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On July 11, the launch of Apple’s latest 3G iPhone was supposed to happen at Rogers/Fido stores and also at Apple store locations. There’s a lot of speculation about why the Apple Store decided not to sell the phones on launch day, but to me it’s pretty clear: Apple employees are not Rogers employees. It’s [...]

Rogers issued a VERY short press release on the iPhone launch in Canada today: TORONTO, April 29 – Ted Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Communications Inc. today issued the following statement: We’re thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year. We [...]

I’m still a bit skeptical, but my friend Andy Walker reported that a reputable, inside source at Rogers has confirmed the iPhone will arrive in Canada on the Rogers network this September 2008. More importantly, reasonably priced data plans will follow that are more in line with pricing we’ve seen from US carriers.

The Steve Jobs Macworld Keynote presentation is officially finished and I have one word for it: Boring. I’m starting to think Apple purposely sets out to have exciting announcements every other year because the new MacBook Air, although appealing, stunning, thin, yada yada yada, just doesn’t do it for me. Other significant announcements as reported [...]

Analysts are predicting that Telus Corp. will consider the move to GSM to remain competitive within the Canadian market. Telus, which operates a CDMA cellular network cannot currently offer the iPhone to its users since the iPhone only supports GSM, a standard widely supported in North America and overseas. There were some predictions in the [...]

On January 15th, at Macworld 2008 Conference & Expo, Steve Jobs will announce the latest and greatest Apple has to offer in the coming year. I based this comic on some of the predications people were making about Apple plans and it hit me that there’s really only one thing we can count on for [...]

On January 15th, at the 2008 MacWorld Conference & Expo, Steve Jobs will announce the settlement of Apple’s dispute with Comwave over the iPhone trademark in Canada, that Rogers has revamped the pricing on its data plans and the iPhone is available in Canada immediately at Apple Stores across the country. At least, that’s what [...]