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By Gary Ng on September 29th, 2009

Hey everyone, just a quick post. I just noticed the Apple Online Store is closed with a message that says: “We are updating the store for you and will be back shortly.” Normally Apple doesn’t shut down the online store unless some product refreshes are coming. Also, Apple normally releases new products or refreshes on…

By Gary Ng on September 22nd, 2009

We have some fantastic news folks! Some of you maybe have already heard about this, but for those who haven’t, we have some more incredible news from our friends at Rogers. Okay, it’s not incredible news, I lied. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. Maybe this post could be known as the big #17?…

By Gary Ng on September 22nd, 2009

Usually we get the occasional Roger/Fido spam in our email inboxes, but it’s not uncommon to get a text message too. The latest Rogers/Fido text that Canadian iPhone users have been receiving from coast to coast involves updating to OS 3.1. Should I Update My iPhone to OS 3.1? Now this may seem repetitive, but…

By Ex on September 19th, 2009

The question of the day is: What is Enhanced 911 Phase Two? Background Information As many of you are aware, Rogers customers pay a monthly System Access Fee of $6.95 and Fido customers do not and that really begs the question of why Rogers customers have to, but that’s for another day. But there is…

By Ex on September 18th, 2009

At the end of July 2009, we reported about the expiration and the immediate extension of the Rogers/Fido $30 6GB Data Plan for iPhone 3G/3GS. This Data Plan began on June 9 2009 and was to expire on July 31 2009. On that day, the data plan was extended to September 15 2009. $30 6GB…

By Ex on September 18th, 2009

I think everyone remembers on August 21 2009 when Rogers/Fido yet again amended their hardware upgrade policies. If not, you can read all about it here. Well, earlier last week I spoke with a little birdie and here is the highlight of that conversation. Check it out: “There have been many concerns regarding the recent changes…

By Ex on September 14th, 2009

At the end of July 2009, we reported that Rogers Wireless (and Fido) 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…

By Ex on September 13th, 2009

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 and what remains in relation to your current billing period. The feature went…

By Gary Ng on September 13th, 2009

If you are an iPhone owner, or any user of a data plan in Canada, you should know that data roaming should always be turned off. Why? Well, because if you turn it ON and surf the internet freely and liberally, you’re going to get a hurt real bad. Winnipeg Student Gets $18,000 iPhone Data…

By Ex on September 9th, 2009

Along the release of the $150/month 15GB data plan, Rogers Wireless has increased the Data Protection Cap for all new and existing customers. At first this may sound good, but it is not good. Not at all. Therefore, it will be added to our growing list: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16…