Checking out the 911 fee area of the Rogers Wireless website (or checking out your Rogers invoice), visitors will notice that effective April 12, 2010 Rogers will be increasing their monthly charged $0.50 911 fee to $0.75 per month.

Do note that this change only affects existing Rogers customers who are still on an older price plan. In other words, if your wireless invoice has a “GRRF” or Government Regulatory … Read More

Last week, rumors pointed to Rogers releasing a new Android device by Samsung called the Galaxy Spica. The device is very similar to Bell’s already released Samsung Galaxy.

Today Rogers has posted the Galaxy Spica for sale. With a 3-year $45 voice/data plan agreement, the device is available for $79.99. The other available price points are as follows:

3-year voice agreement: $299.99
2-year agreement: $349.99
1-year agreement: $399.99
Outright: $449.99

The Galaxy Spica specs … Read More

With Motorola announcing that they are releasing three Android-powered devices with MOTOBLUR to the Canadian market, it was up to the wireless carriers to decide who gets which one.

Motorola has stated that the three new devices, the Backflip, Dext and Quench, will debut during the “first half of 2010″.

Today Bell has made an announcement that of the three new Motorola devices, they will be exclusively carrying the Dext (Read More

Effective May 4, 2010, Rogers will be increasing the price of sent international text messages by $0.10, from $0.25 to $0.35 per sent international text message. The price change applies to both prepaid and postpaid customers:

The pay-per-use rate for received international text messages will stay the same at $0.15 per received message.

The pay-per-use rate for sent text messages to the USA will also remain the same at $0.25 per sent … Read More

With Motorola announcing that they are releasing three Android-powered devices with MOTOBLUR to the Canadian market, it was up to the wireless carriers to decide who gets which one.

Motorola has stated that the three new devices, the Backflip, Dext and Quench, will debut during the “first half of 2010″.

Today Telus has made an announcement that of the three new Motorola devices, they will be exclusively carrying the Backflip. The … Read More

Motorola confirmed this week in a press release that Canada, and specifically all three of the national wireless carriers, will be receiving all three of the Motorola MOTOBLUR devices in the first half of 2010.

Motorola Canada today announced that MOTOBLURTM, its revolutionary social service for Android-powered devices, is coming to Canada with all three national wireless carriers in the first half of 2010.

Earlier this week, Rogers sent out a brief … Read More

Earlier this week, rumors pointed to Rogers Wireless soon releasing a Samsung Galaxy variant called the “Galaxy Spica”.

Early pricing rumors pegged the device somewhere from $49.99 to $99.99, which would be inline with the Bell Samsung Galaxy, currently available for $49.95 on a 3-year agreement, released late last year.

Today, new pricing information puts the Samsung Galaxy Spica at $79.99 on a 3-year agreement and $449.00 outright.

Some of the Galaxy … Read More

WIND mobile, the latest carrier to begin wireless service in Canada, has a lot of good rate plans but not a lot of device choices. While WIND is always looking to give customers more choice, customers may be getting one more choice, an HTC Magic+.

According to a current WIND subscriber, upon logging into his account, he found an image of a new wireless device. That image was an HTC Magic+.

Rogers … Read More