Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

Recently, Virgin Mobile released a "Members Lounge" iPhone app for Virgin Mobile subscribers. The app is similar to the previously released Rogers and Fido "My Account" apps where users can check their monthly balance, pay their monthly invoice, review their rate plan and add-ons, and check their unbilled wireless usage. Unlike the Rogers/Fido apps, the...

As Chef Gordon Ramsay would say: "UN-BEL-IIEEEEEE-VAABLE!" As of March 16, 2011, Rogers/Fido will be increasing the per-message text message rate and all non-premium message rate to $0.20 from $0.15 per sent and received message. Texts sent above the allotment included in a text plan or add-on will also be charged at the rate of...

This week, Trend Micro chairman Steve Chang said in an interview that the Google Android operating system was much more open to attack than Apple's iOS. The reason for Android's security flaws reportedly comes from Google's decision to allow open-sourcing and the very light approval process for Android apps. These decisions allow malicious coders to...

Today Apple launched a new 10 Billion App Countdown promotion to mark the upcoming 10 Billionth downloaded App! The user who downloads the 10 billionth app gets a $10,000 iTunes gift card! As of today, nearly 10 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store worldwide. Which is almost as amazing as the apps...

Some key players in the jailbreak community are feuding again. Members of The iPhone Dev Team and The Chronic Dev Team have been bickering back and forth about who has the best jailbreak and/or unlock for current iDevices. If you follow these folks on Twitter, you know what I'm talking about. In my opinion, this...

Today, a 9To5Mac report indicates that Apple may be bringing its popular Photo Booth application to iOS devices. The report further reveals solid proof of this intention found in the recent iOS 4.3 firmware files. The iOS 4.3 frameworks “PhotoBooth” and “PhotoBoothEffects”, as seen below, indicates an intention to release the application for iPhone, iPod...

We have some great news from Rogers customers in Northern British Columbia! This week, Rogers completed their 21Mbps wireless data network roll out in Northern British Columbia! As many know, Rogers (and Fido) were the first to achieve 21Mbps wireless download speeds in North America. The initial 21Mbps roll out covered the majority of the...

So there's a guy a named Jason who works in a small office of about 12 employees in Toronto. On Tuesday, Jason had to grab some files which were located in the window-less and low ceiling basement of their Toronto office. Upon arrival, Jason heard some interesting noises. When he turned around, a bird (as...

With the release of iOS 4.3beta1, some details about future features and hardware changes for iOS devices have been uncovered in the iOS 4.3 code. BGR is reporting that the discovery of new multigestures in the iPad firmware, suggests that Apple is moving towards getting rid of the home button. Here's what BGR reported: We...

More digging into iOS 4.3 Beta 1 has revealed a potential new upcoming MobileMe feature called “Find My Friends”. The feature is associated with the Settings.app, so it will likely have a toggle such as the Find My iPhone feature. It is clear that such a feature would be Apple's attempt at offering a location-based...

With the release of iOS 4.3 Beta 1, the Internet has been digging deep into the new firmware. Aside from the new found features, reports have come in that indicate that references of the next generation iPhone have been located in iOS 4.3. As seen below, the model numbers reference to yet unreleased iPhone and...

With the release of the first beta of iOS 4.3, it looks like Apple has dropped support for the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch. As seen in the developer portal, neither the iPhone 3G or second-generation iPod touch are listed. Currently, as of iOS 4.3 Beta 1, the following devices are supported: iPad iPhone...