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List: Services Not Available in Canada [UPDATE x3]
Jan 31st
Here is a semi-complete list of everything I’ve come in contact with that aren’t available in Canada:
- Lala (international copyright issues) -> See Video <- (not available ANYWHERE as of May 31)
- Pandora (international copyright issues) -> See Picture <-
- Hulu (international copyright issues; this includes embeds for any associated companies including the Comedy Channel for example) -> See Picture <-
- Google Voice (won’t forward to Canadian numbers; suspicion is that it’s CRTC regulations on E911 services) -> See Picture <-
- Amazon MP3 -> See Picture <-
- Amazon Prime
- Amazon streaming TV and movies
- Netflix Streaming (Netflix physical media rentals are provided by Zip.ca)
- textPlus (won’t accept Canadian phone numbers; although, GOGII is conducting a beta regarding that, see here.)[UPDATE! textPlus is now available in Canada as of February 16, 2010]
- Motorola Droid (or GSM/UMTS version called the “Milestone”) – no carriers yet – available in Canada on Telus as of February 2010
- Nexus One (won’t ship to Canada; Nexus One uses irregular UMTS bands that none of the major 3 Canadian carriers use; AWS is going to be provided by WIND mobile — currently in Toronto only) – available as of March 2010 on Rogers, Telus, and Bell. Orders as AT&T compatible, ships to Canada. Paid apps are supported.
- FitBit – won’t ship to Canada; hasn’t been approved for sale in Canada.
iPhone App: Shazam
Jul 4th
This is an amazing app which has been around since the inception of apps in July of 2008. Shazam is a free and amazing life tool, it identifies songs that are playing where you are by taking a thirty-second sample using the built-in microphone, and within a few seconds has analyzed the song and presented you with a useful screen displaying the song title, artist, album, and links for a Youtube video, to buy it in iTunes, and to Tweet about the song.
I’ve included some screen shots of it from my use—and in my few days of using it, I’ve found that it’s incredibly accurate at identifying music, even in noisy environments.
Get this app for free from the app store. [link]
Strangely, this app requires an iPhone, however could work on a 2G iPod Touch.
