Stories by Gary Ng

Remember when we announced that Apple was holding a contest to celebrate its 1 billionth iPhone app being downloaded from the App Store? Well, it turns out that the 1 billion mark is coming a few days early to readers of iPhoneinCanada.ca! iClarified received a report from a MacMagazine.com.br reader that managed to "discover" the...

What are you looking forward to this summer? Hot, sunny weather? Starting up the BBQ again? Summer is always great, but this time around Apple is heating it up once again. We will see the release of iPhone OS 3.0 firmware this summer. As most of you know, this is a revamped firmware that will...

Hey Everyone! Today I’d like to talk about 3 apps that you can use together if you have a jailbroken iPhone for a powerful way to hide text messages and phone calls.  I’m not going to review these apps in full, as there are reviews out there already, but I'd like to tell you how...

If you're an active person that works outdoors, or you're always in an environment that poses a risk to your iPhone, getting some sort of hard case is a must. In the past we've reviewed the OtterBox Defender series case for the first gen iPhone, but today we're going to review the iPhone 3G model....

Just a quick note for all the Skype for iPhone users out there. Skype for the iPhone has recently been updated to 1.0.2 and it includes a pop up warning users about running the app on modified iPhones. Ever since the popular VoIP app was released for the iPhone, we've been able to download Skype...

Hello iPhoneinCanada.ca Readers! Hello everyone, first of all I’d like to introduce myself, my name is Josh Davies and my friends call me Shave. I’ve been visiting iPhoneinCanada.ca for a while now and was so impressed I begged Gary to let me write a few articles for him. I’ve been hacking my iPhone 3G since...

Are you on Twitter yet? If you aren't that's fine, just send me a message when you decide to get out of the stone age. Anyways, for you tweeters/twatters out there you have a few choices of Twitter apps for the iPhone. Tweetie, TwitterFon, Twinkle, etc...the list goes on. TweetStack iPhone Twitter App: It's like...

Less than three months ago, the iPhone App Store had just hit 500 million downloads. It's hard to believe that in less than three months, that number is encroaching close to 1 billion! Read my lips: 1 billion downloads of either free or paid apps! That is pretty amazing when you think of it, and...

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,...