August 2010

Over the last year or so, the Canadian wireless carriers have been making the move to online or email billing in an attempt to reduce paper waste. Fido was one of the first carriers to offer online billing and customers that wanted a paper bill could receive the option for a $2.00/month cost. This was...

This week, Apple announced that iOS developers can begin to create metadata for Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Game Center is Apple's new social gaming initiative which will collectively track the progress of iOS game achievements. Similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live service, Game Center achievements are rewards for players who accomplish a task such as...

This month, Rogers has launched a new 50% off promotion for 6PM early evenings and also made 6PM early evenings a new plan feature choice. However, I am not really sure how I feel about this new 6PM feature update from Rogers. Obviously I prefer that Rogers just make 6PM early evening calling free (instead...

Today Apple released iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPhone 4 (iPod touch 2G/3G too). This is a minor update to firmware 4.0 that addresses a recent security vulnerability in the way Safari handles PDF files. iOS 4.0.2 also patches the JailbreakMe.com browser hack. Below are the updates in firmware 4.0.2: Fixes security vulnerability...

This week, Orange, a UK wireless provider that supports the iPhone, has sent out an email to its customers indicating that the white iPhone 4 model will not be available "until the end of the year". With no white iPhone 4 available for sale, the UK carrier offers customers to opt for a black model...

If you are looking for power on-the-go, especially on road trips, check out the new PowerJolt SE from Griffin. PowerJolt SE by Griffin The new PowerJolt SE is a car charger for your iPhone, iPad or iPod. The charging accessory conveniently comes in one piece, with a dock connector on one end and a DC...

If you're some one who spends a lot of time on the road, you know the pains of the seeing the 20% battery warning early in the day. It can be a challenge, keeping a charger every where you go, and having a place to plug it in. The solution for this, is a portable...

We all know by now that Apple supports HTML5 for video over Adobe's Flash plugin. Yes, Flash is a resource/battery hog, but there still are tonnes of sites out there that are built on Flash. Streaming video sites, Flash games, etc--they all require Flash. Here's how to install Flash on your iPhone 4 if you really...

Ever since the release of JailbreakMe.com, people around the world have been jailbreaking their iPhones with ease (and even those inside Apple Stores). More important, this new jailbreak made it possible for everyone to easily unlock their iPhones with ultrasn0w. Since August 5th, the iPhone Dev Team reports that 784974 ultrasn0w 1.0-1 unlocks as of...

This week, Telus became the first Canadian wireless carrier to discount the 8GB iPhone 3GS to $49.00 on a 3-year voice and data agreement. Purchased at a Telus Store As the iPhone 4 is in full swing and 16/32GB models of iPhone 3GS are removed from sale, the 8GB iPhone 3GS comes in at the...

Remember when Rogers last posted about their iPhone 4 updates? On their Redboard, they told customers that stock would be arriving on Saturday, August 7th. Due to this information, many of you lined up outside Rogers stores hoping to get an iPhone 4. However, the exact opposite occurred. There was no stock. You wasted your...

You probably heard about RIM's latest smartphone offering--the Blackberry Torch. The Torch includes a touchscreen coupled with a slider keyboard. The biggest change in the Torch is the inclusion of an improved web browser, based on WebKit (the engine that powers mobile Safari and every other major smartphone web browser). The Blackberry web browser previously,...