Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff
BC Snowboarders Credit iPhone In Rescue
This week, CBC has a new story about the iPhone and the lives of two BC snowboarders. A pair of snowboarders were rescued off of Cypress Mountain and are crediting an iPhone with saving their lives. The pair used an iPhone to both call for help and to provide their exact location to rescue teams...
Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 Coming Along
The iPhone Dev Team has been hard at work, trying to give us an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1. There have been many hurdles, but it sounds like we're getting closer. The iPhone Dev Team posted another beta of Redsn0w 0.9.7. Beta 4 gets rid of the "usbmux" step that was required in earlier betas....
Report: Canadian Consumers Not Seeing Benefits From Wireless Industry Competition
In a new report this week, the Canadian Press indicates that Canadians feel they are paying too much and have too few choices when it comes to mobile phone, Internet, cable, and satellite service. The information comes by way of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a group that provides legal and research services on behalf...
Summary Of Rogers/Fido Promotion Extensions & Expirations
As 2010 comes to a close, various Rogers/Fido promotions that were expiring on December 31, 2010 will continue to expire on that day, as others will be extended into the New Year. Rogers Originally expiring on December 31 2010, the following Rogers promotions that apply to iPhone will be extended or expired: 6PM Early Evening...
Verizon iPhone for Valentines Day?
Okay. **sighs** I know this rumour has been going around for ever and ever, and frankly I have always thought of this as wishful thinking, from AT&T users. This is not really a big deal to us Canadians, but over the past few months, there has been more and more speculation that Apple will indeed...
CNN: iPhone 4 Antennagate & Apple’s Ping Rank Among Top ‘Tech Fails’ For 2010
This week, CNN has put together a list of their ten biggest tech "fails" of 2010. The list highlights technology and Internet products that failed during 2010. As you could have guessed, CNN ranked the iPhone 4's antenna problems (or Antennagate) as the top tech fail for 2010. This is also rather surprising given the...
iTunes Connect Re-Opens After The Holiday Break
Before the holidays began, iTunes Connect shut down and temporarily stopped App Store updates and developer access until December 28. The shut down was to give employees time off during the break. As promised, iTunes Connect is back online with App Store updates and submissions being accepted. The re-opening of iTunes Connect also allows developers...
iPod Nano Jailbreak on the Horizon?
When the new iPod Nano was announced, earlier this year, There was speculation that the new touch screen iPod Nano would be running some form of iOS and that it might be able to be jailbroken. Once it was in people's hands it was quickly determined that, it does not run iOS, but just a...
RIM Thought The 2007 iPhone Was Impossible.
In 2007, RIM, makers of the Blackberry, reportedly had an internal panic when Apple released the first iPhone. The story comes from a former RIM employee. Apparently RIM held multiple meetings after the iPhone was launched and accused Apple of lying about the capabilities of the new device. The claims focused on how it was...
App Store To Hit 500,000 Apps By Mid-2011; Almost At 400,000 Titles
According to a report from Asymco, the App Store is on the verge of hitting 400,000 submitted iOS apps. At this time, over 390,000 apps have been uploaded to Apple, with a reportedly 1,000 new titles submitted per day since 2008! The report also notes that Apple has not reached 400,000 in sales, as 65,000...
Best Buy Referral Program Gives $100 In Reward Zone Certificates
If you're thinking about picking up your next mobile device and plan from Best Buy, check out their Best Buy Mobile department and Reward Zone program. As long as you are a Reward Zone member, getting your next device at Best Buy gets you and your referred friends a chance at $50 each in Reward...
Apple TV2 Tops 1 Million Sales, Over the Holidays
The Digital Daily is reporting today, that Apple has sold over 1,000,000 units of it's latest version of Apple TV. This comes after Apple announced, last week, that they were expecting this would happen. This new, little black box from Apple is really taking off, despite it's limitations. It only supports streaming of iTunes compatible...