Enough already - Rogers has not officially landed anything. Yes, it's very likely they will end up with the iPhone, but NOTHING official has been announced - there was no "e-mail to customers", this whole story is fabricated. Yes, Nadir Mohamed said Rogers is the most likely candidate, and that Rogers would love to get the deal, but they just HAVEN'T. AppleInsider, and any others who have reported this nonsense should shake their journalism 101 textbooks for the missing pages on verifying sources. You need at least one direct source, and one corroborating source before you should go to print, and no one has neither. Shame on MacRumours for carrying this rumour, and Andrew Escobar who is quoted as the "authority"- I won't be visiting his blog in the future.
I realise this is, after all, a rumour site - but fabrications (read "lies") are not a defining charcteristics of a good rumour.
I emailed Rogers Wireless myself and here is the response I received:
Dear XXX XXXXXX,
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, we appreciate your use of
online customer service.
In your recent email, you have informed us that you were wondering if
Rogers was going to offer the iPhone.
Yes it is true. Rogers is excited to say that we will be offering this
unit in the near future. Keep visiting our website for the launch
dates.
We are glad we were able to assist you. If you have any further
questions, please feel free to email us again.
For future reference with respect to this e-mail, please quote reference
number XXXXXXXXX
Regards,
XXXXXX X.
http://www.rogers.com
Online Customer Service
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, we appreciate your use of
online customer service.
In your recent email, you have informed us that you were wondering if
Rogers was going to offer the iPhone.
Yes it is true. Rogers is excited to say that we will be offering this
unit in the near future. Keep visiting our website for the launch
dates.
We are glad we were able to assist you. If you have any further
questions, please feel free to email us again.
For future reference with respect to this e-mail, please quote reference
number XXXXXXXXX
Regards,
XXXXXX X.
http://www.rogers.com
Online Customer Service