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Originally posted by E2EK1EL He still big ups the Treo 680 the most out of all the units.

What about the Centro? Not so good?

I don't understand why they couldn't make a GSM version of the 755p...

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Originally posted by DigiNut What about the Centro? Not so good? I don't understand why they couldn't make a GSM version of the 755p...

The Centro is not really anything special, it's a just a tad better then the 680. The unit itself is tiny and the screen is small. Palm sold so many to units that consist are girls and the university type kids.

Any Palm OS5 unit is really out dated now, wait until Nova and see what happens if you want to stick to Palm.

Yeah, GSM 755 would nice.

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL Any Palm OS5 unit is really out dated now, wait until Nova and see what happens if you want to stick to Palm.

Nah, that's like 6 months away at the earliest. My 650 is starting to get flakey - weird shit like freezes, random reboots, phantom dialing (with the keylock!), and turning the phone off for no reason (!!) - so I want to swap it soon. The 680 is only a hundred bones on eBay anyway.

The Centro seems to be a little smaller, but I guess other than that it's almost the same phone for twice the price, so maybe it's not worth it.

Can you get that $30 6 GB 3G plan with your 680, even though it's not a 3G phone? Does it work?

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Originally posted by DigiNut Nah, that's like 6 months away at the earliest. My 650 is starting to get flakey - weird shit like freezes, random reboots, phantom dialing (with the keylock!), and turning the phone off for no reason (!!) - so I want to swap it soon. The 680 is only a hundred bones on eBay anyway. The Centro seems to be a little smaller, but I guess other than that it's almost the same phone for twice the price, so maybe it's not worth it. Can you get that $30 6 GB 3G plan with your 680, even though it's not a 3G phone? Does it work?

AT&T sells the Centro for $99.99 and Roger's price is $299.99! How you figure?


Yes it works on the any PDA Phone.

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL AT&T sells the Centro for $99.99 and Roger's price is $299.99! How you figure?

Huh? How do I figure what?

Rogers has the Centro for $300, and the 680 for $175. eBay prices for the Centro hover around $200 and for the 680 they seem to vary between $100 - $150. Am I missing something?

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Originally posted by DigiNut Huh? How do I figure what? Rogers has the Centro for $300, and the 680 for $175. eBay prices for the Centro hover around $200 and for the 680 they seem to vary between $100 - $150. Am I missing something?

LOL Nothing dude .... just rantin' about how smart Roger's can be if they wanted more ppl under their networks.

Just came back from the Apple store to get my replacement, powered up my new unit and got another dead pixel in the middle again. This time it�s smaller, but not ass annoying � getting another new unit in 3-5 Days.

This time around got a very humble and cool G Bar dude, he told me everything is valid for an exchange and etc. From the smallest dead pixel and even my dust spec is valid. As long as the unit doesn�t have physical damages or water damages, you�re covered.

I got to give to them; "sometimes" customer service is outstanding at Apple (It's like Roger's, spin the CSR wheel and hope you land on someone cool) ,but we all know I�m going to abuse this to the end of my warrantee date. Like that GBar dude said �It shouldn�t happen, bring it back and we�ll exchange it for you�

At this rate, no need for a screen protector or cases at all.

"A highly-demanded and much-rumored new device from Apple, the MacBook Touch, has allegedly been confirmed by a MacDailyNews tipster. The tipster, although not confirmed as an Apple insider, or parts supplier, talks of some mind-blowing features for the new Mac tablet, such as an iPhone-like screen, advanced gesture tech, a built-in superdrive and more.

According to MacDailyNews, this is it! Not only is the device (allegedly) just a tad smaller than a MacBook display, but it has an iPhone-style glass surface, advanced gesture library, slot-loading SuperDrive, accelerometer and GPS as well. According to the source, the MacBook Touch is launching this year, "by October at the latest."

lol so you lose half the screen to the keyboard.

I can imagine actually trying to get some work done on that thing.

Edit: so wait, either the screen is horizontal in which case it's difficult to look at cause you gotta be peering down over your hands, or the screen is vertical in which case it's difficult to actually type anything on.

