Jul 31
Don’t want to pay a fortune to Rogers for data charges on your iPhone? Rogers offers an unlimited-data package for $7.00 a month- but it is only form non-smart phones. This means you can’t use it on your blackberry, windows mobile phones, and you
would assume-your iPhone. The plan is essentially designed for devices [...]
Jul 11
The day has finally come… the coveted Apple iPhone 3G is available today, July 11th 2008 (as of 8am). Boasting faster speeds and a lower price point, it is sure to be a hit.
Not only is the 3G iPhone making its debut, but the iPhone is officially being released in Canada today. [...]
Jul 04
Only one week remains until the coveted 3G Apple iPhone will be available in Canada from Rogers Communications and Fido. The phone will only be available on a three (3) year contract.
Here is a preview of the voice and data packages:
$60 Voice/Data Gives you…
150 daytime + Unlimited Evenings/Weekends
400MB data
75 Sent text messages
Unlimited incoming text [...]
Jun 23
Some of you guys may know that Rogers offers three domestic text messaging plans, with the largest plan being 2500 SENT messages per month. This costs $10 per month. Receiving text messages is free, as with most wireless carriers. 2500 messages should be more than enough for the average person… but not for me. [...]
Feb 13
Rogers Communications (Canada’s GSM cell carrier) has announced a new wrieless essentials package that you cna add on to your cell plan. Some past plans included $5 for 5MB of data; but today they unleashed a new plan “Unlimited On-Device Mobile Browsing Plan“.
The details of the plan are as follows, direct form the Rogers website:
- Unlimited on-device mobile Internet access to your favourite social communities like Facebook & MySpace, news, sports and entertainment sites all on the go for one flat monthly fee!
- Access to search the mobile Internet with Yahoo! Search and Google, plus access sites like Yahoo! Canada, Canada.com, Windows Live, The Weather Network, Lavalife Mobile and more!
- Protection against high pay-per-use data charges while surfing the mobile Internet and using community-based services like Facebook.
This is, of course, great news for Canadians. This means surfing sites liek facebook can be done form mobile devices for relatively low costs compared to what we used to pay. We are also now one step closer to having a data plan in Canada that would suitable for the iPhone. (more…)