Rogers officially launches Shift
Right on time, Roger and HTC have announced the official launch of the Shift UMPC. This marks the first carrier supported version of HTC’s unique mobile computer. The Rogers HTC Shift is available starting today for $1599.99 (Canadian), sporting the usual 40 GB hard drive, 7″ touchscreen, Wi-Fi b/g, HSDPA, Bluetooth, and more. Customers will be required to sign a 3-year contract on a minimum $50/month data plan. HTC and Rogers also announced a future device update, promised within 3 months, that will provide Telenav GPS navigation functionality. This is good news for anyone that absolutely needs carrier support, but if you’re in the market for a Shift, the unlocked version might still present a better value. $1,600 Canadian translates into about $1,622 U.S. If you look hard enough, you can find an brand new unlocked Shift for $1,499 U.S., which should come to you without the 3 year contract and SIM lock. Nuff Said.
Rogers have a monopoly on GSM, what do you expect?
screw that i can buy a decent laptop for that price ROBBERS bet canadinas will be cheering when tmobile moves in next year
@ ROBBERS €hahahaha.. never heard that one…
tmobile will never get here
well, he its not tmobile it will be vodaphone or some other gsm carrier to give rogers some compitition.
But the n95, the iphone, the new berry, and now this, is showing that rogers is focusing a lot on handsets and not so much on better plans…
Heh that’s abou the same stance that att has in the US as faor as I have seen robbers is the only /4. Carrier that hs 3year xontracts that’s BS
They shoulf focus on better plans too an competion is healthy for busnesess
3 years ?