Stories by Gary Ng

Are you located in Toronto? If you are and you're a mobile developer, there is a meet up scheduled tonight. The meet up's theme is the iPhone and to celebrate the lifting of the NDA. However, all mobile devices are welcome. Basically it's going to be a meet and greet of iPhone developers, with some...

If you're living in Vancouver and you take public transit, then the following post is going to be of interest to you. Translink has launched an iPhone optimized version of their website a while back. On it you will find information related to bus routes, Skytrain, West Coast Express, and the Seabus. The cool thing...

For all you first gen iPhone veterans out there, remember how we couldn't even use our iPhones without jailbreaking and unlocking? The continuous game of jailbreaking and unlocking came to a bit of a snag up once firmware 1.1.2 came along. During this time, the only way to unlock your iPhone for use in Canada...

Good evening everyone! Just wanted to let you in on some fantastic news, courtesy of iPhoneinCanada.ca reader Bud Colby! The game Space Monkey is currently FREE via the App Store! Previously it was $9.99 but right now the developers are allowing everyone to download it for no charge. So if I were you I'd launch...

I've seen a lot of very interesting apps come out of the App Store lately. It's always fun to check the Top 25 and see a new app available. However, some of the best apps to date are available only via the jailbreak (I'm thinking of QIK and PDAnet). Today we're going to check out...

Did you ever use Fring during the jailbreak days of 1.1.4 firmware? Well, Fring was developed by an Israeli company and it allowed making Skype calls on your iPhone using WiFi. The version we reviewed at the time was pretty buggy but the concept itself was awesome. You could even call contacts on Google Talk,...

A while back we held a promotion with our friends from PhantomSkinz. It was for 50% off any PhantomSkinz order plus a $100 giveaway. To be enter the $100 contest you had to email PhantomSkinz and tell them why you enjoyed their skin compared to other companies. The lucky $100 winner is... Christopher M. with...

Hey boys and girls! After speaking to a few sources, it has been CONFIRMED that the 6GB/$30 data plan has been extended! It's not on the Rogers or Fido website, but if you head into a Rogers/Fido store and inquire about it (nicely of course!), they can still add it to your account. The option...

Whoa, what happened to September? The month blew by quickly and it conveniently took away the 6GB/$30 Rogers/Fido data plan (it was extended, remember?) with it. That means if you were lazy and didn't jump on your opportunity to snag the 6GB data plan, you're out of luck READ EDIT BELOW! 6GB STILL AVAILABLE! Okay...

If you haven't checked yet, Apple has released an update to iTunes 8. With iTunes 8.0.1, the new version fixes some bugs some people have encountered. Here is the list of the improvements: Seamlessly plays the current song when creating a new Genius playlist. Improves syncing spoken menus to iPod Nano. Addresses an issue of...

A few weeks ago when iPhone firmware 2.1 was released I quickly updated and VOILA! The laggy keyboard and sluggish interface from 2.0.2 had been solved. Less than a week later my iPhone was jailbroken using QuickPwn 2.1. Gaining access to customization and 3rd party apps is all the rage and glory at the moment....

A lot of iPhone software developers have been kept very quiet regarding the SDK. That means anything related to the iPhone was kept confidential, which made it very difficult for these developers to express their opinions. Well, today Apple has drastically removed the Non Disclosure Agreement from their SDK. The purpose of removing this NDA?...