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Rage on the iPhone! PSP panic! Splode! Marble Mixer! Boot Camp-ery! Stuff! Ebook rants! Listen now!

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Starcraft II! Episodic gaming! Boot Camp! Spider, Secret of Bryce Manor! All on Fruitygamer Episode 4!

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Update: Rogers is shockingly offering the $30 for 6gig deal again, along with a $20 offer to share that data with your iPad. So I guess I was wrong. BUt enjoy the invective below regardless. Plus they could have told us this a few weeks ago.

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The iPhone 4 is set to drop in Canada tomorrow, and we still don’t know how much the plans will cost, what data plans will be included or if the Big Four wireless vendors have any other tricks up their sleeve. Don’t count on being pleasantly surprised.

?After all, these are the same companies that blithely announced ridiculous data plans a month before the Canadian iPhone 3G introduction, and then were soundly spanked by the blogerati and Twitter folk. They won’t repeat that PR disaster; instead they’ll wait until the last minute and then drop a crappy plan on early adopters who won’t be able to resist the phone’s siren call.

And if you’re looking to save money on a discount service, forget it. Wind doesn’t work with the iPhone 4, so even if you buy the phone unlocked you won’t be able to dictate terms. And if you think Rogers will give you a reasonable deal, think again. This is a company that responded to Netflix coming to Canada by cutting their download caps, rather than attempting to compete.

Here’s some helpful info on the iPhone 4 courtesy of iphoneincanada.ca. I won’t be buying the iPhone 4 tomorrow, as I’m waiting until we move to Tokyo next month and then picking up a unit via Softbank. But I look forward to hearing what everyone thinks of their new toy.

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Update: Rogers is shockingly offering the $30 for 6gig deal again, along with a $20 offer to share that data with your iPad. So I guess I was wrong. BUt enjoy the invective below regardless. Plus they could have told us this a few weeks ago.

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The iPhone 4 is set to drop in Canada tomorrow, and we still don’t know how much the plans will cost, what data plans will be included or if the Big Four wireless vendors have any other tricks up their sleeve. Don’t count on being pleasantly surprised.

After all, these are the same companies that blithely announced ridiculous data plans a month before the Canadian iPhone 3G introduction, and then were soundly spanked by the blogerati and Twitter folk. They won’t repeat that PR disaster; instead they’ll wait until the last minute and then drop a crappy plan on early adopters who won’t be able to resist the phone’s siren call.

And if you’re looking to save money on a discount service, forget it. Wind doesn’t work with the iPhone 4, so even if you buy the phone unlocked you won’t be able to dictate terms. And if you think Rogers will give you a reasonable deal, think again. This is a company that responded to Netflix coming to Canada by cutting their download caps, rather than attempting to compete.

Here’s some helpful info on the iPhone 4 courtesy of iphoneincanada.ca. I won’t be buying the iPhone 4 tomorrow, as I’m waiting until we move to Tokyo next month and then picking up a unit via Softbank. But I look forward to hearing what everyone thinks of their new toy.

In this episode, Warren and Todd discuss GameCenter, the law, Tron Legacy, old schol games like Ecco the Dolphin and Cinemaware classics, and the late, lamented Amiga. Plus we pimp Robert Ashley and explore the madness that is Tass Times in Tonetown for the Apple IIgs. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Warren and Todd discuss So Long Oregon, Archetype and the state of iPhone shooters, Steam, Netflix coming to Canada and Microsoft’s continued tumble into the abyss. Enjoy!

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Check out the inaugural episode of the Fruitygamer Podcast over at fruitygamer.com. I’ve ben working for a while on the Fruitygamer website, and I think it’ll likely be a showcase for weekly audio podcasts, along with less frequent but higher-end video segments.

Fruitygamer at E3 2010 with an interview with Joe Bentley of Onlive about their streaming video game service. Onlive brings many premium titles to the Mac that have up until now been out of reach for Mac gamers.?

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iOS4 has arrive, and many 3GS and iPhone 4 nerds will soon be able to enjoy multitasking, HD video and video calls on their shiny new (and newish) Apple phones. For cheap bums like myself, however, iOS4 becomes more of a question. Is the download worth it for a phone that, at least in Apple’s view, is somewhat underpowered? I would say it is worth it to upgrade.

When I first upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS4, it was locked, untouched and following the rules. Apple insist that the phone lacks enough power to handle multitasking and customizable background wallpapers (!), so those options aren’t included. You also have to download iBooks as an app (more on that later.) What you do get is Folders, a truly wonderful feature where you can group similar apps together and cut down the clutter on your pages. I’ve dwindled my pages from 8 scattered app piles to 3 highly organized slabs of goodness.

You also reap the benefits of a more finely tuned mailbox, which allows for threaded conversations and implements a unified mailbox, if you want to use such a thing.

But if you jailbreak the 3G, you get nearly everything.

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According to this article in the New York Times, people are shifting rapidly to less voice, more data on their cell phones. In a few years it seems likely that data use, not minutes will be how your mobile bill gets compiled. Of course in Canada we’ll stay with the old system until it collapses around us. That’s just what we do.