Rogers is going Mini this month as they set to release another pint sized Android handset this month after just releasing the X10 Mini earlier in the week.Our friends at mobilesyrup are reporting that Rogers will launching the Android ‘Motorola Flipout’ next week.This device has not been available in North America as of yet and [...]
Earlier this week we reported that Charman John Bitove would file a formal complaint with the Competition Bureau if Rogers went forward with their Chatr launch. It was believed that this prompted to delay the Chatr launch. Rogers issued a memo to all its retailers asking them to keep all Chatr marketing material and inventory [...]
Rogers Communications just launched Chatr, their new discount wireless service in several Canadian cities: Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottowa. Montreal will be aboard “soon.” Competing against Wind City, Mobilicity, and Public Mobile, Chatr is priced at either $35 to $45 (Canadian) per month for unlimited talk, with the higher priced plan offering unlimited text [...]
Mobilicity claimed earlier this week that they would issue a formal complaint to the Competition bureau if Rogers went ahead with it’s Chatr launch. But here it is and the pricing details are all available. Earlier this week Rogers sent a memo to its retailers asking them to keep their Chatr inventory under lock and [...]
Rogers has introduced their new discount brand to Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver. You can get their service from Future Shop, Wireless Wave, TBooth, Zellers, Best Buy plus others. There will be stand alone kiosks in the malls of the cities with coverage. They offer two different plans : $35 (Unlimited Talk) and $45 [...]
It’s known that Mobilicity is fully against Chatr launching, threatening Rogers and stating that “they’re trying to destroy our success”. Today during Rogers Quarterly Investment Community Conference Call Rob Bruce, President of Rogers Wireless was asked about the new discount brand “Chatr” strategy and his thoughts on Mobilicity’s concern about the impending launch. In response [...]
Well, after many phone calls around, including some immediate hangups, we now have a few more details on the Chatr service. Wednesday, July 28th 2010 is now the confirmed launch date. The site, www.chatrwireless.com, will go live sometime this evening. There will be no System Access Fee or 911 fee, however, no associate has been [...]
After a long wait of hatred, sorrow and misery, our friend ezterry over at XDA Developers has found a new root method for the HTC Dream, post 911 update. As an owner of an HTC Dream, I can confirm that this does indeed work! Cyanogen’s website has been updated to include the new method, using [...]
It was announced at the beginning of the week that Rogers would hold off on releasing it’s Chattr service targeting the discount cell phone market. Slated to be released on the 20th of July, a memo was issued to retailers asking them to keep their chattr stock under lock and key until further notice. The [...]
The newest Android has hit Rogers and it’s the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini. It’s like the little baby of all the Androids because it so incredibly small (80x50x16mm) and weighs a light 88 grams. It runs Android OS 1.6 but will be upgraded to 2.1 in Q4. Specs wise you’re looking at a 2.6-inch [...]
A source at Samsung Canada confirmed to us today that Rogers Wireless Canada will be getting Samsung’s latest Android device ‘The Samsung Galaxy S’.They said that Rogers will be releasing this handset in September.We were not able to confirm which version of the Galaxy S will be made available to Rogers as their are a [...]
Rogers launch date for it’s discount brand of phone, Chatr, has been pushed back until further notice. There are a couple of theories floating around as to why the Canadian cell phone provider pushed back it’s target date of July 21st. Most notable, a complaint filed with the Competition Bureau by Mobilicity Chairman John Bitove [...]
Rogers Communications Inc.’s move to launch a discount wireless brand this summer threatens to ignite an all-out price war between incumbent carriers and a corps of new entrants, one chief executive is warning. “If Rogers makes the mistake of coming in with a brand and price that undercuts us … they’ll start a price war,” [...]
The prices are coming down… but only on the 3-year contract prices. Some people like a contract and other don’t. If you do then you might want to consider hopping over the the Rogers Android revolution as they have dropped the prices of a few of their Android-powered devices and the recently released Bada-powered Samsung [...]
We thought Solo Mobile would slowly be put into the grave ever since Bell swallowed up all Virgin Mobile Canada. However, we’ve learned that Solo Mobile is currently getting a full re-branding. One of our tipsters let us know that Solo is prepping for an “upcoming brand re-launch to directly compete with Chatr and new [...]
Chatr Wireless is Rogers answer to Mobilicity, Wind Mobile and Public Mobile – the new carriers to the Canadian market. Each of these new carriers provides unlimited talking and texting for a great price, these plans are offered contract-free and without hidden fees. The new carriers are up in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. [...]
Today, we are learning that the HTC Desire has passed through FCC sporting North American 3G bands supporting WCDMA bands I, II, and V and is headed our way. We were supposed to see the HTC Desire’s release as the HTC Triumph June 8th on Telus. When they said June 8th, did they really mean [...]
