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  Andrew 5:52 PM on April 9, 2005 Permalink
  Tags: Fido, hiptop ( 9 )   

  hiptop or Laptop? 

  

  Somehow I’ve managed to squeeze six days worth of changes into one duffel bag (and one gay backpack—see previous post). I couldn’t have done it without leaving my beloved Powerbook behind.

  This is actually the first time I’m going overseas without a laptop—since I’ve had one, anyway—and it’s really only because there won’t be a high speed internet connection where I’m staying. Still, it will prove to be the biggest test ever for my Fido hiptop and the Danger data servers. I’ve got all my calendar, contact and confirmation info stored on the little critter, and if it crashes on me… Well, it won’t be a total disaster, but I’ll be plenty pissed off.

  The photo above, by the way, is a record of a brief moment when yours truly had three hiptops in his possession, due to somebody’s screw-up at Fido. Unfortunately, I did have to send the other two back…

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    Albert Howell 8:11 PM on April 9, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    Doesn’t taking a picture of your fragile electronic equipment sitting on your stovetop violate the warranty?

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    Andrew Currie 9:53 PM on April 9, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    No, but it did seem appropriate for such a HOT/CHAUD device, bwa-ha-ha!

    Ugh.

    BTW, I’m at the airport using one of these Bell internet kiosks. The keys are so greasy… Ewwww!
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  Andrew 11:19 AM on March 5, 2005 Permalink
  Tags: Chat, Fido   

  My Chatroom Faux Pas 

  I had a bit of unexpected exposure to black culture the other day, courtesy of the AOL Fido chatroom. The names of other parties have been changed to protect their handles—oh, and if you’re the sensitive, politically correct type I should warn you that some strong gangsta-style language follows…

  -> Chatter 1 enters

  Chatter 1:

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  ??????????????????

  Me: Very nice…

  Chatter 1:

  Chatter 1: Now where da females at???

  Chatter 2: Wud up man, no byrds in heeere, go round some up

  Chatter 1: Holy I had diss phone 4 6months no fido brids pop up

  Chatter 1: Cheap bitches

  Chatter 1: ????(CHATTER 1)????

  Chatter 1: HOLLA

  Chatter 2: Chatter 3…. U work for fido?

  Chatter 3: No just love the product?

  Chatter 1: If u do holla

  Me: Holla

  Chatter 3: Who here works for Fido?

  Chatter 1: Back door holla at yr boy

  Me: Back door holla? Is that an anal sex reference?

  Chatter 1: Kay ban dat nigga

  Me: Come on, I’m white as german snow here! Can’t you tell?

  Chatter 1: Lol

  Me: Seriously, so I know, what’s a back door holla?

  Chatter 1: I ment put sum hiptop2z out da back door

  Me: Ok. Gotcha.

  Chatter 1:

  Me: (Chatter 1), are you on your ht? You’re pretty fast on that thing

  Chatter 1: Yeeeeeeeah maaaaan

  Chatter 1: I use diss shit erry day gotta be fast on msn or da bitches think u hollaing at 50 chicks

  … So if anybody ever axes yu 4 a back do holla, pleez don’t make the same mistake I diddy!

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    Lord Wat 1:23 PM on March 5, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    Please, while we’re travelling together in Uganda, no back door hollering, if you know what I’m saying. I don’t sleep that deeply.

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  Andrew 11:59 AM on February 23, 2005 Permalink
  Tags: Fido, hiptop ( 9 )   

  Hack or Hick? 

  

  Yesterday I got this secret email from Fido announcing the forthcoming availability of the hiptop 2—the very same device owned by no-talent Paris Hilton, and compromised by someone who hacked into her T-Mobile database.

  Am I worried that my own personal data won’t be safe? Hell, no! First of all, the hiptop itself is relatively hack-proof, provided that you lock it down with a passkey. It’s T-Mobile that’s clearly to blame here, as their web servers have been infiltrated before.

