Stories by Gary Ng

For those iPhone users on the Rogers/Fido network using data plans, let the following story be a quick reminder of what can go wrong! Whenever I'm traveling with my iPhone 3G out of the country, I always double check that my data roaming is turned off. How do you do this? It's simple... Settings--General--Network--make sure...

During the winter months of the year it can get pretty darn cold outside. Most people wear gloves but if you're an iPhone owner, this is a problem. The iPhone's capacitive screen requires bare skin in order to function. So most people need to either take off their gloves each time someone calls or use...

Last fall, the creators of South Park submitted an application to have a South Park app in the App Store. This app would let you watch every single episode of South Park ever created on your iPhone. South Park fans around the world screamed with joy. However, as we soon found out Apple denied the...

If you're a news junkie in Canada and you love to keep up with current events, you're most likely a fan of reading the news, either online or offline. The Globe and Mail is Canada's largest circulation newspaper and you can now enjoy it online with their official iPhone app. The Globe and Mail app...

Earlier this week I received an envelope in the mail and it turned out to be a bunch of BestSkinsEver protective films for the iPhone 3G! In the competitive iPhone-protective-film marketplace there are many options to choose from. That's right folks, our $2000 Blog Anniversary isn't quite over just yet! We have reviewed protective skins...

We all know the iPhone is awesome due to the incredible touchscreen, but what keeps the iPhone fresh and fun is the plethora of apps via the App Store and Cydia (for jailbroken iPhones). Today I'm going to mix things up with a little something I'd like to call my Friday Top Five Favorite Apps....

Currently in Barcelona, Spain the 2009 Mobile World Congress is taking place (Feb 16-19). This is a massive conference with big wigs from the entire mobile industry. A few keynote speakers include the likes of Steve Balmer (Microsoft CEO), Olli Pekka Kallasvuo (Nokia CEO), Josh Silverman (Skype CEO)...and...get ready...KEVIN SPACEY (actor)! Anyways, guess who's missing...

Just over a week ago I wrote about how Flash has been confirmed for the iPhone. There are conflicting reports about whether or not we will see Flash, but for those with jailbroken iPhone, the option has been out for a while now. The plugin is called iMobileCinema and it's available via Cydia. iMobileCinema is...

Happy Valentine's Day! It looks like Apple is taking a stance to get the PR machine rolling to denounce jailbreaking your iPhone. News broke yesterday that Apple has submitted documents to the US Copyright Office stating that jailbreaking our iPhones is DMCA violation and copyright infringement, which essentially makes it illegal. This was posted on...

Every time there the smell of a product line update in the air, leaked images of the "next" Apple product pops online. There are rumors the next generation iPhone could be released this June. When the rumor mill starts pumping, the pictures start flowing. Yesterday, iPod Observer and MacRumors posted pictures of the casing of...

Is your iPhone jailbroken yet? If it's not, then after checking out the review of this upcoming 3rd party app, you're going to want to. The program is called xGPS by Xwaves, and it's a turn-by-turn GPS for the iPhone. This app will now give us real time voice GPS navigation! Right now, 1.1 is...

Twitter is one of the fastest growing social networks out there. If you're not sure what Twitter is, then start asking around! In a nutshell it's about following a whole bunch of strangers (in other words stalking) and interacting with them. It sounds strange, but it's highly addicting. Watch this: There are some amazing Twitter...