showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Rogers sells 255,000 iPhone 3G’s, Bringing in an Extra 191,000 Subscribers”, “3998″, 290, 55);

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Rogers has successfully brought itself an extra 191,000 customers, thanks to the arrival of Apple’s iPhone 3G to Canada.
The company announced that, since the introduction of the iPhone in Canada in July, that they’ve sold 255,000 [...]

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showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “New Rogers/Fido iPhone Plans “Confirmed” for October”, “3789″, 290, 55);

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Look, this comes from an alleged Fido employee, but knowing as I do how little information retail drones are usually given in advance, I would still take this with a grain of salt and chalk it up to rumour.
According to [...]

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Yeah, we’ve all seen induction-powered electronic devices before — y’know, the ones with a hand crank you whiz round for a couple of minutes to charge up a capacitor that powers a flashlight or radio for five or ten minutes?  [...]

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showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Fido’s Early Upgrade for iPhone 3G Has Expired”, “3730″, 290, 55);

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Obviously it wasn’t going to last but I’m sure it’s still frustrating to see it go.
Fido’s early upgrade policy for the iPhone 3G — which allowed anyone who had burned through at least 3 months of their contract to [...]

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showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Rogers Canada Rumoured New iPhone Plans”, “3537″, 290, 55);

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Look’s like Roger’s is toying with all of us again. Now reports are saying that new iPhone plans starting at the end of September would go a little like this:

$60 plan with 250 daytime minutes, 75 text messages, 1GB of data, [...]

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showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Bell and Telus Rumored to be Switching to HSPA as Soon as Next Week”, “3487″, 290, 55);

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News has it Bell Canada and Telus are making the switch over to HSPA as early as next week. The two companies are making the move to the same 3G cellular network type [...]

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There are half a metric ton of speed test sites out there, and they all work well enough for home computers and laptops, but until recently there hasn’t been anything tailored specifically for the iPhone.
So it was a pleasant surprise when I [...]

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Seems the word’s spreading and Rogers have revealed more than CBC News let on. Toronto’s Report on Business offered up a little more dish on Rogers’ forthcoming October 1st 3G data plans, which will be applicable to all [...]

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showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Rogers Extends $30 Data Promo, Announces Future Plans”, “3425″, 290, 55);

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Well, well, would you look at that. It would appear that all the doom and gloom surrounding Rogers’ future plans for data plans has been for naught, and may be even better than my cynical mind had expected [...]

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Rogers and Fido customers who bought an iPhone 3G (or who are using an iPhone 2G with firmware 2.x on the Rogers/Fido network), does any of this apply to you?

You have turned off EDGE or 3G on your phone so as [...]

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showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Rogers Modifies Upgrade Policy, Lets Almost Everyone Upgrade”, “3199″, 290, 55);

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It seems like user outcry has prevailed once again, this time from Rogers subscribers whose contracts were renewed too recently to be eligible for an upgrade to the iPhone 3G.
The new policy states that as long as you have [...]

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For the past week there have been rumblings about some sort of super special announcement from Fido about special revised terms for early upgraders. Loads of Fido customers were rather put out with the release of the iPhone because they hadn’t [...]

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Now there was a twist I was absolutely not expecting. It’s almost Hitchcockian.
The biggest gripe for Canadians when it comes to mobile technology? Rogers has the lock on the GSM market. (Fido is owned by [...]

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Canadians, can’t make it to a Rogers store? Don’t feel like spending all that time in line? Still not enticed by their free breakfast? Well, don’t worry. You can still see all of the madness and mayhem [...]

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