t was recently reported that Apple has started pulling all WiFi finder apps from the App Store, due to an issue with an undocumented, private API being used in some of these apps. Developer Aspecto Software has decided to go the jailbreak route, and release their app, WiFiFoFum in Cydia, for Free.

At the beginning of January 2010, an application called Poynt was being demoed at CES. The app, which debuted on Blackberry, is a location-based application.

The app allows users to locally search for people, businesses, movies, and restaurants based on your location (GPS). When users locate a person, business, movie, or restaurant, they can move the iPhone to their face, as in making a phone call, and the app launches … Read More

Leading up the launch of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics (which we all dearly miss!), Bell and Telus worked feverishly to build a shared HSPA+ GSM network. Both companies managed to successfully complete the network early and it was fully operational for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Bell was an official sponsor and yesterday they released stats of Olympic usage during the period from February 12-28.

Bell network … Read More

**The following is a guest post by Justin Luey from CanadaStrikesBack.com**

Rogers has introduced their One Rate Plans that will allow 1GB of data to be used anywhere in Canada and the USA. One iPhoneinCanada.ca reader, Justin Luey has given his take on Rogers One Rate Plans:

Rogers has just announced new North American data plans, these plans allow customers to use data while traveling in the U.S … Read More

It has been long rumored that a new iPhone, or the next iPhone more specifically, will include a front facing video camera used for video chat/calls. Well, this rumor may be more fact than fiction.

A report from 9to5Mac has revealed information leading to iPhone video calling capabilities found deep within the iPhone SDK. Specifically, various icons were located that lead to video calling on an iPhone.

However, hidden icons are only … Read More

I remember, about 4 years ago, when I had my little Sony w810i phone, I could transfer all kinds of different files to other phones and computers. Well, MeDevil, the creators of “iBluetooth” for iPhone OS 2.x.x, have released “iBlueNova”, for iPhone OS 3.x.x, which allows you to transfer ANY file from/to your jailbroken iPhone, over Bluetooth.

iBlueNova uses the “BT Stack” mod, to really open up … Read More

According to Redmond Pie, iPhone OS 4.0 may be demoed on March 14, 2010. This would mark a major update to the iPhone/iPod Touch platform.

There is no real evidence that the date is true, especially considering that March 14 is a Sunday. However anything could happen!

iPhone 4.0 is highly anticipated to bring the ability to run multiple third party apps at the same time. Some of the rumored features that … Read More

MobileMe subscribers will be happy to know that the Find My iPhone now works on Mobile Safari. Apple’s MobileMe support page now has the following info:

Accessing me.com with your iPhone/iPod touch allows you access to the following items:

* A link to setup instructions for setting up Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Find my iPhone on your iPhone/iPod touch.
* A link to use Find My iPhone from a friend’s … Read More

Sometime this week, Apple and the Canadian wireless carriers increased the 3G file size limit for App Store downloads up to 20MB.

Previously, when users were connected to 3G, they could only download apps that were up to 10MB in size. Anything greater than 10MB needed a WiFi connection.

The new limit is now 20MB and anything greater than 20MB will need WiFi.

However, unless you have the Rogers/Fido 6GB data plan, we … Read More

RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis spoke yesterday at the 2010 Mobile World Congress about there needing to be a shake up in the way smartphones are consuming data. Networks are already congested and will get worse if our mobile bandwidth usage continues to skyrocket.

Here’s what he had to say, which was most likely taking aim at Apple and its competitors:

“Manufacturers had better start building more efficient applications and more efficient … Read More