Canada’s first Android smartphone will be released by Rogers in just over a day and to celebrate the HTC Magic’s crossing of the border, Rogers has set up an interesting celebrity driven event dubbed the ‘Rogers Revolution.’
Canadian star Joshua Jackson will be hitting up different parts of Toronto on Monday, June 1st with multiple incentives and prizes for anyone who locates him.
Joshua Jackson will be posting clues through blogs and live updates and it is up to the fans to use different outlets like Google Search, Google Maps and Google Latitude in order to pinpoint where he is.
There is a chance to be entered in a draw to win a high-seas Caribbean adventure worth $4,000. It’s a big movement in the mobile world, and Rogers is handling it with style.
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Trend Themes
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