Canadian iPhone on July 11
Canada gets some phone equality
i was giddy when the announcement was made - iPhone is coming to Canada. And July 11 will be the payoff. I’ll definitely be at Rogers that morning getting an update. The only remaining question is the data plans. There’s lots of rumors that the plans will be close to what is offered in the US, which will be a huge change after seeing not even close to equivalent data rates. Imagine if gas cost $5/gallon (not too hard with today’s rates) in the US, in Canada it would be something like $40/gallon in Canada. You’d see a lot of empty streets and highways. And that’s what it’s been in Canada - people just can’t afford to use wireless internet on their phones. Hopefully that will be changed in the next couple weeks and Canada’s wireless services will take off.
One thing I’m looking forward to is having Google Maps on my phone. I had been contemplating getting a GPS for the car. With Google Maps, I’ll at least be able to get an idea of where to go, without the turn by turn voice navigation.
And now I’ll have one less thing filling up my pockets. I’ve been carrying around my large 20Gb classic ipod (circa Feb 2005 after my 40Gb died) and a Nokia 6682 (no small phone either). I like the Nokia because it has my calendar and all my contacts in there which I couldn’t do with other phones. I need a smartphone. the iPhone is like Reese’s peanut butter cups. “You’ve got your phone in my music.” “No, you’ve got your music in my phone.”
A few things I’ll need to look into
- How to sync my work Outlook Calendar with my home Mac - I think there’s a solution available using Google Calendar as an intermediate.
- Cool new apps to install - What are the best apps? I’ll definitely need a game for idle time, some sort of todo list, a notepad, something to jot out blog posts. What else? Any recommendations?
- A case/cover - I’ve got a silicon cover for my iPod and I like the fact that it doesn’t slide around when I put it down on the car console, etc. Offers a bit of bounce to keep it protected for those rare times when i’ve dropped it.
Will you be upgrading to an iPhone?