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BodyGuardz 15% Off Coupon For iPhoneinCanada.ca Readers!
If you're looking for another option to protect your iPhone, consider your options from BodyGuardz. The company offers protective films, earbuds, and cases for your iPhone and other electronics as well. The company has offered an exclusive 15% off coupon for iPhoneinCanada.ca readers! Just enter coupon code IPHONEINCA during checkout to save. We will be reviewing...
iCade Jr., iCade Mobile & iCade Core iOS Game Controllers Unveiled At CES 2012
ION Audio, the makers or iCade Arcade Cabinet for iPad, are expanding their range of iOS game controllers with 3 new accessories. The new models are named iCade Jr., iCade Mobile & iCade Core. The iCade Mobile is designed for iPhone and iPod Touch, the iCade Jr. is a shrunk down version of the original iCade while the iCade Core...
Help Vote for iPhoneinCanada.ca to Win the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards!
At the end of last November, we posted about our nomination into the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards under the 'Best Science and Technology Blog' category and asked for your vote. Well, it looks like the power of our community pulled through because we received enough votes to make it into the final round. Voting started...
Check Out Acer’s Shameless iCloud Ripoff Called ‘AcerCloud’
We have all been cursing Samsung for a while now, a company trying real hard not to copy Apple for marketing its own gadgets but what Acer has done here, well I really don't have words to describe it. As noted by The Verge, Acer demonstrated its new cloud based storage service today which is actually a...
Samsung ‘SwipeIt’ to Debut at CES to Compete with Apple’s AirPlay
According to Amit Kumar, Samsung is set to debut a new wireless feature at CES 2012 called Swipeit, seen as a competitor to Apple's AirPlay: On January 9, 2012, Samsung will announce their Apple Airplay competitor - the Samsung SwipeIt – at CES. SwipeIt works exactly like the Apple’s AirPlay. Watching a video on your...
The Apple App Store Economy, An Interesting Infographic
Last month, Apple announced that its customers have downloaded over 18 billion apps from the App Store since its launch and this number is growing by more than one billion downloads per month. For some sense of how much recent growth has ramped up, consider that the App Store took 2 years to reach its first 5 billion. This indicates that the continued sales of iOS devices,...
High-Tech iPhone Controlled Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Quadricopter [Details Leaked]
It seems that Engadget has got their hands on the press release of upcoming Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 ahead of its unveiling at CES Las Vegas 2012, which will reportedly feature a 720p camera, video recording, a new piloting mode and more. AR.Drone 2.0 is an update to the iPhone controlled high-tech quadricopter developed by Parrot, a global leader in...
Samsung Takes On iMessage, Launches ChatON Across Multiple Platforms
"Chat Your Way, ChatON!" This is what Samsung is calling its latest venture to compete with Apple's iMessage and frankly speaking, its not a bad attempt. ChatON is a cross platform instant messaging app (available on the US App Store) which allows users of iOS, Android, Bada and Samsung Feature to communicate with each other for free....
iOS Multitasking Video Clarifies Why ‘Killing’ Apps Isn’t Necessary
Earlier we further learned about iOS multitasking as detailed in a post by Fraser Speirs. As much as the debate continues about whether or not we need to 'kill' apps in the multitasking tray, Speirs has now posted a detailed video of how iOS multitasking works as we get to see memory and CPU management...
The $34.75 ‘Unlimited Value’ Plan Launched by Rogers
With the 6GB/$30 plan ending next month on February 6th, Rogers has launched a new 'Unlimited Value' plan they think will make the perfect pairing for customers as 'a perfect way to start 2012'. For $34.75/month, users will get all the following 'unlimited value': - Unlimited My10 Canada-wide - Unlimited SMS/MMS - 6pm evenings and...
Apple to Double Processing Power of Future iOS Devices?
Mark Gurman at 9to5mac is reporting the discovery of evidence suggesting quad-core chip inclusion in upcoming iPads and iPhones based on digging deep into the iOS 5.1 beta. The original iPad contained the A4 processor, clocking in at 1 GHz. With the iPad 2 came the 'made in Texas' A5 processor offering a dual core chip...
Roam Mobility Offers Canadians U.S. Voice and Data Roaming via T-Mobile
Roam Mobility, a Vancouver-based company has secured a roaming deal with American carrier T-Mobile's HSPA+ network to offer more affordable voice, data (even for the iPad), and text roaming rates for Canadians heading down south. The company's prepaid service is set to launch on January 16th, 2012. Users with unlocked phones and smartphones will be able to purchase Roam Mobility...