Though the Brigade isn't officially on the market just yet, a lucky member over at HowardForums has been able to score his hands on one.  This isn't an irregular happening - as seen in cases in the past, a quick call to telesales and a bit of begging can do wonders in some cases.  The device isn't available online just yet, but a few retail stores here and there have repor...

It feels like the Brigade's been in the public conscience for forever and a day (and let's be honest, November is forever and a day ago by phone standards), but amazingly, Casio's latest rugged G'zOne for Verizon still isn't being offered -- at least, not in any official capacity. It seems some HowardForums posters have managed to order and receive their Brigades by callin...

Even though the Brigade isn't due out until the 14th, some HowardForums users have been able to buy it from Verizon stores and by calling TeleSales... Photos:

A while back Rogers noticed some HowardForums members complaints about WhoCalled: Well it turns out they were listening. Rogers has made 3 changes to WhoCalled: First and most importantly youll only get notified if you were out of service when you received the calls. That means no more notifications when you ignore a call from a telemarketer/private

Things in the Palm world are understandably quiet now in the aftermath of the CES excitement, but there is definitely some noteworthy news items circulating around the Internets. First off, a HowardForums post from member Scaredy reveals that that both the original CDMA Palm Pixi as well as the refreshed CDMA Pixi Plus has been approved by Industry Canada. Industry Canada is the Canadian governmen...

HowardForums has been a pretty good source for tips on what we can expect from Canadian carriers, and that’s just what we’ve got right now courtesy of forum member RogersInsider. He’s provided everyone with info as to what Fido will be launching in February. The BlackBerry Curve 8520, which is now available on big brother

Yeah, the N900’s native browser is badass enough to actually load the real Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps front page, but it take forever to load and isn’t what you’d call “mobile friendly”. Luckily, YoDude from HowardForums has put together a nice little solution that will definitely do the trick. Download and install Oleg Romashin’s Geolocation

Some quick Canadian BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) news from Fido. From the sounds of things over at HowardForums, it looks like the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is set to hit Fido sometime in the first quarter of 2010. The 8520 will be available in Black only No details on exact launch date or pricing, but the SKU

Fido users rejoice! MobileSyrup is reporting that Fido will finally be bringing a new BlackBerry smartphone to the market, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is set to replace the aging Pearl 8100 that Fido has been offering now for way too long. A tipster over at HowardForums says that Fido inventory systems have been loaded up ...

Tony Clement overturned the CRTCs ruling so we should see Wind Mobile launching soon! Heres to competition! Discuss at HowardForums Here are some possible plans.