ROGERS BEGINS SHIPPING NOKIA 6790 SURGE

Here's a little news for my fellow Canadians out there: Rogers has now begun shipping the Nokia 6790 Surge to their stores and it should be available for retail as early as next week. The Nokia QWERTY Slide will supposedly will retail for only $499.99 on a 3-year contract, $99.99 on a 2-year contract, $199.99 for a single year, and $279.99 outright purchase. Not too shabby!

Just to refresh your memory: this 3G phone features a 2.4" auto-rotating display, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera that can also be used for recording videos, microSD expandable memory up to 8GB, GPS, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, an FM radio and a media player for entertainment. It comes equipped with a web browser, e-mail and and instant messaging client. Through this device, users can access their favorite social networking sites sush as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc because Surge utilizes the "Juicecaster", an application that lets you connect with friends, meet new people, and share your photos and videos directly from your mobile phone.

Not a bad phone for a pretty decent price-it's just too bad Rogers took so long to get a hold of it!