November 2009

Here in the Great White North, traditionally Boxing Day is the biggest shopping day of the year. In the USA, our neighbours celebrate Black Friday as one of the most important retail periods of the year! Black Friday is seen as the start of the Christmas shopping season. The joy has spread over to us...

Google has updated their movie results for Google Search for Mobile. The update makes the process of finding a movie and times much easier by simplying going to Google.com and searching "movies". Alternatively, users may search directly by theatre name. After searching for "movies", users tap on the "Use Location" link and then tap on...

Practicing your archery skills or aspiring to join Robin Hood and his Merry Men couldn't be easier with the iPhone game Sherwood Forest Archery! Sherwood Forest Archery by Revolution Games Inc Sherwood Forest Archery is an iPhone game that is all about archery. From the various targets to the trophies that players can receive, the...

One of the best iPhone accessories for my iPhone 3GS is my 13" MacBook Pro. You might recall that I previously bought a unibody MacBook, but I ended up giving that as an Apple hand-me-down to my wife (she's the lucky recipient of all my "old" Apple goods hehe). Anyways, with the advent of so...

Remember our review introducing the world to ZAGGskins, the latest custom skins from ZAGG? Well, ZAGG has decided to kick off Black Friday early by offering a limited time 50% off sale! You got to love it when ZAGG offers these periodic 50% sales. They are the best times to stock up on skins especially...

A few months ago, Rogers/Fido updated their websites to provide customers with the ability to view their wireless usage in almost real-time. The information was updated every four hours and gave users a great tool to track wireless usage. To expand on that functionality and to set themselves apart from the other two Canadian iPhone...

Do you remember using T9 Predictive Text on your first cellphone (2.5 billion phones have been shipped with T9 Predictive Text)? We all do! The creator of T9 has created an all new typing system called Swype. It's debut is on the Samsung Omnia II (Windows Mobile, ouch) and instead of physically pressing down on...

If you have not been watching, over the last few weeks Verizon has begun a battle with AT&T over network coverage. Verizon released a series of ads that showcased how Verizon's network is better than AT&T. The Verizon ad phrase was "There's a Map for that", which is essentially mocking Apple's "There's a App for...

Every now and then there comes a free iPhone app that you must have. Some of my favourite notables include Skype, ScoreMobile, CBC Hockey Night in Canada, and WhatsApp (this won't stay free for long!). But what about when it comes to iPhone games? Real Racing GTI: Get This Game As it Rocks! The following...

One of the iPhone's shortfalls compared to others out there is the inability to run 3rd party apps in the background. Now, this is possible if your iPhone is jailbroken, since you can bypass this by installing Backgrounder. This will enable you to run any app in the background, such as streaming radio, while you...

As reported earlier this week, this morning Bell has officially dropped their $6.95 system access fee and 911 fee, whose rate varies between the Canadian provinces (Quebec will still pay the upcoming $0.40 911 fee for their province only). As originally reported, the dropped fees came with a $5.00 (and even $10) plan increase, which...

I've owned every single generation of the iPhone so far. With each iPhone, I never used a silicon case. From the days of my first gen iPhone, I've been using ZAGG's invisibleSHIELD to protect my iPhone. It's the strongest protection out there, and I like having less bulk to carry all the time. Introducing: ZAGGskins--Custom...