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By default… Rogers to release the Motorola Quench

By John Connors ⋅ March 7, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

Motorola stated last week that the Android-powered Backflip, Dext and Quench will be coming to Canada sometime “in the first half of 2010″. TELUS followed up by announcing they’ll exclusively release the Backflip and Bell announced they’ll exclusively sell the Dext… so by default this has Rogers to release the Quench!
No official word on a [...]

Canada’s “Worst Cellphone Bill” revealed

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 6, 2010 ⋅ 13 comments

The CBC has been looking for feedback over the past few months to find out who has Canada’s Worst Cellphone Bill” and yesterday they revealed who it was. CBC’s Wendy Mesley took to the streets of Toronto, interviewed people across the country and received over 1,000 submission for the cause. The findings can be viewed [...]

“Rogers Navigator for iPhone” launching March 26th

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 5, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Rogers will be launching another app specifically designed for the iPhone. Their first was the “MyAccount” app. We’ve been tipped that Rogers will be launching the “Rogers Navigator for iPhone” that will give turn by turn directions. Perfect timing with all the laws that ban the use of hand held devices while driving.
This will be [...]

Rogers intros new $25 Student Plan with Unlimited Texting

By Rob Avison ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

Rogers has released a new Student Plan that is “exclusively for High School or post-secondary school student” aptly called the “Student Plan With Unlimited Texting”. For $25 a month gets you:
- 50 Daytime Minutes (additional minutes: 35¢/minute)
- Unlimited evenings and weekends starting at 6pm
- Unlimited incoming and outgoing text messages
- Bonus Features at no extra [...]

More Upcoming Rogers Galaxy Spica specs, prices

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

We’ve been giving you some good details on the upcoming Rogers Samsung Galaxy Spica, how about a little more for you. If you’re thinking about getting this Android device – it’s currently being ordered by dealers and will be launching very soon. In addition, we informed you yesterday that the price point will be $79.99 [...]

Rogers International pay-per-use text messages going up by $0.10 May 4th

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

The amount of text messages us Canadians send increases every month. If you subscribe to a bundle of some sorts this news will not be worthy to you… but for those who don’t have a Rogers bundle and choose send texts overseas, then on May 4th you’ll be paying $0.10 more per text.
Rogers states on [...]

Rogers iPhone exclusivity at Future Shop/Best Buy to end

By Rob Avison ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Not the biggest news but certainly an end of an era and a sign of the times. Rogers/Fido had exclusive rights on the iPhone when it first launched in Canada… then Both Bell and TELUS brought on the iPhone when they launched their new HSPA network back in November of last year.
But if you walked [...]

Update: Rogers Galaxy Spica to be priced at $79.99 on 3-year

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 3, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

A couple days ago we let you know that Rogers was gearing up to release a new Android in their lineup, the Samsung Galaxy Spica. The Galaxy Spica comes with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display that has a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 megapixel camera with video, 800MHz processor, 3.5mm headset jack, speakerphone, WiFi, [...]

Motorola Backflip, Dext and Quench coming to Canada

By Rob Avison ⋅ March 3, 2010 ⋅ 12 comments

Motorola is making a big statement this year in Canada. They recently launched the Motorola Milestone and have announced that 3 new Android-powered devices will “coming to Canada with all three national wireless carriers in the first half of 2010″.
The devices are the Backflip, Dext and Quench and all have Motorola’s custom version of Android [...]

Confirmed: Rogers launching Android Samsung Galaxy Spica

By Ian Hardy ⋅ March 2, 2010 ⋅ 11 comments

Yesterday we were tipped about the possibility of Rogers adding another Android device to their lineup, this time it’s the Samsung Galaxy Spica. More good news follows today as we’ve received photos of Rogers branded Galaxy Spica dummy phones that started to arrive a retail locations. We’re still waiting on price points and an official [...]

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