Truth be told, I am not much of a blogger. I have always had trouble making the time commitment. I do, however, stumble across things from time to time that I am happy to share.
Summer Comes to a Close
It’s occurred to me this morning that I haven’t posted an update to the site in awhile. While I wish this delinquency had something to do with days spent at the lake, or general laziness, the fact is that I am stuck inside the same hectic schedule I seem to have every year at the time.
Your Constitutional Right as a Canadian to Have an iPhone
This post won’t the first, last, or best take on the iPhone craziness that’s sweeping across my country but I had to write something on the issue, if for nothing else than to try and maintain some form of my own sanity …
Imitation … Sincerity … Flattery
A colleague recently spun me an email to let me know that someone on Scriptlance was looking for a clone of my website …
Your Constitutional Right as a Canadian to Have an iPhone
This post won’t be the first, last, or best take on the iPhone craziness that’s sweeping across my country but I had to write something on the issue, if for nothing else than to try and maintain some form of my own sanity. Just in case you’ve been holed up in a cave, Rogers Communications recently announced their pricing model for the iPhone 3G here in Canada.
To say that the plans were ill received would be an understatement, and I think Rogers would have had a better reception for them had they arrived flaming in a bag of poo on the Canadian public’s doorsteps.
The major issue, as I understand it, is that the plans don’t stack up well to cellular carrier offerings south of the border in the US. Never mind that comparing consumer goods and services between the two countries has always been like comparing apples and oranges, or at the very least, much bigger apples. Our tech loving brothers south of the border are seeing better voice plans, unlimited data, and lower costs. ITinfusion has explained this far better than I could.
My issue, and the purpose of this post, isn’t to jump on Rogers for being the big and bad corporation that they are, they have always been that and I never expected their initial pricing on the iPhone plans to be any different than what they announced. My problem is actually with the consumer. As a consumer, your best defense against pricing is to not consume. The Apple marketing machine has convinced you that you NEED that shiny new object the day it’s released but I’m here to tell you that you don’t. Wait it out a little and see what happens. I’m willing to wager that pricing will come down, service contract lengths will be reduced, and data allotment will increase. Hold tight for now, that phone you bought just 6 weeks ago still works, right?
Besides, Apple will have some other shiny object for you to stand in line for shortly, I’m sure of it.
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