  And I could be wrong, but I somehow don’t think that anyone would be all that interested in seeing candid topless photos of me…
  

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    Ed Miller 3:00 PM on February 23, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    AC:

    But if someone did hack your PDA, wouldn’t they have Albert W. Howell’s phone number?
    Actually, I did feel sorry for those celebs whose phone numbers were hacked, but, on more thought, I realized if someone were stupid enough to give Paris Hilton a real phone number….

    Ed

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    Mike Laz 4:56 AM on February 24, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    Hey Dude

    I am very excited about HT2 . I think I will be upgrading. Will you be getting the hiptop 2???

    Mikey

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    Andrew Currie 4:03 PM on February 24, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    Hey Mikey,

    You know it! I think Fido Customer Service opens at 8:30am on March 8th, the rumoured release date for the ht2. I’ll race ya for the first new unit…
    

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    Andrew Currie 11:14 AM on March 1, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    More info on the Paris Hilton hack:

    http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/danger/hilton-hack-boosts-tmo-sales-034459.php

    Guess there really is no such thing as bad publicity…

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  Andrew 12:14 PM on September 7, 2004 Permalink
  Tags: Bell Canada ( 4 ), Fido   

  City Fido 

  

  I’ve had a hate-on for Bell Canada ever since they casually added an extra two hundred dollars to my phone bill, simply for flicking a switch to activate the already-installed jacks in my new condo. At nerd school I learned how they choked the speed of their residential high-speed internet service, just so they could charge more for the real thing.

  But my biggest beef has been their overpriced landline service. Each month I’ve had to fork out forty of my hard-earned dollars just to get a dial tone. Well, no more!

  I was thrilled to hear the announcement of City Fido in Toronto this past April, and equally disgusted by the junk offer put forth by Telus to steal its thunder. Because I believe in Fido so much, I’ve signed up for a two-year contract and given them the go-ahead to liberate my home phone number from Bell.

  Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, I’m free at last!

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    cyrus 11:55 PM on February 18, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    and are you happy with your decision?

    i’m wondering if I shoud do the same

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    Andrew Currie 9:41 AM on February 19, 2005 Permalink | Reply

    Hey Cyrus,

    Six months on, I’m still loving the unlimited local airtime, although even before Rogers bought Fido I suspected that the City Fido signal was somehow compromised—that is to say, it doesn’t seem quite as strong or to travel quite as far as my regular Fido signal.

    Nonetheless, I’d still recommend signing up for a City Fido contract before February 28th… I don’t think you’ll see a wireless deal like this ever again!

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    Daniel Chun 12:41 PM on January 3, 2006 Permalink | Reply

    AC,
    considering that number portability is still far away and months ahead and SIM LOCK is still a practice for carriers here in Canada. We will never see the benefits of truly open ubiquitous networking like WiFi. CRTC made little progress on these but should still be criticised for the delay on both only a few years ago, they finally make SMS internetwork capable. when the rest of the world were all SMS friendly…

    Happy New Year
    Daniel Chun
    Little Scientist

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  Andrew 9:34 AM on March 25, 2004 Permalink
  Tags: Bermuda ( 26 ), Fido   

  Technical Difficulties 

  If anyone has been trying to reach me by telephone in the last few days, you were probably a bit surprised to be dumped in the middle of the Fido voicemail system, instead of being directed to my specific mailbox.

  If you’re interested, here’s what was happening:

  When someone tried to call me, the call would go from my Bell landline to Fido to the AT&T network here in Bermuda. If I didn’t answer, the call would be routed from AT&T back to Fido, but in that routing my Fido number would be lost, so when the call got back to the Fido voicemail system it wouldn’t know what mailbox to go to.

  This makes sense, because call display isn’t working for me down here, indicating that AT&T network can’t route back to Fido for the caller’s ID.

  The solution? If I turn my phone off when it’s not immediately available the call will never leave Canada, and go straight from Bell to Fido, without ever leaving the country.

  Neat, huh?