Comments on: Motorola Q9h, and HTC TyTN II launch on Rogers imminent?

By: lee

lee — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:50:21 +0000

tytn ii comes on april 1, 2008. It is no april fools joke

By: Jody

Jody — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:23:38 +0000

I would love to know how to get my Tytn II working on the Rogers network.. I have an unlocked one I purchased in Asia and it works amazing over there but nobody at rogers can help with making it work in Canada as it’s not “officially” released here.. can someone point me to some of those forums that can help me fudge this? Thanks

By: Stilian

Stilian — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:52:22 +0000

I just spoke with a rep on the phone from Rogers. aperantly all of their Q4 phones are out right now. She said that the soonest we might see a new phone is February.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:38:34 +0000

Oh And Im on a $40 700 minute free evening and weekend plan. I have a $20 add on that gives me the 10mb data and v\m calll id \text\mms whocalled service name and number caller id yadda yadda

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:37:03 +0000

IF your an existing customer,
call customer service and ask for “Customer Relations” they may send you direct or to a prompt that asks if your calling to disconnect you phone. say “yes” to disconnect your phone.
You will then be connected to a agent thats job is to make you happy. They can negotiate plans and refunds. Tell them their data plans are too high (which I did) and that Bell offers unlimited phone card plan for 75 bucks. i got 3 months of free unlimited data usage! then they sadi call back to work out a plan and price based on what I use.

I would only talk to Customer Relations as any dealer, or first level customer service just read out of flyer the current promo’s. They have no power to make judgement calls.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:45:03 +0000

Thanks Tyler, Greta and Larry for your help on the unlocked version. Larry has recommended the 1 gig $65 data plan, so what about the voice plan? With respect to data, how much is 1 gig. ie.. say I get 100 email and some surfing..What about skype? Would I go over the 1 gig rate?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:05:42 +0000

my TYTN II unlocked works.. great on the 3G\HSDPA Rogers network. picked it up signal automatically

Download benchmarks are around 1.3Mb\Sec (120Kbsec) ish

Get a torrent manager and SD card!
Watch for new Data Plans from Rogers

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:05:09 +0000

my TYTN II unlcoked work.. greta on the 3G\HSDPA Rogers network. picked it up automaitcally

Download benchmarks are around 1.3Mb\Sec (120Kbsec) ish

Get a torrent manager and SD card!
Watch for new Data Plans from Rogers

By: Larry B

Larry B — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:43:16 +0000

Lee, I went with the 1GB for $65 plan. It’s a good deal for Canada! You’ll have to ask for it and the CSR might not know what it is. I had to call back twice before I got someone who knew what I was talking about. Good luck.

By: lee

lee — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:40:03 +0000

Larry, what kind of plan do you suggest..in terms of data..In the us,unlimited plan is $50 a month, and Rogers best plan is $80 for 500 mg.
Thanks..

By: Larry B

Larry B — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:49:22 +0000

Hi Lee. They are full of crap. My phone works on the new HSDPA just fine. Rogers just wants you to buy the phone from them so they can lock you in for three years.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:39:39 +0000

I am no techie, but when I spoke with Rogers, they said unlocked phones will not work on their newer and faster higher speed internet service.

By: Larry B

Larry B — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:19:10 +0000

Picked mine up online for about 800. Figured it was better than waiting for Rogers to get off their butts and release it. Great phone for anyone who is considering it.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:15:59 +0000

TYTN I is
$599.99 with 2-year term

$649.99 with 1-year term

*$299.99 with 3-year term after rebates on
select Voice & E-mail packages

When the TYTN II comes out, you can bet it will be closer to 599 or 550 on a 3year for at least 3 months. based on Rogers History

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:14:05 +0000

ok, 399-499 on a 3 year.
Heres Rogers online “flagship”
http://www.shoprogers.com/business/wireless/products/business_products_details.asp?shopperID=44LSMEK64BEV9K9K06TRX808SGFQ3QM2&PRODUCTID=H6955RENGLISH&summary=1

699.99 with 2-year term

$749.99 with 1-year term

$749.99 with no term

$349.99 with 3-year term Voice plan

By: Avery

Avery — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:21:57 +0000

$599 on a 3yr contract? are you crazy?

the phones like 800 new, who in their right mind would pay 600 for a contract.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:18:10 +0000

For those who want he TYTN II, just buy a HTC branded one which is unlocked. There are a lot of forums with “how to’s” to make work with your provider.
The TYTN II does work on Rogers and have even picked up traces of the 3g network they are testing (reaally fast!!) in the area.

