Today, during Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Steve Jobs announced the new 3G iPhone. It’s going to be available in Canada from Rogers and Fido on July 11th. It’s interesting to note that Fido will be selling the iPhone in Canada as well as Rogers as you can see from the…
Today is the beginning of the “Auction of Spectrum Licences for Advanced Wireless Services and Other Spectrum in the 2 GHz Range“. Huh? What this means is that Industry Canada is basically paving the way for some fresh blood to enter the Canadian Wireless (cellular) space. This should translate into some competition for the ‘big…
There has been a lot of talk and speculation about the rumoured 3G iPhone as well as when it will launch in Canada since the ‘if’ part has been established (‘later this year’) and how much the data plan might cost to Canadians. I figured I’d throw my thoughts out there and see how close…
Beginning tomorrow, Rogers will begin offering the Nokia N95 8gb smartphone to Canadians. This is interesting to me for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s the first time in North America that this model phone is offered – previously only available unlocked directly from Nokia. As I mentioned previously in my post about…
It’s about time. Unfortunately no details other than it’s coming ‘before the end of the year’. The big questions to me are: How much for the phone itself in Canada? what does the data and voice plans look like? They better resemble the US pricing How long do we have to lock in? Rogers seems…
In a shocking move that is both good and bad at the same time, Rogers has apparently changed their data plans. Bad because it’s still woefully overpriced compared to the rest of the planet but good because now instead of raping you in overages if you go beyond your data allotment, they now just bump…
Rob over at TechVibes has a post about the recently announced wireless spectrum that the Canadian government with be auctioning off next year. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal but this time around, it might actually matter. They are reserving a portion of the available spectrum for newcomers to the marketplace – so the…
Engadget Mobile is reporting today that Virgin Mobile Canada is offering an unlimited data plan for $10 (aka the Tidal Wave Data Pak). Unfortunately, it appears to only work with a specific phone model and Virgin doesn’t use/support GSM (SIM cards) either so no iPhone use or laptop tethering….yet! At least it’s a huge step…