Finally, today is a longtime coming: the actual acknowledgment and release date of the iPhone north of the border. It has been confirmed that July 11th is the day where I may be camped outside of a Rogers or Fido *or Apple* outlet to get my hands on a sweet lil’ gizmo.

Photo by MostlyLisa

Still no clue on data plan rates in Canada. US is sittin’ pretty around $30/month.

Some specs:

• 3G network support
• GPS navigation
• Thinner design
• $199 (8GB), $299 (16GB) subsidized w/carrier contract
• App Store
• MS Exchange Support
• No jailbreak required!

Update: Globe & Mail article

As far as I’m concerned, the bigwigs over at CBC Sports have done yet another injustice to their sports programming that, in my opinion, continues their decent as a viable programming option on TV today.

First with the firing of Chris Cuthbert, then the loss of the CFL and now losing their staple Hockey Night in Canada theme, about all that’ll keep me coming back is future Canuck game coverage and 2008 Olympic events (they lost out on the 2010 and 2012 games to Bell and Rogers respectively).

Boy, Scott Moore really has his finger on the pulse that is target demographic and viewership interest.

Personally, I could care less who holds the rights to the Hockey Theme. While not larger than the game itself, the theme’s as close to a national anthem as we could get. It is, in my opinion, synonymous with hockey before any particular network.