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The moment you've been waiting for to cap off your weekend is here, folks. Episode 12 of The iPhone Podcast is now available in iTunes. So go grab yourself a night cap, a snack or whatever and listen up on what Justin Luey and myself have to chat about. Also, please take a moment to...

Today, Apple seeded the first build of OS X 10.6.5, build 10H525. The current build comes just under three weeks since Apple began the 10.6.5 seed. According to reports, the current build focuses on iCal, Mail, Printing, 3D Graphics, QuickTime, and X11. The build further includes two Known Issues: - UI elements in Web Views...

Yesterday Apple released iOS 4.0.2 to address the large PDF security exploit that allowed users to jailbreak their iPhones via JailbreakMe.com. If you installed 4.0.2, the exploit was fixed. However, Apple left out iPhone 2g and iPod Touch (first gen) users. What about them? What about people who didn't install this to preserve their jailbreak?...

This week, Apple announced that iOS developers can begin to create metadata for Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Game Center is Apple's new social gaming initiative which will collectively track the progress of iOS game achievements. Similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live service, Game Center achievements are rewards for players who accomplish a task such as...

Today Apple released iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPhone 4 (iPod touch 2G/3G too). This is a minor update to firmware 4.0 that addresses a recent security vulnerability in the way Safari handles PDF files. iOS 4.0.2 also patches the JailbreakMe.com browser hack. Below are the updates in firmware 4.0.2: Fixes security vulnerability...

This week, Orange, a UK wireless provider that supports the iPhone, has sent out an email to its customers indicating that the white iPhone 4 model will not be available "until the end of the year". With no white iPhone 4 available for sale, the UK carrier offers customers to opt for a black model...

If you're some one who spends a lot of time on the road, you know the pains of the seeing the 20% battery warning early in the day. It can be a challenge, keeping a charger every where you go, and having a place to plug it in. The solution for this, is a portable...

You probably heard about RIM's latest smartphone offering--the Blackberry Torch. The Torch includes a touchscreen coupled with a slider keyboard. The biggest change in the Torch is the inclusion of an improved web browser, based on WebKit (the engine that powers mobile Safari and every other major smartphone web browser). The Blackberry web browser previously,...

It looks like waiting in line on iPhone 4 launch day (and even camping out overnight) has been paying dividends for early iPhone 4 adopters. As for everyone else, right now it looks like the iPhone 4 is sold out coast to coast. People have been waiting in line outside Apple Stores in Vancouver for...

Did you buy an unlocked iPhone 4 from Apple? If you did, here is some very important info for you. Apparently some people who purchased unlocked iPhone 4 units have had issues of being sold locked phones. iPhoneinCanada.ca Forums user draz and iFoneHome have started some threads here and here on this issue. iFoneHome bought...

With the recent release of beta 3 of iOS 4.1, a major find was revealed regarding FaceTime on other iOS devices. The most recent iOS beta reveals a new option in the "Contacts" app that allows users to make FaceTime calls using a phone number or an email address. Currently FaceTime supports phone numbers only....

If you haven't gotten your hands on an iPhone 4 yet, it is becoming quite the challenge to acquire one. People have been waiting in line at the Apple Stores here in Vancouver, hoping that stocks have arrived for unlocked iPhones. If you're looking for an iPhone 4 from Rogers, today is the day you...