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Rogers Releases New $25 Student Plan
by Billy on February 26, 2010

Effective this week, and expiring on March 31, 2010, Rogers released a new $25 student plan that targets individuals who do much more text messaging than calling.

The new plan primarily features unlimited text messaging (not video or photo) and evenings start at 6PM for free (usually $7).

New $25 Student Plan:

Daytime: 50 minutes
Evenings & Weekends: Unlimited at 6PM
Features included: Unlimited Text Messages, Call Waiting, Group Calling, Call Forwarding, Who Called, Call … Read More

Google To Make Android Paid Apps Announcement Next Week?
by Billy on February 25, 2010

With the launch of Android devices across many of the Canadian wireless carriers, many Canadians have adopted an Android device.

Over the last year, there have been a lot of positive and negative experiences regarding Android devices in Canada. Some of the positives are a simple, open source OS and that the Android OS has been picked up by many mobile manufacturers such as Motorola, LG, Samsung, and of course HTC.

Some … Read More

Rogers Updates Price Plans With Bonus Minutes And Features

In the beginning of February, Rogers released a series of new price plans for both existing and new customers. Today, the company has modified some of those new plans to include newer and better features.

One of the largest changes made at the beginning of February was made to the $50 Voice and Data combo plan. At that time, the $50 combo plan lost its 50 bonus minutes and … Read More

Google Adds & Removes Gmail Features

Gmail users should notice a few changes that have been made recently. Google has removed some Gmail features but also added new standard features that were previously Labs experiments.

Overall, Gmail has received six new features and lost five previously available ones. Listed below is a summary of changes:

New Features

Search Autocomplete:

When users begin typing in the Gmail search box, a list of suggestions appears which is similar to what occurs when … Read More

Rogers rebrands HTC Magic as HTC “Magic+”
by Billy on February 24, 2010

In January, Rogers issued text messages to HTC Magic owners in an attempt to prompt those users to disable their GPS so that they could successfully make 911 emergency calls. During this time, Rogers pulled the HTC Dream and Magic from their shelves to ensure that no customer receives a faulty device.

Eventually, the issue for the Magic (and Dream) was patched when Rogers pushed out a Read More

Rogers To Launch Acer “Liquid e” Android Phone Spring 2010
by Billy on February 22, 2010

Rogers has announced that they will be launching the Acer “Liquid e” Android powered device this Spring 2010.

The new Acer device is expected to feature Android 2.1 firmware and include the following hardware specs:

768MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
3.5-inch WVGA high-definition capacitive touch screen
5 megapixel camera with video capabilities
WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth
HTML browser
3.5mm headset jack
Up to 32GB with a microSD card
Dimensions: 116×54×12.75mm
Weight: 135 grams

The new Android powered device is definitely going to be … Read More

Google Earth Now Available On Android 2.1

Android 2.1, together with the Nexus One, brought a lot of neat features to users. Those features included 3D graphics, interactive wallpapers, and Google Earth. However Google Earth was not fully available yet.

It now seems that Google Earth is fully functioning and available on the Android Market for Android 2.1 only.

Google Earth is a very graphic intensive application and as a result, Android 1.5 and 1.6 users will be unable … Read More

Best Buy Updates Outright Milestone Pricing, Increased By $50
by Billy on February 21, 2010

Earlier this week, Best Buy had the Telus Motorola Milestone listed at $549.99 as the outright, no contract pricing. At that time, the Best Buy price was $50 less than Telus who was charging $599.99.

If you were looking to get the Milestone on an agreement, whether it was done through Best Buy or Telus, the Milestone would cost $199.99 on a 3-year agreement with a minimum voice and data plan … Read More

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