iPhone invading Canada tomorrow?

According to a report from the market-mindful Bloomberg, old Jobsy could be dropping the iPhone on Canada come tomorrow's keynote. If you believe what RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky says (and that's a big if), Apple will unleash the phone via Rogers Communications -- the country's largest mobile service provider. "There's a very good chance that Apple will announce or discuss some kind of other carrier roll-outs, beyond the ones it has done in Europe and the U.S." He said, adding that, "There is definitely very strong demand and interest here." To which we say, "Duh," and, "Hey, we've heard this before." Though we're not sure Steve will have time for the Canadian launch in his keynote, what with all the algae-based hard drives, unicorn laptops, and rays of pure energy he'll be introducing.

[Thanks, Paolo]

[j450n Posted Jan 15th 2008 10:29AM]

Yeah, I heard Rogers said "NO WAY" to sharing revenue with Apple and unlimited data, so Apple said "OK" and left.

[wesg Posted Jan 15th 2008 10:11AM]

@Ian

Spot on.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2008 10:43AM]

A few things:

1) Rogers (which owns Fido) is the only GSM provider in Canada.

2) The original estimates to run an iPhone on Rogers last year were WAY over $200 (that was for a measly 100-200MB a month), closer to $2000 and even that was not unlimited.

3) Rogers has recently lowered their rates on Email for Blackberry only to $15 a month "unlimited", probably in response to recent heavily-discounted promotions from Bell and Telus who offer unlimited email and web for Blackberry/HTC Touch, or PDAs (it varies it seems) for under $20 ($7-$15 depending).

3) Cisco had the US trademark for iPhone when Apple announced it last year, so what relevance Apple lends those sorts of things may be debatable.

Personally, due to the disgusting cost, I've disabled Edge on every smartphone I've ever used. I would love for this to change, to be able to enjoy the ubiquitous network access that other countries around the world now enjoy, but I shan't be holding my breath.

(Okay, maybe a little...)

[GusRandall Posted Jan 15th 2008 11:06AM]

Love the Led Zeppelin reference in the picture

[GusRandall Posted Jan 15th 2008 10:52AM]

Love the Zeppelin reference in the picture

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 15th 2008 11:50AM]

I'm in Edmonton and I've had an iPhone for about 4 months now. I got a friend in Windsor to pick one up in Detroit and mail it to me.

Right now I've got a 1gb/month data play for $65 through Rogers.

The only possible reason I would get a Rogers branded iPhone (if they release it) will be a 3G version and if data rates come down even more. Otherwise, the one I've got will work just fine.

[Silvorgold Posted Jan 15th 2008 2:21PM]

Now that Jobs' keynote is done, still no sign of an iPhone.

[Crockett Posted Jan 15th 2008 3:16PM]

Boring!

Steve Job Blew-Ray all day today!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 20th 2008 2:25AM]

APPLES A FIRIN IZ LAYZARS!!!!11

BLARARARGHGH!


(seriously, look at the pic!)

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 16th 2008 10:21PM]

Zomg I ruv u
Maple Syrup FTW !!!