Feature Article #1

Motorola to launch Android handset…for Iden?

No I am not crazy. Today comes word from TMN’s own KJB_Ninja that Telus & Motorola will be launching a Android handset with a touchscreen for IDEN. I am a former MIKE user and I am sure a lot of people will enjoy this. Unfortunately we do not have any news as [...]

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Riley Freeman | December 16th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Telus releases Motorola Milestone

Its official. Telus has finally released the hotly anticipated Motorola Milestone on their HSPA network. This is the official North American debut of this device. The Motorola Driod is only available on Verizon’s CDMA network. This is a Telus exclusive and is not expected to be released on any of Canada’s 2 other HSPA networks [...]

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Feature Article #3

BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express announced

RIM issued a press release and has updated its website to feature is new BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. This gives small businesses access to Microsoft exchange or Windows Business Server for free with all the security of regular BES. This also works with any data plan. This means even with you BIS plan you can [...]

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Feature Article #4

Windows Mobile 7 Announced and Demoed

It has been a long long time coming but Windows Phone 7 Series has finally been unveiled. Engadget has a video and so does MSDN. I have watched both videos and there are a lot of pros and some cons.
What I noticed during the Engadget video, was some noticeable lag when opening [...]

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Feature Article #5

Offical word from TELUS on the Milestone

Not much else to say but Told ya maybe stick out my tongue for good measure?
For now when you click the link to sign up for info it takes you to motorola’s site.  So why not sign up today?
Then go chat about it in the forum

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Feature Article #6

Blackberry gives a heads up on the Blackberry 9650

Blackberry yesterday teased the soon to be launched Blackberry 9650 which is replacing the current Blackberry Tour 9630. The Blackberry 9650 is an updated version of the Tour with two key hardware changes. The new Tour will have Wi-Fi and trackpad.  A quite little update on their Facebook page that was soon to be never [...]

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Feature Article #7

Apple announces long awaited……….. iPad?

It’s official! The long awaited and highly speculated Apple Tablet has been announced. The name you ask? iPad. Out of all the names floating around the interwebs this was not one of them and totally not as cool! Come on Apple! Like some of the cooler names on the net such as iSlate(Personal favourite) and iTablet. I wonder [...]

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Feature Article #8

Telus Price Increases to Existing Clients **Update**

I have been holding on to this one for a little bit longer than I wanted to but here we go. Telus will be implementing price increases to unlimited data and long distance features. From my understanding clients will be contacted starting the 4th and this will be starting March4th. The price increases are as [...]

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Feature Article #9

Wind to start tab system?

I just received a tip that a new TAB option has popped up in WIND’s inventory system. If you are familiar with Koodo, then you will understand how the system works. No official confirmation or explanation has been sent out as of yet. This is good news for those that cannot or [...]

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Feature Article #10

Wind Mobile’s Fair Use Policies for Potential Network Abuse

The information just keeps rolling in. As expected there will be internal caps that WIND will monitor to flag potential network abuse. We all knew data caps would likely happen, but I never thought phone call caps would be in place. I do understand the need for this, so I can’t fault [...]

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Everything you need to know about Wind

This is going to be a lot of information so let’s get right into it.

Add-ons

ADD-ONs to suit your needs are available:
o Canada/US UNLIMITED Text ($5),
o Voicemail ($5),
o Canada UNLIMITED Long Distance ($10),
o US UNLIMITED Long Distance ($10),
o MY COUNTRY International Calling ($5).

My Country

All WIND plans come ready for International Calling and any Pay as you or Month to Month customer enjoys the same rates to call any destination in the world.

o For $5/ month you get a 5c. flat rate to any number – fixed or mobile – in a country
of your choice.
o Thereare 5 countries to choose from: China, India, Hong Kong, Singapore & South Korea

You can add 2 or all the countries available for MY COUNTRY add-on. You just pay $5 for
each country you add.
· Unlimited usage of MY COUNTRY add-on is included in any WIND Home Zone, across Canada.

Features (These are included in ALL WIND PLANS)

o Caller ID
o Missed Call Alerts
o Call Waiting
o Conference Calling
o Call Forwarding
o Call hold
· Missed Call Alert records who called you when your phone is off and sends you a text
alert when you’re available again. Voicemail will cost $5 (except it is included in the Always Shout plan).

Please note
While AWAY, there are key notes that apply to all of
· Receiving Voicemail text alerts is free while in WIND Away.
· You will be charged Pay per Use for listening to your messages:
o AWAY Minute (25c.), to make or receive a call anywhere in Canada. No extra long
distance charges apply.

Text Messaging

Incoming text messages are always FREE, regardless of where you are in the world.

