September 2010

Back in April 2010, just before the launch of the Apple iPad in the USA, a reference to a new iPhone was found within the iPad firmware. At the time, the mystery references were: iPhone3,1 iPhone3,2 iPhone3,3 Well, 'iPhone3,1' became the iPhone 4 but the other two were never really revealed. This week however, the...

New hope arose last week when two new apps appeared in the App Store utilizing the Google Voice service. GV Mobile + and GV Connect were accepted by Apple for the first time since they removed such apps last summer (and yes, they are available in the Canadian iTunes store). With the new App Store...

Some very interesting news has been confirmed for those people who have ordered the new Apple TV. It has been confirmed that Apple TV does indeed run iOS 4.1 (and support Netflix Canada!). How? iPhone developer chpwn posted a link to download the firmware from Apple! This firmware isn't useful for anyone yet, but turns...

Boys and girls, get ready for a trip back in time! Yes, there is an app for that too. We are traveling to the year 1989, when life was about recesses, playground games, and cartoons. Do you remember when you were young and played a fun yet simple game called Tetris? Well, it's back and on...

After a brief hiatus, The iPhone Podcast is back up and running. If you've been waiting for the latest episode, listen in below as Justin Luey and myself have some fun discussing iPhone/iPad/Apple news in Episode 15. Also, to all those that are listening, please take a moment to rate us in iTunes. Your honest...

This past summer, and what seems to be a recurring promotion each year, Rogers/Fido released their amazing $30 6GB data plan. Rogers/Fido typically release this data plan when a new iPhone comes out and this has been the trend since summer 2008. However, as summer comes to an end, so does this promotion. Effective September...

I would say this video falls under humor, but the very fact that the iPhone 4 in the video receives full signal with Norris' presence is just amazing. As many know, Chuck Norris is THE man and he is a man of many talents. Norris can hear phones ring on silent. He can slam revolving...

The iPhone Dev Team is hard at work again. This time around they have managed to jailbreak the iPod 4G, by porting over the exploit found by @pod2g into a beta of PwnageTool. If the iPod 4G has been jailbroken, expect an iPhone 4 jailbreak for iOS 4.1 coming soon. Here's more info and a...

If you're a developer you probably took part in our giveaway of two full passes to the iPhone/iPad DevCon that starts today in San Diego (the weather here is absolutely amazing BTW!). My wife and I arrived yesterday and we'll be looking forward to meeting some amazing developers, and networking with iPhone/iPad peeps. iPhoneinCanada.ca and...

If you want to watch Xvid movies on your iPhone (VLC is coming soon), you will need convert them to work properly on the iPhone. One of the easiest apps to do so is CineXPlayer, which has been finally released for the iPhone. We first tested out CineXPlayer on the iPad and it was the...

It’s that time again! For those that may just be joining us, here is the run down about these giveaways. It is a segment that will: Last 24 hours Only happen a couple of times a month (maybe less or maybe more) Be extremely easy to win Be posted at random What’s up for grabs...

This week has been a great week for the iPhone in Canada. Not only is iPhoneinCanada adding many new writers (including yours truly), but there have been some great product releases that have shown the Great White North some love. Before I begin I would just like to take a moment to introduce myself to all...