow them to leverage applications, GPS navigation and to freely communicate with each other and clients.
Through our bill analysis and RFP process, we found Energetic Services the right smartphones and saved them over $2,000 dollars on their regular cell phone plans generating savings of over $80,000 over the life of their new contract.
Through careful analysis and understanding of their travel and long distance needs we were able to find them the right solution at the right price.
Customize your business cell phone plan, save money and get the best business cell phone deal for your company.
Ontario Business Saves more than $40k on their cell phone bill
Ontario Company saves $44,000 on their cell phone bills
Xylotek Solutions engaged myCELLmyTERMS with concerns that their cell phone bills were too high for their 20+ member company. Xylotek is a full-service, IT consulting firm based in the technology hotbed of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario and given the nature of their work, finding a better wireless solution was becoming more and more important.
After analysis and our RFP process we found Xylotek $44,000 in savings over the life of their new contract or $1200+ in monthly savings. Not only did they save, but they gained additional features such as unlimited long distance and larger data packages for their cell phones, iPads and Mobile Internet sticks.
With these savings Xylotek can now afford to hire an additional employee and spend their money on growing their business and building for success.
Customize your business cell phone plan, save money and get the best business cell phone deal for your company.
