The long wait is over for Nokia fanatics in Canada. Rogers Wireless has decided to embrace the Nokia’s flagship phone the N95 series into their phone line up. Making them the first North American carrier to support this Nokia model.

N95 is Nokia’s most highly regarded phone that comes with a built in 5 Megapixel camera, HSDPA capability, a second camera for video calling and a sleek slide design feature. It also comes with a MP3 player, an FM radio, built in GPS and WiFi connectivity. Truly a marvelous phone of its kind.

Unfortunately, the N95 phone is heard to be available at Rogers for $399 with a gripping 3-year contract deal. This may not be palatable to many but forthose who have been waiting for a carrier to support this phone, it’s just “the-hell-with-the-plan-attitude” that’s gonna prevail. You can get the phone without contract though at around $699 a piece.

Looks like I am going to defer my plans for WD’s Velociraptor now that Verbatim®, a leading brand in digital storage solutions, announced that it will launch this Q2 2008 the world’s first half-Terabyte 2.5” Portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD) on a 9.5mm Z-height drive.

The demand for higher-capacity portable storage devices at both the consumer and corporate levels seems to be never ending. Thanks to internet where there is a growing number of users who are uploading and downloading huge volumes of digital content (porn or otherwise). (Ok don’t sulk. I have my share. I am sure you do as well.).

Going back to this baby disk with a smart attitude… [Read more →]