Stories by Gary Ng

Canada Gets Some Love This Week

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...

App Review & Free Upgrade: ScanBizCards Lite

This week's post is a follow-up to last week's review of scanning apps – and I hope you’ll like what I have for our iPhoneInCanada.ca readers.  Patrick Questembert of ScanBiz Mobile Solutions, the app developer of ScanBizCards has generously offered a one-month free upgrade to their full version to all of our readers!  Read on...

Facebook Places Now Live in Canada

Remember when Facebook made a new addition, called Places? The feature is similar to Foursquare, where you can "check in" to places to inform your friends/followers where you are. This feature debuted only in the USA first but now it's live in Canada. Let me know how Places works for you. It's a great way...

iPhone 4 vs Windows Phone 7 Comparison: Video

With Google's Android OS taking on Apple's iOS, could we see the introduction of a third smartphone OS to compete with the big boys? Microsoft has been working on their Windows Phone 7 OS for the longest time. And when I say longest time, I mean it has been delayed many times. That has changed...

The Frustrating Quest For the iPhone 4

I'm Chris, the newest contributor to iPhoneinCanada.ca and I have a shameful secret and personal frustration to share with you today. I don't own an iPhone right now nor have I ever. I do however have one coming my way at some point in the near or distant future but that's my frustation; the wait is terribly long!...

Review: Incipio iPhone 4 Feather Case

Being the owner of the iPhone 4 I'm left with a dilemma. Should I use a case? I have owned all 4  generations of the iPhone, and I have had about 4 or 5 cases for each phone. I would love to use my phone "naked" as I love the look of Apples flagship device, but...

App Updates: Dropbox, FaceBook

There have been a couple new updates for some of my favourite apps: Dropbox and Facebook. Dropbox 1.3 has introduced a new interface and Facebook 3.2.3 has a whole bunch of bug fixes. Less app crashes means more quality time for you to creep on your friends! If you haven't signed up for Dropbox yet,...

Apple TV Will Support Netflix in Canada

With yesterday's announcement of Netflix Canada, there were some questions about integration with the latest Apple TV. The Netflix Canada website makes no mention of support for Apple TV. However, Apple.ca has recently been updated to include mention of Netflix on the Apple TV portion of the website. Check out the images below from Apple.ca:...

Review: Sena Argyle Pattern Case for iPhone 4

Last day we reviewed the Sena Ultraslim case for the iPhone 4. Today we're going to take a look at another similar case from Sena, but from their Argyle pouch series. This handmade Italian leather pouch has a trendy Argyle pattern that is very light, and has another snug fit with the iPhone 4. The...

Netflix Canada Review on iPhone 4: First Impressions

Looks like Netflix has officially launched in Canada. Yesterday we got a heads up on Netflix's Canadian plans, and now their site is official with pricing. For $7.99/month, you'll get access to unlimited TV/Movies to watch. Except as of right now, the selection is very limited. We can only hope that their Canadian library will...

When Will VLC be Released for the iPhone? You Don’t Want it Now

You might have heard the exciting news from a couple days ago regarding the release of VLC for the iPad. The Applidium team has been hard at work at getting this iPad version out and with my early tests...the app needs a desperate update. Certain HD videos were unplayable on my iPad (it said my...