Rogers Revolution Banner Leaves You Clueless
May 14th, 2009 | Published in Devices | 13 Comments
Here is what I found today. I came to the Rogers website to see what’s new with my wireless provider. The first thing I noticed was a large banner that read: “The Revolution is coming. June 2nd”. What got me intrigued was the picture of an HTC cellphone with its keyboard slid out and the display showing Google’s home page.
Now I need to explain why it caught my eye. I have been wondering for years why cellphone manufacturers can’t get it: the layout with a slide-out keyboard and a horizontal screen that takes up as much of the surface as possible is the most efficient design that makes the best use of the limited real estate of the device! This design makes it the closest to the idea of a microcomputer given the dimensions. Why is this so difficult to understand? Why there are so few models like this in the market? Why isn’t everyone making these types of cellphones?
If you by any chance know the answer, please let me know.
Anyway, back to the business. So I click the banner and land on the page that I am pretty sure is going to explain what kind of revolution is coming and what we should expect on June 2nd. Well, not so much luck with Rogers. All I got was pretty much the same banner image with some cheesy graphic effects sprinkled over it, and a button that invited me to join the Revolution. When clicked, it asked for my email so I could stay in the loop as to how the Revolution was coming along.
What revolution, for Heaven’s sake?!
How am I supposed to know what it’s all about, you @#$%@%$ at Rogers? Do you ever test your own banners? Have you ever seen the page the banner leads to? If you happen to come across this post, I’ll save you the effort — here is your landing page:
Check it out for yourself on the Rogers website
I had to go someplace else (thank Google!) to find out what was happening. It turns out, we Canadians are about to get our hands on the HTC Dream and HTC Magic, the first Android-based mobile models to hit the Canadian market: Canada Getting HTC Dream and Magic on Rogers! (thanks, Rob Jackson).
Was it so difficult to put a couple of lines explaining this on the Revolution page? Shame on you, Rogers people.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:34 pm (#)
Thanks for sharing
May 19th, 2009 at 10:23 am (#)
Nice. Not sure where QA was on that one!!!
May 20th, 2009 at 3:57 am (#)
Well I guess what we can do is to wait for June 2nd to fully understand what really is coming.The Rogers will not spend that much for an ad without returns in their investment and I bet this product will be something new. Let’s give it a chance Troy.
May 21st, 2009 at 9:44 pm (#)
It’s what T Mobile calls the G1, running Google’s Android OS, I’m not sure what Rogers will call it probably the G1.
May 30th, 2009 at 3:44 pm (#)
If it wasn’t for the fact that you are akready a customer, one might suspect that it was just a cheap trick to build a mail base. Then again if they are not that sharp 🙂
May 31st, 2009 at 10:53 pm (#)
Good info, I wait for you next info! keep your sharing.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm (#)
This android phone must be second generation as i read it will be g3 not g1. I also heard that rogers will no longer sell smart phones with out a data bundle, so you can add at least 25 bucks to your phone bill.
June 8th, 2009 at 5:38 pm (#)
im doing this ad for a media studies project and i too am baffled by the “revolution”
June 25th, 2009 at 8:15 am (#)
Great post. That is exciting that you guys are going to get the magic and dream. $25 to the bill is fine by me. These two phones wouldn’t really be worth much without the internet anyways.
November 29th, 2009 at 8:39 pm (#)
Doesn’t sound like too much of a revolution does it? So how did it work out for them?
December 18th, 2009 at 9:30 am (#)
Too big for my liking.
I am happy with a phone that can text and make calls. Not worried about much else.
🙂
December 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 am (#)
Banners that don’t explain themselves are pretty annoying. It’s hardly a “Revolution” that HTC Magic is now on the market, is it? I feel a little disappointed.
April 18th, 2010 at 8:28 pm (#)
Too big for my liking.
I am happy with a phone that can text and make calls. Not worried about much else.
🙂