Stories by Gary Ng

When I first jailbroke my first gen iPhone, the source for 3rd party apps was through Installer (also known as AppTapp). Now, as I've moved on to the iPhone 3G, Installer has taken a backseat to Cydia, which has emerged as the only place to download apps. Cydia is great but it does have some...

How to Save 50% Off Your Entire ZAGG Order? Read On... Yes, you read that title correctly. Currently, ZAGG is offering an exclusive promotion that will enable you to get 50% off an ANY ZAGG order! What's the catch? Well, they have teamed up with iPhone developer Clever Coding for a special deal for iPhone...

There has been speculation that a new iPhone is imminent and will be unleashed this summer during Apple's 2009 WWDC. Whenever a new product is about to be released, rumors always float around the interwebs. This weekend encapsulated a plethora of interesting new features that iPhone OS 3.0 will have and what new features the...

I'm sure everybody out there by now knows when you hold your finger down on an icon, the icons start to "wiggle". During this time, you can freely re-arrange icons and delete apps (you can even delete Cydia apps this way too). Along the dock of the iPhone, the default icons are Phone, Mail, Safari,...

Recently Apple released a second beta version of 3.0 firmware to developers. This new release is much improved and fixes a lot of bugs from the original beta. Just what is the deal with jailbreaking OS 3.0? Well yesterday the iPhone Dev Team confirmed that 3.0 beta can indeed be jailbroken--again. The Dev Team goes...

The US iTunes App Store has some programs that we can't get in Canada. Some examples are Skype, AOL Radio, and Amazon's Kindle app. Now that I've told you guys and girls how to create a US iTunes account without a credit card, you've been able to download Skype in Canada. For those with US...

**Skype is now available in Canada! So just download Skype in Canada, then follow the steps below** The past couple of days we've dedicated some decent coverage to Skype. At first, we document how the initial Skype for iPhone launch excluded Canada, then we wrote about how to download Skype in Canada by creating a...

**EDIT** The following post was written as an April Fool's Day joke in 2009. The iPhone 4 is being released in Canada in "late July. Click here for more info. After the incredible success of the iPhone 3G sales, A saavy iPhoneinCanada.ca reader earlier this morning emailed me a press release announcing a new iPhone...

Update May 30, 2010: Skype 2.0 has been updated for 3G calling. Check the App Store! Want to use Skype to make calls when you're out of WiFi hotspots? Imagine if you could use Skype ANYTIME, ANYWHERE by using your Rogers/Fido data plan! You can do so by following the steps below... 1. Jailbreak your...

**Skype is now available to download in Canada**!!!! Yesterday saw the launch of Skype for the iPhone--except for Canada! Talk about a frustrating experience, considering the news broke last minute that we wouldn't be getting the Skype app. Some people aren't even aware of the news, as I saw so many people on Twitter asking...

Lots of people have been taking advantage of US iTunes accounts to gain access to apps and downloads not available in Canada. Previously I showed you guys how to create a US iTunes account by purchasing a MasterCard gift card from Shoppers Drug Mart. Today I'm going to show you how to open a US iTunes...

Are you a Skype enthusiast? If you are, today is going to be a happy day, unless you're a Canadian iPhone user! We first experienced Skype on the iPhone via Fring, which was available only to jailbroken iPhones. Once the App Store launched, we ended up with the official Fring app, with another alternative called...