4 posts tagged “contest”

I paid the now open and packed Micro Boutique a visit on the weekend. It's quite a small  and underwhelming store but there must have been 30 people in there. It might have had something to do with celebrating their 25th anniversary.

Now here's the interesting bit. For their anniversary they are having a draw for an iPhone (that goodness it looks like 1.1.3) which ends April 20th. No word if it's the 4, 8 or 16GB version.

So here's the two possible scenarios:

1. Apple is releasing the iPhone in Canada and Micro Boutique is giving one away for their anniversary.
2. Micro Boutique is giving away a jailbroken iPhone.

The second scenario seems much more plausible but could get Micro Boutique in hot water with Apple. Last year Apple went after sellers in Asia of jailbeaked iPhones with the threat of $1000 fines. I wonder how Apple would feel about one of their official resellers giving away a jailbeaked iPhone for a contest prize? If it is a jailbroken iPhone, who ever wins it might be a little disappointed when they brick it with a future firmware update from iTunes.

Of course this wouldn't be the first time a jailbeaked Apple device has shown up in stores.
 

Finally a contest that's open to residents of Quebec, oh and the rest of Canada also. Commence drooling.

Try saying Core 2 Quad Quad-Core three times fast, i bet you can't. I know I can't.

Those of you outside of Quebec are a lucky bunch... at least when it comes to contests. Not in regards to the great food, culture and super hot French women.

Due to the Every Law Has to Be Different Law in Quebec, companies just skip the province entirely rather than jump though the hoops of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux when it comes to promotions and contests.

So when news leaked that Molson (in business for 221 years, 298, days, 11 hours, 52minutes and 50seconds as of this post. Seconds?) would be giving away an iPhone in an upcoming Quebec contest/promo, needless to say I was excited. And all ready to start drinking I might add. It also leaked the carrier as Rogers. Forget the iTouch. If I don't win one I know what my upgrade phone will be in two years. This also this pointed to a release date here in Canada sometime in January 2008.

Of course this was not to be since days later Molson has removed the iPhone from the contest and has done some backpedaling. Do you think someone let something slip? I hope so.

I guess in the meantime I could check out Québec Concours for some home grown contests.