Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

This week, Virgin Mobile has extended some of its recent plans that were expiring. The different plans, details, and updated expiration dates are listed: $45 Unlimited Plus Plan Minutes: Unlimited unzoned minutes Evening/Weekends: Unlimited unzoned minutes Included Features: Unlimited Canada/US/International text messages, Caller Display Contract Term: 3 years Expires: End of day June 3, 2011...

Along with the recent Fido Circle Calling announcement, Virgin Mobile has now launched its own brand of the service called "myPeeps". The new, free feature enables free local calling between people on the same Virgin Mobile account. As users add other people to their Virgin Mobile account, each with their own monthly plan starting at...

As the Canadian wireless carriers begin to rebrand their existing 3G networks to "4G", Rogers, being the last carrier to do a rebranding, has now changed the marketing of its "3G HSPA+" network to "4G HSPA+". According to an internal Rogers posting, the company states that "the Rogers network is not changing. Only the terminology...

This week, Telus has extended their $55+ Voice and Data plan for iPhone until June 30, 2011. The plan was originally set to expire on May 3, 2011. For reference, the $55+ Voice and Data plan is detailed below: Minutes: 200 daytime Evenings/Weekends: Unlimited @ 6PM Data: 1GB Promotions: Unlimited Text/Picture/Video messages, My10 Nationwide, Free...

If your iDevice (except iPad 2) is jailbroken or unlocked, it is now safe to update to iOS 4.3.3. The iPhone dev team has confirmed that iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to the untethered jailbreak exploit that @i0n1c created for 4.3.1. This morning, PwnageTool and redsn0w have been updated and will jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 on...

BC Liquor Locator, developed by Matt Vague Designs, is an app that helps users locate the nearest BC Liquor Store to them. The app uses the current location of the iPhone to locate all of the nearby BC Liquor stores. Once located, the app organizes the stores by proximity. When the app was originally released,...

In late 2009, the Canadian wireless carriers started eliminating their system access and 911 fees. The system access and 911 fees typically cost from $6.95 - $8.95 and $0.50 - $1.00 depending on carrier and province. When the Canadian carriers finally eliminated the system access fees, most increased all of their price plans by $5.00/month....

According to a report by research2guidance, a German research group, the number of apps in the Android Market should surpass those in the App Store by August 2011. Citing a recent example, in April approximately 28,000 apps were uploaded to the Android Market, where Apple accepted 11,000 apps into the App Store. This trend is...

These are the events that iOS users experience when a new iOS update is available: 1.) Read online that a new iOS update is available 2.) Go crazy happy because there is an update available 3.) Plug iOS device into iTunes via a computer, and update The focus here is step 3, updating through iTunes....

Nick Bilton, a NYTimes blog writer, has set up a comparison of the original (leaked) white iPhone 4, that did not make it to production, with the official newly released white iPhone 4. Bilton has outlined three slight differences between the two iPhone 4 devices: 1.) Yellowing discoloration on the original white iPhone 4 (Ed....

It’s that time again! For those that may just be joining us, here is the run down about these giveaways. It is a segment that will: Last 24 hours Only happen a couple of times a month (maybe less or maybe more) Be easy to win Be posted at random What’s up for grabs today?...

Today, Apple has released iOS 4.3.3 for iOS devices. iOS 4.3.3 brings minor fixes to the recent location tracking issues: The update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache including: Reduces the size of the cache No longer backs the cache up to iTunes Deletes the cache entirely when Location Services is turned...