The Olympics are coming fast and furious. Before you know it, the games will be underway (opening ceremonies are on the 12th). Rogers Wireless is looking to help out the throngs of people heading to the Vancouver area via a new SIM card ‘Visitor Pack’. Available in Vancouver only, the new pack runs $29.99 and…
Rogers’ Lineup to Boast Many New Touchscreen Devices in Early 2010
The next few months are going to see quite a few new touchscreen devices appearing on Rogers. Among them are the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, the LG Pop, Samsung CorbyPRO and LG KM555. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 boasts a 4″ capacitive touchscreen display, 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, 8MP camera, GPS, WiFi, micro SD and more.…
Rogers HTC Dream and Magic Get Much Needed OS Update via HTC
Rogers (NYSE: RCI) HTC Dream and Magic owners fret no more, HTC has completed required fixes to the OS, bringing users up to Android version 1.5 (and Magic users get Sense UI as part of the upgrade!). For those that haven’t been following the saga, Rogers had recently pulled both the HTC Dream AND Magic…
White BlackBerry 8520 Comes to Rogers
Rogers had released the BlackBerry Curve 8520 in the fall in black and lavendar colour options, but now the fashion-conscious can now consider a white version, as well. Personally, I prefer the classic black, but white has already been making the rounds on the Bold 9000, and I’ve seen more than a few in the…
Rogers Reassessing Smartphone Tethering
Anyone on Rogers who has been enjoying free tethering with a data plan 1 GB or over may be in for a rude shock come May 3rd. Apparently Rogers is “examining options that are in line with how customers use tethering on their devices”, so don’t be surprised if all of a sudden you’ll need…
The Cosmic Ballet Continues: Rogers Pulls HTC Magic From the Shelves
The cosmic ballet continues. That’s exactly what Leonard Nimoy would say regarding the issues Rogers has been having with the HTC Dream and Magic. The situation is far from perfect. You may recall Rogers’ first move to piss off Dream users was to announce they would not be on-board to upgrade Android past version 1.5.…
Rogers HTC Dream Quickly Becoming a Nightmare
The ongoing Rogers HTC Dream Saga continues. First, Rogers announced that the Dream would not receive any OS updates past Android 1.5. Then, in response to the overwhelming backlash, Rogers announced that Dream customers could upgrade to the HTC Magic at no charge… But of course a new 3-year contract would have to be signed…
Rogers Customers Eligible to Upgrade to Anything After 2 Years
Rogers is revamping their hardware upgrade program so that if you’ve had a contract for two years, you can upgrade as if you were a new customer to any new handset (complete with subsidies if you’re willing to take a contract extension). That two-year point can be pushed even earlier depending on how much cash…
Rogers HTC Dream Owners to Receive Free Upgrade to HTC Magic
Early adopters of the HTC Dream on Rogers will be more than pleased to hear this news. It wasn’t that long ago Rogers announced the HTC Dream OS ‘will not be developed beyond the next Android 1.5 update’. I know if I had a Rogers Dream in-hand, I’d be seeing red. I mean, I didn’t…
Rogers’ HTC Magic to get Android 2.1 update!
Good news for the HTC Magic owners on Canada’s Rogers Wireless. The carrier along with HTC is working to deploy the Android 2.1 update ala Nexus One to the first all-touchscreen Android smartphone. Of course, the Magic’s specs are far from the Google phone, but I’m sure things (apps) will run more smoothly with the…