September 2010

Did you bypass the latest iOS 4.1 update on your iPhone 4 because you are preserving your jailbreak (which is coming soon) For those that did update, you are probably enjoying the benefits of HDR photography. Did Apple Acquire their HDR Skills from imsense? The latest HDR story is that Apple acquired the UK company,...

With the App Store achieving over 6.5 billion downloads, and the number of apps reaching a quarter million, what are some common words people have used to rate apps? Marco Arment decided to figure this out, and his results should be worth some excellent advice for iOS developers. Arment created a script to analyze US...

Canadians love their iDevices. The iPhone 4 launched at the end of July and people are STILL lining up overnight to get their hands on one. Extreme shortages + a "must have" Apple device usually results in people going to the extreme. Canadians also love Canadian iPhone apps. Apple has recognized this and in iTunes...

Do you own an iPhone? Have you used products from IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony, or HP? If you have, then they've been manufactured by Foxconn, the global juggernaut of modern electronic manufacturing. Business Week has written an extensive article profiling "The Man Who Makes Your iPhone", aka Foxconn founder, Terry Gou. Foxconn employs more...

The makers of Rock Your Phone have allowed people to purchase 3rd party jailbroken apps such as MyWi and My3G for their iPhones. Rock Your iPhone has just been acquired by Cydia (SaurikIT), which now has become the world's largest independent iOS App Store. To reflect some upcoming changes, the layout of Cydia's main page...

Last week one of my colleagues, interested in getting his first iPhone, was asking if there was a radio app that would stream music. Being a subscriber to a satellite radio service provider he often enjoys CBC Radio 3. I mentioned that I knew of a CBC Radio app and would dig into it further....

After the whole "antennagate" hoopla, Apple announced their iPhone 4 Case Program. Anyone who purchased an iPhone 4 would get a free Bumper Case (or 3rd party case) with their purchase (and those who bought a Bumper would get a refund). The program is slated to end on September 30th, but there's some extra details...

Back in late March we first reported that Richmond Centre in Richmond, BC, would be opening an Apple Store. That store will have its grand opening this Saturday. This will mark the third Apple Store in the Metro Vancouver area. Every single Apple Store in Metro Vancouver is within walking distance of Skytrain/Canada Line routes....

The iPhone 4 has many new features and upgrades compared to its younger sibling the iPhone 3GS. One of the most anticipated features was the inclusion of an LED flash for taking pictures in low light. I've already discovered the camera can still capture images in extreme low light conditions without flash. But for those...

Apple has revised their App Store guidelines for developers and it contains some pretty simple language. I took a few moments to read through this and I actually found these quite humourous, almost like it was straight from the mouth of Steve Jobs. This straight from the hip language is reminiscent of what Steve would...

After iOS 4.1 was released on Tuesday of this week, reports started to come in that the new firmware has restored the ability to get into Field Test mode on iPhone. For those wondering, Field Test mode allows users to get a numerical display for the antenna strength instead of the current signal bars. This...

Hey everybody, Mitchell here again! This time I’ll be talking to you about a problem a few of us Bluetooth enthusiasts have run into. It seems several headsets, when paired with the iPhone 4, suffer terrible calling issues. Many people are complaining that it’s very difficult to understand what’s being said through the headset. This...