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By Gary Ng on September 18th, 2010

Is your iPhone’s sleep/wake button broken? Or are you looking for the easiest way to put your iPhone screen to sleep? There’s a recent addition to Cydia called QuickLock2. With one tap of a button you can lock your iPhone and have the screen put to sleep. This is a fantastic solution for those with…

By Gary Ng on September 13th, 2010

Did you bypass the latest iOS 4.1 update on your iPhone 4 because you are preserving your jailbreak (which is coming soon) For those that did update, you are probably enjoying the benefits of HDR photography. Did Apple Acquire their HDR Skills from imsense? The latest HDR story is that Apple acquired the UK company,…

By Gary Ng on September 11th, 2010

The makers of Rock Your Phone have allowed people to purchase 3rd party jailbroken apps such as MyWi and My3G for their iPhones. Rock Your iPhone has just been acquired by Cydia (SaurikIT), which now has become the world’s largest independent iOS App Store. To reflect some upcoming changes, the layout of Cydia’s main page…

By Gary Ng on September 10th, 2010

Last week one of my colleagues, interested in getting his first iPhone, was asking if there was a radio app that would stream music. Being a subscriber to a satellite radio service provider he often enjoys CBC Radio 3. I mentioned that I knew of a CBC Radio app and would dig into it further….

By Gary Ng on September 10th, 2010

The iPhone 4 has many new features and upgrades compared to its younger sibling the iPhone 3GS. One of the most anticipated features was the inclusion of an LED flash for taking pictures in low light. I’ve already discovered the camera can still capture images in extreme low light conditions without flash. But for those…

By Gary Ng on September 3rd, 2010

After using an iPhone 3G, then experiencing the iPhone 3GS–the performance was like night and day. Then, going from the iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4–more speed improvements were gained. However, the new ‘multitasking’ feature of iOS 4 has caused my iPhone 3GS/iPhone 4 to come to a crawl at certain times. Why? The reason…

By Ex on August 30th, 2010

On Tuesday Autodesk is expected to announce the return of AutoCAD to the Mac. The announcement is also expected to deliver an iPhone app. AutoCAD has been off the Mac platform for over 15 years and the new return could help Apple in sustaining Mac momentum among business and consumer buyers. Autodesk has estimated that…

By Ex on August 26th, 2010

This is absolutely epic news for Hotmail users who own an iDevice. CNET is reporting that next week on August 30, 2010 (Monday), Microsoft will deliver on the features promised as part of the latest update to Hotmail. The epic feature is Exchange ActiveSync which will allow Hotmail users to receive push e-mail for free…

By Gary Ng on August 25th, 2010

Today I’ve chosen to write about one of my personal favourite apps, Beatwave by collect3. I’ve gone through many music apps but none are as easy or enjoyable as this one. I’m sure I won’t be the only one finding it incredibly easy to make pleasing beats and tunes on your iPhone or iPad. The…

By Ex on August 24th, 2010

This week, Google updated their Google Mobile App for iOS with Gmail and Calendar push notifications. With the push notifications update, Gmail messages (both personal/custom domain) and calendar alerts are pushed to the home screen as soon as they arrive as a pop-up or icon badge. The alert system can further be refined to only…