When you buy an iPhone or an iPod from Apple your new product comes with a one year warranty. However, what happens when that warranty runs out (and you didn’t opt for Apple Care)?

I’ve heard of many people with first gen iPhones that end up with cracked screens from a drop or require a new iPhone battery. What are your options? Well, you can try fixing it yourself but good luck with that. The next best thing is to take it to a reputable repair service, such as iRepair.ca.

iRepair.ca: Fixing Broken iPods, MacBooks, and iPhones Since 2006

iRepair.ca offers a variety of iPod/iPhone screen and battery replacements, along with diagnostics of any problems you may encounter. They can also fix Macs as well, such as the older iBook, PowerBook, and first gen MacBook models.

The cool thing about iRepair.ca is that they offer FREE diagnostic testing for any iPod, iPhone, or Mac product. All you have to do is pay for shipping to and from any iRepair location (one in Vancouver, and two in Toronto–you could probably do a drop off as well). Within 24 hours you’ll hear back from the team about what is needed to be done to your precious product.

Why go with iRepair.ca? Well, for starters they have built up their reputation from one store in Toronto, to now three in total. They also guarantee all their repairs for one year warranty and all parts are OEM from Apple (except for batteries). Just that one year warranty alone is something that you should keep in mind!

Now if only I had sent my 4G 20GB iPod to iRepair instead of selling it for cheap. We can definitely keep our old electronics going instead of having them end up in a landfill by getting them fixed with services such as iRepair.ca!

iRepair.ca is Giving Away TWO Refurbished 3rd Gen iPod Nanos to iPhoneinCanada.ca Readers!!

Contest time folks! Yup, I definitely love giving away free stuff and Matt from iRepair was happy to oblige when I asked for some swag for our loyal readers. Up for grabs are a couple refurbished 3rd Gen iPod Nanos (the short fat model).

How to Enter to Win a Free 3rd Gen iPod Nano

We’re going to work things a bit differently today. Here’s what you need to do in order to be eligible to win. It’s going involve Twitter so make sure you’ve signed up for a free account.

Just tweet the following message via Twitter and you’ll be ENTERED!

I just entered the @iphoneincanada contest to win 1 of 2 FREE third gen iPod Nanos from iRepair.ca! You can too: http://bit.ly/qBzm

This contest is open to Canadians residents only! Winners will be announced tomorrow and chosen randomly via Twitter! Make sure you follow me on Twitter if you haven’t already!