August 2010

**This is an opinion piece by Chris Aceto, contributing writer.** I'm heading to California next week and I thought I'd plan ahead by calling Rogers and activating a US Data Pack. On the Rogers website I noticed some interesting plans on the Smartphone Data Plan page, namely the $40 travel plan. TRAVEL PLAN $40/mo 1...

On Wednesday, it was noted that Apple was aware and investigating the vulnerability in mobile Safari that has allowed users to easily jailbreak their iDevice. The security hole, which exploits a flaw in mobile Safari, allows a remote site to gain control over a user's device. In the case of the new JailbreakMe website, the...

Are you an iPhone/iPad developer? There's one conference you have to be at--and that's the 2010 iPhone/iPad DevCon in San Diego happening on September 27-29th! We are media partners with the conference and will be there. Here's the media blurb you need to know about! Click here download the course catalogue. The iPhone iPad Developers...

Ultrasn0w has been updated and it now provides unlocking to iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G owners. Version 1.0-1 will allow users to quickly unlock their iPhone for use on multiple cellular carriers. The updated ultrasn0w includes support for iPhone 4 baseband 01.59 and iPhone 3G/3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01 and 05.13.04. With the launch of...

This past weekend marked the release of a new web-based jailbreak for iOS devices that offered users a free and extremely simple method to jailbreak their iDevices. Some will remember the website JailbreakMe.com from the 2007 days of iPhone. Well, JailbreakMe.com was released again this weekend for iOS 3.2 and higher devices. The new jailbreak...

One of the major features introduced with the newest iPhone 4 is the ability to have two way video calling, which Apple calls FaceTime. This new feature allows two iPhone 4 users to connect to each other through either the front or back cameras, over WiFi. However, with the recent jailbreak release of JailbreakMe.com, users...

You should all know by now I love using the invisibleSHIELD on all my Apple toys. It's on my aluminum MacBook, iPad, and iPhone 2G/3G/3GS. Now, my iPhone 4 has joined the club. Earlier we posted about how the new full body iPhone 4 invisibleSHIELD includes side protection, which helps solve the "antennagate" issue. iPhone...

Apple today has released another version of iOS 4 to developers. iOS 4.1 Beta 3 has the following changes: The SDK is build 10M2308 and the firmware is build 8B5097d. There are five distinct downloads, one each for the iPhone 4/3GS/3G and iPod Touch 2G/3G. This latest build, which comes exactly a week since the...

Even though Canada seems to get technology last, we are definitely ahead of the curve when it comes to North American wireless speeds. Back in September 2009, Rogers (and Fido) was the first North American wireless network to launch an HSPA+ 21Mpbs network. At that time, AT&T, the exclusive iPhone provider in the USA, was...

Looks like Rogers needs to get a few more subscribers on its network, but if you help them out (*cringe*), you can score up to $500. Starting today (and expiring on September 3, 2010), any existing Rogers customers who have My5 plans or any new Rogers customers that were referred to Rogers by an existing...

When the iPhone 4 launched in Canada, Apple had only released the iPhone 4 in black. Originally, the iPhone 4 was supposed to be available in white and black, but manufacturing problems have caused massive delays in the release of the white unit. This week, an update on the white iPhone 4 delays comes from...

One of the earlier keyboard hacks that was released for the iPhone was the ability to use Emoji, or 'emoticons', when typing. Emoji allowed iPhone owners to send each other little smiley faces and other unique characters in emails, SMS, notes, and more. The stock iOS 4.0/4.0.1 firmware once again continues to disable Emoji. So,...