‘Lo and behold! The long-awaited upgrade to Android 2.2 has been officially released for the Rogers Galaxy S Captivate. Now, don’t expect an Over-the-Air update, as this is done with the very-clunky Samsung Kies software (Windows-only). Nonetheless, the wait is finally over, and it’s great to see all the carriers update their respective versions of [...]

For the first time ever, the DEMO Conference Tour will be coming to Canada on January 13th and Toronto is the lucky city which will be hosting it. DEMO, a conference for entrepreneurs to showcase their products/technologies in front of a group of potential investors, will be making this Canadian stop courtesy of sponsorship by [...]

It has been almost 2 months since the dummies first arrived at Rogers, but the day has finally arrived. Rogers is set to launch HP’s Palm Pre 2 on Canadian soil today. Will it do well in a market heavily dominated by the standout favorites? Only time will tell. But launching just in time for [...]

If this isn’t a sign that the holiday season has officially begun, I don’t know what is. Effective tomorrow December 18th, 2010 through to Friday December 31st, 2010, Rogers will waive the notorious $35 fee on all new 3 year activations to help drive holiday sales even more. They state that this is a no-holds [...]

Remember a few weeks ago when Telus announced they would begin openly offering customers device unlock codes via their customer service? A first in Canada amongst the big three (though many will argue that Bell was first, but they never openly admitted to doing it, thus the difference)? Well, Rogers has officially one-upped their counterparts. [...]

Today, the Ottawa Business Journal let out the news that the companies commonly referred to as the Big 3 of Canadian Cellular - Bell, Rogers, and Telus - signed deals with the Canadian Federal Government’s Public Works and Government Services to the tune of $196.4 million combined. The breakdown of the contracts (in alphabetical order): Bell $33.86 [...]

After a lengthy wait, Rogers has finally followed Virgin Mobile and SaskTel in Canada to release the white BlackBerry Bold 9780. This is available right now for as little as $149 on a 3-year contract and for $499 contract-free. Thankfully, this is running the latest OS from RIM, that’s 6.0 with the much-improved WebKit browser. [...]

So word has come in that the highly successful Samsung Rugby from Rogers will finally get a successor. Surprising? Not so much. The device is a notorious favorite amongst construction workers because of its large colorful screen, ease of use, big keyboard, and of course its ruggedness. Rumor is that Rogers will launch it for [...]

Nokia may be the leading phone manufacturer in the world but their lead is clearly slipping more and more as the years go by. They’re trying to make a big push with their latest Symbian^3 OS and a couple of weeks ago they brought the Nokia N8 to Canada (via Rogers). Mobile Syrup is now [...]

Another day, another new holiday plan gets announced in time for the holidays, this time via Fido. The details are simple: 150 Weekday minutes, Unlimited evenings and weekends from 6pm, Unlimited world wide text and Incoming calls, Call display, and the other standard inclusions (call waiting, conference calling etc. You can pick it up from [...]