The Canadian operator today announced the launch and availability of the Samsung SGH-i616  and the Motorola Q9h Windows Mobile 6 Standard smartphones.According to Fido, its customers can now make sure they ‘never lose out on anything’, with unlimited personal E-Mails available with most popular domains, 3G high-speed mobile browsing and the ability to view and edit Word and Excel documents and view presentations on Windows Mobile 6 Standard powered devices, the Motorola Q9 and Samsung JACK. Customers will be able to view and send Microsoft Office documents, plus send and receive unlimited E-Mails from up to 5 E-Mail accounts, including Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and other POP3/IMAP4 and Microsoft Exchange accounts.The Samsung SGH-i616 costs as little as $225 CAD after a three-year contract, a data plan and a $100 rebate; contract-free, it can cost as much as $425.

Motorola’s Q9h supports the same 3G speeds on Fido, and likewise features a QWERTY keyboard and microSD expansion. Internal memory is reduced to 96MB, but the phone’s two-megapixel camera is equipped with flash, and it supports push e-mail delivery through several methods, including Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Connect. The phone starts at $275 with the same restrictions as the equivalent Jack plan, and hits $525 without a contract.