Seriously Apple, way to go.

Innovation: Sticking existing things into other already existing things.

Edit #2: hahahaha this has got to be fake. There's no way this is real. It's just too stupid for even Apple fanboys to buy into.

Yes its fake, those renders have been around for like a year.

Also it'll be like $5000.

After 1 hr .... already got dust! Valid for an exhange for a new unit.

Wow Apple is truely amazing

Welp. T-Mobile announced the G1 today, the first Google Android based phone.

Rad.

looks like it was designed in the 80s

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Originally posted by me@t k@tie looks like it was designed in the 80s

Not to fond of the unit design, but the tech. side of it looks really good.

Great start so far Google.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1803302901/bctid1812186010

I just got charged $27+tax for going over my monthly limit with sympatico. I had told my mother to switch, but she didn't believe me.

So I called, got them roll back the charges saying that I did not receive an updated EULA with the extra charges, which could be illegal, and then canceled my account! I knew the changes, but what good is if you do not receive anything official from your services provider?

Back to Acanac for me.

PS - rabbitjoker, could you please add DSL to the title, since we end up discussing internet in here anyways?

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Originally posted by Orko I just got charged $27+tax for going over my monthly limit with sympatico. I had told my mother to switch, but she didn't believe me.

that sucks. what is your limit? 60gb? glad that you got them to roll it back.

i'm still with bell and will be until next may because i'm betting that they'll try to raise the price. i'm currently on unlimited for $35 all in, which suits me just fine.

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Originally posted by smuncky i'm still with bell and will be until next may because i'm betting that they'll try to raise the price.

Yep, they're gonna hose you come renewal time.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 Yep, they're gonna hose you come renewal time.

not too worried though. i've been paying really really low for the past 2 years. $26-$30/month. if anything, there's teksavvy.

smuncky how come you moved back to Bell, I thought you were on teksavvy the entire time? I had to switch because I moved home.

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Originally posted by Orko smuncky how come you moved back to Bell, I thought you were on teksavvy the entire time? I had to switch because I moved home.

nope. i've been with bell for a long time. ever since rogers started to traffic shape a couple of years ago.

Nokia E71 Headed to Rogers in Q4



Looks like good ol� Uncle Ted has decided not to sell the Nokia E71 on his discount Fido network but rather on his flagship and namesake Rogers network. Primed for a Q4 launch, the choice of Rogers over Fido is a bit questionable for a few reasons. The Canadian market for such devices, while growing very quickly, is still rather small. And considering that most of the people this phone is aimed at already have or are planning to get a BlackBerry or an iPhone it just becomes strange. Oh, did we mention that choosing a BlackBerry is a matter of pride for most Canadians and that QWERTY smartphones from the boys of Espoo are hated on in Canadian IT departments for their ditching BlackBerry Connect? No, don�t think we did.

TELUS jumping on the 4G bus; 2010 launch



High-speed hungry Canadians will soon have a new option when seeking out a wireless carrier. This morning, TELUS officially announced its plans to get rolling on a 4G network with a target launch sometime in early 2010. That�s right people, our pals north of the border will be feasting on 4G data in just over a year while we�re probably still angry that all the iPhone 3Gs out there are dropping throughput to EDGE-like speeds. TELUS CEO snippet time:

This technology evolution is a win for Canadian consumers. TELUS� investment in next generation wireless services will give our clients more wireless functionality including; international roaming, fast network speeds and a compelling selection of globally-compatible handsets and devices. As the next evolution in our multi-network strategy, this initiative will position TELUS to actively participate in the future global LTE eco-system and leverage economies of scale, offer timely access to handsets, and enhance global roaming relationships and revenues.

Through a revised agreement with Bell, TELUS will be using the 1900 MHz and 850 MHz spectrum and both Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei will be providing the LTE gear. The entire project is expected to run TELUS about $750 million.

