Rogers nabs HTC Dream and HTC Magic for Canada's first look at Android
By Paul Miller 
posted May 7th 2009 9:13AM
posted May 7th 2009 9:13AM
posted May 7th 2009 9:13AM
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Wow. Someone got too excited with that background. pun intended
Aww you beat me to it.
pun also intended.
I just realized that the copy is also kinda funny too...
"The revolution... is coming"
lol
the revolution sure is coming, but it sure as shit won't be fucking Rogers that brings it.
seriously can't wait for Globalive to destroy the canadian telcos: http://www.globalive.com/?page_id=212
does no one else realize that means 850 band on it for 3G?
where's the pun again?
Totally, looks like somebody had a wet HTC dream
Will this me a modified G1? Since Rogers 3G is on another frequency than T-Mobile. Or will Rogers adapt their towers to the new frequency?
@happyface: Adapt their towers to the new frequency? Do you have any idea how much that would cost them? If it doesn't support 1900/850MHz 3G, then it supports EDGE and they'll just leave it at that and tell you to be happy with it.
I see a "G" on the Data icon in the image above; Maybe I'm just not seeing the 3? Anyhow, going to install the radio and hack the firmware for my T-Mobile G1. I'm already on Robbers with the thing.
That's great news for Canada. Android handsets coming to us at last. I will probably get HTC Dream (G1).
damn.. another reason to switch back to Rogers... *sigh*
your kidding right?
Wow, the design of that site looks kinda shifty.
Part of the reason Rogers would get an exclusive on the Dream and the Magic in Canada, is they are one of two GMS carriers in Canada. The other GSM carrier is Fido, but they are owned by Rogers.
But its about time Android came to Canada. I've been using my Dev Phone for the last few months and Android rocks.
Is it still a revolution when the phone has been out for 9 months?
Things take longer to reach Canada. It took the 80s about 14 years to reach us. People still say "that's so sick" or "that's so phat" around here in Toronto. :D
Dude, that is so rad!
:D
Your Avatar is Shit
literally
@Kash.
And douchetards still use ghey emoticons like ":D" , in Toronto still too.
At least we are past using "ghey".
Burn.
They wouldn't allow the post of the three letter version of what you are. So it was necessary.
And "burn" is so 1992.
This would had been good for my telus account, but not enough to move. I just luv my unlimited data plan that would had killed my pockets with rogers...roger offered me a capped data plan for pretty much the same price. I was worried about the usability of winmo (htc) from all the crap I hear. The interface is very clunky (itouch owner), but I must admit I get a lot of use out of it (gps, streaming audio/video, internet using opera, tons!) and couldn't be much happier. I can't wait for 6.5 and beyond.
I'm a fairly heavy (200 lbs, just kidding) data user and I can't breach the 500MB they have allocated me. It's a lot more than you think. The bottleneck there is the phone's battery, it only lasts so long when you're browsing the web.
I go over a gig a month. Battery? During GPS usage, I use a car charger. During hiking GPS usage, battery will last my normal 3 hour hike. I do have a portable USB charger for longer hike. And at work where I stream tons, I do have my phone plugged. My HTC doesn't actually suck power. In standby mode (data on/GPS off), it can over 3 days.
Let's just hope it won't be locked to a "3 year agreement". :/
Less than a 3 year contract? Not a snowball's chance in H-E-Double Hockey Sticks.
I am 100% sure it will be exclusively on 3 year agreement. ;-)
I am quite sure it'll be on a 3 year voice AND Data plan!
I can't believe 3 year contracts actually exist.
The 2 year contract we have in the states is even too much. Technology changes and improves too quickly to be tied to a single device for that long. What the carriers don't seem to realize is if they would knock those contracts down to a year, they could charge a little more and people would be happy to pay it. At least give us the option.
Now if only they would join the rest of the 21st century and provide us with unlimited data, free texting to the states (currently it's $0.25 per sms) and take away the system access fee, greedy fuckers.
lol looks a lot like revtt, could be the font heh
Like the Palm Pre, a google phone should not need a Google Homepage or even a widget. You just start typing and the phone eventually suggests Google, Wiki, Maps, Youtube...etc.
Not that it makes much difference, after you browse once you'll probably never see your home page again since the browser always stays open in the background. I usually just open my bookmarks and navigate somewhere before the current page even finishes displaying itself any time I pull up the G1's browser, anyway.
Too little too late. They should've come out with this 6 months ago. Now I'll just stick with my ericsson for another few months and get myself a Pre. I'm crossing my fingers hoping that "2Q of 2009" means end of summer, not middle of winter.
The G1 was actually released last week in South Africa. Just though I'd mention that :)
Canadians are a bit slow... (even at getting outdated handsets...) haha
Something said...not good....
dude we have the population of California stretched over and entire country. it's understandable things get here slow from the US. not much need to rush it for a small market.
that being said, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. keep your fast tech and your crowds ;) I like breathing room.
We've received a lot of handsets at the same time as US carriers (i.e. HTC Touch Diamond CDMA, Blackberry Bold). Sometimes we get them before.
Is it just me or does the HTC Dream on that pic look different... it looks somehow better than the G1.
Smaller trackball? Smaller buttons on the bottom part of the phone? Different arrangement of those buttons?
I dunno...
Looks like the 'chin' has been rounded out/concaved a bit. Makes it look more like a Brian Mulroney than the Jay Leno.
The styling of the buttons on the bottom chin is slightly different, and far uglier than the original if you ask me.
That's fresh!!!
Yeah! effin finally! But damn, I don't want to go back to Rogers...
Been using the G1 on the FIDO network for the last two months. FIDO's bandwidth charges calc'd to be about 60% more than what my netcounter app says - still trying to pin down what's up with that. Got my 500MB limit warning with the phone reporting only 360MB total BW used. Point is, download the "netcounter" app and watch them!
I'm connecting only at Edge/G speeds (no appropriate 3G spectrum in Canada), so I'm wondering if that's being addressed on the Rogers side of the network. It's not bad, but it obviously isn't as snappy as a 3G iPhone. I'm getting about 10~18kB/s when downloading apps.
In short, the G1 is most excellent. Not as snappy as iPhone, but waaay more useful. The 1.5 cupcake update is very nice...
this looks way different, I am comparing my g1 and the menu button isnt on the edge, and the buttons are not round.. I want this g1!
Oh, and YES, the photo looks different than my phone. My buttons are round, with no "overscore" line, and the menu button goes right up to the edge of the chin. Looks like 2nd-edition aesthetic tweaks...
Great another amazing phone, on a terrible network. Guess I am going to be waiting for the Pre to launch on Bell Aliant.