March 2010

Effective May 4, 2010, Rogers/Fido will be increasing the price of sent international text messages by $0.10, from $0.25 to $0.35 per sent international text message. The price change applies to both prepaid and postpaid customers: The pay-per-use rate for received international text messages will stay the same at $0.15 per received message. The pay-per-use...

A while back we reviewed the Bell PVR Remote App. This app lets you control your PVR from your iPhone when you're not home. ThinkFlood has introduced the RedEye Mini, which will turn your iPhone into a universal TV remote! The RedEye Mini is a plug in Infrared adapter dongle that fits into your 3.5mm...

At the beginning of January 2010, an application called Poynt was being demoed at CES. The app, which debuted on Blackberry, is a location-based application. The app allows users to locally search for people, businesses, movies, and restaurants based on your location (GPS). When users locate a person, business, movie, or restaurant, they can move...

Are you an iPhone app developer? If you are, then this is one contest you're going to want to enter. Canpages is Canada's fastest growing local search firm and they just launched their API contest for iPhone, Blackberry, and Android. The Canpages API has access to over one million business listings across Canada. Developers will...

Leading up the launch of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics (which we all dearly miss!), Bell and Telus worked feverishly to build a shared HSPA+ GSM network. Both companies managed to successfully complete the network early and it was fully operational for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Bell was an official sponsor and yesterday they released...

This past summer we spoke about an iPhone application that took a neat spin on iPhone calculator apps. The app is called Calc Tap and it has recently been updated to include new features. Calc Tap by Stéphan Barbé For those who haven't used the app, Calc Tap is an elementary calculator that has an...

Looking for a new game to play on your iPhone? How about giving Assassin's Creed II Mulitplayer a try? The game was developed by Ubisoft, so you know it's going to be good. It sells for $2.99 but for the next 48 hours you can download it absolutely FREE! It's part of their promotion to...

**The following is a guest post by Justin Luey from CanadaStrikesBack.com** Rogers has introduced their One Rate Plans that will allow 1GB of data to be used anywhere in Canada and the USA. One iPhoneinCanada.ca reader, Justin Luey has given his take on Rogers One Rate Plans: Rogers has just announced new North American data...

Time for another giveaway as part of our Two Year Anniversary Giveaway. Today's prizes are courtesy of Helium Digital, a Canadian company behind products like the HDBT-990 Wrist Communicator, and Gel-Shellz for iPhone. These are the exact products that are being given away today! The HDBT-990 Bluetooth Wrist Communicator was reviewed by us and is...