“I finally heard back from Rogers (Canada’s largest wireless carrier) and can relay that Rogers will in fact be offering the iPhone in Canada,” Andrew Escobar reports on his blog.
Escobar reports, “Apple and Rogers have already had talks over the iPhone and must have already come to some sort of agreement for Rogers to boldly state it will be the exclusive carrier in Canada.”
“Rogers is actively working with Apple to launch the iPhone in Canada as soon as possible and will be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in Canada,” Escobar reports. “Launch date and pricing for Canada are not yet available.”
Full article here.
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Report: Rogers Communications to offer Apple iPhone in Canada – January 11, 2007
Damn, I was holding out for Tim Horton’s or Kraft Dinner to win out over Rogers.
Damn, I was holding out for Tim Horton’s or Kraft Dinner to win out over Rogers.
Damn, I was holding out for Tim Horton’s or Kraft Dinner to win out over Rogers.
what this means i that the iPhone is programmable and therefore crackable
Readind the title, one might ask where else would they offer it but Canada, they’re only doing business in Canada.
I guess they meant Rogers will be the exclusive carrier for iPhone in Canada.
“Launch date and pricing for Canada are not yet available.”
How about three years free service to lure me away from Cingular?
Leave it to Canada to come up with a dopey name like Rogers for a mobile company.
Rogers is the name of the service because it was founded by a guy named Ted Rogers (I think it’s Ted). Rogers controls about half of the cable in Canada, as well as Rogers wireless and has a major piece of the Canadian video rental biz. I think they also produce a few TV shows.
One thing to remember: AT&T Canada now owns much of Rogers Telecom Business. That’s why they are getting the iPhone (besides the fact that they are the only GSM carrier in the country.)
Strangely enough, their reputation in Canada appears to be similar to that of Cingular in the USA. Great coverage in urban areas, sucky coverage in rural. Canada is mostly rural, with the vast bulk of the population living in the urban areas.
Of course, my contract with Telus doesn’t expire until 2008…, so a-waiting I will be.
MDN word: lower – as in “lower your expectations from your cell carrier”
Actually Rogers is named after a real guy. Uncle Ted. He also owns radio stations, magazines, television networks, and lots of prime real-estate.
Tom Strong… Fucktard Extraordinaire… What does it matter what a multibillion dollar corporation calls itself? Jesus, get a life and keep your inane comments to yourself!
scottland
We learn how to treat others by how we were treated, usually our parents;
Cheers to yours, they did a job on you
Roger’s? LOL – Only in Canada. The name reminds me of the old (1970’s) Steve Martin standup routine about Bob’s bank. “Your deposit? Why here it is – in my left front jacket pocket.”
Still, good for them. Though I’m surprised the deal didn’t include Apple embargoing this announcement.
How is “Rogers” (Ted Rogers) any worse than “Turner” (Turner Broadcasting) or “Ford” or “Disney” or “Charles Schwab” or …?
Idiots.
MW=enough, as in “We get enough stupid remarks from microsoftie trolls on this site, no need to add more.”
What’s wrong with the name “Rogers” (my cell phone carrier by the way.. hello iPhone)
Ever heard of Firestone (Harvey), Goodyear (Charles), or Sam’s Club (Sam Walton). I’m nt sure why people should think “Rogers” is funny versus an artificial “new” word like “Cingular”.
re: not Jeff
What the hell is wrong with Rogers for a name of a company? It’s the owner’s last name. Ted ROGERS. The guy owns most of Toronto…Blue Jays, Rogers Centre (used to be Skydome), has national magazines, cable, wireless, etc etc. Toronto, by the way, is a fairly large Canadian city.
Remember Bell telephone…because of Alexander Graham BELL.
I don’t know why that post pissed me off so much. It just sounds like a typical American laughing at the hick Canadian (or any other country that isn’t America) all the while showing off his own ignorance.
