Stories by Gary Ng

You might have already read our snippet about Helium Digital's HDBT-990 Bluetooth Wristband Communicator they announced at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. I'm happy to announce that we managed to be the first on Helium Digital's list to be sent a demo for a hands on review. Let's see what the HDBT-990 is all about,...

Apple released firmware 3.1.3 for the iPhone and iPod Touch on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Instantly, the Dev-Team reacted and warned everyone not to upgrade to firmware 3.1.3 if they wanted to keep their iPhone or iPod Touch Jailbroken and Unlock. Dev-Team announced today the release of Pwnage Tool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X, which...

The iPhone has an Accelerometer. What that means is, when you rotate, shake, or any kind of movement to the your iPhone, the accelerometer detects this movement and can change display angles, or give you gaming control and more! iShakeLock takes advantage of this technology and allows you to shake your iPhone to lock or unlock....

In exactly one week from today, the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will kick off here in Vancouver! It's hard to believe that the Games are coming so soon. You can really feel the excitement in the city right now, as people are buzzing with excitement to host the world. 2010Guide: Official Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter...

When Apple announced the iPad at their Apple Event, maybe people misunderstood what the product was all about. A week later, it's evident that the iPad is going to sell like hotcakes. For what it was created to do, it's going perform extremely well. That being said, for those excited to purchase an iPad come...

Remember when Apple allowed their iPhone SDK to have VoIP apps to be used over the 3G network? We saw the announcement of a Fring 3G iPhone app, but the only 3G VoIP app we were all waiting for was Skype. Why is a 3G version of Skype so important? Skype over 3G will allow...

Every time Apple releases an update to their iPhone SDK, code hunters go straight to work. With some thorough digging, it's possible to "predict" what could be coming next from Apple. According to some tipsters over at Engadget, a recent discovery had resulted in the codename of the next iPhone. A set of folders were...

Remember back in late December, when I mentioned how iPhoneinCanada.ca was nominated for a 2009 Golden Retrevo Award? We were originally nominated under the "All Things Apple" category, but yesterday we found out we won an award under the "Mobile Gadgets" category (I sure hope that was right)! Nevertheless, I'd like to personally thank each...

Just hours ago Apple released an update to iTunes, version 9.0.3. For those out there that are in the business of jailbreaking and unlocking their iPhones, you can rest assured that this latest version of iTunes is good to go. iTunes 9.0.3 provides a number of important bug fixes, including: iTunes no longer ignores your...

One of the most common complaints about the iPhone OS is that Adobe's Flash is not supported. Without Flash, you are unable watch video content on popular news sites, as it is the dominant plugin on the web. However, Flash has its shortcomings: resource-heavy (memory leaks, plugin crashes, etc), security (malware), and thirst for power...

After the announcement of the iPad, Apple held a Town Hall meeting and Steve Jobs took questions from his staff. According to some sources from Wired, Steve had some interesting things to say about Google, Adobe, and the next iPhone. Here is what Jobs had to say about... Google: We did not enter the search...

It looks like the good 'ol iPhone Dev Team is back at work. They have just released the final build of redsn0w 0.9 and it's ready for download. We covered the previous release of redsn0w 0.9 beta 3 by MuscleNerd. With some feedback from the community they have now released the final build of redsn0w...