Upcoming Rogers Xperia X10 mini & mini Pro: “upgrade to 2.1 coming this fall”

It’s no news that Rogers will be releasing a couple more Sony Ericsson Android devices to their lineup soon: Xperia X10 mini & mini Pro. We’ve spoken about these a number of time over the past few months. Rumoured price points for the X10 Mini is $49.99 and the X10 Mini Pro is $69.99 on a 3-year.

Both of these devices will be coming with Android OS 1.6 but there’s good news for those who want to purchase this and are worried that it’ll be months before an OS upgrade. According to an article in Rogers UR Magazine titled “Domino Dancing X10 Mini” it states that we can expect an “upgrade to 2.1 coming this fall”.

Rogers says “do not call our Customer Care representatives” regarding iPhone 4 launch dates

We know the new iPhone 4 is hitting Canada “by the end of July” but we received an from a tipster who signed up for Rogers updates that basically asks customers not to call them regarding launch dates.

The e-mail states “Dear Customer… We’re anxiously awaiting for the launch of the iPhone 4 in Canada on the Rogers network, however, at this time we don’t have anything to announce on availability and pricing…. We’ll continue to share details as soon as we can by e-mail. In the meantime, we recommend that customers do not call our Customer Care representatives as they have no additional details.”

Rogers resumes selling the Rocket Mobile Hotspot (Novatel MiFi 2372)

Remember a few months ago when Rogers (and Bell) shelved the Novatel MiFi 2372 and asked customers to “stop using this device” because the battery and battery door “may swell and cause the device to malfunction”. Thanks to a tipster who let us know that Rogers has started to sell this again and that “All devices currently available for order have had their battery and battery doors replaced.”

Anyone rushing to get this? Check it out here at Rogers

Rogers to launch new wireless brand called “Chatr”?

A rumour has been flying around over the past year of Rogers creating a new wireless company called “Chatr”. It turns out that this new company is being created to directly compete with new entrants Wind Mobile and Mobilicity.

Chatr is looking to launch mid-July and offer Unlimited plans in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, and Ottawa. As for handsets… here are a few rumours: Nokia 1661, Nokia 2680 Slide, LG Sapphire, Samsung Gravity. We’ve also been informed that the launch party is happening on July 5th.

Ironically, at the 2010 Telecom Summit Rogers President Rob Bruce stated that “what does Unlimited really mean… not much!”

Oh yes… the website will be http://www.chatrwireless.com/
What do you think of this idea and new brand?

Thanks to BGR an update has surfaced. Check out the inventory screenshot clearly showing that the Samsung Gravity is headed to “Chatr” Wireless. More info soon!

Via: BGR & CIPO

Confirmed: Samsung Wave coming to Rogers

Thanks to one of our tipsters who sent us confirmation that Rogers will also be bringing on the Samsung Wave. We’re thinking Samsung will be pushing their new Bada platform pretty hard and wants this device on as many carriers as possible. No word on when but it’s “coming soon”. As you can see by the screenshot below, Rogers employees have started training on the Wave. No word yet on prices.

Data is free when you download and use Rogers FIFA World Cup app

Rogers continues the good vibes. First it was giving back $30 million do customers who overpaid in their bundle… and now they are giving you free data when you download and use their iPad Rogers LIVE 2010 FIFA World Cup app.

This app is specifically for Rogers customers with iPad Wi-Fi + 3G. The new app will allows to live stream soccer games. No worries as you can watch all you want as Rogers states that “All data generated while using the app on the Rogers network will not come out of your monthly data bucket”. It’s all free.

Video Review: Rogers Acer Liquid E

The Acer Liquid E was recently released by Rogers and it’s their newest Android-powered device. This runs OS 2.1 and I believe this will be included in the few devices that will get an upgrade to the new OS 2.2 when it’s released.

The overall design of the Liquid E is well put together. Sleek, all decked out in a glossy back with curved edges (dimensions are 116×54×12.75mm and weighs in at only 135 grams). The specs are solid too. The 3.5-inch touchscreen display has a resolution of 480×800 but captures a massive amount of fingerprints. Pictures and videos from the 5 megapixel camera show all show up nice – the only issue I found with the camera is the quality of sound from the video. It came out sounding really low and muffled.

Using the QWERTY keyboard on the screen didn’t present any issues over the past few days. The touchscreen is responsive and the Liquid E comes with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that’s unfortunately been reduced to 768MHz to preserve its battery life.

Even with all the other goodness that’s packed into this Acer such as WiFi, full HTML browser, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, access to the Android Market, all your e-mail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Bluetooth and that it can holds up to 32GB… I found the device somewhat had a cheap feel to it. There’s a good reason why Rogers priced this at $49.99 on a 3-year contract. This is not something I would be proud to carry with me for the next several years. In addition, we’ve already seen this hit the low no-contract price of $375. I’m sure we’ll see this hit the $0.00 mark within a couple months max. Check out the review here:

Rogers BlackBerry Bold 9700 hits $0 on 3-year!

Dang – this is a good sign! If you’ve wanted to get the Bold 9700 via Rogers and like the 3-year price plan than you should drop what you’re doing and head to the closest store. It looks like they have dropped the price again – this time a whopping $99.99 to hit the rock bottom price of $0.00.

This was originally released at $299.99 on a 3-year and has been going down ever since. The Rogers site still says $99 but clearly the pic says different.

You going to get this deal?

Acer Liquid E selling for $374.99 at Future Shop

Thanks to one of our tipsters for sending us their receipt of their brand spanking new Acer Liquid E. The good thing about this receipt is that if you’re looking to pick up this Android-powered device you can go to your local Future Shop and get it for the no-contract price of $374.99. This is $50 cheaper than what Rogers is selling it for.

Rogers credits 300,000 Bundle customers $30 million over a “billing inaccuracy”

Thanks to a Rogers “billing inaccuracy” 300,000 customers who signed up to combine several services (wireless, internet, home phone and cable) with the “Better Choice Bundles” will get a combined refund totaling of $30 million… so the average customer will score a $100 each… but it gets better. Apparently 200,000 customers got better discounts than they should have but Rogers says customers “will have their historical under-payments waived and the correct discount applied moving forward.”

This is an honest move. Customers who are effected will get a letter by mail starting June 22nd and those who paid too much will get a credit on their account. If you’re not with Rogers anymore you can expect a check sent to you.