The Rogers HTC Magic was one of the first Android-powered devices to come to Canada and has had a fair share of troubles. It was briefly pulled off the shelves for an urgent 911 fix and then renamed the Magic+. Now there’s some good news for owners as an upgrade to 2.1 is in the [...]
Rogers has officially announced their latest wireless brand called “Chatr”. This is a brand spanking new division that caters to those who want to get on a plan with unlimited talk and text. Although there are no official launch cities announced, Chatr is expected to be available in Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver later [...]
Introduction Today we get to look at Acer’s first North American Android handset, out further do we present to you though Rogers Acer liquid E. Looks The liquid E is a sharp looking phone, the beautiful black Piano finish that fits nicely in palm of your hands. It Measures 115 X 62.5 X 12.5mm and [...]
Forgive us for keeping this really short, but there’s still a lot of information we don’t know. Over the last few days, we’ve been hearing a lot of Canadian birdies singing that Rogers Wireless is planning to launch a new wireless brand in Canada. To be known as Chatr,the carrier is said to have been [...]
Even though it was the first carrier to bring Android to Canada, Rogers has always had a bit of a tough time convincing Canadians to ditch their beloved BlackBerrys and iPhones in order to get their Google on. Recently it released theAcer Liquid e, a curious little device that many people know nothing about. We [...]
Introduction Today we get to look at the latest offering from Rogers Canada Motorola quench, this is part of Motorola’s blur android series smartphones. Looks This is what they call candy bar style of phone it has a nice black hard plastic finish and are rigid backing so it does not slide around. Its dimensions [...]
Ahhh… the end of an era. Thanks to a tipster for letting us know that both the Rogers 8GB iPhone 3G and the HTC Dream are now officially discontinued (the Black versions). You’ll see in the internal memo that it states that “as an alternative product” people should look towards the 16GB iPhone version or [...]
At the Canadian Club of Canada WIND Mobile CEO Ken Campbell took the podium with a speech titled “Changing the Landscape of Wireless in Canada”. It was all the incidents we’ve witnessed over the past few months with the CRTC denying them then overturned by Industry Minister Tony Clement. Building their brand and how the [...]
Out of all the carriers within North America, T-Mobile seems to be the only one who seems to be proactive when it comes to understanding the needs of their Android customers. T-Mobile from what is suggested by the post over at Phandroid.com has taken the ownership of “not leaving any phones behind” in the software [...]
Your eyes do not deceive you; the Liquid E looks identical to the originalAcer Liquid, the company’s first attempt at an Androidsmartphone. That’s because the key change is on the inside: the underclocked Snapdragon processor – running at 768MHz rather than the more usual 1GHz – now gets to play with Android 2.1 rather than [...]
At the Canadian Telecom Summit earlier this week the final panel of the event was called “Advanced Wireless Service”. It was an open discussion moderated by the Globe’s Telecom Reporter Iain Marlow. The panelist were CEO of Wind Mobile Ken Campbell, EVP Marketing of Rogers Communications John Boynton and President & CEO of Mobilicity Dave [...]
At the RBC Technology Conference in New York yesterday Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed said that they are actually not going to compete onprice with the new carriers because he doesn’t expect to lose many smartphone subscribers. “If we lose subscribers to new players, we would like to lose the lower-value (customers). We want to keep [...]
Great news if you are on T-Mobile and rocking a myTouch 3G. T-Mobile has announced that you are getting Android 2.2. The announcement says they are going to update the entire myTouch 3G range. The myTouch 3G is the same phone as the HTC Magic in other countries. Click the image above for all of [...]
Rogers was the first carrier in North America to offer the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 so it’s only likely that they’d also get first crack at the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro. Somehow, the carrier accidentally spilled some beans showing they will be doing exactly that. According to RGB Filter, the Rogers on Demand [...]
Rogers Communications Inc., Canada’s largest wireless carrier, plans more smartphones based on Google Inc.’s Android operating system to broaden its range of devices after losing its Canadian monopoly on Apple Inc.’s iPhone. “Stay tuned,” Rob Bruce, president of Rogers’ communications business, said today in an interview at the Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto. “There’s lots [...]
At the 2010 Canadian Telecom Summit today Rogers President Rob Bruce was comparing our rates to our southern counterparts in the United States – specifically unlimited plans and how we actually get more value up here in Canada. Bruce stated that “Here’s another fact. On Smartphones people talk about all Unlimited plans in the US. [...]
Today a Rogers released their latest android handset that Acer liquid E. The phone will come with a three. Five inch display 480 X 600 pixels WVGA, Android operating system 2.1, Qualcomm snapdragon processor, 5MP camera Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, to GB, 512 MB internal memory and 32 GB expandable and comes with 2GB micro SD [...]
Intro: Today we get to look at the long awaited Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10 from Rogers. This phone was announced in fall of 2009 and was released in North America on the Rogers Network in mid April. Some reviews and comments have been negative towards Sony’s first Android Device but we will look at the [...]
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