Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

At CES this week, a very popular and successful Blackberry (gasp!) application called Poynt was being showcased on...wait for it....an iPhone! Poynt is a location-based Blackberry application that is making its way to iPhone. The app allows users to locally search for people, businesses, movies, and restaurants. While the iPhone version will include the aforementioned...

Have you ever walked into a Walmart or similar large retailer, picked up a product and scanned the product using a wall barcode reader? Usually it tells you the price and that is about it. Well, now you can use your iPhone to scan barcodes and get much more information than just price! Barcode Reader...

At the beginning of November 2009, Apple launched "iTunes Preview". With the new iTunes Preview, clicking on an iTunes link on a website opens up a new web based iTunes pane within the browser, as opposed to the actual application itself. When iTunes Preview was first released, users could only view information such as title,...

As the game title indicates, if you enjoy skipping stones in real life, then you will love Skipping Stones on your iPhone/iPod Touch! Skipping Stones by Complex Games Inc. Skipping Stones takes players to exotic locations where they can relax and skip stones across clear blue water. However the game also includes a few fun...

Just a quick note to potential Rogers/Fido iPhone customers. If you are looking to get one of the "officially" labeled "iPhone Plans" from Rogers/Fido, you will now have both the Early Cancellation Fee and Data Early Cancellation Fee attached to the plan. In other words, the official iPhone Plans now include both the ECF and...

In other jailbreaking news, MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has announced that a version of PwnageTool is to be ported to Windows and Linux. Previously, PwnageTool was only Mac compatible. PwnageTool allows users to build custom .IPSW, or iPhone firmware, files. This method of jailbreaking is sometimes seen as more reliable and foolproof against...

Good news for iPhone/iPod Touch jailbreakers. MuscleNerd, a member of the iPhone Dev Team, reported that he has recovered the source code to redsn0w and is now considering updating the jailbreaking software to support iPhone OS 3.1.2. As previous redsn0w users know, the jailbreaking program is extremely simple to use to hack the iPhone 2G/3G/3GS...

The first two weeks of November 2009 marked the final build and official release of Mac OS X 10.6.2. Today, in just over two months later, Apple has begun to test Mac OS X 10.6.3 with a build released to developers/testers. Mac OS X 10.6.3 will mark the third main revision to the latest Apple...

Meet a new superhero, Elasticr, an easy to learn and fun to play iPhone/iPod Touch game! Elasticr by Dlux Meet the new Superhero! Elasticr is a simple and addicting puzzle game that gives players the goal of saving the Earth! Features 1.5/2 Elasticr includes 20 levels to test players puzzle solving savvy. The difficulty of...

Just over three months ago on September 28 2009, Apple's App Store hit the two billion downloaded apps milestone. Today, Apple has announced that the App Store has reached three billion downloads, in only 98 days since its last milestone! The App Store currently has over 125,000 active applications. As comparison, the Blackberry Market has...

In a new report, Mac4Ever indicates that Apple's new product event, which now may be scheduled for January 27th and debut an Apple Tablet, may see the launch of a beta version of the iPhone 4.0 firmware. New iPhone firmware beta releases are also attached to a SDK or software development kit. The interesting find...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple will begin shipping its rumored Tablet in March for a whopping $1,000. This comes as rumors continue to rise about whether the January Apple event will be on the 26th or 27th. While the shipping time hasn't been finalized and could change, people briefed on the matter...