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

As of February 9, 2010 , Rogers will no longer be offering their “Freedom of Speech” (FOS) promotion on any term plans. This means that any customers activating on any monthly, 1, 2 or 3-year term service agreement on or after February 9, 2010 will no longer receive one month of unlimited local calling.

Prior to February 9, 2010, Rogers gave customers one month of unlimited local calling as a bonus … Read More

Looks like we have great news thanks to BestBuy.ca! The Motorola Milestone has been confirmed to launch on Telus on February 18th. If you visit Best Buy’s website, you will see a Flash banner that says you can pre-order in store with a $50 deposit. We previously mentioned about the Milestone appearing on the Telus website a few days ago. Looks like those early January rumours turned out … Read More

Bell has launched three new price plans as a promotion during the 2010 Winter Games.

The plans are available to new Bell customers on a 3-year term and also to existing Bell customers who renew on a 3-year term.

2010 Winter Games Plans

Bronze Plan: $30/month

Local Daytime Minutes: 100 minutes
Evenings & Weekends: Unlimited nights & weekends (6pm – 7am)
Features: Unlimited 2010 Winter Games Content, Unlimited Mobile Browser, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Conference … Read More

Rogers is to launch two new North American (US/Canada) Data add-ons.

The new data add-ons allow customers to use the available data anywhere in Canada or the USA without incurring data roaming fees.

The new data add-ons start at $35/month and also have a Flex Plan beginning at $45/month. The new data add-ons do not replace the existing Rogers data add-ons, as both will still be available.

Rogers North American Data Add-ons

$35.00 … Read More