Stories by Gary Ng

It’s that time again. Tomorrow, Apple will hold its usual quarterly earnings call. This one will revolve around the Cupertino-based company’s revenue and sales over the course of the first quarter of 2012, expected to be a $37 billion dollar quarter. In advance of this, Philip Elmer-Dewitt has put together his list of analysts' expectations...

Evi is the new girl on the block and she wants to be your new voice-activated personal assistant. True Knowledge has released their version of the assistant in your pocket. It’s a tall order, creating an app with the ability to convert speech to text, understand the context of that text and apply it to...

The iPhone Dev Team has released some official A5 jailbreak numbers in detail, as noted in a recent post titled 'Welcome new A5 Jailbreakers!'. Earlier, we noted the numbers mentioned by Chronic Dev Team member @p0sixninja, and these numbers are similar but in more detail: Here’s a quick breakdown of how many A5 owners have...

Update 1: @MuscleNerd has tweeted over 205,000 new A5 Cydia installs took place Sunday morning. The Absinthe jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 has exceeded over 1 million downloads in 24 hours, notes @p0sixninja from the Chronic Dev Team to Cult of Mac. The monumental download number was achieved on the first day of the...

The Wall Street Journal reports that the end of an era has occurred for Canada's tech darling, Research in Motion, as both co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have resigned as co-chairmen: RIM was expected to announce early Monday that Mr. Lazaridis, who in 1984 co-founded the company using a loan from his parents, and...

At iPhone in Canada, we like to show off iPhone accessories that are creative and interesting, such as the BookBook. Today we have another one for you. YEG Wood, an environmentally conscious accessory outlet based in Edmonton is producing some uncommon iPhone cases. The wooden cases are part of a larger line of environmental and...

As much as we love to see 'Designed in California' on our Apple products, the reality is not much is actually manufactured in the U.S. Apple has outsourced its production of products overseas to more efficient and lower cost alternatives that can scale much quicker than anywhere else on the planet. The New York Times...

Rogers has issued a new promo to offer new iPhone customers a $100 activation credit. The iPhone 4S 16GB model is $159 on a three year term, and after this promo it works out to $59--which is a pretty decent deal. It is for new activations only and expires March 31st. Other Rogers promos currently...

Absinthe v0.2 has been released by the the iOS 'Dream Team'. This is the third update to the original Absinthe that will jailbreak your iPhone 4S and iPad 2. This new update addresses the following, as noted by @planetbeing: v0.2: Tries to fix no reboot after activating VPN/tapping Absinthe icon. We also tried to fix...

The Windows version of Absinthe has been officially released, as announced by Chronic Dev Team member @pimskeks. This will allow you to jailbreak your iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1. Yesterday, the iPhone Dev Team updated the command-line interface (CLI) version of Absinthe for Windows, but now the GUI version is available. Click...

According to the International Business Times, Singapore iPhone enthusiasts will soon be able to buy a cameraless iPhone from M1, the country's biggest mobile phone provider. The camera-less iPhone will cost an estimated $38 more than a standard iPhone 4 or 4S but the modification, performed by M1, will void Apple's warranty. Demand for an...

Today the world finally received the iPhone 4S untethered jailbreak thanks to @pod2g and the 'Dream Team'. GreenPois0n Absinthe was released first by the Chronic Dev Team. Want to jailbreak your iPhone 4S? Here's a quick tutorial on how to jailbreak it with GreenPois0n Absinthe. Absinthe iPhone 4S Jailbreak Prep: - Ensure you are on iOS...