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  1. Anthony Aziz says: March 16th, 2010 a 12:34pm

    Awesome, the My Account app works with my company’s plan!

    However, I can’t see paid apps in the market? I tried rebooting the phone, but no luck.

    • RogersRob says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:31pm

      Hi Anthony,
      Typically My Account doesn’t work with corporate accounts. Have you tried it again recently? Is it still not working for you?

  2. LostAndroid says: March 16th, 2010 a 12:36pm

    Nice! I like how Redboard was quick to update its blog to announce this news. Any chance of Rogers offering subsidies for the Nexus One? Or phone upgrades?

    • RogersRob says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:34pm

      Thanks for the feedback, LostAndroid.

      There are no subsidies or upgrades are available from Rogers at this time. Google is selling and supporting the phone, which can then be activated on the Rogers network.

  3. Shawn Altorio says: March 16th, 2010 a 12:39pm

    Great job guys. You’re really showing your support and leading the way here in Canada in regards to Android.

    My only comment is that to promote more sales of the Nexus One, you should have it displayed on the Rogers.com phone listing page, with a direct link to the Google purchase site. Might be worth having a banner for it on the Rogers homepage as well. Sorry if this is already the case, but the Rogers site is having trouble loading for me ATM.

    Still waiting on the Sony-Ericsson Xperia X10 though.

  4. mjschmidt says: March 16th, 2010 a 12:46pm

    Kudos to Rogers and their internal devs for the new MyAccount App. It is very slick. Now, can you please give us some way to remove the useless Rogers icons that came pre-installed on the Dream and Magic? ;-)

    Having paid apps now is also awesome.

    @Shawn: Rogers is not selling the Nexus One, in fact, unless there is something they’re not telling us, I doubt there is any formal agreement between them (Miranda, Keith, or Mary could clear that up). Google is indicating on their site that it works with the Rogers network if you buy that model. The other model (the T-Mobile one) will work on Wind (it also works on Rogers, just not at 3G speeds).

    • RogersMiranda says: March 16th, 2010 a 5:12pm

      Hi Michael,

      Thanks for the kudos on the app!

      No, the icons cannot be removed. However, we’re aware that the new My Account app creates a duplicate icon and we’re looking into fixing this in the future

  5. Mathieu says: March 16th, 2010 a 12:59pm

    Best 24 hours ever for Android users in Canada EVER!

  6. chris says: March 16th, 2010 a 1:00pm

    Great post Miranda and thank you rogers and google….this has been a great week for rogers and android and the week is not over!

  7. Puleen says: March 16th, 2010 a 1:11pm

    Question for Rogers is are there any specific things which need to be done to the Nexus One 3G device (software etc..) to make it work efficiently on the Rogers network?

    I understand that the Magic and other Android phones were tested to ensure that they would work perfectly with the Rogers Network, did Rogers & Google do similar testing for Nexus One 3G? Will Rogers / Google be doing similar testing for Nexus One 3G?

    • RogersRob says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:50pm

      Hi Puleen,

      There was no specialization from Rogers with the Nexus One.

      The Nexus One is different to our standard Android phones in that it’s not certified, but we have validated on the network to ensure there are no major compatibility issues. Therefore we cannot offer technical support for the device as we can not guarantee how it will function on our network without going through the certification process.

      The other devices Rogers certifies have been optimized to take advantage of the best quality services on our network. Depending on the device, services like MMS, call display, etc. may not work properly on non-certified devices.

  8. Chaz says: March 16th, 2010 a 1:19pm

    Let me guess all apps will be locked to rogers only…. i assume the next step is to make sure that you subscribe to Rogers radio to listen to their content

    • RogersRob says: March 16th, 2010 a 8:22pm

      Hi Chaz, apps on Google marketplace are typically not locked to a particular carrier. Except our new My Account app, of course.

  9. Kevin says: March 16th, 2010 a 1:46pm

    Thank you Rogers! Can’t wait to switch off my iPhone for this baby.

  10. Gerald says: March 16th, 2010 a 1:58pm

    After being critical of Rogers in my last couple of comments have to say it’s nice to see some positive news for Android in Canada. Good work on the account app, even though I can’t use it on my corporate plan it’s nice to see Rogers rolling out some innovations for a change.

  11. chris says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:11pm

    this is google experience phone and cause it is sold and shipped via google,their will be no rogers branding ,spl or radio on this phone at all.

  12. chris says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:13pm

    Hi Puleen, i believe other then adding the rogers APN settings and putting your sim into the Nexus one,it should be plug and play.

    • Puleen says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:48pm

      Chris, let’s not “believe” but rather be proactive and verify. Has Rogers actually verified putting the APN settings and SIM card that all the features of Nexus One 3G would work with the Rogers network?

      It is one thing to just say that “yay the new Nexus one will work on Rogers” and that Rogers SIM cards will work. It is, in my opinion, good customer service to test it out and highlight any challenges and/or gaps which would not work if a user like myself were to go and buy the Nexus one and put in my SIM card.

