Stories by Gary Ng

Apple Posts Holiday Gift Guide Online

What do you want for Christmas? Trying to find that 'perfect' gift for your loved ones? If you can't decide on what to get, let Apple do it for you. They have posted a Holiday Gift Guide on Apple.ca that has some suggestions for iPhone lovers. If you compare our Holiday Gift Guide to Apple.com,...

The iPhone Podcast – Episode 21 Now in iTunes

Another week, and another podcast. Justin Luey and myself discuss the iPhone news of the week, and talk about the apps that have been making all the buzz. You don't want to miss this. ;) Apps we discussed in Episode 21: Pandora MyTaptu HowStuffWorks Smurfs’ Village Team CoCo BoxCar Cinch Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with...

WSJ Spills the Beans: The Beatles are Coming Tomorrow

With this morning's announcement on Apple's website about tomorrow being a "day you'll never forget," there has been lots of speculation what is coming. The Wall Street Journal, with their excellent "sources" have confidently announced that tomorrow will be about The Beatles coming to iTunes. Apple Inc. is preparing to announce that its iTunes Store...

Adidas miCoach App/Armband Review

While many of us wait patiently (or not so patiently) for iOS 4.2 to drop, it might be worth it to get outside and go for a run and what better companion to bring with you than your iPhone.  Not too long ago, iPhoneinCanada reviewed the Nike + GPS app which works quite well for...

Pulse News iPhone App Now Free in the App Store

Pulse News is an app that is in Apple's App Hall of Fame, and was even endorsed by Steve Jobs at WWDC as "a wonderful RSS reader". The team behind Pulse, Alphonso Labs, recently told the New York Times that they just got $800,000 worth of VC funding. This new found wealth has resulted in...

Boxcar 4.0 Update Improves Unified Push Notifications

Boxcar was one of the first apps to bring Push Notifications to iOS before Apple did. Once Cupertino and the gang implemented Push, Boxcar became a redundant service. However, Boxcar has remained popular among iPhone users and their 4.0 app update brings some new features such as: new icons, Retina display support, and a centralized...

Facebook iPhone App 3.3.2 Update: Access Privacy Settings

Facebook just released an update to their iPhone app. Version 3.3.2 brings the following: What's New In Version 3.3.2 - Access account settings, privacy settings and Help Center - Fixed a bug that prevented users from uploading photos to specific albums You can now access your account settings and change your privacy settings too. It's...

ReaddleDocs iPhone Attachment/File Manager Free till Monday

I asked you guys on twitter what are some of your favourite apps at the moment. You responded with lots of great recommendations. One that caught my eye from @DenZhadanov was that ReaddleDocs was free till Monday. It's regularly priced at $4.99. ReaddleDocs is one of those apps that will come in handy if you...

Saturday Grilling: iPhone 4 vs Windows Phone 7 vs Android

The best way to advertise your product on the Internet is to come up with an innovative video that will go viral. How about one that involves GRILLING smartphones? Yes, you read that correctly. The folks at EZ Grill decided to grill an iPhone 4, Windows Phone 7, and Android phone on their portable grills....

Maxim City Guide for iPhone Review

Feeling like going out tonight, but can decide where to go? There is an App for that... Have you ever wanted to know where the hottest, sexist parties in your town are? With Maxim's City Guide, all that info is at your fingertips. The Maxim City Guide is nicely designed and it is an app very...

Welcome to iPhoneinCanada.ca V4!

Good morning! You might have noticed things look a little different here at iPhoneinCanada.ca. That's because we just got an 'extreme makeover' courtesy of Joshua Denney from ThinkWebStrategy and Michael Martin from PliablePress.com. The new theme is built on the PliablePress framework, which adds a lot more functionality to the theme's backend compared to before....

Kik Messenger Review: BBM for iPhone, Sort Of

Do you envy BlackBerry users because they have BBM? Do you wish you can text anyone in real-time with your iPhone without those expensive charges? Now you can with Kik. Kik is a real time messenger app that that allows you to talk to your friends on any phone anywhere over the world. It doesn’t...