Effective August 5, 2009, Rogers Wireless will introduce new Student Plans. Both new and existing customers may opt for these plans after August 5, 2009 and up to November 2, 2009.

Rogers Student Plans (2009)

BC/Alberta/Quebec/Ontario Regions

$35 Student Plan

Minutes: 200 Daytime Minutes + 50 Bonus Minutes
Evenings & Weekends: Unlimited @ 6PM
Promo: Choose 1 of: Unlimited Messages or My5 Local Talk & Text or Double your Daytime Minutes
Term: 3-Years
Note: Customer must have a … Read More

In June, Rogers released their $30 6GB Data Plan for any activation as a new customer or upgrade to the HTC Dream or HTC Magic. The plan runs on a 3 year contract and must be tied to an eligible voice plan. So it is eligible Voice Plan + 6GB Data Plan under a 3 year contract.

Well good news for those that still want to take advantage of the … Read More

Effective August 5, 2009, the Smartphone Data Value Pack will be increased in price from $35 to $40.

Smartphone Data Value Pack

Before August 5, 2009:

$35 Smartphone Data Value Pack

500MB of Data
Caller Display with Name Display
Enhanced Voicemail
Unlimited Sent/Received Text Messages
Unlimited Sent/Received Picture/Video Messages
WhoCalled service

On and after August 5, 2009:

$40 Smartphone Data Value Pack (was $35)

500MB of Data
Caller Display with Name Display
Enhanced Voicemail
Unlimited Sent/Received Text Messages
Unlimited Sent/Received Picture/Video Messages
WhoCalled service

The total cost of ownership … Read More

Rogers has officially announced its plans to begin a 21Mbps HSPA+ network roll-out across Canada, making it the first wireless carrier to offer these speeds in North America.

Rogers 21Mbps HSPA+ Network

The current 3G network speed for Rogers can achieve up to 7.2Mbps. The full HSPA+ upgrade is set for mid-2010 completion and will deliver speeds of up to 21Mbps, which are speeds similar to what you would expect … Read More

There is something about Google Android operating systems that always gets me hungry…hmm.

Donut

On July 26, Google released the “Donut” branch to developers which is widely believed to eventually become Android 2.0. The Donut branch, much like the Cupcake branch, will be available for our HTC Dream/Magic devices and essentially all HTC devices, whether they are branded “with Google” or “Rogers” (remember the SenseUI issue).

The … Read More

With the smartphone industry just starting to heat up in the past couple of years, the dominant players so far have been two companies named after pieces of fruit (*cough* Apple, Blackberry). Anyways, the future of the smartphone will remain Open Source for a variety of reasons.

ZDNet Asia posted 10 Reasons Open Source Smartphones Will Win the mobile war. Here they are:

1. Open standards
2. More applications
3. Security
4. Customization
5. Connectivity
6. Cost
7. … Read More

Today Google released the highly anticipated Google Voice application for Android.

Google Voice brings such functions as using one phone number to access multiple phone devices, the ability to view voicemail transcripts from within the application, the ability to call and text with your Google Voice number, and introduction of low cost international rates starting at $0.02/minute.

Currently, Google Voice is only available in the USA, with future … Read More

Many of the changes that Rogers implements to its service affect only new customers . Usually existing customers are unaffected. However, that is not always the case.

This week on July 7, 2009, Rogers began charging all of their post-paid (in contract or not in contract; pre-paid not affected) customers for incoming text messages if you did not have a text message package on your plan. While … Read More