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Flipboard Plans To Launch iPhone 5 Application September 21st

With official word that the iPhone 5 has upgraded to a 4-inch display Wednesday, application developers are scrambling to prepare a larger version of their application by the iPhone launch next Friday. One application that jumped the gun is Flipboard; CEO Mike McCue stated at the event to Mashable that they would have a 4-inch version...

Rogers Reservation System: Get Your iPhone 5 In 14 days, Or Get $50

With Rogers iPhone 5 reservations beginning today, the company has just announced a new offer regarding the Rogers Reservation System for iPhone 5 and other smartphones. According to the offer, the Rogers guarantees that customers placing pre-orders will get their devices within 14 days of that device launching, or they’ll give them $50. Here are the...

You Will Not Be Receiving A Free Lightning Adapter With Your iPhone 5

If you had the pleasure of pre-ordering your iPhone 5 early this morning, you may have read that Apple would be including a Lightning to 30-pin adapter inside the box. Turns out, this was all a mistake on Apple's part and you will not be receiving a free adapter. Since earlier this morning Apple has...

Lightning To HDMI And VGA Cables Coming Soon Says Apple

When Apple released their all-new lightning port on the iPhone and iPods, accessory-makers must of nearly had a heart attack. That 30-pin port on the bottom of iOS devices no longer exists on Apple's latest additions. This means 30-pin docks and other various accessories will require an adapter. Now that wasn't the only distress throughout the...

Virgin Mobile iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Go Live [Update]

Apple iPhone 5 pre-orders went live just after midnight Pacific time, alongside Telus pre-orders. For those that managed pre-orders from Apple during the first hour, consider yourself lucky. Ship estimates have already hit two weeks, and that took just over an hour to achieve. Fast forward, we now see Virgin Mobile's iPhone 5 pre-order page...

iPhone 5 Pre-Order Availability Delayed to 2 Weeks Already

Did you manage to pre-order your iPhone 5? Because right now shipping estimates have already dropped to two weeks--and that occurred just after an hour or so of pre-orders. The original estimes were to have delivery between September 21st (iPhone 5 launch day) to the 25th: As for the sudden change? This would indicate millions...

iPhone 5 Orders Include a Free Lightning to 30-pin Adapter in the Box [Update]

Apple's iPhone 5 event announced the elimination of the classic 30-pin adapter and introduced the 80 percent smaller Lightning connector. Tonight's iPhone 5 pre-orders revealed Apple looks to include one of these adapters for free with the iPhone 5. It regularly retails for $35 CDN (or $29 US) on Apple's website, but during the checkout,...

Apple iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Now Available Online [Update]

Apple announced iPhone 5 pre-orders would be available on Friday, September 14th and now the time has come. We first noted to you the 12:01AM PDT start time for iPhone 5 pre-orders, as confirmed via Apple's online chat. This midnight PDT start time is similar to what we saw last year for iPhone 4S pre-orders....

Telus iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Start at 12AM PDT on Sept. 14th [Update]

Earlier, we noted Rogers/Fido would start their iPhone 5 pre-orders at 6AM EDT (3AM PDT) on September 14th. Now, we have confirmation Telus will start their iPhone 5 pre-orders at 12AM PDT (3AM EDT)--the same time we saw last year's iPhone 4S pre-orders kick off. The time was noted by the @Telus twitter account: https://twitter.com/TELUS/status/246309350728163329...

iCloud.com Goes Live with New Features and Improvements

As noted by 9to5Mac, Apple has released the new and improved iCloud out of its beta, formerly available to developers. The beta introduces new apps such as Notes and Reminders and improvements to apps such as Find my iPhone. What's interesting to note is Find my iPhone still uses Google Maps, even though Apple is...

Rogers/Fido iPhone 5 Reservations to Start Between 6AM-7AM EDT on Sept. 14 [Update]

According to a tweet by @FidoSolutions, the reservations system should go live between 6-7AM EDT on Friday (Thanks @PeterLisi!). Expect Rogers to also have this start time as well. https://twitter.com/fidosolutions/status/246355368903602176 Rogers and Fido customers can reserve the iPhone 5 by accessing their online MyAccount. There will be a $40 deposit required, and do note there's...