BlackBerry Passport now available across major Canadian carriers

Powerful, exciting, unusual and disruptive; the BlackBerry Passport is finally avaiable from more Canadian carriers today. You an get the Passport at TELUS Mobility, Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility, MTS Wireless and SaskTel Wireless. Please see the carriers’ websites for up-to-date pricing information. 

The BlackBerry Passport’s innovative touch-enabled keyboard, unique 4.5” square screen and long battery life are built for mobile professionals who want a smartphone that empowers them to accomplish more.

It’s also the first BlackBerry device to come preloaded with BlackBerry 10.3. This new OS release includes BlackBerry Blend, a new app that seamlessly and securely brings messaging and content that’s on your BlackBerry smartphone to your computer and tablet. Here are our first impressions of this new chapter for Canada's mobile company.

Nokia's Lumia 830 comes to Rogers on October 9th for $400 contract free

It seems that the latest mid-range Windows Phone from Nokia, the Lumia 830 will come to market on October 9th (the day they are holding a launch event for it). It looks to be a Rogers exclusive and will cost $400 contract free. Stay tuned for more information on this latest Windows Phone device.

Source: MobileSyrup

Nokia HERE Maps app shows up online

The Beta apk of Nokia’s map application has surfaced online. And the good news is it works with Android devices running Android 4.0+ or up—except the Samsung smartphones though. Some of the features included in the Nokia HERE app include offline mode, turn-by-turn navigation, downloadable maps to store onto your device, 3D mapping, and even “Speed limit warning” feature. It would be worth tinkering around with and we can’t wait for the final product to show up.

Source: Android Police | Via: Droid Life | Download: MediaFire

MSN rolls out revamped homepage

After spending just a few weeks in preview mode, Microsoft has rolled out the redesigned MSN homepage to all users. It should show up in your browser in the next couple of days. If you want to view it on your Windows Phone, the updated Bing and MSN apps also draw from the site’s services, such as Food & Drinks and Health and Fitness app. Food & Drinks will keep tabs on your recipes and Health and Fitness will show pedometer stats (if you are using Lumia 630, 635, or 1520, that is).

Source: Microsoft Blog | Via: Engadget