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White iPhone 4 Units Delayed To “Rough & Bent” Condition

When the iPhone 4 launched in Canada, Apple had only released the iPhone 4 in black. Originally, the iPhone 4 was supposed to be available in white and black, but manufacturing problems have caused massive delays in the release of the white unit. This week, an update on the white iPhone 4 delays comes from...

iPhone 4 Vibrates For No Reason?

I've been noticing over the past few days that my iPhone 4 seems to vibrate very softly, sporadically throughout day. At first I thought I was crazy. The vibration is barely noticeable and the first few times it happened I simply dismissed it thinking must be going crazy. Luckily I'm not. Anyone else noticing a...

iPhone 4 Upload Speed Puts iPad to Shame

I've been running some speed tests with the iPhone 4 in the greater Toronto area and I am extremely impressed with the speed increase. My iPhone 4 is consistently hitting an average of 4440 kpbs download speeds. What's even more incredible is that the upload speed has been averaging 2600 kbps. By comparison, my 2...

iPhone 4 Antenna Not An Issue In Canada?

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an iPhone 4 of my very own today and so far I'm pretty impressed. Over the past month I've had the opportunity to test an iPhone 4 on the Fido network, which was purchased in UK. I was amazed that everyone was freaking about reception issues...

iPhone 4 Ordering Now Live On Apple Canada Online Store $659/$779

Today is a great today for Canadians as Apple has started to take Canadian orders for the iPhone 4 through the Apple Canada Online Store! In the USA, France, Germany, Japan, and United Kingdom, iPhone 4 pre-orders went live on June 15, 2010 for a launch date of June 24, 2010. At the time, it...

WSJ: Apple “Looking Into” iOS 4 Problems With iPhone 3G

This week, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is "looking into" user reports of the iPhone 3G experiencing lags and crashes when updated to iOS 4. Users of the iPhone 3G that have updated to iOS 4 will not be strangers to the complete device slow down. At the Apple support pages, numerous...

Rogers Updates iPhone 4 Information Page

Early this morning, Rogers finally updated their website to reflect the July 30 launch date for the iPhone 4. Like the other wireless carriers, there is a "Register Now" link (on the Rogers homepage) where users can sign up and receive up to date information on the iPhone 4 on Rogers. Earlier this month, Bell...

Apple iPhone 4 Free Case Program Is Now Live

Apple has launched their free case program for the iPhone 4. As many remember, on July 16 Apple held an iPhone 4 press conference addressing some of the reception issues of the iPhone 4. The result of the conference was a free iPhone 4 Bumper case (or equivalent case) to all iPhone 4 customers. iPhone...

Apple Delays White iPhone 4 Until “Later This Year”

It would seem that since the June 2010 launch day, the iPhone 4 has had more problems than successes! When the first wave of iPhone 4 devices launched in June 2010, Apple had indicated that the white iPhone 4 would be delayed until the second half of July 2010, citing manufacturing problems. As the July...

Apple Reports Q3 Earnings: All Time Record Revenue

Yesterday Apple had announced their third quarter 2010 financial results. The last quarter Apple sold 8.75 million iPhones. How were earnings this quarter, especially with the introduction of the iPad? Pretty good from the numbers below I'd have to say. Here are some key numbers from their Q3 conference call: Record revenue of $15.7 billion...

iPod Touch To Receive FaceTime In Fall 2010

One of the major new features of the iPhone 4 is FaceTime, which is Apple's answer to video calling. Currently, FaceTime can only be used between iPhone 4 devices and the devices must be on a WiFi network (in other words, not the cellular network). Last week, iPadinCanada reported on how the iPad would receive...

RIM Responds To Apple’s Press Conference

Yesterday saw Apple CEO Steve Jobs defend and reiterate (and also announce the iPhone 4 launch date in Canada will be on July 30th!) that the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" has been blown out of proportion. During this press conference, the presentation included a demo that showed other smartphones exhibited the same erratic signal distortion behaviour if...