Crazy! Unbelievable. This is my favourite phone interface yet and this one was actually announced. It’s not like courier which ended up being a myth (or maybe something which M$ was to conservative to roll out).
No beveling or anything like that. Crazy navigation and everything has a two-diesh look. I like this a lot more. Beveled buttons I’m bored of. And I thought my next phone was going to be an Android Phone… Well, we have to see what happens with the apps because all the old apps are going to mess up the look. We’ll see.
But I’m pretty impressed. Windows mobile has a LOT of software. Including an Office suite for it. Making the interface cool is a BIG deal.
I love this stuff and decided to compile a list of what you can find in Toronto. My source was this chowhound forum. But I’m organizing the list for myself, so use it at free will. ;-)
Chainlike over-sweetened Pretzels (North American style). This ones I’ve tried so that comment is mine.
Rabbit says:
“It’s not a street vendor pretzel, but it’s German and fat and squishy and fantastic – Amadeus restaurant at Richmond and University has wonderful pretzels.”
jonnybee says:
“Though not as soft as the pretzels you get in the mall, the large pretzels from the Dimpflmeier Bakery in Etobicoke seemed to me more like like the ones found in NYC. I did not have them warm, but they were dense and kind of chewy and great with some mustard.”
You’ve probably seen this guys breads. They’re sold all over the place in certain supertmarkets. Apparently they sell Pretzels on their store.
Mila says:
“Stonemill Bakehouse, downstairs at St Lawrence Market, has the real German pretzels on Saturday mornings”.
Full Tummy says:
“My mom and I, both German and very fond of excellent salt pretzels, are addicted to the ones sold at The Bagel House. They’re somewhat bagelly, but they are a heck of a lot better than most. Fresh each day, crisp and chewy, with plenty o’ salt.”
There’s 1 Aunty Ann in Toronto GTA right now. This guys have a kit so you can cook them at home too.
Sobey’s:
cherrytreegirl says:
“The Sobey’s Express on Yonge south of Wellesley carries them in the bakery section. They are pretty good but you would have to prepare it yourself- heating it, adding butter, mustard etc.”
While I was on holidays, Michael Schmidt triumphed against the dreaded Canadian Dairy industry in his co-op cow sharing concept. You can basically get raw milk with him if you buy part of the cow. The law which forbids anyone in Canada of drinking milk which is not Pasteurized, does not apply to farmers. If you buy part of the cow then you become one.
Of course, when you read what pasteurization protects you of you kind of think it’s the right way to go. But if you dig deeper you realize that if the process is clean and you buy from the farmer the risk is almost nonexistent. Not only that, all those things you can contract (salmonella, listeria, etc…) you can actually get from a LOT of meats and eggs you can buy at the supermarket. So what’s the deal? We don’t pasteurize bacon, do we?
Even worse is when you read what pasteurization takes away. A lot of nutrients, bacteria which helps digest milk better and, on top of that, ultra-pasteurized milk can cause allergies. And I should know about that since my daughter cannot drink caws milk. Funny thing is that when we travel to Argentina, where milk is only pasteurized, not ultra-pasteurized, she doesn’t get a runny nose and annoying coughs like she does over here.
On top of that, even regular pasteurized milk tastes better than the ultra-pasteurized one. I can only dream of how good must raw milk taste. I wish I could try it but right now, here in Canada, you just can’t. You can make a choice of smoking cigars or drinking Coffee with Nicotine (like the Tim Hortons one) but you can’t risk it with Raw Milk.
Raw Milk seems to be a real threat. It’s like drinking water with toxic stuff in it like fluor or clorox… oh wait, water already has that in it and its completely legal!
Pasteurization makes the life of dairy companies easier. They don’t have to worry about quality control like they would with Raw Milk and the milk can last for a longer period of time. So it’s the old battle about healthy natural food against processed junk. And the processes junk will loose in the end because it tastes worse and it’s worse for you.
Can’t wait until other farmers start doing this so I can get some for myself.
I’m sure there’s a million posts about this so I’ll keep it short. Like with the Courier which was never released and we got a Windows 7 tablet, the iPad was a disappointment.
Thinking a bit more about it I realized that it’s the first Apple release that I can remember where the Hardware is more interesting than the software. If you compare it with a Netbook it’s not interesting at all. But if you compare it with other tablets and eReaders out there and the ones coming out in the near feature, it’s the most compelling one in terms of price. Basically, a big Kindle costs the same, and that is ridiculous. The Kindle has always been a rip-off and I have no clue who buys this stuff. But after all this new e-Readers where announced on CES a couple of months ago, I can’t see how they’re going to be able to hold that price anymore. The iPad will be the Kindle killer, if the Kindle was ever alive. That eReader is going to have to drop at least $200 to compete.
Other than that, the software sucks right now. This device uses a great OS for phones which is not a great Os for a 9.7 inch device. And that has been said over and over again so I’ll leave it at that. I guess they’ll make it better in the future and it might become a device worth considering. I still can’t see why the heck would I want any of this tablets or e-Readers.
Netbooks are so cheap and powerful that unless someone brings some amazing new experience, I can’t see myself using one ever.
(no Flash or multi-tasking, are you kidding me?)
