Looks like the inevitable desire for high-data phones/PDAs into Canada is getting Roger’s attention. Yes, they mention the iPhone. I’m not shouting to the rooftops just yet, but it looks like telcos are sitting up and taking notice that these phones are on their way in.

Of course it’s a “leaked” document but I can dream. I can dream.

Quick… go to Google Translator and punch in “Heath Ledger is a creepy Scientologist” and translate English to Spanish!

I …mmmmuuuuhhh Turtleneck and jeans!

Sits on hands.

Can’t wait for mmmmuuuuhhhh product!

Fidgets.

Steve Jobs… reality distortion field! Building!

Shifts on bum.

I muuuuhhhhh! Apple Notebook Air! Small! Fills gap between uhhhrrrg iPhone and Notebook. Newton’s bastard son! No optical drive! Docks with iMac!

Eyes roll back.

2nd generation muuuhhhh iPhone! More apps! Get movies from iTunes! More thingys to plug into it. Gurrrahhh! “Hello, eh?” on big screen. iPhone comes to Canadaaarrg!

Head shake.

Hurrrrr! New iMac speeds and even larger huuurrrr monitors!

Sways side to side.

I’ve downloaded RELOAD EVERY for my Firefox! Low work production between noon and 1pm from me!

Update: Already people are complaining about not having a DVD drive. Sheesh! Fun note: Twitter died during the presentation. My Firefox with Reload Every worked fine! Ironically, trends sometimes aren’t the way to go.

I’ve been loving the whole Gizmodo blow up at the Consumer Electronics Show this year.

Gizmodo bloggers rile against the hype machine that is CES. They hit the nail on the head: they resist the cheese and fluff of poorly rolled out product and demand more substance in a funny, well written article. Well done!

In what might have negated their credibility, Gizmodo bloggers take TV-B Gones into the CES and wreak havoc with displays/demonstrations. Sophomoric fun, I’ve done it myself. Gizmodo owns up to it by posting a video confession of it on their site.

Fury ensues. Many tech writers complain that “bloggers” ruin the integrity of journalism. Many critics of Giz and Gawker come trolling out of the woodwork to lay down words like “ethics” and “journalism” and “there goes our martini lunches” etc.

CES responds by banning Giz for life. (note the comments headers from CNet readers. Not fans of Giz, for sure!)

Giz responds with a scathing article about “integrity” and “civil disobedience” and call out their critics for kowtowing to big corporations. They remind everyone that a journalist’s job is to also report crap as it is to report on a futurama-style product.

Many of our harshest critics have done far worse than clicking off a few TVs. I’m talking about ethical lapses such as accepting paid junkets to Japan by Nikon, or free trips to Korea by Samsung. Turning a blind eye to Apple’s mistakes when they didn’t make an iPhone SDK and sought to lock down the handset. Stock prices torn downward by publishing incorrect leaked info. Writing about companies that also pay you for advertorial podcast work. All of these examples are offenses from the last year. And I consider those offenses far worse than our prank, because it ultimately it puts the perpetrators on the wrong team.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. But the whole article sounds like another cry for attention. We made funny. We got noticed (in a bad way) and now we’re spoiling the fun for everyone.

I love Giz. I love their articles and how they bring a fun geeky spin to new products and news articles, but in this case, I think they’re trying to act adult despite the fact that they post titles like “Extreme Tank Wheelchair Gets Upgraded: Rascal Owners…Be Very Afraid” or “Polar Cities for Day After Tomorrow Survivors Will Save Us All From Horrible Deaths” or “62-in-1 Card Reader / Hub: The Only Thing it Can’t Do is Pleasure You (Or Can It?)”.

Do I want them to start acting like an adult? No. I like what they’re doing. Do I want them to STFU and move on? Yes.

Update: Giz just released this statement that they are ensuring that no A/V staff were harmed (ie: fired, hit or put out in the yard) in the execution of their prank.

Our main home line is not working.

Since getting “Rogers Home Phone” service, the phone would cut out once or twice a month for an hour or two. I would call into technical support and do the whole “modem reset” song and dance and about an hour later, the phone would be fine until 4-5 weeks later when the whole thing would start again.

If you’re trying to reach us, try our cells first.

Not. Impressed. At. All.

Update! It’s fixed. When asked if it was going to stay fixed the technician said “if it breaks again, call me. I need the money!”

What?! So the others were doing half-assed jobs so they could get more tech calls?!?