Stories by Gary Ng

Since this blog is run out of Vancouver, BC, sometimes we tend to have a more regional focus on the Westcoast. Well, to balance the news and to make up for the dismal and appalling play of the Toronto Maple Leafs (3-8-5 record in case you forgot; use ScoreMobile to keep track if scores if...

Bring on the iPhone "competition" in Canada, eh! Looks like Bell has started airing their own iPhone commercials on TV. The following commercial was aired on G4 Tech TV, and was ripped by the one and only, RoryPiper. This branded iPhone commercial only shows Bell at the end, with no mention of Rogers, Fido, or...

There's been a lot of hoopla lately about the latest "iPhone worm" that apparently will Rickroll your iPhone. The worm makes its way to your iPhone through SSH, since the default password is "alpine" for every single install of OpenSSH. Now, before you get freaked out, you don't have much to worry about if your...

In the USA right now, Verizon Wireless is on a full front assault right now on the iPhone and AT&T. They are pumping millions into a marketing campaign that is exploiting the "weaknesses" of the iPhone, but more importantly the lackluster 3G network of AT&T (oh, and also promoting the Motorola DROID). Verizon's Clever Attack...

Just this past Wednesday, Bell launched their HSPA network. On Thursday, Telus followed suit and officially entered the 3G HSPA+ game too. With three networks in Canada now offering the iPhone, which one should you go with? On Thursday I had a chance to speak with reporter Ted Chernecki once again, regarding the iPhone in...

The new Bell 3G HSPA+ network is brand spankin' new. It's so new that it seems there are some bugs to fix. Oh, say how about telling you that your location is located 2000 kilometres away from your actual location? No Yep, it's true. Bell Whitehorse iPhone users are experiencing some big time issues. There...

If you're one to celebrate Christmas, then some of you could be last minute shoppers like myself. I'm talking Christmas Eve one hour before malls and stores close. Pressure shopping is where it's at. You just grab whatever you see fit and throw it into the cart. They don't like your gift? Hey, that's what...

Remember when Rogers "eliminated" their System Access Fee, only to replace it with the Government Regulated Recovery Fee (GRRF), which has nothing to do with the government whatsoever? Well, today Virgin Mobile's Chairman, Sir Richard Branson pulled out his guns to attack Rogers over this questionable and unjustified fee. I think he hit the nail...

We've heard a lot lately about Verizon's Motorola Android handset, Droid in the news. This latest device is on an all out assault on the iPhone and what it can't do. Well what we have here is a comparison of pictures taken by the Droid camera and that of an iPhone 3GS. The Droid sports...

Thanks to the efforts of Geohot, blacksn0w did trend as a topic on twitter and subsequently was released in full force to the internets! What makes this latest unlock impressive is that both PC and Mac users can use blackra1n to jailbreak immediately. No more waiting! blacksn0w Download Now Live and Ready to Unlock Your...

Remember when Geohot posted about unlocking the latest 05.11.07 iPhone baseband? Well, he succeeded in doing so and demonstrated to the world in a short videoclip. He announced the release was going to be on November 4th, but it looks like blacksn0w is going to be available TODAY! blacksn0w Download Will Be Available At Noon...

More carriers of the iPhone are a good thing for Canadians. Yet, looking at our exclusive leaked Bell and Telus iPhone plans, one might think otherwise. Yesterday Bell issued a press release confirming their scheduled November 4th debut of their highly anticipated HSPA+ GSM network. The following excerpts are from their press release: "In two...