Stories by Gary Ng

The Apple Store was down last night, and it looks like new changes were made to the Canadian Store. Apple Financing is now available for purchases online of $750 or more. If you recall, just over a week ago Apple Canada matched the prices of Apple USA for the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and iMac....

The latest report from Strategy Analytics show Apple has 'blown away' the competition in total smartphone sales, finally beating Nokia and just narrowly edging out Samsung, in Q2 of 2011. Global smartphone shipments grew a healthy 76 percent annually to reach a record 110 million units in Q2 2011. We had previously reported on Apple...

Ramping up to the release of a new iPhone in September we have been showing you some mockups of what it may look like - maybe we have already seen it - and some are kinda cool and some make you think, "Apple would never do that?" but what about a transparent iPhone? You don't...

Are you a Bell customer in BC? If you are, you should check your cellphone bill as customers in the Okanagan as Bell wireless customers have been charged for phantom long distance calls, according to the CBC: Since May, Kelowna resident Amy Johnston has been receiving cell phone bills with small inconsistencies. "On my cell...

Next generation iPhone 5 rumours have been 'spotted' in the wild, plus leaked cases have apparently been seen as well. iPhone 5 concepts have appeared here and there, but today we're casting aside the iPhone 5 to introduce this sexy 'iPhone Air' concept from Ciccarese Design via iPhoneItalia, based on the uber-thin MacBook Air: What do you...

I told you more rumours would be coming your way. Today TechCrunch reports on images posted from the Vietnamese forum Tinhte, that a poster claims is the next generation 'cheaper' iPhone. Recent reports from the WSJ indicate a cheaper iPhone is coming, and also rumours have been rampant about the iPhone 5 being tested within...

Back in March of this year we reported on new Apple Stores being built in Canada, in particular two stores in Southern Ontario. The store in Conestoga Mall in Waterloo looks to be near completion based on the image taken below by @thebruce0 (effects from Camera+): Other Apple Stores coming include a location at Mapleview Centre...

Excellent, the iPhone 5 rumours have picked up steam just in time for its apparent September launch. This time, it comes from the China Times, as it claims the iPhone 5 will be released the second week of September (6 to 15, with the initial trial batch run set at 400,000 units. This apparent Fall...

According to a new study from comScore, Canada's most popular cellphone by a wide margin is none other than…(drumroll please)... Apple's iPhone 4. Looking at the ten most popular phones in Canada, four spots are taken by Apple's iPhone. Here are the numbers, as of March 2011: 1st: iPhone 4, 16GB: 516,000 users 2nd: iPhone...

Yesterday we saw the release of iPhone 5 case schematics, today we see actual pictures of silicone cases themselves, according to 9to5Mac. These cases reveal a slimmer iPhone with a tapered edge design, similar to the current iPad and previous iPhone 3G/3GS design. Considering the ergonomics of the existing iPhone 4, a taper design is...

According to a Digitimes report released last night, Apple and Samsung are considering the use of solar power for consumer products: Samsung and Apple have been evaluating the possible niche market for solar-powered consumer products and considering the inclusion of Taiwan-based solar firms in their respective supply chains. However, according to Taiwan-based solar firms, these...

Two days ago Netflix announced in their 2011 Q2 earnings Canadian subscribers are set to reach one million. Today they've announced a deal with CBS, which brings some new TV shows to Netflix Canada. According to PaidContent, Netflix Canada will get current and complete back seasons of the new 90210 from the CW Network, past...