      I agree that any hardware related issues and compatibility with Rogers network would be something owners of Nexus One 3G would need to take up with Google and I am ok with that.

      But I can see (being skeptical) that if something does not work Rogers’ response would that “it’s a google issue and not a rogers issue”. But if you test the phone out before hand and make it transparent that the following things don’t work for users bringing Nexus One to their Rogers accounts, it is good customer service. It is also good feedback to Google for them to ensure that their devices are 100% compatible with your (Rogers) network and they (Google) can take appropriate steps to either work with you (Rogers) or investigate on their (Google) own on how to rectify the known issues/concerns.

      Rogers, let’s do Android right! :)

  13. SjB says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:37pm

    Are the two Nexus One phone different in hardware? If I have an the T-Mobile/Wind version will a firmware update enable me to use it on a 3G Rogers network?

    • RogersRob says: March 16th, 2010 a 2:53pm

      Hey SjB, they are two different phones so I don’t believe you could use that on our network at 3G. Google’s blog post explains the two versions.

    • mjschmidt says: March 16th, 2010 a 3:03pm

      The T-Mobile version of the Nexus One should work on the Rogers network (from reports on the web) but it would only work at EDGE speeds and not 3G.

      Since Rogers is not making any money of the sale of either version of the Nexus One, i don’t know why they would be reluctant to endorse the T-Mo version for their network 9as long as they make it clear it won’t get 3G) since it might mean winning back some Wind customers to Rogers.

  14. Puleen Patel says: March 17th, 2010 a 4:26am

    The icing on the cake would be if Google also rolled out Google Voice for Canadian users this morning. :)

  15. Caspan says: March 17th, 2010 a 11:15am

    Can you find out why BlackBerry was put last for development of this My Account software. BlackBerry owners make up 40% of the market compared to iPhone and Google’s phones. Why are we always last to be developed for?

    • Caspan says: March 17th, 2010 a 11:23am

      Im serious though in that question, this is why a recent survey said of those 40% BlackBerry users around 39% would be willing to switch to iPhone upon their next upgrade, so that is almost 20% of the BlackBerry market share would be willing to switch to another device. Stuff like this is exactly the reason. I have purchased one of the best business tool available today and Rogers treats us like second best and always comes out with applications updates for us last. How about treating your larger market share like they deserve to be treated? That would really be nice! next to that I am happy you are developing an application for the BlackBerry market at all :)

      • RogersMiranda says: March 17th, 2010 a 3:09pm

        Hi Caspen,

        Thanks for your comment. BlackBerry customers are able to access My Account from their mobile browser. In fact, all of the BlackBerrys that we launched in 2009 featured a My Account icon that provided direct access to the mobile web My Account portal. We had to create a customized solution for iPhone and Android customers which is why we created those first.

        A BlackBerry specific app will be available soon.

        • Caspan says: March 18th, 2010 a 8:57am

          Understandably I know you cannot develop for all devices but it always seems like BlackBerry Smartphones take a back seat. To use a mobile browser to access data is painful (ask Facebook users) to use a application that is signed in all the time and data is pushed to the device as it updates is a far better option. And considering the BlackBerry has one of the worst mobile browsers so far compared to the other two devices I find it hard to believe that was the reason. If anything the other 2 devices should be the ones using the mobile browser version and an application created for the BlackBerry because the browser experience is so much better on these. Just something to pass to your development team when they are deciding who they should make applications for. Thanks for the reply

  16. Richard says: March 17th, 2010 a 2:20pm

    Will I be able to just pull out my SIM out of my iPhone and put it in the Nexus One and keep on truckin’ with my voice/data plan?

  17. SteveK says: March 17th, 2010 a 3:40pm

    My Account

    The only thing that I would add is the bar in the middle of the chart that shows you the percentage through the billing cycle that you are. Similar to what shows on the website.

  18. RioRyan says: March 17th, 2010 a 6:55pm

    The My Account app says my account details aren’t available…

  19. E Lopez says: March 17th, 2010 a 10:16pm

    Hi Rogers Miranda:
    When we will have paid apps on Nokia Ovi Store?

    • RogersMiranda says: March 18th, 2010 a 10:17am

      We would love to see paid apps on the Nokia Ovi Store in Canada, but in this case it has to be enabled by Nokia first. Same was true with Google, which just enabled paid apps in Canada for Android this week.

  20. davidm says: March 18th, 2010 a 10:24am

    It’s glad that Rogers is acknowledging the great Nexus One, or any compatible handset on your network, and your commitment to Android. However, the Rogers Dream is less than one year old, yet it cannot run important applications such as the Google Maps 4.1 update (and further updates), which requires Android 1.6. All other HTC G1 variations are able to run Android 1.6. Rogers should push for the 1.6 update at least, or for the inconvenience offer a better “up”grade path than the expired “side”grade Magic offer. True support for Android means allowing all major updates, carrier or vendor lock ins are not what we want.

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