A report from Silicon Alley Insider indicates that Apple may have approached a select few App Store application developers and asked them to prepare for a January 2010 demo.

Apple has asked developers to prepare their applications for a full screen demo instead of the usual iPhone/iPod Touch display. Considering the words “full screen”, the rumor mill is at max capacity with Apple Tablet talk.

Apple has been telling some app … Read More

The folks over at DigiTimes have received word that OmniVision has secured a contract to manufacture 5 megapixel cameras for the next generation iPhone which is expected in Summer 2010 at Apple’s annual WWDC event.

Currently, OmniVision is the provider of the 3.2 megapixel cameras found in the iPhone 3GS. Previously, a company named Aptina provided the cameras for the iPhone 3G.

OmniVision snatched 3.2-megapixel CIS orders for Apple’s iPhone 3GS, … Read More

For those who are using a 13″ unibody MacBook (or any other 13″ notebook for that rather), the following laptop sleeve review will be of interest to you. There are so many options out there for sleeves and bags, such as the be.ez LArobe Allure and LEvertigo. Today we’re going to take a quick look at the iSkin SOHO laptop sleeve in graphite (black/grey).

The iSkin SOHO is … Read More

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Apple releases the iPhone 2G with no video recording. Soon after when the jailbreaking hacks became available, a great jailbroken app called “Cycorder” enabled video on the iPhone 2G. Users universally question Apple’s motives.

Then Apple releases the iPhone 3G and again, no video recording (Apple motives questioned again). However, jailbroken iPhones (2G/3G) could enable video recording through various applications.

Then Apple releases the iPhone 3GS and includes video … Read More

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As many have read our article regarding the Tethering policies for Rogers and Fido, one of the most talked about points is that Rogers/Fido plan to offer Tethering access for free to accounts that have 1GB or higher data plans (using your data bucket) up until December 31, 2009…but what then?

Well, lets refresh our memories by reading the Rogers and Fido tethering policies:

Rogers Tethering … Read More

Apple has revealed their Black Friday deals (check out other deals here) on the Australia online Apple Store, however shoppers can expect the same or similar discounts here in Canada. Select Mac products are being discounted between 8-10% on entry level configurations and between 4-5% on the more advanced configurations.

iPod Touch is receiving between 8-10% discounts and the iPod Nano is receiving between 4-6% discounts. The remaining accessories … Read More

Here in the Great White North, traditionally Boxing Day is the biggest shopping day of the year. In the USA, our neighbours celebrate Black Friday as one of the most important retail periods of the year! Black Friday is seen as the start of the Christmas shopping season. The joy has spread over to us Canuckle-heads since most companies now ship to Canada. Even companies that don’t ship to Canada, … Read More

If you have not been watching, over the last few weeks Verizon has begun a battle with AT&T over network coverage. Verizon released a series of ads that showcased how Verizon’s network is better than AT&T.

The Verizon ad phrase was “There’s a Map for that”, which is essentially mocking Apple’s “There’s a App for that”. It is quite clear that Verizon is not only targeting AT&T, but Apple as well.

Not … Read More

Apple hardware fans, listen up!

The folks from iFixit.com have released over 200 repair guides covering every Mac Mini and iMac that Apple has made since 2004. All of these repair manuals are now available FOR FREE from iFixit.com! There are also extensive iPhone and iPod guides available.

iFixit is known for its very detailed guides and excellent documentation processes. The step by step directions are very clear and concise … Read More

As expected, Virgin Mobile Canada will be launching the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in Canada in 2010. An official statement was released this morning.

Bell Canada acquired Virgin Mobile Canada in May 2009 and since Bell has just received the iPhone in Novemer 2009, they now plan to move the device to their Virgin Canada brand. The iPhone will be available at Virgin stores, Virgin online and Apple … Read More