Call it the BlackBerry Pearl 8220, call it the BlackBerry KickStart, call it whatever you want, but don’t call it expensive. The latest rumblings along the wireless grapevine seem to point towards Canada’s GSM wireless carrier, Rogers, pushing BlackBerry Pear 8220 (codename: KickStart) as a back-to-school promotion come September. The back-to-school shopping season is upon…
BlackBerry Bold 9000 hitting Rogers on August 19th?
If the latest rumors filtering down the various intertubes prove to be on point, Canadian fans of the RIM’s push-emailing smartphones could see Rogers launching the heralded BlackBerry Bold 9000 on August 19th. The BlackBerry Bold 9000 has already gone live in Chile, Germany, and Austria, but North American releases are still rumored to be…
RIM’s staggered Bold launch vs. Apple’s “all at once” approach
BlackberryNews.com has recently commented on the Blackberry Bold release dates – and the keyword we are looking at here is staggered… to recap, here are the supposed dates: July 29 – Rogers business customers August 1 – Vodafone UK August 4 – T-Mobile Germany August 8 – Rogers for general availability September 1 or later…
Rogers’ Home Calling Zone becomes Talkspot
Canada’s Rogers Wireless is renaming its in-home WiFi calling service (think T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home) from Home Calling Zone to Talkspot. The much-easier-to-remember name is the only change you’ll see. Scrap that, if you’re not visiting Rogers’ stores or look at their ads, you won’t even see that. It’s just another way to trick new user to…
BlackBerry Bold 9000 gets launch dates
So, it’s the 25th day of July, and we’ve still not heard a peep regarding the Blackberry Bold 9000’s release. Previous reports indicating that July 25 was the date to look forward to for an official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold’s launch were obviously off the mark. Where does that leave BlackBerry fanatics chompin’ at…
Canadian wireless spectrum auction wraps up – More wireless competition for Canada
Like any good federally-sanctioned frequency spectrum auction should do, the recently-wrapped Canadian AWS (advanced wireless spectrum) spectrum was auctioned off in hopes of sparking competition and driving down wireless prices from Canadian carriers like Rogers, Telus, and Bell. Canada saw 105 Mhz of spectrum in the 1710-1755/2110-2155 MHz AWS frequency range auctioned off for a…
Rogers in Canada to sell the BlackBerry Bold for $299?
As the Rogers Wireless’ BlackBerry Bold launch date (July 25th) is approaching, so are the rumors about the pricing of the new device. Apparently, the Canadian mobile operator will sell the long-awaited BlackBerry for $299, which is the same price as the 16GB iPhone 3G. It seems reasonable, but it’s also possible that we’ll see…
Rogers announces $30 smartphone data plan
Following on Rogers’ attempt to appease the disgruntled iPhone 3G masses with a generous $30 data plan, the Canadian GSM carrier has announced that it is extending the more-reasonably priced data plan to all its smartphones. Rather than opting to brave continued criticism over their data plan offerings, Rogers will be giving customers 6GB of…
Rogers offers new iPhone 3G data package in response to Apple sanctions
Well that sure didn’t take long. Shortly after massive consumer backlash led to Apple’s move to sanction Rogers for their ridiculous iPhone 3G data rates by siphoning off the carrier’s iPhone 3G stock to Europe, Rogers has responded with a more consumer-friendly iPhone 3G data offering. Rogers, along with their sidekick network Fido, have announced…
Best Buy brings Motorola ROKR E8 to Canada’s Rogers network
The Canadian GSM carrier has been getting some serious flack from consumers and business partners alike over their controversial iPhone 3G rate plan pricing. The biggest story for Rogers, it seems, is their iPhone 3G stock downsizing by Apple in response to infuriated customer backlash over the Rogers iPhone 3G’s lack of an unlimited data…