As we reported at the beginning of October for Bell Canada, TELUS has now officially announced the availability of its HSPA+ network for November 5, 2009.

The new TELUS HSPA+ network will have speeds up of to 21Mbps, matching current HSPA+ provider Rogers Wireless. On the launch of the network on November 5, TELUS will cover most of the Canadian population where it has service now. The … Read More

Two of the most anticipated Android-powered devices have been reviewed all over the internet, the HTC Hero and Motorola CLIQ. The big question for Canadians is when will we be able to get our hands on these new phones?

We know our American neighbours already have the HTC Hero with Sprint and the Motorola CLIQ with T-Mobile. But what about Canada? Well, a report came out a while back that apparently … Read More

Below you find the latest Rogers Wireless plans for HTC devices for September 2009.

Please note that these plans will be reflective of Rogers Wireless and there are five sections below detailing individual regions (prices vary between regions):

1.) BC/ALBERTA REGION

2.) MIDWEST REGION

3.) ONTARIO REGION

4.) QUEBEC REGION

5.) ATLANTIC REGION

Note: The plans and changes below affect new customers signing up for Rogers Service. They also affect existing customers changing their price plans.

As of … Read More

Bell will be launching their HSPA+ network in November. The new network is announced well ahead of schedule and is part of a collaboration with Telus. The new Bell network will have speeds up of to 21Mbps, rivaling current HSPA+ provider Rogers Wireless.

On the launch of the network in November, Bell will cover 93% of the Canadian population, with service being delivered to approximately 20,000 cities and towns.

Bell’s new … Read More

Effective October 5 2009, Rogers new and existing customers that have Data-Only accounts will be subject to an ECF (Early Cancellation Fee) of a $400 maximum.

Data Early Cancellation Fee Update

If a customer has Rogers Wireless service that is Data-Only, then that customer is subject to the new ECF change.

A Data-Only customer means the customer does not have any Voice services attached to their phone number. In other words, this policy … Read More

On September 15, we reported about the release of Android 1.6 SDK to the developer community. The official release noted that 1.6 would be running on devices as early as October 2009.

While that was great news, we were all left wondering when Rogers was going to adopt the new version and send out an update, whether Over-the-Air or as a downloadable file.

Well it seems that at least Read More

On September 18, we reported that Rogers may be reverting back to its previous hardware upgrade policy beginning October 2009.

Effective October 1 2009, Rogers will be reverting its current Hardware Upgrade Policy back to what it was before the changes on August 21 2009.

While the change is good, it likely will not last since Rogers is doing this as part of their Q4 Promotions for the … Read More

At the beginning of August 2009, Rogers dropped the price of the HTC Dream/Magic to $79.99 on a 3-year term. That price was for new customers/activations and pricing for existing customers varied from $74.99 to $249.99. This offer originally was set to expire on September 30 2009.

Effective October 1 2009, Rogers has extended the HTC Dream/Magic price drop of $79.99. The extended promotion will last until November 2 … Read More