26 Nov 08 Twitter suspends SMS notification for Canadians due to SMS cost increases by Canadian carriers

Well, it was a matter of time with the few Canadian cell phone carriers having jacked up their rates for SMS text messages. Bell was the first one to do it, when they revealed that outbound text SMS messages would be $0.15 as of August 1st… and despite a huge consumer backlash and government involvement: nothing happened.

Now Twitter has officially announced they will no longer deliver SMS updates to Canadians (who use cell phone carriers in Canada such as Bell, Rogers, Fido and Telus) due to rocketing costs. They will still accept inbound Twitter status updates to their Canadian shortcode (21212)… but it sort of kills the functionality of Twitter for Canadians who were just getting used to the fast updates from their Twitter contacts.

I use Twitter Mobile in Canada on my HTC Touch with a mobile web browser to do status updates thanks to my Bell Mobility $7 unlimited data plan so if you have that you can set up a mechanism using a Twitter RSS to email feed system where you could get Twitter updates by email to your mobile device (presuming you have an unlimited – or generous – on-device data plan)…

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21 May 08 Smoking Hot Deal : Dell Axim X51V PocketPC PDA for $197 ! (Refurb)

An absolutely superb opportunity to get one of the best PocketPC units ever made. Excellent design, ergonomics, 624Mhz processor, touchscreen, 3.7″ VGA screen, Wifi, Bluetooth, SD and CompactFlash slots, Infrared beam… I’ve used this for 3-4 years straight and it was a deal at $450… so a getting a Dell Axim X51v for $197 (even if it’s refurbished) is an absolute steal.