By Ted Kritsonis

Phone unlocking is always one of those hot-button issues when it comes to mobile freedom, but most consumers buy their phones subsidized by the carriers through contracts. These phones are locked to their respective carriers, making it difficult to use them as leverage to leave for another provider.

By Ted Kritsonis

At a launch event in downtown Toronto last night, Sony Ericsson and Telus came together to unveil and launch the Xperia ray, an Android smartphone with a smaller footprint that may turn out to be a hit with female consumers.

By Ted Kritsonis

Unlocking mobile phones has always been a confusing element to mobile phone ownership, but the demand for the freedom to use a handset anywhere, everywhere and with any provider will likely only grow further. And as it stands, there isn’t much of a legal precedent to stop it in Canada.

By Ted Kritsonis

In a somewhat surprising move, Telus is moving forward with plans to halve the rates the carrier charges for data roaming. This means a 50 percent reduction from the average of $25 subscribers had been paying up to this point.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Water resistant, dust-proof and scratch proof. No, this isn’t the latest Casio G-Shock watch, it is Motorola Mobility’s diminutive mobile marvel, the DEFY Android smartphone.

by Lee Rickwood

The process for people who want to change their TV, home phone, mobile or Internet service providers will be a whole lot easier.

By Ted Kritsonis

Only days after releasing its vaunted Motorola Atrix smartphone, Motorola announced today that it will be launching its XOOM Wi-Fi tablet in Canada, with a release date on April 8, and Telus is confirmed as the exclusive carrier for the device.

By Lee Rickwood

It’s taken more than a decade for anyone to take the next few steps on a path laid down long ago.

By Ted Kritsonis

Telus announced that, starting February 15, it will unlock any phone it offers for a flat fee of $50. The caveat to all this is that you need to be a Telus customer with a monthly plan.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The benefit of an unlocked handset is that it can be used on multiple networks simply by exchanging the SIM card and updating the device’s settings. For frequent travellers, this means tremendous savings as opposed to the draconian roaming and system access charges.

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The HTC Surround is one of the new Windows Mobile smartphones ushering in Microsoft’s new OS and is built to maximize all the features of this exciting new operating system but offers something its competing handsets don’t have, its very own boombox.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Overall, the Motorola Milestone really showcases where the Google Android OS is headed. As a smartphone, it has tremendous potential, especially for users who crave a physical keyboard, large memory capacity and access to Google’s more advanced cloud applications.