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Rogers and Fido start new policy: Will unlock your device for $50
Looks like unlocking cellphones is starting to become a trend. Recently TELUS announced they will unlock various devices for a fee starting in 2011… but today both Rogers and Fido have stepped up with a new “Handset Unlocking Policy”. According to the internal doc it states that “Effective December 14, we’ll be changing our policy [...]
Review: Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro
Sony recently released an updated version of their initial Ericsson Vivaz, now dubbed the Vivaz Pro, which sports a 3.2” TFT resistive touchscreen, with a resolution of 360 x 640, and a full slide out, QWERTY keyboard. The Vivaz Pro is approximately 109mm (tall) by 52mm (wide) by 15mm (thick) and weighs around 117g. AESTHETICS [...]
$50 Unlimited plan arrives at Fido
All the new carriers have unlimited plans and so does Chatr, Solo, Virgin and Koodo. Now Rogers original sub-brand has created their own and basically killing off their own $60 City Fido plan. The reason: for $50 a month you get basically everything (except Call Display): Unlimited minutes (with per second billing), unlimited Incoming local [...]
Fido intros new $35 Unlimited Incoming plan
More new plans have gone into effect today. This time it’s Fido with a $35 Unlimited Incoming plan and it’s available until December 31st. So you can compare it to the other discounted plans by Virgin and Koodo… here are the details: 150 Minutes, 6pm Evening and Weekend Calling (now a standard feature), Unlimited Incoming [...]
Fido to charge $25 Admin Fee on Hardware Upgrades
According to the internal doc we received shows that effective tomorrow, December 1st, Fido will be charging an extra $25 for hardware upgrades. The fee will be going towards various areas such as processing the order, restocking and tracking inventory fulfillment, shipping and handling. The apparent reason for the fee is “to provide a fair [...]
Fido Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro now available, $275 no contract
Fido has released the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro. When it comes to the devices in their lineup this has the best camera at 5.1 megapixels and can shoot HD quality videos. In addition, this slider has a full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, GPS, media player and can hold a 32GB microSD card. The prices as expected [...]
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro coming to Fido
Looks like you’ll have a bit of choice of where to pick up the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro. This messaging device was released on Rogers and it’s also coming to Fido (should be available this week). The price points on Rogers ranges from a 3-year $49.99 to the no-contract price of $274.99. As for Fido [...]
“City Fido” plans receive a $10/month price drop in Montreal
It must be incredible to be living in Quebec these days as all the carriers are dropping their monthly price plans – competition is more than alive and well there. Videotron, Bell, Rogers, Chatr, Public, Solo all have some sort of “Unlimited Quebec” plan. Now Fido has bucked to their competition and dropped the price [...]
Fido is apparently Canada’s most loved telecom brand
According to BrandMojo the most loved telecom brand in Canada is Fido. That’s correct…the puppy got the number one spot in telecom. The ongoing survey is based on “68,000 ratings by more than 1,000 Canadians over a 9 month period”. In total there are 600 companies and Rogers sub-brand Fido has come in at the [...]
Rogers and Fido extend 6GB/$30 promotion until October 5th
When the iPhone 4 was released in Canada on July 30th many of the carriers decided to release the incredibly popular 6GB/$30 promo. This was not the only reason the iPhone 4 sold out within a few hours, but certainly helped out. Rogers/Fido put the expiry date for their promo to end on September 30th [...]
