Stories by Gary Ng

Mashable has come up with a neat infographic laying out 35 years of Apple products. Can you spot the items you've owned over the years? What else will 2011 bring, aside from the iPad 2? Probably a new iPhone or two? [Mashable]

If you're looking for a portable charging solution, definitely check out the ZAGGsparq. This unit from ZAGG can charge both your iPhone and iPad, and any other USB device. I used it extensively during my time in Toronto (at Apple Expo) whenever I was using Personal Hotspot to tether internet to my MacBook Pro. You...

The last time we checked out a Canadian music video filmed entirely on an iPhone 4 was the band, The Blue Stones. Now, Nova Scotia's alternative hip hop group Three Sheet is debuting their latest video, Stamina, shot entirely on the iPhone 4. Three Sheet brings a fresh new sound for hip hop, as they...

Apple announced iCloud at WWDC 2011, and the cloud storage feature is set to debut this Fall. Early iOS 5 beta testers have already had access to features of iCloud. IHS Suppli reports Apple is currently the world's number one buyer of NAND flash memory and is expected to hold onto that title for 2011,...

Let the iPhone 5 rumour mill cometh, and never die. Today's report comes from BGR, as they claim sources have told them Apple's cheaper iPhone will cost $350, and will be infact the iPhone 3GS: According to our source, Apple will indeed be launching a prepaid / lower cost iPhone this year. We are told...

A couple days ago, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) determined Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC infringes on 2 out of 10 Apple patents. This has resulted in potential unrest for the future of HTC's Android smartphone offerings, and has caused HTC's stock price to dip to a six month low, dropping more than 5% in early...

Recent rumours mentioned next generation iPhone 5 parts being tested in an iPhone 4 body. Others have mentioned a cheaper iPhone being introduced with an edge-to-edge screen, in what many have deemed the 'iPhone 4GS'. New images have surfaced that appear to be an intriguing test unit based on the iPhone 4 posted by Apple.pro, that...

If you're into typing with a full-sized keyboard on your iPhone (or iPad), you will require a stand to do so. You could use your dock, but that only provides portrait mode. To solve this issue, Daniel Haarburger, a student of Stanford has come up with the latest Kickstarter project for Apple users, called the...

With iOS 4.3.4 released yesterday by Apple to patch up the PDF exploit that made JailbreakMe.com 3.0 possible, a tethered jailbreak has been released by the iPhone Dev Team, via redsn0w 0.9.8b3: Update #3: For the convenience of kernel hackers like @comex and @i0n1c, we have a new redsn0w 0.9.8b3 that supports a TETHERED jailbreak...

Want to be cooler than all your friends with iPhones? Miss the feeling of holding a phone while talking? You can change all that with the POP Phone from Native Union. This French designer made accessory looks and feels like the phone handle of an old rotary phone. It contains a speaker and microphone, and...

Apple has just released a press release detailing their upcoming 2011 Q3 earnings call, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 19th at 2PM PDT/5PMP EDT: WHAT: Apple® FY 11 Third Quarter Results Conference Call WHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (888) 505-4388 (toll-free) or (719) 325-2433. Please enter confirmation code...

During my time at Apple Expo in Toronto, I met Captain R. Sulpizio, an active Canadian commercial pilot. He has developed an ingenius app to help pilots make instant calculations for the minimum descent altitude (MDA) by quickly filling in a few fields. If you're a pilot, or one in training listen up, as the...