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By Gary Ng on June 6th, 2008

In just over 72 hours it will be D-Day for Apple fans across the globe. June 9th marks the coveted Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference and this is when the 3G iPhone will be announced to the world. Make no mistake about it folks, all the clues point to this day being that magical day. Let’s…

By Gary Ng on June 3rd, 2008

You read that title correctly–according to an article from itBusiness.ca. Industry analyst Lawrence Surtees from IDC Canada states that things are going to change drastically once the iPhone is released by Rogers in Canada. Surtees goes on to reiterate that AT&T was forced by Apple to introduce “all you can eat” data plans in the…

By Gary Ng on June 2nd, 2008

Can you believe it’s June already? Well, millions of Apple fans around the world are embracing the new month, because in one week’s time June 9th will roll around. What’s so special about June 9th? Well, if you have been living in a cave (or you’re not an obsessed Apple fanboy), that is the day…

By Gary Ng on May 23rd, 2008

I’ve been keeping track of iPhone Firmware 2.0 pretty closely because when it’s released, our first generation iPhones will be able to keep up with the latest features, thanks to the Pwnage Tool. That’s the cool thing about the iPhone that I really like. The ability to have firmware updates that actually make your phone…

By Gary Ng on May 21st, 2008

Vancouverites will be able to purchase their 3G iPhones in Vancouver this summer as the Apple Store at Pacific Centre will be open by then. I received an email from Apple that stated the grand opening of the Pacific Centre Apple Store will be at 10:00am on May 24th (it took them long enough to…

By Gary Ng on May 20th, 2008

I warned you this was going to happen–more iPhone speculation and rumors about the date when Canada will get the iPhone. According to an anonymous source that contacted me (that’s all I can say for now), the iPhone will be sold in July in Canada (or was it June?!), with availability coming from Apple Stores,…

By Gary Ng on May 18th, 2008

The iPhone rumor mill is in full steam at the moment! According to our friends from Touch Podium, the iPhone release date in Canada was “leaked” by a sales associate from Future Shop. The following conversation occured during the checkout process: “Hey, do you have any idea if you guys will be getting the iPhone,…

By Gary Ng on May 17th, 2008

That was the headline posted at Electronista yesterday! Although that may get some of you a bit excited, there are a few things I find hard to believe about this article. Seriously folks, with the upcoming WWDC coming in June, expect the rumors to get fast and furious leading up to the announcement! According to…

By Gary Ng on May 11th, 2008

You’ve been hearing stories about this over the past couple of weeks–iPhones have been unavailble for purchase due to low supplies worldwide (EG – London, NYC, etc). We know that Rogers has announced the iPhone is coming to Canada, but there were no details given. However, some new evidence has come up just recently though….

By Gary Ng on May 8th, 2008

The iPhone is awesome for checking email on the go, or when you’re just roaming around the house and don’t have time to get onto the computer. One shortfall whenever I’m checking my Gmail IMAP account is that there is no “push” functionality. I need to manually check for new email every 10 minutes or…