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This is a personal note: My phone contract is now up, and I still don’t know who I’m going with… Hmmm.

Today, Google announced via it’s Nexus One site that they will be offering an unlocked version of the phone which will work with Rogers’ network here in Canada. The Globe and Mail has reported that the phone will also work with Wind Mobile, although as of yet there isn’t any information from Wind on this. [...]

There have been a couple of stories lately by The Globe and Mail which paint a picture of coming deregulation of the Canadian wireless industry. Conservative Industry Minister Tony Clement has said that the strict Canadian ownership rules imposed by the CRTC on wireless companies in Canada will be “relaxed” in the near future. What [...]

The Globe and Mail has an article up outlining the basic idea of VOIP for the masses. It’s pretty accurate so I thought I’d post the link in case anyone had any questions about the service that are unanswered.

I want to take this chance to do a bit of off-topic posting. As I live in Vancouver, it’s hard to not notice all the olympic changes to the city. Of course, changes have been happening constantly for the past several years, but in the past 2 weeks, things have really picked up. Google has [...]

Earlier, I wrote a reaction piece to Apple’s announcement of the iPad. My reaction seemed to parallel many of the opinions out there: It does a few new things in kind of cool ways, but it’s not the revolutionary gizmo Steve Jobs made it out to be. With this article I’d like to add more [...]

Today, Apple officially announced it’s new device – the iPad. The hands-on reviews have yet to come in, but will undoubtedly be on any number of sites soon. What does the iPad mean to Canadian consumers, what is it good for, and what are the communication implications? This article will be divided into two parts: [...]

@windmobile twitter account: via @WIND_Chris Lots of interest in #NexusOne: Works on AWS, we’re chatting with them, confirming config works with WIND, more to come… A few days ago I wrote how the Google Nexus One may be coming to Wind Mobile and now it seems we have some confirmation from Wind themselves that they [...]

Nexus One tech specs: Cellular & Wireless UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900) HSDPA 7.2Mbps HSUPA 2Mbps GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Engadget has an exclusive hands-on preview of the new Google Nexus One phone up on their site. It’s definitely worth a read, with quite a few pictures and even a quick intro video to the phone in the initial article. They do promise a full review up soon. The most interesting part of the review [...]