· All WIND plans include text to anywhere in Canada and US.
· Always Shout plan comes with unlimited texting from a WIND Home Zone to anywhere
in Canada and US.
· Always Talk and Chat plans include 50 outgoing texts. For a flat fee of $5 you can add
unlimited texting from a WIND Home Zone to anywhere in Canada and the US.

· In any WIND Home Zone, it costs you 10c./text. for out-of-plan texting across Canada
and the US. Our rates are very competitive.
· While you’re outside a WIND Home Zone, an AWAY Text to anywhere in Canada or the
US is 15c.

Data Plans are straight forward and exactly what has been detailed before

· Get one of WIND’s Unlimited Blackberry add-ons and choose how to pay: before or after
using the service:
o Infinite BlackBerry $35/mo.: Unlimited Internet, Email, Social and Instant
Messaging;
o Social BlackBerry $10/mo.: Unlimited Instant Messaging, Facebook and MySpace.
· There is no minimum value requirement:
o You can have any of WIND’s Unlimited Blackberry add-ons with any WIND voice plan.
o Or, you can choose activate your Blackberry Smartphone with only a WIND voice
plan.

Unlimited usage of WIND’s Infinite Blackberry and Social Blackberry add-ons is included in
any WIND Home Zone, across Canada.
· When outside of a WIND Home Zone, pay-per-use AWAY data charges apply, 10c/25KB.

Pay as you go (I think Wind will really shine in this area)

· In real-time: You can check your Pay as you go balance or local minutes remaining
· In real time: check your WIND plan and add-ons you have purchased
· Share your credit and Top-up another Pay Before customer. You can transfer any amount between $5 and $150, in increments of $1.
· With one click, contact WIND customer care.

Choose any amount from $5 to $150 in increments of $1 to top-up at any WIND store or call Customer Care.
· Top-up a friend. Pay as you go customers can share credit with each other over their WIND phones. No need to contact customer service first.
· Wherever you are, use WIND Menu on your phone to top up yourself or any other WIND Pay As You Go customer. No need to contact customer service first.
· All WIND Pay As You Go customers can receive a top-up from anyone.

$20, $40 and $50 top-up vouchers are available at WIND stores and selected partners in
GTA and Calgary.
· The money in your account doesn’t run out after one month, it’s valid for one year.
· You can top-up any WIND Pay As You Go customer, including yourself, using your credit card by calling WIND customer care at 1-877-809 -4631. Any amount between $5 and $500 is available.

Just a few more tidbits of information.

- Any voice plan you take, your first month is free.

- If you are outside of your home zone, you are roaming on rogers and extra fees are incurred. This is unfortunate but understandable as Wind is new. Once they have their network fully built this will no longer be the case.

- Overages (on Wind’s Network) - 10c a minute for local calls, 15c a minute for Canadian & American long distance. 10c per 25kb for data charges when not in your home zone. Texting Internationally is 15c per message, picture messaging to Canada or the U.S. is 20c per message and International picture messages are $1 per message.

- Overages (roaming)

Local Calls are 25c a minute, Long Distance is 25c a minute, Text Messages 15c a minute, picture messaging & data is 10c per 25kb message.

WIND will be expanding to Ottawa, Vancouver and Edmonton.

There will not be any Voicemail Passwords (I think this will be a problem for a lot of people. This should definitely be OPTIONAL). Call 777 to listen to your Voicemail and it does not use your minutes.

If any of you have any question feel free to let me know or go visit a WIND store. Support a carrier that is willing to change things.

Feel free to join our forums for more discussions. Let us know your experience with WIND. Thanks again to the anonymous tipster.

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  1. Wow…these look pretty great!

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  2. I’m totally moving to Wind unless Telus doesn’t change their data plans before my contract’s up..

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  3. The My Country is the most appealing to me right now!! I can’t take my eyes off of it, they need to add some more countries and I’ll definitely get a phone from them!!!

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  4. Not eating up your minutes when checking your voicemail is big! And you’re right, it should be an optional feature whether or not you will be required to enter your password to check voicemail.

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  5. I’ve heard rumours about the phones being locked to WIND and no unlock codes to be had

    if thats the case, then isn’t that similar to being locked in?

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  6. When will Wind be an official option in Vancouver?

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  7. Anyone know how fast the Wind network is? I was at their launch event in Toronto, so I got a few Wind toques and coffee-cup sleeves, but very few firm answers from their staff. They were mad friendly, but they couldn’t tell me how fast their network is…

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  8. well i think this is the worst thing ive ever read im doing a project and this didid not help at all !!!!!( mad face!!!)

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