So everyone complained about Rogers but Apple (and Rogers) finally won. This morning, Rogers and Fido stores in downtown Montreal had as much as 100 people lined up, and the whole activation system blew up one hour later. Even in late afternoon hours, customers were still coming in, not to protest data plan rates, but to hand in their credit cards. Clerks had then to use the “emergency activation line”.
It’s an iconic day, celebrating Apple’s dominance in consumer electronics, and also Apple’s major influence in mass culture. I’ve seen articles stating that the next generation of computing, following Moore’s law, would be netbooks such as Asus’s eee PC; but seeing the frenzy downtown, I’m ready to bet on the iPhone.
I will end here for the article; here’s a small funny video though for those who want to see more of the shiny gadget.
(click to see the video at bombe.tv)
Comments
Long Nguyen July 12, 2008
If Bell and Telus go through with charging incoming SMS, there will be complaints then too, if it hasn’t already started.
Heri July 12, 2008
about the protests, I’m not too sure what to think of it since Rogers has a GSM monopole in Canada, prices just reflect the market economics. It would have made more sense if there was another competitor.
anyways, it was probably a good thing since the company offered a more generous plan.
Fred Brunel July 12, 2008
But another friend bough his iPhone at Fido with a simple voice plan at $35 (and no data). It’s weird but the Fido voice plans are better, unlimited starts at 7pm compared to 9pm for Rogers.
He told me that he could also get the $30 6GB data plan. Now I would say that it’s not that bad compared to the plan previously announced.
Heri July 13, 2008