Attention Rogers HTC Dream owners!

Effective immediately, Rogers Wireless has ceased sales of the HTC Dream in store and online due to a software problem. The software issue has to do with HTC Dream owners being unable to make emergency 911 calls.

All Rogers HTC Dream owners have been contacted via text message regarding this matter asking to disable “GPS Location” on the HTC Dream so that 911 calls can be completed.

As … Read More

Late last week, Rogers went on record and indicated that it had some kind of plan in the works to allow HTC Dream owners to upgrade to the HTC Magic so that Magic owners may take part in the Android OS update that Rogers/HTC decided to finally provide.

If you were not keeping up with the Rogers/customer/HTC drama, I will summarize it here:

What originally happened was both HTC and … Read More

Get ready for a slap in the face Rogers customers.

For months we have all been wondering when Rogers/Google/HTC will release Android 1.6 for current Dream/Magic owners. Well, according to an article on the HTC website, Rogers Dream/Magic owners will not be officially getting the 1.6 update:

HTC is not currently planning any Android 1.6 upgrades for Rogers Dream or Magic. Android 1.6 was only made available for “Google”-branded devices such … Read More

On June 2, 2009 Rogers launched both the HTC Dream and HTC Magic for $149.99 on a 3-year voice and data contract. That price was for new activations and pricing varied for existing customers from as high as $299.99 to as low as $124.99.

At the beginning of July 2009, Rogers dropped the price of the HTC Dream/Magic to $99.99 on a 3-year term. Once again, that price was for new … 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

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

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

As of April 7, 2009, all new acquisitions on a 3 year contract will only receive one (1) month of unlimited local minutes (“Freedom … Read More

At the end of July we reported about the release of the Rogers Student Plans. The plans were far from great and I had noted that Rogers will announce the free 6PM student evenings overlay option and eventually a My10 option.

The 6PM overlay came almost instantly and now effective August 18 2009, Rogers will be adding a My10 option to only the $50 Student Plan option.

Rogers … Read More