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On holiday until January 11th.

I’ll be in Hong Kong for the next week or so, with regularly scheduled blog posts resuming on January 11th.

The one before 250.

I’ve a bit of a surprise in store for my 250th post; unfortunately, this isn’t it.

My 200th post: Android claims another Nokian.

This time last year I was trialling Nokia’s premiere camera phone of the day across Asia. For 2010 an altogether different handset has passed the far and away test — Google’s Nexus One, sold unlocked in Canada by upstart carrier Mobilicity.

With a few important caveats Android has impressed me enough to usurp Symbian as my primary mobile OS. It’s that good…

Got K2, now what do I do?

Surprise!

I’ve made some big changes to the old blog, and deliberately so. And like anything I attempt I’m in way over my head and can use some help…

Okay Android, you’re on!

I’ve given Google — and particularly Android, their mobile OS — a bit of a hard time on these pages. I think it’s justified; Google is doing some fantastic things for free software but is also guilty of its fair share of gaffes. But today an opportunity has presented itself for yours truly to trial Google’s Nexus One and one of Canada’s new mobile operators. How can I say no?

Here’s how it came to be…