A few weeks ago Rogers announced a software glitch in the HTC Dream and Magic that prevented users from making 911 calls. To remedy the situation, Rogers pushed out a ROM update.

To make sure that every HTC Dream/Magic owner updated their device, Rogers disabled data access to those phones but also applied a credit to those accounts. However that did not stop many users from not applying the update.

Then, to … Read More

Effective today, Rogers is waiving the $35 activation fee that customers are usually charged when starting up a new account. The promotion will expire on February 16, 2010.

Eligibility & Restrictions

The offer is applicable to new 3-year term activations on the following rate plans:

Mega Value Plans (All “choice of feature” plans: Unlimited Network Calling, MY5, Double Your Minutes, Messages)
Family/Couples Plans, primary and secondary lines (new activations only)
Business sharing plans, primary and … Read More

Google had a major announcement today and introduced Google Buzz, a Social Networking tool to compete with twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, etc. The highlight of Google Buzz is that it takes full advantage of your location (and Google Maps) when you send out messages (or “buzzes”?!). People can reply and you will be notified via email when that happens (sorta annoying). Just visit buzz.google.com on your Android phone to check … Read More

Today, Rogers released new price plans. The changes are listed below.

New Rogers Plans

1.) $30, $35, $40, and $45 consumer plans received “unlimited mobile browsing” as an option add-on. (not compatible with Android)

2.) $30 consumer plan lost My5 Local (talk, text unlimited) and was replaced with My5 Local Talk Only.

3.) $40 and $45 consumer plan lost its 50 bonus minutes.

4.) Two $45 consumer plan options; one with mobile browsing as an … Read More

On January 22, Rogers began pushing out a ROM update to HTC Dream and Magic owners. The update patched the highly debated 911 glitch. However the update came with its own craziness.

When Rogers began pushing the update, they also decided to disable 3G service as an incentive to get users to apply the ROM fix. Instead of calling customers, as they should have, users lost their Internet connection … Read More

Effective March 15, 2010, Rogers is further reducing Local Calling Areas across Canada.

What does this mean?

Local Calling Areas (LCA) are invisible geographic boundaries that determine which calls are billed as local calls and which calls are billed as long distance calls. Your LCA is the geographic area in which you can make or receive phone calls without incurring long distance charges. In other words, they are billed as local calls.

For … Read More

A few days ago, the mobile section of the Best Buy website was spotted with a February 18, 2010 release date for the Motorola Milestone on Telus. Today it seems that those eager to get their hands on the Milestone may have to wait a bit longer.

Taking a look at the Best Buy mobile page today, viewers will notice that the Milestone release date has been removed. As is … Read More

One of the hottest Android phones at the moment, the Google Nexus One, is unfortunately not available in Canada yet. However, we do know that WIND has confirmed that they are in talks with Google to bring the Nexus One to Canada.

Since living in Canada requires us to wait for the latest toys, this should be no surprise to many of you out there. In the meantime, check … Read More