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By Gary Ng on July 9th, 2010

By now you’ve probably heard of ZAGG, the company behind the popular invisibleSHIELD protective skins. I’ve used the invisibleSHIELD for my iPhone, iPhone 3G, and my current iPhone 3GS (and my MacBook and iPad!). I have my iPhone 4 invisibleSHIELDS on the way. ZAGG also makes other accessories too, and one of the most highly…

By Ex on July 7th, 2010

If you’re looking to purchase a 16GB or 32GB iPhone 3GS, or maybe the new unlocked 8GB iPhone 3GS, from your local Apple Store, you may be out of luck. We have received numerous tips that Canadian Apple Stores have begun to run dry of their iPhone inventory with no sign of when, or if,…

By RoryPiper on July 5th, 2010

Scosche is name that has been in the Apple accessories market for quite some time now. They put out great, affordable accessories for iPods, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, among other mobile devices. I’ve always found their products stylish and functional, while staying durable and affordable. Today, we’re taking a look at the flipSYNC USB…

By Gary Ng on June 28th, 2010

One amazing feature of using your iPhone in Canada is that we get to tether our data plans to our laptops. But if you want to tether to another device such as your iPad, iPhone, Nintendo DS, etc, you’re out luck–unless you are using MyWi 3.0. MyWi has been updated for iOS 4 and it’s now…

By RoryPiper on June 26th, 2010

“Well, that didn’t take long”, is something I have found myself saying after each iPhone software and hardware release, for the past year or so. It seems the current iPhone hackers know right where to look, when trying to find new exploits in the latest firmware and hardware. comex, of the The iPhone Dev Team, and…

By Gary Ng on June 24th, 2010

The iPhone Dev Team released PwnageTool 4.01 the day after iOS 4 was released. This Mac-only jailbreak tool works for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS (old bootrom), and iPod Touch 2G by creating a custom firmware to install. What about Windows users wanting to jailbreak iOS 4 with the same devices? The answer is with…

By Gary Ng on June 22nd, 2010

Earlier we reported about the iPhone Dev Team releasing an update to their iPhone unlock, ultrasn0w via Cydia. This latest update will unlock all iPhone basebands. Great news for people looking to travel with their iPhones right (the iPhone 4 will be sold unlocked from Apple Store in Canada!)? redsn0w beta Updated to “hacktivate” and…

By Gary Ng on June 21st, 2010

We have some breaking news from the iPhone Dev Team! They have released Ultrasn0w 0.93, which will unlock all iPhones since the 3.0 firmware. What does this mean for you? It means your iPhone can now be unlocked to use with ANY wireless carrier from around the world. Ultrasn0w 0.93 will unlock the following basebands…

By Gary Ng on June 21st, 2010

The day you’ve been waiting for is here folks: iOS 4 is now LIVE in iTunes. This latest firmware is free for all iPhones (except iPhone 2G) and iPod Touch models (2G/3G). The biggest feature awaiting users is the ability for multitasking, which is limited to the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G. Love your…

By RoryPiper on June 20th, 2010

One of the smaller, not widely known features of iOS 4, is the ability for carriers to push out updates, over the air. Previously, this could only be done, via iTunes. This isn’t Apple firmware updates, but rather carrier specific updates. The iOS 4 betas have been coming with Rogers carrier updates. Rogers 6 was…