Honestly people, the phone will be at least $599 on a 3 year probably add a hundred for a 2 year. buy the phone from http://www.superiorgadgets.com/ and enjoy a unlocked unit that gets direct support through HTC. Also haveing a unlocked, unbranded unit bodes well for your resale..(if your crazy!)

By: Larry B

Larry B — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:22:37 +0000

A week later and still nothing announced for either phone. Doesn’t seem like the “imminent” release is happening for either phone. Too bad as I’ve really been looking forward to getting the HTC

By: Tordrumguy

Tordrumguy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:34:26 +0000

I do hope Rogers carries this phone. It is on my short list for sure. Although, I’m now thinking I may just buy an unlocked phone … I hate the 3 year contract stuff just to save a couple hundred bucks.

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:14:02 +0000

to: Rosegold. . .
Typical american mentality. . . always thinking you are the best. A trip to Japan will make you think differently.

By: perry

perry — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:57:47 +0000

i would be very surprised if the tytn II on Rogers did not come out with the front cam. i purchased the tytn II 3 weeks ago online and the phone is amazing. hooked it up on Fido and everything works except the video calling. need 3g network for that feature. everything else works great including the built in gps which gets the signal in seconds.

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:46:30 +0000

I wouldn’t hold my breath hoping for the tytn ii to launch any day on Rogers. Maybe it will, but it’s likely coming out to at&t soon too, so it’s really anyone’s guess which company will get it out first. You can get the unbranded one from resellers already, and sooner or later the at&t one will be out.

The irony would be great if it came out to Rogers before at&t, but I’d be surprised. Nice to hear that it should be coming though

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:26:53 +0000

That’s a fair comment, but the Rogers network in particular covers 94% of the Canadian population, which means it has to span large low population areas of the country to make up the other 30%.

Secondly, HSDPA might use the spectrum more efficiently, but the cost to deploy HSDPA is very high… and it’s not deployed everywhere. As a matter of fact, today it’s only available in the Toronto area.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:13:00 +0000

“network has to span an area close to the same size as the US” – Incorrect.

here’s the distribution of the Canadian population:
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/population/population2001/distribution2001

64% of our population live in large urban centers, and the majority live in 4 broad urban areas.

UMTS (according to the Economist) offers carriers over 10x the bandwidth, which means delivering service via UMTS is many times cheaper than it was with 1st gen GSM or EDGE. And that’s not taking into account the even larger bandwidth offered by HSDPA.

Plus Rogers is the only GSM provider in Canada. They own the only other GSM option, Fido.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:49:54 +0000

In regards to the data plans, lets take a quick look at population and population density and the area of Canada compared to the US

Captured from Wikipedia

Canada
Population
2007 estimate 33,028,600 (36th)
2006 census 31,612,897
Density 3.2 /km² (219th)
8.3 /sq mi
Area
9,984,670 km² (2nd)
3,854,085 sq mi

US
Population
2007 estimate 302,509,000[1] (3rd)
2000 census 281,421,906
Density 31/km² (172nd) 80/sq mi
Area:
9,631,420 km² (3rd2)
3,718,695 sq mi

Canada has just over 1/10th the population of the US and the GSM/GPRS/EDGE/HSPA network has to span an area close to the same size as the US, a little bit smaller since they’re not in the Territories. It’s no wonder the US can charge less then in Canada, since the carriers have 10 times the population to pay for these networks.

By: Alex Flint

Alex Flint — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:40:53 +0000

I beg to differ Halhoff. I’m pretty certain it will be a Vision phone and be sportin’ a front cam. Roger’s big push right now is to get more Vision phones out the door, so why would they pass up this great chance at a WinMo device – again, they did it with the TyTn already.

By: Halfhoff

Halfhoff — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:04:25 +0000

I understand that the Rogers version of the Kaiser will not have a front cam but it should be out very soon according to one source of mine. He also says that pricing will not be too over the top.

By: Tee Jay

Tee Jay — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:25:11 +0000

The word “Kaiser” just like “Bigfoot” is a myth in the USA

By: e-dub

e-dub — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:19:12 +0000

enjoy your kaisers, boys. I sure am

eric b

By: bbcurve8300

bbcurve8300 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:24:16 +0000

rogers is/was an att affiliate it used to be called Rogers/ATT..but then rogers bought them fully out, although somewhere in a back room remains a contract with ATT, but besides that even if Rogers does get the devices, it still does NOTHING for their horrendous data plans, BB data and PDA data plans, TERRIBLE, example: base BB data plan $25-1MB data BIS only pfft, where ATT has Unlim data and BIS for $29.99 and T-Mobs $19.99 email only plan…USA kills canada is plans.