Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

Effective today, Virgin Mobile is launching a new free 6PM early evenings promotion. As it stands, plans from Virgin Mobile already start their evenings at 7PM, so this promotion will give you an extra hour of free local talking at no cost. Normally to start your evenings earlier than 7PM, users are required to pay...

With iOS 4.2 rolling out and millions of iDevices installing the new firmware, a major iPod related issue has been identified. Some iPhone users on iOS 4.2 are reporting that after installing the firmware, their iPod music libraries are empty! In other words, even though they have synced all of their music, the music library...

Here's some evening humor for you! Recently, Angus Reid conducted a survey of Canadians regarding social media and how people prefer to interact with each other. 1,524 Canadians were surveyed and the findings about wireless usage are listed below: 80% prefer face-to-face communication 44% believe it’s okay to take or make calls while on the...

In other Telus news, this week the wireless company has updated their Early Cancellation Fee policy effective November 21, 2010. The new policy applies to Telus clients who activated or renewed their account on or after November 21, 2010. The new policy is based on three areas of Telus and your account: The amount of...

This week, Telus has introduced a new upgrade policy that allows Telus customers to renew their contract early and get a new device earlier than normal, however it comes with a fee. Normally, Telus customers must wait until the end of their current contract term to receive promotional pricing on a handset renewal/upgrade. Now, by...

Update 1: Seems as though me.com has been updated. Check out the screenshot to the left and compare it to the original one below. Did Apple mess up? When Apple announced iOS 4.2 this morning, the company also made their Find My iPhone service, normally a part of the $109/year MobileMe subscription, free for all...

Today Apple announced that the App Store has reached an astonishing 300,000 available apps. The 300,000 number is a mixture of iPhone/iPod touch and iPad, and specifically 260,000 are iPhone/iPod touch exclusive! The App Store is also now available in 90 countries with 20 categories of applications being served such as games, business, news, sports,...

With this mornings announcement of iOS 4.2, Apple also made their Find My iPhone free to all current generation iDevices. Find My iPhone is designed to assist users with locating lost iOS devices using GPS. The feature is now available for free to all users of the iPad, iPhone 4, and fourth-generation iPod touch. Previously,...

On the back of extending their $55 student offer, this weekend Virgin Mobile has launched a new $35 Unlimited Incoming plan. The package basically competes with similar offerings from Koodo and Fido. The plan does not seem to be available yet on the Virgin Mobile Canada website, but we have confirmed that in-store reps can...

When it comes to cleaning cloths for my computers and iDevices, I feel like I've tried them all. From the cheapest cotton cloths to the most expensive special-edition microfiber cloths, they all seem to leave me streaks that disappear after some hard additional wiping. So naturally, when I was introduced to the MOBiLE CLOTH, I...

With the Big Three (Telus, Bell, Rogers) dominating the Canadian wireless landscape, Virgin Mobile, now a subsidiary of Bell Mobility, seems to get forgotten that it too supports the iPhone! This week, Virgin Mobile has extended its existing $55 Smartphone student plan until further notice. The plan is available to both current and new Virgin...

Potential (or current) Telus iPhone owners can continue to take advantage of the $55 Telus student plan until November 30, 2010! The plan originally expired on November 14. The plan is one of the better student packages available among the Canadian wireless carriers (the lesser of evils), mostly because of the inclusion of my10 Canada-wide...