What is Enhanced 911 Phase Two?

Background Information

Rogers customers pay a monthly System Access Fee of $6.95 and another fee called the “911 emergency access fee”. I will list the fee for the various provinces below:

BC/AB/MB/ON/NF: $0.50/month
SK: $0.88/month
PEI: $1.00/month
NS: $0.93/month
NB: $1.03/month

For the sake of this article, we are going to completely avoid why different provinces pay different rates and just accept the fact that that is what we pay.

So, … Read More

Everyone remembers on August 21 2009 when Rogers again amended their hardware upgrade policies. If not, you can read all about it here.

Well, earlier last week I spoke with an informant and here is the highlight of that conversation. Check it out:

“There have been many concerns regarding the recent changes RCI has made to the Hardware Upgrade Program. These concerns have been brought to Rogers’ attention and … Read More

Earlier today, Google released Android 1.6 SDK to the developer community. The release comes with a series of updated tools and new API’s for developers to play with.

The benefit for users is that 1.6 allows Android devices to run in different screen sizes and various screen resolutions, it adds a new text-to-speech API and a new market interface. The update also introduces “QuickSearch”, which is device-wide … Read More

At the end of July 2009, we reported that Rogers Wireless will be launching a large 21Mbps HSPA+ network upgrade. Beginning September 14 2009, that network upgrade is now live in the following Canadian cities:

Vancouver
Calgary
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal

Throughout the 2010 year, Rogers has plans to expand the new network upgrade to additional Canadian cities.

To put this speed into perspective, AT&T Wireless in the USA just recently announced plans to upgrade its network to Read More

About a month ago Rogers began testing a new addition to customers’ Rogers.com accounts. The new addition was the ability to track your Voice and Data usage online, which meant you could track how many minutes, data and messages you have used.

The feature went live two weeks ago in select markets, so only a handful of people actually had this function. If you wanted to get your hands on it, … Read More

The InvisibleSHIELD by makers ZAGG is now available for the HTC Dream (for Rogers). The HTC Magic version has been available for quite some time, but the Dream version for Rogers is finally out after the cut-out for the front buttons was updated!

InvisibleSHIELD by ZAGG

If you have not heard of the InvisibleSHIELD, it is essentially one the best protection solutions for your device. The InvisibleSHIELD is … Read More

Facebook for Android has been released for your favorite Android-enabled device. The app was not developed specifically by Facebook, but instead by Google for use with Facebook.

The app comes with the features you would expect from Facebook including sharing updates from your home screen, checking news feeds, and the basics of looking at your friends’ walls and information. Using your Android enabled device, you can also share photos … Read More

When Rogers decided to debut Android phones in Canada, most people got excited about the possibilities of Open-Sourced apps. However, there’s been one problem–Canadians can’t buy paid apps from Android Market yet. Why? Well, the answer isn’t very clear, but let’s take a look at what countries DO have paid apps.

According to the Android Market’s support page, here are the countries that are allowed to distribute … Read More