Stories by iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff

Google Releases Free Turn By Turn GPS For Android, iPhone Soon?

Today Google announced a free, turn-by-turn GPS navigation application called Google Maps Navigation that makes its debut within the new Google Android 2.0 platform. The GPS app is integrated with Google Maps, provides turn-by-turn navigation and is completely free. The GPS app comes with a ton of features such as voice search, keyword search, satellite view,...

Saskatchewan, Manitoba, No iPhone For You!

With the great news that the iPhone was coming to TELUS and then TELUS eliminating the SAF, there just had to be some bad news in there somewhere. According to a TELUS email sent out to promotional subscribers, customers living in Saskatchewan and Manitoba will NOT be getting the iPhone 3G/3GS on launch day. The...

Game Review: Memory Bounce for iPhone

From the creators of World Reaction comes a new addicting game that challenges your accuracy, speed, and memory. Memory Bounce by GudeBalls Memory Bounce is a simple yet highly addictive game that challenges your speed and memory as you race against the clock. The goal of the game is to match the colors of the...

TELUS Eliminates System Access Fee

In a similar move made by Rogers Wireless, effective November 5 2009, TELUS will drop the System Access Fee (SAF) and 911 fee from their Rate Plans and introduce "Clear Choice" plans that will have a $5.00 increase across all plans. 1. TELUS Will Be Removing the System Access Fee For those on TELUS monthly...

App Review: iBusVan for iPhone

Commuters in Vancouver know all to well the shortcomings of the transit system. While transit times can never be perfectly accurate, we iPhone owners can use applications to plan our transit trips with relatively perfect accuracy. The app iBusVan aims to do that for you! iBusVan by Music Motion Features 1.5/2 iBusVan is a Vancouver-based...

TELUS iPhone Coming November 5

As both TELUS and Bell Canada have now announced that they plan to bring their own 21 Mbps HSPA+ network to Canada in November, both companies have finally announced that the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS will also be making their debut on TELUS and Bell. Bell announced the availability of the iPhone 3G and...

TELUS to Launch HSPA+ Network On November 5

As reported at the beginning of October for Bell Canada, TELUS has now officially announced the availability of its HSPA+ network for November 5, 2009. The new TELUS HSPA+ network will have speeds up of to 21Mbps, rivaling current HSPA+ provider Rogers Wireless. Rogers just last month announced the release of their HSPA+ network, but...

Game Review: Sub Hunt AddictingGames for iPhone

Whenever I am on my Mac and I have some spare time, I usually spend it playing games on AddictingGames.com. If you have never heard of the site (you likely have), it is a website that is filled with easily playable games that quickly become addicting. But that is on my Mac. What about iPhone?...

iPhone Theme Review: PogoPlank

One of the main reasons people jailbreak their iPhones, is to get the ability to customize the iPhone OS with different themes that can be downloaded from Cydia or, if you have the capability, create yourself. A "revolution" - ary new theme that was released a few weeks ago, by Justin Williams, in the Cydia...

App Review: Photo Beach for iPhone

With Fall upon us and Winter coming up soon, that cold and damp Canadian weather is coming in swiftly. In these cold times, Canadians can turn to the App Store to find some warmth. How? By checking out Photo Beach! Photo Beach by Down To Moon SLNE Photo Beach for iPhone (also for iPod Touch)...

App Review: Babelshot for iPhone 3GS

For quick text translation, I usually jump on Safari but today, there's an app for that! Introducing Babelshot. Babelshot by Codium Labs LLC Babelshot for iPhone 3GS is a shoot-to-translate application that makes use of the iPhone 3GS camera. Any text in any language that you want translated is done quickly and easily through the...

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C531 To Devs

Today Apple released the fourth Mac OS X 10.6.2 update to developers. The new OS X build fixes issues in Image Capture, ColorSync, Dock crashes, Graphics Drivers, and QuartzCore, among other issues apparent in earlier builds. On a more serious note, the new Magic Mouse user guide makes reference to OS X 10.6.2. Once released,...