Comments on: BREAKING: Rogers Announces Android Revolution in June 2009!

By: G1 and Magic coming to Canada — finally! « Androids & Sheep

G1 and Magic coming to Canada — finally! « Androids & Sheep — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:08:28 +0000

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By: ole

ole — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:55:06 +0000

you have to be a total techie these days to understand how these phones work.

By: Pearl

Pearl — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:20:07 +0000

Re: spectrum compatibily

Not a lot of details on it but the listing on the Best Buy website says that it has a 3.5G network.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/marketing/android/en/default.asp?logon=&langid=EN

By: Android Fan

Android Fan — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:24:10 +0000

The Pre…is way overhyped. Not sure how much of an impact it’ll make!

By: hockeyrink

hockeyrink — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:42:19 +0000

What nobody seems to address is that SO FAR there has not been any indication that the G1 will be able to use the Rogers 3G network. It is a device that only supports 1700/2100 MHz spectrum.

Rogers supports 3G only on the 850/1900MHz spectrum.

So what does this mean? Either you’ll be running your Canadian G1 at only EDGE speeds (~18KB/s – SLOW), or Rogers is rolling out new network hardware in the 1700/2100MHz spectrum (unlikely).

How do I know? Because I’ve been using an Android in Calgary for 2 months under FIDO (same network carrier).

You are best to wait until the new version hardware comes out (The G1v2 “Bigfoot”) in Q3 of ’09. Or the SamSung i7500 (which doesn’t have the keyboard):
http://www.talkandroid.com/1059-android-donut-update-samsung-bigfoot/

By: BB

BB — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:23:33 +0000

Same here, I’m a reluctant Rogers customer because the alternatives all seem to be worse. But Android may make things interesting.

Rumour alert: Apparently both Bell and Telus are currently working to deploy GSM, with the goal of making CDMA a “legacy” network. THAT should make the Canadian wireless marketplace even more interesting.

By: Pearl

Pearl — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:46:44 +0000

Ooh, this is exciting. I was expecting Rogers to drag their feet for forever.

And I’m surprised that Bell was able to sign the Pre — I switched from Bell to Rogers eons ago because their selection of phones was so dismal.