A new "promotional" data plan is going to be available until August 31st (and I actually believe they’ll extend it…), where you can bring your own voice plan, and add a 6GB data plan for only $30 / month. Hmm, maybe over 50K signatures at ruinediphone.com changed their mind? No, it’s not unlimited … but in talking to Roland — who is the heaviest mobile app user I know — he’s never gone over 500MB. I think I used a couple of GBs when I was at the Olympics in Torino, and large megapixel camera phones and the fast 3G speeds could certainly eat bandwidth, but 6GB seems fair.
So…am I getting an iPhone? Nope. I don’t really like contracts, and I don’t like locked phones. I imagine we’ll be able to get an unlocked iPhone at some point, where I’ll be able to swap out SIM cards when traveling as I do now.
Meanwhile, looks like I’ll be on CTV Newsnet talking about the other Canadian wireless barons — Bell and Telus. They are going to start charging for incoming text messages. Well, this should be a fun ride … Rogers isn’t charging for incoming, it has the iPhone and the latest Nokia phones, and now — decent data plans. Really, what are Bell and Telus thinking?
Update: Looks like this is not just for iPhone — you can add this plan to any phone, as long as you sign a 3 year contract, and it does apply to Fido as well. See the post on howard forums for reference.
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