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I'm in the market for a new cellular phone. I love my old phone to bits, but the buttons don't work so well any more.

While there are some exciting phones that are available (and some that are not available), unfortunately Canadian wireless companies seem to be working together, because they all seem to offer expensive voice plans, overly long contracts, high cancellation charges, high fees, low-featured phones and/ or ridiculously high data download rates.

Engadget Mobile seems to have the latest and best news on North American mobile phones, and that includes Canada. So if and when the situation changes, and Canada gets the iPhone and/or reasonable data rates, I'll be ready to pounce.

Are the mobile phone companies about to get knocked off?

A Cellphone Without Borders - New York Times
A company called Cubic Telecom is releasing a mobile phone that has the potential to take down the big mobile phone companies by targeting their ridiculous international rates, using a combination of VOIP and wifi. Brilliant. It's about time.

The iPhone is coming! 5 Essential iPhone links

June 29 is the official release date for the iPhone in the USA, and the hype is enormous. When will it come to Canada or other countries? No word yet.

Maybe it's not so bad, and us foreigners will let the bugs get worked out first. Are you now wishing that you'd purchased one of the original iPods? Didn't think so.

Apple iPhone - official Apple site, with initial iPhone specs

MY iTablet - iPhone news blog (which covered the iPhone rate plans released today)
iPhone Hacks - another iPhone news blog, covering reviews, hacks, and the hype
David Pogue's iPhone FAQs 1 & 2 - Written by columnist from the NY Times
Reviews may be added as they start popping up.

In case you're wondering what the iPhone has to do with Music Tuesdays, the iPhone is also an iPod and has 4 GB or 8 GB of storage for music.