December 2009

Rogers noted the other day, that the Rogers and Fido tethering promo announced last summer will been extended. The original expiry date was set for December 31st, so that's a pretty darn good extension for the promotion. There is no official press documents on the Rogers website as of yet, but details are as follows:...

Looks like ZAGG is at it again with another last minute Christmas sale! This time around it's on the latest ZAGGsparq iPhone backup battery charger. The ZAGGsparq stores up to four full iPhone charges, plus the dual USB ports will allow you to charge pretty much everything else. This is the price you've been waiting...

Having a turn by turn GPS on your iPhone can be a good thing. Sometimes Google Maps isn't good enough for roadtrips and having a computerized voice berate you to "turn left, turn left' can be somewhat enjoyable at times (depending on your mood). We've reviewed G-Map Canada before, but today we're going to take...

If you've been looking for reasons to jailbreak your iPhone, you can add this to your list. If your iPhone is (or will be) jailbroken, you can now use a Bluetooth keyboard with the iPhone! The hack is enabled via a Bluetooth Keyboard driver that is available from Cydia. The full version is not yet...

Every year Apple holds their WWDC event in the summer months. The event has a large focus on Apple product developers however there have been some major product releases as well. In the last two years, Apple has released the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS at WWDC and the annual summer event is now Apple's...

Starting in early 2010, a new law in Greater Vancouver will ban the use of cellphones while driving. Users will be required to use either a handsfree device, such as a Bluetooth headset. If you're not keen on wearing a Bluetooth headset, you're going to enjoy using the BlueAnt Visor Bluetooth S1 car kit. Features:...

Fans of Scrabble, Boggle, BookWorm, and other word games, we have a new word search game for you. It is called IsoWords and it is a new way of playing word search games. IsoWords by Opetopic IsoWords is a new spin on word search games, as it's the first iPhone word search game wrapped in...

With all the issues with Rogers over the past week, I thought it might be worth mentioning an app that will help you find free WiFi near you. Take a look at "Free WiFi Finder". This app is free, in the App Store. When you open it up, it automatically looks for your location, and...

Last week we checked out Nuance's Dragon Dictation, which was essentially Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the iPhone. While that was useful for speaking and copying your dictation, there's another new offering that was released a few days ago called Dragon Search. Dragon Search is once again another voice-powered search for the iPhone. We've taken a look...

For those who are using a 13" unibody MacBook (or any other 13" notebook for that rather), the following laptop sleeve review will be of interest to you. There are so many options out there for sleeves and bags, such as the be.ez LArobe Allure and LEvertigo. Today we're going to take a quick look...

AdMob, a Mobile advertising network recently purchased by Google, has released their “Mobile Metrics Report” for November 2009, which shows some interesting data in the report about the Canadian market for iPhone usage: 50% of the unique iPhone and iPod touch devices that requested at least one ad from AdMob in November 2009 were located in...

With the recent launch of WIND Mobile in Toronto and Calgary, Canada has received another wireless carrier among the dominating big three. While it is too early to see if WIND will change the Canadian wireless landscape, there is another wireless carrier, mostly not talked about, making its way to Canada. DAVE Wireless, one of...