My only concern is CRTC interference in Canada will severely limit what features we Canadians can access on the iPhone. Our version of iTunes has no video, tv shows, limited music, and I doubt Roger’s has the tech in place to offer the email/voicemessaging features. Web surfing? At $.05 per kb with Roger’s I doubt I’ll use it at all. That said, if the iPhone Syncs well, works as a basic phone and iPod, I’ll gladly shell out for it over the (T616) POS I have now. Any WiFi/iChat/VOIP or file management extras would be bonuses.
This sucks big time! I’m going to have to go back to Rogers after I swore I would never go back to the evil Rogers empire. Talk about the worst customer service ever. Rogers is the Microsoft of the cellular provider world in Canada. The only reason they’re getting the exclusive contract is because they are the only GSM provider in Canada, they have the reach that Apple would want for their phone. Why can’t Apple just release a CDMA version of iPhone so that I can stay with Bell?
Chill, Peter J,
I never said there was anything wrong with it. I just admitted that reading it made me chuckle. Is that so wrong? OK, I made a good-natured jab against our bretheren to the North. But I really like Canada and harbor no ill will against Canadians. And I always remember to bring back a large box of Timbits (Tim Horton’s assorted-flavor donut holes) for my little ones.
Mmmmmmmmm. TimBits!
I think what makes “Rogers” sound funny to the uninitiated is that it sounds like a first name, wih the possessive apostraphy-s. Like in the Steve Martin sketch quoted above – Bill’s bank. Roger’s telephone. Bell doesn’t work the same way, so is a poor example. But if it were Alexander’s – or even Graham’s – Telephone, then the hilarity would ensue.
Peter J
exactly what I thought
zerO
I’m sorry. Did I insult you somehow? Am I not supposed to get offended by some numpty (probably American) insulting my country? Screw you, buddy.
Rogers, like any mega corporation, has good and bad things about it. I am glad they chose to carry the iPhone over Bell for now at least. My wife and I will be getting one each.
Personally I think the name Rogers flows much nicer than say……Tom Strong….
What kinda A-hole uses an alias like that?
Please notice here that I did not say American….no point in insulting nationalities….handitards exist on both sides of the 49th parallel. We have Harper you have Bush.
Fun to see the Tim Hortons banner ad below.
What could we write in this forum to see another funny out-of-context-banner ???
“Leave it to Canada to come up with a dopey name like Rogers for a mobile company.”
Don’t laugh too hard. We in the U.S. have the Cox Stadium, named after Cox Communications. After that it doesn’t matter.
scottland said:
zerO
I’m sorry. Did I insult you somehow? Am I not supposed to get offended by some numpty (probably American) insulting my country? Screw you, buddy.
Yes scottland your present attitude towards any member of this forum can be construde as insulting, and as to your naive question:
Am I not supposed to get offended by some numpty (probably American) insulting my country?
Honestly scotland…NO it is a forum dude, we say stupid things 99.9% of the time, I am only suggesting that you lighten up, count to 10000 and then post. your blood pressure and your friends will be better of for it –
@zerO – is that your IQ?
As you jumped right in, uninvited, and had a go at scotland, i have a thought for you.
Why don’t you shut the fuck up with your half assed parochial and blinkered outlook.
“Yes scottland your present attitude towards any member of this forum can be construed as insulting” … What are you? a Nazi.
Just step off.
“Rogers” is British slang for making love vigorously. The verb being to roger, as in Kenny rogers…
“Rogers” is British slang for making love vigorously. The verb being to roger, as in Kenny rogers…
“Rogers” is British slang for making love vigorously. The verb being to roger, as in Kenny rogers…
Canada is a nice place
Well Apples and Pears, I think that Tom Strong must have been aware that “rogers” means making love vigorously, hence the comment. I suspect Tom must come from one of those countries that likes to make war vigorously, the slang term possibly being “americanize”.
Thats great for us apple fans who work for Bell. Oh well, thanks Steve, you just pissed off a mac supporter.
Its nice that Bell and Telus cover 100% of my Province and Rogers covers 20% woot woot.
Canada is what the US could and should be. Mostly.
@ZerO…I realize you are trying to make nice but you have to realize that there are two things you do not fsck around with…people’s mother or their country. Best just to out and out apologize or leave it alone.
