The day has come. Sony Ericsson — in conjunction with Rogers Wireless — is set to launch the much anticipated Xperia arc and PLAY line of devices tomorrow, and Sony Style at Eaton Center is the place to be for all the pre-launch excitement. Scheduled to appear today are Peter Farmer, Head of Marketing for [...]

Rogers today announced the earnings for the entire company in the First Quarter of 2011. Obviously, being as this is a cellular blog we are going to concentrate on the wireless aspects but if you want the full release it is linked below. In a nutshell: The wireless division added 45,000 net new postpaid subscribers, [...]

Well, folks, one thing we don’t have in Canada is a shortage of retail outlets where you can pick up the PlayBook from. That being said, Rogers has just joined the list of places as well. Prices are standard across the board with the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB coming in at $499, $599, and $699 respectively. [...]

Last week we attended the launch party for both devices in Toronto and found out that they will indeed both be released on April 28th (1 week today). But, one small detail that was left out that night was official pricing for these anticipated lil’ bad-boys. Well, mystery no more, official launch pricing will be [...]

I don’t want to come off sounding unappreciative of the initiatives Rogers has been taking lately; but — with all due respect — they shouldn’t be charging an activation fee in the first place for the data sharing option, right? I mean, with the tablet war growing by the minute, and the big 3 essentially [...]

Plastic Mobile and Rogers Sportsnet have joined forces to bring you the “Hockeycentral” application for the Blackberry Playbook. Although the Playbook’s release comes after the beginning of the post-season, the “Hockeycentral” app ensures you’ll make the most of the rest of the playoffs. Available for free, it promises to be a must-have for any hockey fan [...]

Sick of all the BlackBerry PlayBook and Apple iPad 2 talk? Well, unless you turn yourself off to the world, you may as well get used to hearing about both of them. This doesn’t mean, however, that we can’t change the subject and talk Android for a bit. Yesterday Rogers decided to spice things up [...]

Guess what Rogers customers, your day has officially come: Rogers has opened ordering for the forthcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet! Arguably the most anticipated device to come out of Waterloo so far this year — which has already seen its fair share of criticism — the BlackBerry PlayBook is now available to order from Rogers; though [...]

Well, folks, your day is here: Rogers has officially released the Samsung Nexus S. Now, you may be thinking: “big deal, another device Rogers can use as bait to lock me in to a long term contract”, while to SOME extent you are right; for once things are actually slightly in your favor with this [...]

Sometimes there comes a point in any products life that things become, well, dry. Its been well over 10 years since Rogers introduced the SIM card for their then 2G “EDGE” network, and I think I can speak for many a customer when I say A LOT has changed since then. Well, word has it [...]