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I’ve always been very impressed with my BlackBerry.  I’m always in awe with the technology that goes into it.  It’s quite incredible when you break-down all the things you can do on the device such as: send an instant message, surf the web, email, play video games, map your route with the GPS, listen to mp3s, take pictures, record video, and of course phone and text people.  That really is an all-in-one device… and it’s not even an iPhone!

Well my cousin sent me a message today about an all-in-one phone that blows the Berry and iPhone out of the mobile water.  It’s called the Pomegranate.  Not only does this phone look super slick but has some incredible features as well including:

• Projector
• Global Voice Translator
• Coffee Maker
• Shaver
• Harmonica

Wait… a freakin’ harmonic and a coffee machine!!???  You have got to be kidding me!  I encourage you to watch the full 6 minute video below or at least visit their website to experience everything you can do with this bad boy.  Of course you can phone, text, surf and do all that regular boring stuff too… but you can do it all while shaving!!!!

So upon clicking through the site trying to figure out how much one of these things was going to cost me I learned that they were created in Nova Scotia, Canada.  I thought to myself ‘Cool, I’m glad another Canadian mobile phone company has stepped up to the plate to compete with BlackBerry juggernaut Research In Motion‘… Nothing like a little friendly competition right?

So when I tried to click a few links to find out more information I kept getting sent to the Discover Nova Scotia tourism website.  I thought ‘Hmmm something isn’t right here.’  Upon further research I then came to the conclusion that this phone is actually is not a phone at all.  It’s a complete fake and is all part of a new viral marketing campaign by the Government of Nova Scotia to attract more tourists.

That’s a pretty slick idea as it got me clicking around the site… but I have to tell you I’m more pissed off at Nova Scotia for tricking me into thinking I was getting a phone that I could play the harmonica on.  So congrats Eastern Canada… you have now been relegated to the END of my “places to see before I die” list.

Cheers!

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