July 2009

The iPhone 3GS jailbreak and unlock for firmware 3.0 has arrived! Before we begin however, please take some time to review the notes below as they are very important: - Do not update to firmware 3.1 if you want to be able to unlock or jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch - The methods listed below can...

mQuickDo is an application for your iPhone that allows you to assign functions to different finger gestures. mQuickDo is formerly known as iHome, but has been updated as mQuickDo. mQuickDo does require a jailbroken iPhone, so this is not an app you can find in the iTunes App Store. You can find it on Cydia...

As many of you know, July 7 2009 is the day that Rogers Wireless will begin charging for incoming text messages. We observed this change last year with Telus and Bell. What this means is if you have Rogers Wireless service, any incoming text messages that you receive will be billed at $0.15 per text...

Number 9 folks! We are up to number 9 in the Rogers pain train (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Effective July 7, 2009, Rogers Wireless will be increasing the rate for sending text messages when you are outside of Canada from $0.60 per message to $0.75 per message. Please Note: The changes...

Below you find the latest Fido plans for iPhone 3G/3GS for July 2009. Please note that these plans will be reflective of Fido and there are five sections below detailing individual regions (prices vary between regions): 1.) BC/ALBERTA REGION 2.) MIDWEST REGION 3.) ONTARIO REGION 4.) QUEBEC REGION 5.) ATLANTIC REGION Note: The below plans...

Below you find the latest Rogers Wireless plans for iPhone 3G/3GS for July 2009. The information below will not include the specifically labeled "iPhone 3G plans" from Rogers that cost $60 and $75 per month because when compared to the other plans, they do not offer a good enough value. Please note that these plans...

As some of you may remember, I was looking at Jokes applications on the App Store in the beginning of June. The application I reviewed at that time included what I thought was a staggering 500 jokes, that is until I came across a new jokes application with 18,000 jokes (which is also the name...

UPDATE (July 7th, 2009): A new version of the iPhone Dev Team's "redsn0w" has been released. It now now has support for the iPhone 3GS. Winterboard has also been upgraded to work on the 3GS. Go get redsn0w here. Happy Sunday everyone. RoryPiper here. We here at iPhone in Canada, are strong supporters of the...

You might have noticed that the blog has just undergone a major revision! I thought it would be timely to keep the blog looking fresh and new, since iPhone OS 3.0 and the iPhone 3GS was released too. Also, what a fitting day to reveal the new them on July 4th from the largest Canadian...

iPhone owners were waiting long for Push Notifications to come our way. After an initial delay, iPhone OS 3.0 finally saw Push Notifications arrive! One of the best things about Push Notifications is that it can save your battery instead of having background apps running. This is especially important when it comes to instant messaging...

If you have ever played any Snake-type games that require you to simply navigate your way into picking up objectives, then the game Ms. Chuck the Ball will feel right at home! Ms. Chuck the Ball by Makeshift Games Ms. Chuck the Ball is an updated sequel of sorts from the original Chuck the Ball....

The iPhone Dev Team late last night revealed something we didn't expect so soon--a video of the iPhone 3GS being unlocked via ultrasn0w! Here's what they had to say: Our ultrasn0w program uses the at+xlog crash as an injection vector of our unlocking payload — and it does so on the 3GS in exactly the...