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Rogers unveiled the OS upgrade schedule, promising Ice Cream Sandwich updates for many devices in the next couple of weeks, with most phones and tablets getting their servings of ICS in “Early September.” Here’s what they got: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9 upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) is expected “Early September”…
Don’t say we haven’t “told you so.” Canada’s Rogers Wireless is now officially selling the Sony Xperia ion, asking $49.99 for the device on a three-year contract. Sans any long-term commitments, the price is $549.99, and there are also not-that-affordable one- and two-year contract options, costing $499.99 and $449.99, respectively. Again, the Xperia ion is…
Thanks to the Canadian ninjas at MobileSyrup, we know how much Rogers Wireless will ask for the soon-to-be-launched Sony Xperia ion. The powerful smartphone will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board with Ice Cream Sandwich update coming later in the year. We’ve no idea when it will get Jellybean though we think that “later…
The least Desire-able smartphone in HTC’s portfolio, Desire C, is heading to Rogers Wireless. The information comes from MobileSyrup, which caught the screenshot above which says that Desire C cases are coming to the Canadian carrier. And where there’s cases, there’s handsets – it’s that simple. Unfortunately, we don’t have any dates to share at…
Not sure whether we should mark this as “bad” or “good” news. The good “part” is that Samsung Galaxy Note owners in Canada will get the Ice Cream Sandwich update in late July, with those owning a Rogers Wireless-branded model being able to download it on July 21st. The bad “part” is that as I’m…
It seems that Nokia Lumia 710 owners on Rogers Wireless’ network are being blessed with the new software update for their smartphone of choice. Apparently users around the Interweb have started reporting they’ve found a software update after connecting their Lumia 710 to the Zune Desktop software. In other words, we don’t have this officially…
Canada-based Rogers Wireless will be waiving its customary activation fee charges this weekend, according to a Mobile Syrup report. Customers who purchase a new device or upgrade their existing devices from now through the 24th will have the activation fee waived, saving a bit of the upfront costs associated with new devices. Of course, you’ll need…
Rogers Wireless and its prepaid arm Fido have started accepting orders for the LG Optimus L7, which if you recall, is the best device from LG’s recently unveiled L series of phones. Rogers is asking a single cent for the phone as long as you put your signature on a new 3-year contract, while Fido…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless is already offering the HTC One X, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be selling other devices from HTC’s new One range. As a matter of fact, according to this page at FutureShop, the carrier will soon start selling the One S, as well. While not as powerful as the One X…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless has expectantly launched the HTC One X, offering it for $169.99 on a three-year contract. Alternatively there are 1 and 2-year contract options, which (as you can imagine) ask you to pay more upfront. Rogers’ version of the device rocks Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, rather than NVidia Tegra 3 quad-core. Rest…