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Answer to Canadian iPhone Probs: Don't buy the iphone (990 diggs) I agree, speak with your wallet, don't buy it, at the very least for a month. Encourage your family or friends who might to hold off. "Don't buy the iPhone. Do what you, as sensible Canadians, will do when confronted by prices you can't stand: Leave the iPhone on the shelf."

iPhone 3G’s screws may indicate 'User-Replaceable Battery' (630 diggs) Two small screws on the bottom of the device on either side of the standard docking connector is a stark design change from a company that is known for hiding screws from sight on their handheld devices. Some have speculated that the screws may be removed for replacement of the battery and other components.

Vancouver Sun: Don't buy the iPhone (1,564 diggs) If you don't like the price of an iPhone, don't buy it. One side-effect of the year-long wait for iPhones in Canada is that other gadgets, such as the much-talked about Samsung Instinct, are providing new competition. If Rogers finds it has priced itself out of the market, it won't take a petition to ring in lower prices.

Samsung Instinct Just Only Looks Like an iPhone (661 diggs) Sprint Nextel's Samsung Instinct bears a resemblance to Apple's iPhone. But the Instinct doesn't come with features to rival those of the iPhone. Nor does its price, $229.99 before a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract, offer a big discount over of Apple's creation.

Apple Manila Case - Dell to Ship All Computers (646 diggs) Surprising everyone but industry guru Gene Munster, Dell has announced a partnership with Apple Inc. that will see the former licensing the latter's exclusive Manila Case technology to ship all their computer products and accessories, like their Dell Rubber Chickens and Dell Texas-Style BBQ Ribs. "It was bound to happen,"

iPhone 3G line camping begins... now! (1,150 diggs) It's going to be a long week. Anyone seen Greg Packer?

Jobs 2.0 (574 diggs) Apple is quietly grooming talent. Pity whoever has to follow Steve Jobs at Apple. Not every great company stumbles into oblivion after the departure of a visionary founder. The problem: Jobs has left once before, and until he came back, it looked like Apple would be one of those companies.

Global TV Speaks the Truth About Rogers iPhone 3G Price Plan (1,078 diggs) Global TV in BC's segment about Rogers pricing vs AT&T. One of the best segments revealing how Rogers is profiting off Canadians.

The iPhone's cross-border price clash (693 diggs) "The summer launch of the iPhone in Canada was supposed to be a time for Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. to celebrate. Instead, the company with exclusive rights to the hottest new tech gadget finds itself on the defensive, stung by public criticism over pricing."

Jobs & Co. Sued Again (460 diggs) Some of Apple's top executives, including Steve Jobs, have once again been accused of bad faith in backdating company shares. Simultaneously, Mac web share is nearing eight percent in one report, K-12 educational material has reached iTunes U, and Microsoft has shipped the second edition of Remote Desktop Connection for Mac.

Rogers Is Confusing the Canadian Public Even More Now (867 diggs) Wow, what value!... Rogers' spokeswoman Liz Hamilton said consumers can decide what's best for them. Hamilton said consumers can pay $30 a month for a lower-use data plan to $100 for six gigabytes, which she noted is for heavy use such things as streaming video."They don't have to take the value.

New Apple touch patents, body part sensing, fingernail input (517 diggs) "...In what's considered the definitive overview of Apple's attempts to patent its multi-touch interface..." MacHappens

Hello: Macs Are About to Get Interesting Again (2,510 diggs) On the future of macs, starting with all new technologies in 10.6, new GPUs that help with general purpose processing, iPhone/iPod halo effect etc. Looking forward to what the future will bring.

The Coolest iPhone Timeline you will see Today (1,947 diggs) iPhone timelines are not usually cool but this one is. Take a look at it and see.

Dashboard widget: Organized brings the productivity pain (574 diggs) OS X and its technologies offer a dizzying amount of ways to get productive. Organized is a new Dashboard widget that combines a world clock with Leopard's events, to-dos, and notes in a handy little package.

1.8GHz SSD MacBook Air Drops $500 (813 diggs) Apple has quietly dropped the price of the high end MacBook Air by $500. The high end MacBook Air comes equipped with a 1.8GHz upgrade (from 1.6GHz) and a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). The total price for the high end laptop is $2598. Compare this to the original price of the 1.8GHz/SSD MacBook...

Mac OS X Market Share Surges 32% In One Year (1,283 diggs) Vista grows by 256% in the same period, but Windows is down overall. Last month, Apple's Mac OS X accounted for 7.94% of the operating systems powering computers that accessed the 40,000 Web sites Net Applications monitors for its clients, the company reported yesterday. A year ago, Mac OS X's usage share stood at 6.03%.

Mac OS X Market Share Nears 8% (1,037 diggs) Apple's share of the global operating system market is climbing steadily, and could top 8% this month, statistics from a Web metrics firm showed Wednesday.

10.5.4 update adds RAW support for new Canon, Pentax SLRs (437 diggs) Apple has updated its list of digital cameras supported by Mac OS X's Camera Raw. 10.5.4 adds support for eight cameras from Canon, Pentax, Epson, and Leaf.

Apple cuts SSD-based MacBook Air price by $500 (1,007 diggs) With the price of NAND flash memory continuing its steady sequential decline, Apple Inc. this month cut the price of its Solid State Drive (SSD)-equipped MacBook Air by half a grand, AppleInsider has discovered. The Cupertino-based Mac maker is now selling its super slim 13-inch 1.8GHz MacBook Air with a 64GB Solid State Drive for $2598.

Google now offers Google Talk on the iPhone (1,228 diggs) Attention iPhone owners! You can now chat with all your Google Talk buddies while on the go. Our new version of Google Talk is designed specifically for the iPhone and runs in the iPhone's browser, so you don't need to download or install anything. Just visit www.google.com/talk on your iPhone

Denmark has the worst iPhone Data Plan ever. (631 diggs) Only 300mb... or about half an hour on Youtube.

iPhone Gets a MacBook Air Keyboard Mod (724 diggs) Love the MacBook Air's keyboard? Who doesn't. what do you think about having that kind of keyboard on your iPhone?

Jonathan Ive takes home MDA award for iconic iPhone design (563 diggs) Apple's SVP of design is recognized by the Mobile Data Association for his work on the industry-redefining iPhone.

Where Should You Buy an iPhone 3G, Apple or AT&T? (673 diggs) When the iPhone 3G hits, it will be available at both AT&T and Apple stores. So is there anything different between them? What if you need to start a new plan or transfer a number? Will both work? Actually, AT&T has told us that there will be no limiting difference between the two stores, except for one thing.