Stories by Gary Ng

Some very interesting news has been confirmed for those people who have ordered the new Apple TV. It has been confirmed that Apple TV does indeed run iOS 4.1 (and support Netflix Canada!). How? iPhone developer chpwn posted a link to download the firmware from Apple! This firmware isn't useful for anyone yet, but turns...

Boys and girls, get ready for a trip back in time! Yes, there is an app for that too. We are traveling to the year 1989, when life was about recesses, playground games, and cartoons. Do you remember when you were young and played a fun yet simple game called Tetris? Well, it's back and on...

After a brief hiatus, The iPhone Podcast is back up and running. If you've been waiting for the latest episode, listen in below as Justin Luey and myself have some fun discussing iPhone/iPad/Apple news in Episode 15. Also, to all those that are listening, please take a moment to rate us in iTunes. Your honest...

The iPhone Dev Team is hard at work again. This time around they have managed to jailbreak the iPod 4G, by porting over the exploit found by @pod2g into a beta of PwnageTool. If the iPod 4G has been jailbroken, expect an iPhone 4 jailbreak for iOS 4.1 coming soon. Here's more info and a...

If you're a developer you probably took part in our giveaway of two full passes to the iPhone/iPad DevCon that starts today in San Diego (the weather here is absolutely amazing BTW!). My wife and I arrived yesterday and we'll be looking forward to meeting some amazing developers, and networking with iPhone/iPad peeps. iPhoneinCanada.ca and...

If you want to watch Xvid movies on your iPhone (VLC is coming soon), you will need convert them to work properly on the iPhone. One of the easiest apps to do so is CineXPlayer, which has been finally released for the iPhone. We first tested out CineXPlayer on the iPad and it was the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!...

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...