Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

In December 2010, Telus announced they will be launching HSPA+ Dual Cell technology. This technology doubled the Telus data network speeds from up to 21Mbps to up to 42 Mbps, with a roadmap for true LTE in the near future. This week, the Canadian wireless company announced the launch of their 42 Mbps 4G network...

A local Vancouver husband and wife team, known as Dingo Games, have released their first game for iPhone and iPod touch called “Tasty Planet”. The game allows players to control a small ball of goo which eats objects around it so long as those objects are smaller than itself. The more that is eaten, the...

With Fido launching their new $30 Unlimited Incoming plan, and retiring their existing $35 Unlimited Incoming plan, Virgin Mobile has now done the same. Virgin's new $30 Unlimited Incoming plan is almost identical to the new Fido offer, except that the Fido plan has unlimited text messaging instead of a 50 message cap from Virgin....

Effective today, Fido has launched a new $30 Unlimited Incoming plan. The stated expiration date for the promotion is May 2, 2011. You might notice that this plan is almost identical to the recently expired $35 Unlimited Incoming plan. While the new plan is $5 less per month, it does not have Caller Display or...

We all know Steve Jobs/Apple are not big fans of the physical CD. The preferred method, of course, is iTunes digital media. But even with iTunes and many other digital media services, the CD still survives...until today! On the latest episode of Seth Green's stop-motion show Robot Chicken, a Steve Jobs parody shows Jobs becoming the...

Today, Rogers launched a new data sharing option for customers that have the 6GB data plan. It will cost $30 extra per month, per device to share your existing 6GB/$30 data plan with up to five devices. But first, some history. July 2010 With the launch of the iPhone 4, Rogers released their famous 6GB...

Today, Google released their Priority Inbox feature for mobile Safari on iDevices. The Gmail webapp for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad now has Priority Inbox support. Priority Inbox helps users in managing an overloaded email inbox by automatically identifying important messages so users can see them first. The feature has been available for the desktop...

Unless you have been living under a rock, most consumers know that an iPhone device is due every summer since 2007. The Original iPhone hit June 29 2007 (US, not Canada), the iPhone 3G hit July 11 2008, the iPhone 3GS hit June 19 2009, and the recent iPhone 4 hit July 30 2010. In...

This week, Telus announced that the wireless company will be unlocking their IDEN/HSPA+ devices as of February 15, 2011 for a $50 fee. At first glance, this seems similar to the Rogers/Fido unlocking policy, but there is one major difference. The Telus unlocking policy is more flexible, not requiring customers to be on their contract...

In November 2010, Telus introduced “Flex Data” to its existing iPhone plans. Then, Telus expanded the Flex Data to their, at the time, Student 55 iPhone plan. Student $55 iPhone plan The Student $55 iPhone voice & data plan with flex data was a very competitive plan with some great features such as My10, Unlimited...

Today, Virgin Mobile has launched a new $60 Smartphone plan for iPhone. $60 Smartphone Combo Plan With this plan on a 3-year contract, Virgin Mobile customers qualify for an iPhone at promotional pricing of $159/$269. For reference, the $60 plan is detailed below: Minutes: 200 daytime Evenings/Weekends: Unlimited @ 6PM Data: 1GB Promotions: Unlimited International...

As we begin February 2011, various Rogers/Fido promotions are changing. The summary of changes is below: Rogers 6PM Early Evening Calling - Expiring February 7, 2011 To qualify, new or existing customers must sign or renew on a 3-year term in-market plan. $35 Activation Fee Waived - On-going When starting up an account, Rogers customers...