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After much toil, sweat, and blood (well maybe not blood, but definitely a lot of hard work!), I am happy to announce that EQO now supports the following phones:

Blackberry 8820
Nokia 3109
Nokia 3500 classic
Nokia 6121 classic
Nokia 6267
Nokia 6500 classic
Nokia 6500 slide
Nokia 8600
Siemens M65
Sony Ericsson K530
Sony Ericsson K818
Sony Ericsson K850
Sony Ericsson K858
Sony Ericsson W908
Sony Ericsson W910
Sony Ericsson W960
Sony Ericsson Z250
Sony Ericsson Z320

A HUGE thanks to all of you who have patiently been waiting for us to support your phone. Please go ahead and try EQO out. We'd love to hear how it goes for you!

Christine
EQO Customer Support

As many of you may know, Vancouver often goes by the name of Raincouver. However, two weeks ago, this was not the case! It was not-long-ago in a land not-so-far-away (Jericho beach to be exact) that EQO decided to have our very own beach barbecue! Amidst the sun and the sand, there was much fun to be had.

In the hopes of promoting team spirit, there was a company raffle with fabulous prizes such as new orange iPod shuffles, gift certificates, a DVD player, and of course the world coveted Wii (which is obviously rivaled closely by the sturdy EQO umbrella). It was an afternoon full of suspense leading up to the final moment to the draw for the Wii. Not a single soul suspected a thing when the organizer of the raffle also happened to win the Wii. We were not suspicious at all.

Most people would expect the fun to be over once the Wii had been won. But once again, EQO pulled through with another idea! Seeing as this was a company BBQ with EQO friends and family, it was natural for us to hire some amazing face painters to join in on the fun.

And it was from here that we decided that our next attempt to spread the EQO word should be no other than a guerilla marketing campaign. Armed with a paintbrush in one hand and the EQO logo in the other, we attempted to create the best street campaign that you have ever seen! This is where the story gets interesting: our fearless leader, Bill Tam, decided to lead the way and put up a challenge. Out of the goodness of his heart, he volunteered to put down $100 for whoever could leave the EQO logo on the longest and at whatever the cost (showering included...but we won't go into that).

The following morning, the winner was decided: Engineers Without Borders! How did that happen, you ask? Well since everyone agreeably decided to maintain their hygienic standards, we thought it would only be fair to donate the money to an organization who is dedicated to applying technology to improve living conditions in developing countries. In some ways, we at EQO like to believe that we share a similar cause to Engineers Without Borders in that we're also trying to break down barriers that impede the human condition.

Now what are you waiting for? Go out and enjoy some sun already! Goodness knows we have.

Christine
EQO Customer Support

We are happy to announce EQO Communications’ Beta Tester for the Month of May: Poul Sorensen of Denmark!

His efforts have earned him this prestigious award, and for this reason, we have decided to summarize his accomplishments in the form of an … acronym.

P – persevering

To start, in a span of two weeks, Poul has spent over 80 hours and has visited over 100 different homepages and forums in hopes of getting EQO Mobile on his cell phone because T-Mobile currently only provides the Midlet manager 1.0 in there update Rom to MDA PRO (Qtek 9000 and HTC universal). Ten hours of his life went to finding an alternative to the free Midlet from IBM, when he finally bought system tweaks to get command over the installation, and six hours went to reinstalling the whole setup for the program. If that’s not a trooper, I don’t know what is.

O – offers to help anyone and everyone.

Due to his unwavering dedication, Poul has even gone so far as to helping other users discover the benefits of EQO. Recently in the forum, Poul has helped comment on a Request for a bit more "technical" information, and has given his personal testimony of paying only a quarter of what his phone bill used to be thanks to EQO!

U – ultimation.

What does this mean, you ask? Well according to the dictionary definition: Ul`ti*ma"tion\, n. State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum. [R.] --Swift. Enough said.

L – linguist

Not only can this man speak English, but he can also translate German!

For each EQO User out there, we sincerely appreciate all of your help and look forward to having you stay involved as we continue to improve our services and features. Your feedback has a huge impact on our priorities, so please let us know if there’s anything we can do to help. We look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers,

Christine