HSPA on Bell Mobility network

"MONTREAL, Quebec, Oct. 10 2008 -- Bell today announced a
significant strategic investment in its Third Generation (3G) wireless network
capabilities to ensure it offers Canadians the complete range of high-speed
mobile data coverage, services and handset options. The investment also
confirms the company's migration path to the global Fourth Generation (4G)
Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard.
"Investing in broadband networks and services and accelerating wireless
are strategic imperatives for the Bell team, and they are key to achieving our
goal - to be recognized by customers as Canada's leading communications
company," said George Cope, President and Chief Executive Officer of BCE and
Bell Canada.
"This investment initiative builds on our industry-leading wireless
service - which already offers access to the largest and fastest network
across North America- to deliver Canadians the broadest choice in high-speed
wireless service, while confirming our path forward to LTE, the global 4G
wireless broadband standard."

Maximizing choice in wireless

As it continues to expand and enhance its national 3G CDMA/EVDO service,
Bell will also overlay this industry-leading network with HSPA technology,
maximizing the latest-generation wireless options the company can offer
customers across Canada.
Bell wireless customers will be able to choose between EVDO - already the
dominant 3G standard in Canada and across North America - and HSPA, which is
rapidly becoming the main platform with carriers outside North America. At the
same time, overlaying HSPA on its national network will offer Bell the most
efficient upgrade path to the 4G LTE broadband standard in coming years.
"This network initiative is proof positive of Bell's new 'better' brand
promise - in this case, 'Wireless just got better.' We fully anticipate that
our expanded national 3G networks will continue to offer Canadian consumers
and business clients the best and broadest coverage and now with an unbeatable
range of high-speed handsets and service options," said Wade Oosterman,
President of Bell Mobility and Chief Brand Officer for Bell. "As the exclusive
telecommunications partner to the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, we look
forward to delivering these enhanced capabilities before Canada hosts the
world in 2010."

Fourth Generation LTE

LTE is the 4G wireless broadband standard that will be rolled out
globally post-2010, delivering extremely fast broadband mobile data speeds and
a wide range of new mobile multimedia and personalized data services.
"Bell's transition to the global 4G LTE standard with a combined EVDO and
HSPA network path aligns us with more than 30 major carriers worldwide
planning a similar move to LTE," said Stephen Howe, Senior Vice President,
Wireless Network and Chief Technology Officer for Bell Mobility. "This broad
global technology ecosystem will mean a fast, efficient and cost-effective
network transition to 4G LTE, and access to the broadest possible range of
next-generation phones and data services."
Bell will greatly reduce time to market for its network overlay by
leveraging its existing national network-sharing agreement with TELUS
Corporation. The agreement was originally established in 2001 to ensure the
fast delivery of and increased competition in national mobile data services,
especially in rural and remote areas.
Following a comprehensive vendor evaluation process, Bell has chosen
Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei as infrastructure providers for its national
network overlay."

Yay 4G.

Windows coming to the iPhone ???



Remember that rumor about Steve Jobs having a heart attack that went around not too long ago? Well, it might just be true as soon as Stevo catches wind of this one. The video above shows a brief interview from MyPhone 2008 with a young Norweigan developer named Erik Kristiansen. While Kristiansen might not be the smoothest talker in Vegas, he has managed to put together quite a piece of software. As he explains in the video, he has essentially created bootcamp for the iPhone. When the phone powers on, the user must select between booting OS X and Windows Mobile. No you didn�t misread anything there, we said Windows Mobile! Woh. We�re not sure if iPhone users will exactly be clamoring get Windows Mobile fired up on their iPhones but it might actually be pretty nice to rock an iPhone with an OS that allows things like copy / paste and background processes for third-party apps. Kristiansen is aiming to release his work to the public this coming January and it will be open source. Of course you shouldn�t expect to see this one hit the app store - only jailbroken iPhones need apply. By the way, pretty harsh final question from Ms. Young, no? At least the kid responded politely. We might have commented on Jessica�s slight manliness as opposed to taking the high road as young Kristiansen did. No, seriously - she�s a maaaaaaaaan, maaaaaaaaan.

*** Wonder how smooth it will be? ***

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