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Nokia Series 60 devices are rare in Canada, especially the third edition. Rogers and Fido both sell only one, the same one, which is the pitiable, wifi-less E62. If you fancy yourself phone connoisseurs, like we at EQO do, this lack of availability is disappointing. We end up borrowing from Nokia or paying a premium at local outlets in niche shopping centers for our S60 needs. It was to my delight and surprise when EQO developer extraordinaire Bryan Wang today pointed me to Dell.ca, who are now selling unlocked S60 devices! Better yet, Dell is selling these Nokia phones for cheaper than anywhere else I've seen. This is great news for Canadian S60 enthusiasts! Most Canadians don't even know what a phone can do; I'm hoping this turn of events leads to wider spread adoption of Nokia phones in Canada, where S60 has next to no market share. Nokia might even consider advertising in our northern marketplace, heretofore largely untainted by iPhone.

Chris
EQO Customer Evangelist

Everyday I get email from people asking me when EQO is going to work on the iPhone. And, although we don’t have a version of EQO that is iPhone compatible yet, we are not standing idly by. We now have three iPhones here at EQO HQ; One successfully unlocked (props to Mike, EQO’s resident Web Wizard, for doing this a few weeks ago), one unmodified (essentially useless here in Canada), and one bricked (essentially useless everywhere).

Speaking of bricked iPhones (maybe we can get in on the antitrust lawsuit against Apple...), I believe that Apple made a huge mistake by locking down their phone in the first place. If they didn’t have a ridiculously exclusive deal with AT&T, their biggest problem would be figuring out how to manufacture enough phones to meet world demand. Total domination of the wireless market would ensue, followed by the unleashing of Apple’s own wireless network, and then the eventual take over the FCC, the BBC, the WWF, the WWE, and the UN—with Steve Jobs being anointed Secretary General of the known Universe.

Sorry, I got a little carried away. Where was I? Oh yeah, we are not standing idly by...we are thinking about how to implement EQO on the iPhone and I, myself, am confident that we will come up with a pretty good solution for the world's hottest new phone. Watch this space.

Peter
EQO Customer Support