Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

In the beginning of February, Telus was preparing for a soft launch of HSPA+ (or what Telus calls 4G) in Manitoba. The soft launch was scheduled for today, and today Telus has launched the network. This new network means that for residents in the Winnipeg area, you will be able to use the many Telus...

This week, in response to Telus, Rogers has launched a new $60 Voice & Data plan. The plan is very comparable to the existing $60 Promotional Voice & Data plan from Telus, with the only exception being that Telus offers Voicemail 3 for free. Aside from that, the plan requires a 3-year new activation or...

This week, Virgin Mobile has launched a new $35 Unlimited Incoming Plus plan to compete with Koodo. Virgin's new $35 Unlimited Incoming Plus plan is almost identical to their previous $30 Unlimited Incoming plan, except that the new plan has 5pm evenings vs. 7pm and caller display. This new plan from Virgin is available on...

Today, Fido released another bombshell plan with their new $35 Unlimited City Fido plan. Some of you may remember when Fido launched a similar unlimited calling plan for $50 back in December 2010, but that plan was not available to any smartphone customers. This new $35 Unlimited CityFido Plan also temporarily replaces the existing $35...

Today, Apple announced the official release of subscriptions for the App Store. App Store subscriptions now allow developers to offer a wide range of content, including magazines, newspapers, music, and video, that may be used on a recurring billing system. Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store...

Today, The Loop issued some thoughts on the recently rumored MobileMe overhaul. The opinion is that instead of using a cloud-based strategy to share and access files via MobileMe, Apple may instead opt to use MobileMe as the “brains” of a service that accesses the user's computer for hosting media and content. Instead of trying...

If you recently jailbroke your iDevice following our guide, you may have noticed that your boot logo has turned from the standard Apple logo into an animated Greenpois0n logo. If you are looking to remove or change that logo, read on! Read Me Before Continuing: This guide applies to users on iOS 4.2.1 who jailbroke...

This week, it looks like Fido has started sending out emails to ‘loyal’ customers that give them free Canadian Long Distance calling on February 14, 2011. A portion of the Fido email states, “Let them know love has no boundaries… It’s almost Valentine’s Day and Fido wants to reward your loyalty”. I cannot even begin...

This morning, MTS announced its plans to launch the iPhone 4. On the back of that, SaskTel has now revealed that the iPhone 4 is coming soon to their network! Checking out the SaskTel homepage reveals an iPhone 4 banner with the text “coming soon”. As SaskTel continues to develop it's 3G+ network, the prospects...

Customers using MTS service in Canada may be surprised to hear that the company is planning to launch the iPhone 4 soon. MTS has already publicly announced that their HSPA+ network is going live on March 31, 2011. This network is the required infrastructure to support the iPhone 4. “MTS will launch iPhone 4 in...

This week, Fido announced that the wireless company will be reducing its CityFido Prepaid plan by $5.00 as of March 6, 2011. The plan is also receiving a bump in anytime minutes to 2,000 minutes, from the existing 1,000 minutes. While Fido does offer two postpaid CityFido plans, the company only offers one prepaid CityFido...

Today, citing recent competitive activity, Rogers has extended (again) their $35 Canadawide My10 plan. The plan, originally expiring on December 31, 2010, was relaunched on January 10, 2011 and then expired again on February 7, 2011. The offer has now been extended "until further notice". $35 My10 Canada-wide Plan This extended plan from Rogers is available...