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The Financial Post reported last week that a Canadian release of the Apple iPhone is in fact in the pipeline, according to a statement from Canadian carrier Rogers. "We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year," the company announced last Tuesday.

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"What Steve Would Like to Buy" episode 3, the Lacie hub. Regular $99, now on sale for $39!!

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At BeamEcho we know video editing. We have the hardware, software and expertise needed to set you up with an ideal editing workstation. Come in and talk to us about your needs today.

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I have been spoiled. I was brought into the world of Mac computers a little over 5 years ago and life has been great. My laptop has been doing what I want when I want, without fighting virus after virus or having my computer slow to a crawl from spyware and adware. Not to mention an intuitive operation system that runs stable and is easy to use. I sometimes forget this is not the case for most computer owners.

Recently two of my friends were having trouble with their Dell computers and, as the resident geek of the group, the responsibility fell upon me to see if I could fix them. Fast forward a day and a half later and I am pulling my hair out and cursing my friendly offer to help. Both machines had so many issues and would crash half way through installing a virus scanner. Plus, if anyone has had the pleasure of calling up Microsoft for tech support you can probably sing their ‘on hold’ music from memory.

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The iPod Touch, released September of 2007, was an impressive product at release. It was, essentially, an iPhone sans phone, that any Canadian could easily buy and get support for. For Americans, it offered many of them an opportunity to get many of the same features of the iPhone without having to change wireless service providers.

However, at that time, Apple was not making the best use of the device's potential, through excluding the Weather, Stocks, Notes, Maps, and most importantly Mail applications from the initial product. These applications were later offered as a $20 download from the iTunes store.

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Watch where to change the iTunes settings for importing your music at a higher quality bit rate. You need this information if you care about the quality of you digital music library! Also I look at some alternative earphones for your iPod including the Etymotic 6i's which are no longer on sale and back at regular price of $129.

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Due to the high volume of question about the iPhone we get in the store, I thought I'd post the down-low on the Canadian iPhone situation.

First off, the iPhone has NOT officially been launched in Canada. What this means, is you cannot buy the iPhone at the Apple retail store, and you cannot buy the iPhone at either the Rogers Store, or Fido store (the only two mobile service companies whose technology is compatible with the iPhone, both owned by Rogers). There are some independent locations in Toronto & other Canadian cities that do distribute iPhones, who are having the precious phone purchased and brought in from the United States, and charge a premium for importing the device. The other way to acquire an iPhone is to jump on craigslist , or ebay.ca There is really no way to know for sure when if the iPhone will officially arrive in Canada.

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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is now in stock. Watch us rock out!

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What Steve would like to buy episode 2: the USB fridge.

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Just what is Apple TV and whats new?

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