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  • Michael Geist on RIM’s Woes and The Canadian Telecom Policy

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    This is an excellent piece from one of Canada’s premier columnist on technology law issues and law professor at the University of Ottawa. this particular article takes up the argument that the Canadian Government should step in to assist RIM in order to avoid another “Nortel” disaster. We have already spoken up about this aid…

  • 3G iPod Touch Concept: Cool & Highly Unlikely!

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    via 9to5Mac.com We took this concept to Photoshop, and we came up with the iPod Touch 3G. It looks exactly like the current iPod Touch, but has a black strip on the back. It also says “3G” in the menu bar. Along with that, it also features an integrated SIM card, as the next iPhone…

  • Is RIM Playing the Bully Card in Order to Catch Up?

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    RIM has been putting an enormous amount of pressure on carriers to approve the upcoming BlackBerry smartphones like the BlackBerry Bold 9900 — phones that have to hold RIM over until its next-generation platform launch in 2012 — and that certain carriers will be approving the devices, “no matter what — with bugs and problems.”…

  • The REAL Canuck Telco Landscape

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    I did not want to venture in the waters surrounding the launch of the Wind’s network and their new airtime plans, however as usual, my good friend and colleague, Mr Schultzter has dragged me into the lake kicking and screaming. Unfortunately, his extensive Economic training is preventing him from doing any real math and showing…

  • Bell GPS-Gate Update

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    It would appear that Bell has decided to back off it’s initial plan to thwart 3rd party access to the GPS radio on it’s BlackBerry units. Who knows if this blog, The Boy Genius Reports or the insane amount of negative posts on Howard Forums had anything to do with it. Maybe the Bell legal team finally realised that…

  • Bell is now crippling GPS on BlackBerry

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    This is a story that is making it way around the tech crowd a lot this but has not gotten a lot and lot of media attention elsewhere yet. The Boy Genius Report Blog reports that: Over the next few weeks, Bell may be increasing the GPS lock time (2-10 minutes) and resolution (1-2.5KM) of…