Stories by Gary Ng

How to Watch HD YouTube Videos over 3G on iPhone

If you've attempted to watched videos on the YouTube app over the 3G network, you will have noticed the quality is absolutely atrocious. There were ways to circumvent this by installing 3G "tweaks" via jailbreaking your iPhone, but for there are now easier alternatives. Back in the first week of July, YouTube updated the mobile...

iPhone 4 vs iPod Touch 4 HD Video Comparison

The new fourth generation iPod Touch debuted with the Retina Display and 720p video recording capabilities. The iPod Touch is like an iPhone without the phone, GPS, and 5mp camera. Obviously Apple could not include all of those features and keep pricing the same for the iPod Touch line up. That's wishful thinking. The blog letemsvetemapplem.eu...

Slow Download Speeds on Rogers 3G Network?

At first I thought I was going crazy. That was until I started receiving numerous tweets from you guys about the recent slowdowns to 3G speeds on the Rogers network. The 3G speeds on my iPhone 4 are usually blazing fast. However, the past couple days everything has slowed down to a snail's pace. We...

Speedtest.net iPhone App Updated With New Interface

Update 1: There's an 'easter egg' within this app. Drag your finger down on the speedometer after testing is complete. Thanks Lijamez! If you are a fan of testing your 3G network speeds from the 'Big 3' carriers, then you'll be happy to know that Speedtest.net has just been updated. The new update brings the...

App Store Instant: the ‘Google Instant’ for iPhone Apps

Just the other day we reported about iTunes Canada sporting a section dedicated to Great Canadian Apps. Finding apps can be difficult but if you're looking to expand your app library, be sure to check out App of the Day. Created by Jordan Satok, this Toronto-based teenage entrepreneur has a new feature to his site--App...

Help Wanted: Come Join the iPhoneinCanada.ca Team!

We're looking for new voices on iPhoneinCanada.ca! If you're a passionate Apple news junkie when it comes to the iPhone, and can write well in English we would love your help. We have an amazing team of contributors here and we're looking for more. We are looking to expand the variety of iPhone news and...

Most Common Words Used in App Store Reviews: Developers, Listen Up

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...

iTunes Canada: Great Canadian Apps Section

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...

Business Week: The Man Who Makes Your iPhone

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...

Rock Your Phone Acquired by Cydia (SaurikIT)

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...