Originally posted back in April, Rogers was to launch pilot distribution arrangement with Shoppers Drug Mart on July 1st. Today, MobileSyrup posted the picture above, taken from inside a Shoppers Drug Mart. It seems at though the program is already in effect at several locations, with a full line of Rogers/Fido Smartphones and Rocket Sticks in store. The [...]

One of our connects sent us a rather interesting tip this morning. Rumor has it that Rogers Wireless is planning on launching another discount carrier (yes they own and operate Fido as well) with hopes that within 5 years its competition (the other Canadian discount brands ie WIND Mobile and Mobilicity) will not survive. It [...]

We have the iPhone 4 coming out shortly. We have 1GHZ mobile processors proliferating throughout the smartphone world. We have video chat, app store rivalries, custom ROMs, failing Palms. We have it all. And then there’s Nokia. The once-King of the mobile world, it has, in recent years, fallen on some tough times. They were pioneers of [...]

With the G20 summit just around the corner and increased security being planned all over the city, here is a list of Toronto Rogers stores in the “red zone” scheduled to be closed during the 2-day summit, Thursday, June 24th and Friday, June 25th. Bay Street Rogers Centre Royal Bank Plaza Exchange Tower Queen Street [...]

I’m glad to see that some of TheCellularGuru readers and our in-house writer GuruJustin, took advantage of the Verizon free Bold 9650 upgrade! Keep in mind, all BlackBerry devices have a 1-year manufacturer’s warranty. As long as you don’t have excessive drop or water damage, you can have your device replaced if there is a hardware issue. It is very [...]

It has been a while since we posted on a Blackberry OS becoming official for ANY carrier let alone for our hometown hero Rogers, but it has been so long since an official update has been made that I felt that this one deserved some attention. I have been using .743 since it leaked just [...]

Are you one of those people who have been holding out on getting the Blackberry Bold 9700 because of its high price? Well, tomorrow is your lucky day! Our connect sent us this internal snapshot of a bulletin posted to all Rogers reps about a pricing update taking place tomorrow on the ever popular 3G [...]

The Acer Liquid E is a tough phone to classify: to look at it is to see a handsome, austere phone, all-black or white, with a sharp WVGA screen running the newest (available) Android OS. Its specs are high-end, even enviable, but it has a strange pedigree. It runs an underclocked Snapdragon processor, using only [...]

There is something to be said for competition. For many years in Canada, we did not have much competition in the cellular world. There was only one choice if you wanted the best phones, with the ability to switch your SIM card, and therefore save yourself a lot of hassle, if you bought a new [...]

Rogers is really devoted to continuing their relationship with Nokia. We posted yesterday about their soft launch of the Nokia N97 Mini Symbian powered smartphone and today comes word of the release of the newest internet stick to be added to their growing HSPA+ roster. It also happens to be the first internet stick from [...]