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On top of UMA rollouts for the Curve 9300 and the Bold 9700, Rogers will be offering the service to the BlackBerry Pearl 3g 9100 as well. According to this leaked document, text messages were starting to be sent out yesterday notifying users that an OS update was available. After download, subscribers just need to…
A leaked Rogers document has revealed that dummies for Dell’s 5″ Android smartphone are landing at Rogers near the end of the month, with devices proper becoming available in early November – a bit behind AT&T, but better late than never. You can take the write-up of the Streak in Rogers’ official magazine as something…
An undocumented rumour has been floated out suggesting the refreshed BlackBerry Bold 9780 would be finding its way to Rogers on October 27 for $149.99 on a three-year contract. This jives well enough with info that Bell (by way of Virgin Mobile) and Telus would be picking it up at around the same price point…
Microsoft launched Windows Phone yesterday with nine handsets and a launch plan that includes 30 wireless carriers worldwide. Now that the press event is over and we have had some hands-on time with all nine handsets, it is now time to wrap-up the event and combine all of our information together into one comprehensive post.…
A software update for the Rogers BlackBerry Curve 9300 and Bold 9700 will enable the handsets to make calls over Wi-Fi using UMA. Rogers is the only carrier in Canada to offer such UMA service, branded as TalkSpot (although soon to be renamed Rogers Wi-Fi Calling). BlackBerry dominates the list of UMA-supporting devices on Rogers,…
Verizon’s not the only one talking up LTE today. Rogers has announced that they have been doing 4G LTE trials with Ericsson here in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and will be moving to a technical trial “on both low and high band frequencies”. Speeds will go up to 150 Mbps, but of course that’s only the…
After a lot of shuffling with dates, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is now available on Rogers for $199 on a three-year contract, with Telus and Bell not too far behind. It seems like the Torch is only in the online store, and that the brick-and-mortar locations will still get it on September 30 as planned.…
It looks like Canadian carriers are lining up with their BlackBerry Torch 9800 launches, as Rogers has pushed their availability date from today to the end of the month, much like Bell. We were already prepped for a delay when in-store availability was rumoured to not be until the 27th., but what’s three more days,…
The Samsung Galaxy S Captivate has been dangled in front of Canadians for a few days now. We’d heard of rumored delays, and the exact timing of the launch was really still up in the air. However, now we can put that all to bed, because Rogers has launched the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate ‘Exclusive’…
Leading up to the Canadian BlackBerry Torch 9800 launch, Rogers has begun equipping stores with dummy units, at least in Toronto. Although Rogers has set tomorrow as the official launch day, rumour has it that the stores proper won’t get handsets until the 27th, though online ordering will be available as of the 24th. The…