The iPhone is finally making its way to Canada on July 11, 2008 and Canadians aren’t as happy about it as they should be due to voice and data rates from one of the only two carriers that will be offering the new iPhone 3G in Canada, Rogers Communications. On Friday, Rogers announced the details of its voice and data plans for the upcoming iPhone 3G, which struck some would-be customers as unreasonably high and unnecessarily restrictive, especially when compared with those in other countries in which the iPhone 3G will be offered, such as the U.S. and the U.K. Thousands of angry Canadians (10,000 and counting when this was written) have made their feelings about Rogers’ ridiculous rates known on various websites and blogs.

However, the largest protest that has come into effect is a petition (whose original name was unprintable, but has now been renamed to Ruined iPhone). Its stated goal was to gather 10,000 names in the form of a petition by July 11th, which was accompanied by to an open letter to Steve Jobs. By Sunday evening, the petition had already gathered more than 13,000 names, more than its initial goal. The open letter can be found at ruinediphone.com, and is reprinted after the break.

According to Reuters, Softbank, the iPhone 3G carrier in Japan, has announced their rates and available plans. The report states that the 8GB iPhone will come in at ¥23,040 ($215), and the 16GB iPhone will be priced at ¥34,560 ($322). As for the plans, Softbank is betting on their ¥7,280 ($68) plan to be the more »

For those of you rejoicing at the sound of the 3G iPhone price crashing to the ground, don’t get too excited just yet. Although the price of an 8GB iPhone has dropped considerably, the price of a 2-year contract with AT&T has gone up $10, from $60 to $70 per month. Over the two years more »

As part of a new plan to prevent cracked iPhones, the 3G iPhone will not be sold online. Also, activation of your plan must be done in-store as well. You will now be unable to go to an Apple store and just buy an iPhone; you are obligated to sign a contract for a service more »