Hi all! I think that pretty much everyone that actually reads this would already know this but in case you don’t, I’m currently on vacation. Driving around and seeing the sites of eastern Canada. So far we’ve done a little Moncton, a little PEI, some St Andrews followed by a day and night in Halifax and now for a week in Wolfville. Liz is attending a map conference where they’ll talk about map stuff all day and night while I chill in the hot tub!
Wolfville is kind of quiet, not too much to do but sit around and breath in the country air but really, that’s pretty much exactly what I needed after a week in the car! There is also a hot tub at the B&B that we’re staying at and I was actually really excited about it since we didn’t have one in the cave (funny how the person that would laugh at that joke probably doesn’t even know this place exists…lol) but really, the thing is so packed with chlorine that it’s hardly enjoyable at all! So well shit, the hot tub wasn’t the time waster that I thought it would be so what now?
Well lucky for me I picked up an HTC Dream on the date of it’s Canadian launch so I have had tons of time to get acquainted with my new partner in crime. After a week of Android love I can say that I don’t regret the switch from my Storm to this but before I get into the details I want to take some time to talk about the crazy lineups I had to face to be one of the first to get my hands on one a these puppies! Seriously, how does Apple do it? How do they create such a hype? Time and time again there are people lined up for miles to get one of there new toys and then there’s a toy as cool as the HTC Dream and nada? I got to the Rogers store in Moncton (maybe that’s the problem) and walk right in, second in line. I start a dialogue about the phone with the Rogers dude and it didn’t take long before we were doing the paperwork. At one point the guys asks if I’m gonna start programming apps for the phone and I say “meh, maybe”. He then says that some guy was telling him the day before that he wants to get one so that he can start writing apps for it blah blah blah. So then I say “wow, have a lot of people been interested in the phone” to which he replies “nope, just that guy and now you”. So ya, no worries Apple, I think you probably still at the very least have Moncton New Brunswick locked down 
I have been thinking about posting my experiences with the Dream and now that I have spent a week with it I’m starting to get some opinions… Some things are great, some are a little meh and some are kinda crappy. Really the only reason I am putting of the details is because I want to see how things change once I get to spend some time with it connected to 3G cause a definite down side to Wolfville is the fact that it seems to be EDGE only round here and it’s bringing back memories of the horrible data transfer rates of the 1st gen iPhone… Once I get back home I may even start posting the occasional video review of an app or something?
A preview of things I miss so far? I miss the BB Facebook and email apps, the rest, well stay tuned!
Laterz all,
Ed.
