Why i’m still going to buy an iphone from Rogers

Rogers voice/data plans are horrible. With no competition in Canada, Rogers is quite frankly gouging consumers but it doesn’t really matter… people are still going to be lined up on Friday morning, myself included. Here’s why:

1. Canada has 3 cellular carrier options. Bell, Telus & Rogers. The iPhone is exclusively a GSM phone, Telus/Bell are both using CDMA technology which means the iPhone will never work with their networks.
2. Bell & Telus have terrible options for phones. I’ve been patient with Bell Mobility for like 10 years.
3. I have an ipod touch and cannot live without it. I also have a cell phone, digital camera & GPS. This will replace my ipod touch and consolidate alot of seperate gadgetry i tend to carry around.
4. As a web developer, i’m excited about learning how to develop for the iPhone and getting to write apps that take advantage of the GPS or camera.
5. The iPhone syncs with Address Book on my iMac at home, so centralizing my contacts is going to be awesome.