Rogers Brings the Treo 600 to Canada

I was the first one 6 month ago

Marc-Andre

Who'd you rather go with? Telus "We improved our customer service" Mobility? Bell Mobility? Oh I get it, you're a Fido customer aren't you! Aren't you little boy? Go fetch the doggie bone!

Fido tried offering Vancouver area residents $40 plus tax a month for absolutely unlimited daytime evening and weekend calling, system access fee and all that included, and I wouldn't buy into that.

Telus gave me too many problems the 8 months I was their customer.

Yes Rogers' "high speed internet" is a bit slow but you know, accounting between Telus' horrible reputation, Bell's um... maybe Bell's good but they haven't been in the wild west long enough for me to criticize them, and Fido.... they're just weird.

GSM technology is wonderful, I don't know how could anyone stand that CDMA crap. If I wanted that I'd go to Japan, at least they got better and cheaper phones.

But here in Canada, give me a GSM Treo 600 anyday!

> "Fido.... they're just weird"

That's a valid criticism! Now I just have to try and figure out what you mean by that! :)

On a Google search, second hit, I found a Treo 600 for US$329 with a plan. Rogers is CDN$600 (~450US$) with a plan.

Hmmm.

Screwed again. Oh Canada!

Mike

Mike

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ALL technology that comes to Canada comes at a premium. Retail Palm models are 20% more expensive here than the US. I know a store in Vancouver that sold the Palm Tungsten W for $100 less than Rogers did.

Look around, you ought to find a better deal.

Don

dona83 let's review my post and see if you addressed any of the issues in your irrational rant:

1) Rogers is abysmally slow in introducing new handsets - true as the Treo has been available since last fall at most US mobile operators. Nary a word in your rant. Also the prices charged when they are finally introduced tend to be prohibitive

2) Rogers charges usurious rates for data plans - true as one could get an all you can eat data plan with the hiptop through Fido for $20.00 month. As for Rogers their top "navigate" plan is $12.00 per month for 2 megs of download. Hardly a bargain. once again nary a word in your rant.

Insofar as technology being more expensive in Canada .. that tends to be true, but that's the fault of us consumers who accept that Futureshop and other retailers are still using 50% + US exchange markup when it is really much lower 35%.

1.) True, they're the SprintPCS of Canada pretty much. Telus, Fido, and Bell were coming out with industry leading/break through phones long before Rogers did. However, last September, instead of a camera phone, instead of a PalmOS or PPC smartphone, I chose a huge monochrome Nokia 6310i. I was so worried about cutting edge rather than the true functionality of the phone, and, what ALL phones should have, one week between charges. I can see how some people perceive Rogers as such a boring company... I ask you one thing though... if Rogers is so slow at releasing the Treo 600, why does Telus, Fido, and Bell not have it yet?

2.) I gotta admit I was frustrated by their network speed... and I admit that if I got the Treo 600 I would not use it for anything more than SMS, E-mail (POP3), IM via VeriChat, and basic WAP browsing. My usage right now is 400kb for WAP. If I wanted to see designed-for-desktop sites, I would do just that, use a desktop. I mean, tell me you need to use your phone to check full multimedia sites or download all the material you need to write a thesis, I mean, current data plans are designed with business customers in mind, and most business customers will never stray from SMS, E-mail, and occasional information lookup via WAP browsers.

For the one who asked about Fido aka MicroCell, it's a GSM based cell phone company in Canada, they're very weird tho. And connection is only in the major cities with pretty crappy quality. But they got cheap voice and data plans. But they're crappy.

Yeah...after using Telus (since they were BCTel) and Fido, I must admit I finally settled with Rogers. I found a store out in Willowbrook mall (in langley) that gave me the phone I wanted (at the time a Motorola T720) for free and waived all sorts of activation fees and stuff of the sort.

As for Fido...yeah they're great...as long as you don't plan on leaving the GVRD (Greater Vancouver Regional District), wanna go to Whistler for the day? The Island? Chilliwack? Parts of surrey? You're SCREWED!

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