Rogers Wireless have announced that they will be offering the HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1) and the HTC Magic in the Canadian market as of June 2nd. The two Android smartphones will be the first to run the Google open-source OS to be official on-sale through a carrier in Canada.
Rogers have been economical with their press release, basically confirming that each of the handsets are coming, but there’s not much we don’t already know about the Dream and Magic. The former has been on sale as the T-Mobile G1 for some time now, and has a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen that slides away to reveal a hardware QWERTY keyboard. Meanwhile the Magic has roughly the same specifications as the Dream, only lacking the hardware keyboard; it has recently gone on sale in Europe with carrier Vodafone.
For now prices and tariffs are unknown, but it’s likely that the carrier will offer an unlimited data package for the 3G smartphones. It’s possible to sign up for more information as it’s released here.
Press Release:
Canadians to Get Android-Powered Smartphones: Rogers Wireless prepares for the Mobile Revolution with the exclusive Canadian launch of the HTC Dream and HTC Magic
TORONTO, May 7 /CNW/ – Rogers Wireless today announced the exclusive Canadian launch in June 2009 of the HTC Dream(TM) and HTC Magic(TM) smartphones, the first cellphones in Canada powered by the Android platform, allowing for fast and easy access to a wide range of Google(TM) mobile services, including Google Search(TM), Google Maps(TM), Gmail(TM) and more.
“Who else but Rogers would be the first carrier to offer Canadians the first chance to join the mobile revolution with a choice of not one, but two, handsets powered by the Android platform?”, said John Boynton, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. “The HTC Magic offers a responsive touch screen and the HTC Dream delivers both a touch screen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Both devices offer outstanding wireless internet search capabilities and a full suite of applications that run two times faster on Canada’s fastest mobile network.”
Rogers will release details of the launch soon. In the meantime, customers can sign up for more information at rogers.com/revolution.
[via BGR]
http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/a..._hbad_t2_s1-EN
If this is anything like the introduction of the iPhone3G, then it will be ~$200 on a 3 year contract with $60 for 1MB of data. Then again Robbers may suprise everyone.