[zetal]

that's the god one! hohohoho!!!!
somebody said he is doing "presentations" for clients..?! with this mickeymouse screen???...or hooking up to a laptop I guess?

[Bobapple]

Yo -Zetal. Evidently you've never actually experienced one of these devices so I have no idea why you'd take the time to troll and comment. Keynote presentations (or Powerpoint, which you're more likely familiar with), look terrific on the "Mickey Mouse" screen. The presentation is complete, easy to read, animated and very portable - can be passed around a meeting, for example. No need for a laptop, or anything else, for that matter. So - truck on down to your nearest retailer and actually look at an iPod touch or an iPhone - just so you won't come across as so freaking stupid next time you post.

[Bobapple]

I think you'll find Jim Prentiss supports the monopolies over the consumers. He's the Industry Minister.

[myuill]

Read your column the other day and liked it a lot. So when I came across it on some other Web site I was pissed - I hate copy right infringment!

http://www.itbusines...49082&PageMem=1

[Screws]

The verb is Rogered.

[Neil_Anderson]

Oh, man. Rogered by Rogers. Will be sticking with my iPod touch for the foreseeable future.

[dchicks]

I'm not surprised by this -- it's not just the iPhone. Here's another good one: Apple charges Canadians $150/yr. for the .mac service, even though our currencies are now balanced.
I've emailed them twice about the 50% difference -- no answer.
This made a little bit of sense before the US$ began its tumble, but I guess these companies are literally banking on our enthusiasm... sorry, brand loyalty.

[mdurrie]

Question: When I pay for airtime or other services on ANY cellphone plan, what am I actually buying? What cost does the telco incur when I talk an extra minute? When I make a call (log onto the network, so to speak) does it actually cost anybody any real money? (Other than me, of course!)
The example of the process of activating caller ID is very enlightening; I'd bet it applies to many or most other aspects of cellphone service. Somebody fills in a web form and clicks a checkbox, and I'm paying $30 to $100-plus a month, forever.
The whole industry is a house of cards, a huge scam based on marketing that has us all convinced we need these devices and this service. Maybe one day we will wake up and realize that, for the most part, the entire category is a giant box of shiny toys that's been presented as a legitimate service we all require. But I doubt it.

[wilkinsb]

I don't know where you get your information, but things in Canada are cheaper in fact so much cheaper that General Motors is now advocating a USA universal health plan because it costs them so much more to build a car in Detroit than it does across the bridge in Windsor, and they claim it is because of Universal health care.
The only reason Rogers is asking so much is they enjoy a monopoly position and our current Government has made the Telcoms regulator into a clone of the FCC.

[jazzace]

dchicks said:

I'm not surprised by this -- it's not just the iPhone. Here's another good one: Apple charges Canadians $150/yr. for the .mac service, even though our currencies are now balanced.

The current price is CAD$109.