John Chow is one of the most famous bloggers and affiliate marketers. He’s hosted DotCom Pho in Richmond and now in Vancouver for years. He announces the time and place 24 hours ahead of time and anyone is welcome. August 21st 2010 is the second to last time it will be held in Vancouver because John is moving with his family to the United States.

The topic of conversation runs from uber geeky to the ridiculous and somewhere during the conversation at least three people pay homage to the great Apple god. Not me though. The only Apple equipment I own is an 18 month old iPod Touch that is falling apart. I’m waiting for Android tablets to be available near the end of the year. I’ll be standing in line somewhere and will be blogging and tweeting about the experience.

Two weeks ago Android sales surpassed iOS sales (that’s iPhone)  . Yes that’s right .. every time I say that, someone goes to the internet to prove me wrong. Sorry folks – it’s true.

Today at DotCom Pho I take on the Apple fan boys and it’s on video. The bad news is smart Android phones are in such demand they cost more than the flawed iPhone4.

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