Canadian’s are a little sensitive at the moment because of the US ambassodor telling us who the fsck do we think we are off telling the US about the screw-up they did (we screwed up too) on Arar case (the US sent an innocent Canadian citizen to Syria where he was tortured for a year before our Gov’t got him back). Our PM almost popped a vein and now a man who was a friend of GW, is now pissed….big time.
Congrats…another arrogant attitude has caused a friendly pro-US conservative gov’t to turn against it. Sigh….just like children squabbling.
Oh, BTW…I use Rogers here in Montreal. My money is saved up for a nice shiny iPhone
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Hey, all you big men whining about “defending” your country, just ease up. How many of you have “defended” your country for real–i.e., served in your nation’s military? I don’t mean to criticize anyone who hasn’t, but just perhaps you’re overdoing the assaults on a fairly innocuous comment about a company’s name; are you compensating for something?
@Kate
Put a lip-lock on my love muscle and STFU. If I want any more lip from you I will pull down my zipper.
…I come from a millitary family
Hello Kate:
There are many more ways to “defend” a country than by just serving the military. I am thinking particularly about the many women who made a very strong contribution to the allies during WW2 by going to work in the factories and supporting the troops across the seas.
The situation is no longer about defending a country however, it is about defending the world from a small group of countries, notably those from the Axis of Evil and the Axis of AENUS (Australia, England n United States).
It permeates every issue right now, down to global drowning.
@road warrior
You made a much nicer (read diplomatic) response than mine. You described my mom exactly…she worked in a high risk job on the armament assembly line during WWII. The stories of the numerous people around her getting seriously injured due to flash fires due to gun powder were horrible, yet that didn’t slow them down. My father was in the RCAF and I grew up on the air force base.
My anger is a knee-jerk reaction when I read posts like Kate’s. I guess I get less tolerant of this crap as I get older.
Well it is a rarity that one of my responses is interpreted as diplomatic, but then again you, like me are members of one of the free world countries.
Those women indeed made as much of a sacrifice and effort during WW2 as the men, in my opinion.
I don’t know where Kate is from, but she strikes me as a typical woman from the AENUS alliance, which I think is a driving force to get their men to Iraq…anything to get away from their whining.
I salute you Sir for the dedication your family has contributed to the free world.
Especially since we remember.
Buster,
My apologies, I have no country nor cause to defend, i don’t believe in that concept; To me it is one rounded earth and we are in it, from space you can’t see political, racial nor religious divisions, on a clear day you can see the occasional SKY LARK imbecile, other than that is a beautiful place – you seem like sensible person and I mean no il by my commentsl -sorry
@ zerO
Thats better, see discussion is always a better road to travel down, on a clear day.
But my friend, there are many causes and rights to defend and fight for. to list a few –
Amnesty International, Animal rights, Civil rights, Climate change (whatever the reason), Discrimination, Genetic engineering, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Homelessness, Lesbian Gay and Bisexual rights, Media ethics and accountability, Minimum wages, Poverty, Racism, Welfare … blah blah, the list goes on and on, pick one. Do something.
You can’t see the political, racial nor religious divisions because your romantic head is in the sand, and while it’s there, people, animals and the environment all over the world are getting screwed over in horrific, repugnant and disgusting ways, aided and abetted by apathy and daydreamers.
yours faithfully
Imbecile
Whoa, cool down folks. We went from defending cell phone company names to defending our countries and our passions. The fact we are all in the small minority of the world that consumes the majority of the world’s resources gives any of us little justification for lording it over each other. Only the world’s rich scrap over cell phone bells and whistles.
The big companies some we defend have no loyalty to any country. They’re interested only in creating a political climate to maximize profit. To that end, they exert as much control as possible on the political agendas of every western country, Canada & US included. The purpose of war is primarily to protect their right to make as much money as possible. We think we fight for freedom, but that’s the illusion they create. Proof: notice who is making a bundle from Iraq…
And on a lighter note, Rogers may be a goofy name for a company, but America comes from the first name of Amerigo Vespucci, an Itailan explorer. US of America is hardly different from the US of Susan or the Dominion of Bill… or whatever.