Hi Darren,

I don’t work for Sharp. My firm does handle PR for them in Canada (it’s my name on the bottom of that announcement), but this is just my personal opinion.

I appreciate you noticing the launch of the AQUOS Advantage Program up here. You’re right that the Member benefits only cover owners of AQUOS TVs that are 42” and over at the moment, but Canadian customers can still call the AQUOS Advantage dedicated support line for pre-sales guidance on any size of TV.

I know they’ve been wanting to bring the AQUOS Advantage Program to Canada for some time now, but in a country with a population only 1/10th the size of the US (and 10 per cent more area to cover) they had to make some economic decisions about how they introduced the program. I think bringing AQUOS Advantage to Canadian consumers is a big step in the right direction.

/m

Michael O'Connor Clarke
Thornley Fallis Communications

Entertaining to note the first Google hit that comes up with a search for "Archer Quinn":

http://www.inventored.org/caution/archer-quinn/

And while we're on the subject of Windows Mobile and Nokia S60s, you might be interested to learn that a new browser - powered by the same WebKit engine that drives the S60, Safari, and the iPhone - is now available on Windows Mobile for the first time from Torch Mobile (http://www.torchmobile.com). Launched today at MWC 2008 in Barcelona.

I know, I know - I'm a shameless flack. But heck - at least it's on topic :-)