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So, my dear friend Gary per-ordered an iPhone 5 for himself and another one for me the night Apple started taking per-orders in Canada, and as much excited as I was for being among the first few to have reserved one, I was also worried about the whole 'nano SIM' thing. As most of you...

Apple is known to rely on suppliers with big names like Taiwan-based Foxconn, a company that employs more than a million workers who assemble everything from MacBooks to iPads. But now, it seems that Apple is relying on off-the-radar Taiwanese companies like Ta Liang, to figure out hard-to-solve production problems and meet strong demand for its new products like the...

You might not be having issues with Apple Maps in your area, but some people are. Jason Matheson fired up Xcode (via Daring Fireball) and wrote code to determine just how accurate Apple's new Maps are in Ontario. This was after he upgraded from the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 5. Here are the results of Jason's research:...

If you are wondering about how macro images fare from every single generation of the iPhone, Tap Tap Tap has released a comparison of images taken using Camera+. Lisa Bettany describes how the comparison was conducted: Photo comparisons from all iPhone version cameras taken with Camera+ (First generation iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, the iPhone...

Apple sold over 5 million iPhone 5 units in the first three days of its release. While this is of course a great news for Apple, it is also turning out to be equally good for the app developers who are attributing the bump in their daily app downloads to the iPhone 5, Forbes is reporting. The...

Reuters reports iPhone 5 supply constraints are starting to ease up now that Sharp, a supplier of displays for the new phone has started amp up production: Sharp Corp is making "adequate volumes" of displays it is known to supply for Apple Inc's new iPhone5, a company executive said, indicating that a possible bottleneck in...

Yesterday we noted the release of the iPhone 5 on MTS, and today it appears the iPhone 5 is available from SaskTel and NorthenTel (a division of Bell Aliant) starting today as well. SaskTel's website notes three iPhone 5 capacities but they are 'out of stock' online. The list price is $178.99 (on a 3...

Apple CEO has written an apology letter on Apple.com to customers about the shortfall of Apple Maps. The latter has been criticized and seen as the 'Achilles Heel' of iOS 6 for its inaccuracies and omissions compared to Google Maps in iOS 5. Below is the letter from Cook: To our customers, At Apple, we...

Google has announced on the Gmail blog CardDAV support for syncing Google contacts on your iOS device. Currently, Google Sync allows IMAP support for email and CalDAV for calendar entries, keeping your data synced in real-time no matter what device you are using. CardDAV support brings this to your Google contacts now for iOS: Starting...

In a study released by energy efficiency company Opower today, it appears that the annual energy cost for charging the iPhone 5 is just $0.41 on average (via MacRumors). Opower's estimate assumes a full charge once per day at a U.S. average of 11.8 cents per kWh. Of course every user's actual cost would vary based on use...

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, most of us were expecting to see accessories like an iPhone 5 bumper or a dock with new Lightning connector. However, no such announcements were made that day and so far, Apple has not released any information regarding such accessories either. Despite that, some keen eyed readers have noticed...

For some, it's all about the camera. They don't care about the OS or the build quality and certainly not LTE. If you're one of those 'photo nerds' looking to upgrade your camera phone, then this would be of great interest to you. Folks over at Engadget have compared low-light shooting capabilities of today's most...