Update: the image has been removed from the Rogers website. The Rogers website has various images of Apple products, such as iPads and iPhones. However, on their Internet page, there is an image of an Apple iMac that has a missing Apple logo on the front--but poorly removed. First spotted by our very own Ex...
Update: Rogers contacted us to say this forwarding has stopped. Let us know if you see these changes. We just got a tip about a weird change to the way Rogers handles 404 errors over the 3G network. If you're in Mobile Safari and visit a webpage that is down, you'll get the following message:...
Canadians are now complete. All of our iPhone carriers have confirmed they will support the Personal Hotspot feature coming next week in iOS 4.3. First it was Rogers/Fido, then Telus, and now Bell/Virgin. It's true--our telecom giants do like to make moves in unison. Our friends at MobileSyrup received confirmation from Bell: “Yes, we will.....
When Apple released the early betas of iOS 4.3, the Personal Hotspot feature caught the eye of many iPhone owners. We all wondered whether the feature would be available in Canada, and even more importantly, would it be free? For those that don't remember, Personal Hotspot is a new feature in iOS 4.3 that enables...
Looks like the following is actually a decent deal from Rogers. There is currently an iPhone 4 accessories sale, which includes the following: Plantronics Explorer 210 Bluetooth Headset - $12.00 Griffin Screen Care Kit - $5.00 Griffin Elan Form Graphite Case - $8.00 Or, you can get all three for $20. Not bad, considering the...
When I woke up this morning, I noticed I didn't have any signal on my iPhone 4. All I got was the "Searching..." image. I reset my phone, and nothing happened. I turned off 3G, same deal. Everything appears to be working now in Vancouver, but the system wide downtime during the busiest time of...
Last Fall, Rogers announced LTE trials in Ottawa. Today, as part of their quarterly earnings call (which had profits drop), Rogers CEO Nadir Mohammed confirmed this to investors: "We’re committed to LTE. We’re committed to deploying it and it’s going to be a multi-year deployment." What is LTE? As defined by the Rogers Redboard: LTE...
From the Globe and Mail: Rogers Communications Inc. saw profit drop by 3 per cent in the last quarter, falling short of analysts' expectations as Canada's largest wireless provider continues to suffer from a wave of new competition. As new companies such as Mobilicity and Wind Mobile continue to push in, and old rivals BCE...
This week, in response to Telus, Rogers has launched a new $60 Voice & Data plan. The plan is very comparable to the existing $60 Promotional Voice & Data plan from Telus, with the only exception being that Telus offers Voicemail 3 for free. Aside from that, the plan requires a 3-year new activation or...
Today, citing recent competitive activity, Rogers has extended (again) their $35 Canadawide My10 plan. The plan, originally expiring on December 31, 2010, was relaunched on January 10, 2011 and then expired again on February 7, 2011. The offer has now been extended "until further notice". $35 My10 Canada-wide Plan This extended plan from Rogers is available...
Today, Rogers launched a new data sharing option for customers that have the 6GB data plan. It will cost $30 extra per month, per device to share your existing 6GB/$30 data plan with up to five devices. But first, some history. July 2010 With the launch of the iPhone 4, Rogers released their famous 6GB...
As we begin February 2011, various Rogers/Fido promotions are changing. The summary of changes is below: Rogers 6PM Early Evening Calling - Expiring February 7, 2011 To qualify, new or existing customers must sign or renew on a 3-year term in-market plan. $35 Activation Fee Waived - On-going When starting up an account, Rogers customers...