Canada’s “loonie” dollar has been trading at a higher value than the U.S. greenback all this year so far. And unlike with its brief upward spike in 2007-’08—during which time it briefly hit US$1.10—this time the Canuck-buck is forecast to remain above-par through 2012 as well, and perhaps beyond. So, why should Canadians be paying higher nominal dollar prices for Apple hardware (and most everything else) than Americans?

A fellow Appletell writer, Michael Mistretta, came across a great little find today. It seems Apple Canada may’ve made a slight mistake when they were updating their workshop list and happened to leave in an iPhone workshop to help you get it set up. Oops. Our bet is the phone will launch on the 9th, more »