Stories by Gary Ng

2009 Golden Retrevo Awards: Vote For iPhoneinCanada.ca!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you're going to enjoy your day today! Before we continue, I just wanted to inform you that iPhoneinCanada.ca has been nominated for a 2009 Golden Retrevo Award under the All Things Apple category! We need your help if you think we're worthy of an award. Vote For Us With One...

Merry Christmas from iPhoneinCanada.ca!

Just wanted to take a quick second here to say a MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of our iPhoneinCanada.ca readers! It's been another year and I would like to say thanks to each and every one of you for reading and supporting the past and previous sponsors of this blog! Today is Christmas, so we're all...

BlueAnt Q1 Bluetooth Headset Review

Last day we took a look at the BlueAnt S1 Sun Visor Bluetooth Speakerphone. Today we're going to take a quick look at the Q1 Bluetooth headset by BlueAnt. Starting January 1st, 2010, in Vancouver it will be law to talk on a handsfree device. You will all need a headset sooner or later! BlueAnt...

Rogers & Fido Extend Tethering Promo Till May 3rd, 2010

Rogers noted the other day, that the Rogers and Fido tethering promo announced last summer will been extended. The original expiry date was set for December 31st, so that's a pretty darn good extension for the promotion. There is no official press documents on the Rogers website as of yet, but details are as follows:...

ZAGGsparq 57% Off Holiday Sale: Cheapest Price Ever!

Looks like ZAGG is at it again with another last minute Christmas sale! This time around it's on the latest ZAGGsparq iPhone backup battery charger. The ZAGGsparq stores up to four full iPhone charges, plus the dual USB ports will allow you to charge pretty much everything else. This is the price you've been waiting...

CoPilot GPS for iPhone Review

Having a turn by turn GPS on your iPhone can be a good thing. Sometimes Google Maps isn't good enough for roadtrips and having a computerized voice berate you to "turn left, turn left' can be somewhat enjoyable at times (depending on your mood). We've reviewed G-Map Canada before, but today we're going to take...

BlueAnt Visor Bluetooth S1 Car Kit Review

Starting in early 2010, a new law in Greater Vancouver will ban the use of cellphones while driving. Users will be required to use either a handsfree device, such as a Bluetooth headset. If you're not keen on wearing a Bluetooth headset, you're going to enjoy using the BlueAnt Visor Bluetooth S1 car kit. Features:...

Dragon Search for iPhone: The Best Voice Powered Search

Last week we checked out Nuance's Dragon Dictation, which was essentially Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the iPhone. While that was useful for speaking and copying your dictation, there's another new offering that was released a few days ago called Dragon Search. Dragon Search is once again another voice-powered search for the iPhone. We've taken a look...

iSkin SOHO 13″ MacBook Laptop Sleeve Review

For those who are using a 13" unibody MacBook (or any other 13" notebook for that rather), the following laptop sleeve review will be of interest to you. There are so many options out there for sleeves and bags, such as the be.ez LArobe Allure and LEvertigo. Today we're going to take a quick look...

Canada Fourth Largest Market for iPhone and iPod Touch

AdMob, a Mobile advertising network recently purchased by Google, has released their “Mobile Metrics Report” for November 2009, which shows some interesting data in the report about the Canadian market for iPhone usage: 50% of the unique iPhone and iPod touch devices that requested at least one ad from AdMob in November 2009 were located in...

Rogers/Fido Nationwide Call/Data Network Issues?!

At first I thought my iPhone was acting up. But after experiencing multiple dropped calls, intermittent cutting in and out when dialling, and confirmation via twitter (people exploding over this issue), I can finally say Rogers/Fido is experiencing some major network issues! Here is a sampling of some tweets I've received: no fido connection in...

Microsoft Bing iPhone App Released

Microsoft was once at the pinnacle of technological innovation, but now they seem to have become stagnant, like your New Year's resolution from last year (what's that? It's almost 2010?!). Microsoft launched their own search engine Bing (way too late) to compete with Google and now it's available for the iPhone. Bing iPhone App Now...