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What's an iPhone worth in Canada?
The Globe and Mail ^ | August 3 2007 | DAVID GEORGE-COSH

Posted on 08/05/2007 4:16:06 AM PDT by xp38

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To: xp38

How is it illegal to take a phone (iPhone or not) into Canada? I take one when I go and an iPod and a MacBook. Maybe taking one in for resale but for personal use?


21 posted on 08/05/2007 8:17:54 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: xp38
I got a chance to spend more than an hour with an iPhone last week. I travel a bit and need to check email and occasionally look up stuff on the net. I also like to listen to Rush podcasts on planes or on long drives. I travel as light as possible. I would love to leave the laptop behind on many of these trips. I also hate the fact that around 3:30 - 4:00 I start looking for a WiFi hot spot and I am not crazy about needing to get a one day (or less) connection pass for up to $10 at most airports (thank God for RSW).

I was hoping iPhone could fit the bill. However, the fact that it is missing iTunes means I still need to drag the laptop and look for WiFi. iTunes (and slightly more capacity) would make this work for me.

22 posted on 08/05/2007 8:25:23 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Macdonnald’s coffee beat starbucks in blind taste tests.


23 posted on 08/05/2007 8:26:06 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: xp38

Canaduh has phones?... I thought they just had the telegraph...


24 posted on 08/05/2007 8:27:23 PM PDT by Porterville (I'm an American. If you hate Americans, I hope our enemies destroy you. I will pray for my soul.)
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To: mamelukesabre

“Macdonnald’s coffee beat starbucks in blind taste tests.’

But not everybody that drinks coffee is blind.


25 posted on 08/05/2007 8:37:14 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: Sunnyflorida

THat’s the problem. Too may people see the brand name on the cup and fool themselves.


26 posted on 08/05/2007 8:44:03 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: Psycho_Bunny

It is a version of OSX... If Apple installed Adobe CS on it, it would run... probably not too fast, though.


27 posted on 08/05/2007 9:03:32 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: mamelukesabre
The mac users are. It’s the same cult that goes to starbucks for coffee.

Well.... I gotta admit it. I am sitting at a table about 30 feet from Starbucks Coffee in the Sacramento Airport... but I am drinking a large diet Coke from the Burger King next door.

I am on my way to Indiana where my 90 year old aunt is dying of Acute Leukemia... not a pleasurable trip.

28 posted on 08/05/2007 9:08:58 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: Porterville
Canaduh has phones?... I thought they just had the telegraph...

Nah... they wish... smoke signals and semaphores are the current "in" thing...

29 posted on 08/05/2007 9:12:05 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: ErnBatavia

SF gave me one!! :) i love it!!


30 posted on 08/05/2007 11:49:37 PM PDT by SortaBichy
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To: TheBattman
I have enough trouble using a computer for basics. You won't find me on any computer threads or discussing the finer points of this and that.

I just enjoy tweaking Mac users for a variety of reasons.

31 posted on 08/06/2007 6:06:33 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Sunnyflorida
I do and will continue to castigate those who go to Starbucks on a daily basis. And especially those who go mulitple times.

You go ahead and spend $5+ for a cup of coffee several times a day while I make it myself for 2 cents.

32 posted on 08/06/2007 6:08:09 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Its not illegal. He didn’t declare them. Since their value exceeds the amount you can bring back tax free, he basically is considered to have evaded taxes.


33 posted on 08/06/2007 6:09:03 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Sunnyflorida
However, the fact that it is missing iTunes means I still need to drag the laptop and look for WiFi.

What do you mean it is missing iTunes. The iPhone includes a full function iPod.

34 posted on 08/06/2007 7:02:55 AM PDT by Vermonter
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To: xp38

why not just unlock it an put it a local gsm chip.

That is the beauty of GSM phones.

One chip, many phones for various occasions and needs.


35 posted on 08/06/2007 7:17:56 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: FreeManWhoCan

“I am glad this is an American product.”

Not really -

“The iPhone and other new product releases from Apple will likewise help to strengthen Nanya PCB’s performance in the second half. Shipments, including that of HDI boards, IC substrates and rigid-flex boards are all projected to grow in the meantime.”

http://www.pcb007.com/anm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=17721&zoneid=99&v=

http://texyt.com/iphone+manufacturer+supplier+assembler+not+apple+00113

http://www.iphonefreak.com/2007/04/apple_sends_50_.html


36 posted on 08/06/2007 8:55:50 AM PDT by RS ("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
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To: Vermonter

“What do you mean it is missing iTunes. The iPhone includes a full function iPod.”

I believe he is refering to the fact that, like an ipod, you need to have a REAL internet comnnected computer to be able to purchace and load songs into it.


37 posted on 08/06/2007 8:59:39 AM PDT by RS ("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling.")
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To: Vermonter

“What do you mean it is missing iTunes. The iPhone includes a full function iPod.”

I mean what I said iPhone is missing iTunes - as are all iPods.


38 posted on 08/06/2007 3:07:25 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: Phantom Lord

“You go ahead and spend $5+ for a cup of coffee several times a day while I make it myself for 2 cents.’

I don’t but I don’t think it is a big deal (BTW, they are not five bucks). When I travel sometimes I buy one. I buy the coffee at the Pubix for home brewing. Some people are smart enough to have jobs that give them “disposable” income. Trust me it’s not a bad thing.


39 posted on 08/06/2007 3:10:41 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: RS

“I believe he is refering to the fact that, like an ipod, you need to have a REAL internet comnnected computer to be able to purchace and load songs into it.”

Geez, I wonder what is worse the FReepers that think it is horrible that people have the dough to spend $5/10 bucks a day on coffee they LIKE. Or those that do not understand the question but have an answer. Listen up dude. iPhone DOES connect to the internet. However, to access the Apple music store you need iTunes. iTunes is how I get my daily Rush 24/7 podcasts. If iPhone had iTunes I would not need to find a Wifi hotspot and drag the laptop on all trips.


40 posted on 08/06/2007 3:15:31 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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