technology

The G-phone stirreth

Google said to be shipping 50,000 Gphones by year’s end. A UBS analyst is rumored to have information that HTC, a Taiwanese handset manufacturer, will ship about 50,000 cell phones made for Google by the end of
the year. “These initial phones are not going to be for sale, says Benjamin Schachter, at UBS. “These are [...]

Hold on to your dollars

The Canadian Dollar reached parity with the U.S. Greenback yesterday. In on honour of this auspicious day, I thought I’d see how translates for far for tech consumers out there. Comparing prices at Apple.ca and Apple.com. Remember 1CAD = 1USD.

 
CAD
USD
Premium

iPod Touch
329
299
10.0%

iPod Nano
169
149
13.4%

MacBook
1249
1099
13.6%

MacBookPro
2199
1999
10.0%

iMac
1399
1199
7%

iPhone
*sigh*
399
Infinity

UPDATE: Given the recent strength in the Loonie has as much to do [...]