As the founder of taab, I'd be interested in hearing why you think the MintChip is an embarrassment. I'm personally impressed that the Royal Canadian Mint came up with this idea and project. Is it perfect? No, definitely not. Will it actually make it to market? Debatable, and likely not. But you can't fault them for trying. If nothing, society as a whole will learn from their successes and failures.

Your vote only counts towards the Popular Vote category. The winners for the other categories are determined by a judging panel. Also, could you explain why you'd like to vote "none of the above"? I'm the founder of taab, and would love to hear your criticism.

Care to explain why you think they're crap? (I'm the founder of taab.)

I definitely thought it was a good idea, and was impressed that our government was able to foster this type of idea and competition. I can't say whether or not they will successfully bring this to market, but at the very least, it provides all of us with a unique learning opportunity. This way, we can figure out what works, and what doesn't.

As you'll see by my low UID, I've been on Slashdot for a while. I'm going to shamelessly self-plug my entry, called taab. You can visit our site at http://taab.co./ Check it out, and watch the promo video. I'm hoping it can handle the Slashdot effect! You can vote for our entry here: http://mintchipchallenge.com/submissions/9458-taab And I'm more than willing to answer any questions you may have, including my experiences with the MintChip platform.

Verizon is slated to release the BB 9630, aka the 'Tour' within the next month or 2. It's the BB 9530 Storm, but instead of a touchscreen, it goes back to the QWERTY keyboard. http://crackberry.com/blackberry-tour-spec-sheet-leaked

I just did a 4 month internship in San Diego, and I drove to work. I'm used to Ontario traffic lights being a certain length of yellow. And then, there's usually a pause between the two sets of traffic lights (i.e. there's a small amount of time where all lights are red). Imagine my surprise in Southern California that this was not the case at all. The yellows were MUCH longer, throwing me off completely. I'd slow to a stop in anticipation of the red, only to see it stay yellow for a while. So a few times, I "dared" to just go through the yellow. I thought they were questionable, but to my surprise, at least one or two drivers would follow behind me. If it was questionable for me, how are they pulling it off? There's no pause between reds either. The whole situation just seemed so unsafe. And then I saw a piece on the local news about red lights, and how the city is earning lots of money from it. If you want an example of who's got the traffic light timing perfect, look to Ontario.