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M.I.C. Gadget points to apparent iPhone 4 prototypes on the chinese “grey market” with 64 GB storage capacities. Of course the image could be fake, but the “XX” on the back of the device brings back memories of the iPhone 4 prototype from last year. This suspicious 64GB model has started selling in Sin Tak,...

Last November, Telus introduced a new upgrade policy that enabled Telus customers to renew their contract early and get a new device earlier than normal, but pay a fee for the convenience. Normally, Telus customers must wait until the end of their current contract term to receive promotional pricing on a handset renewal/upgrade. After the...

In the beginning of February this year, Fido indicated it was making some huge changes to their prepaid CityFido plan on March 6, 2011. This week, the company made good on its promise and has decreased the prepaid CityFido fee by $5.00 and added 1,000 more minutes, making the new total 2,000 minutes per month....

Kik Messenger, based out of Waterloo, has updated their chat app with group messaging and photo sharing. The app made headlines when they were sued by RIM for patent infringement. Kik also raised an additional $8 million dollars on VC funding. While I applaud the new features, Kik still has ways to go before it...

Apple released iOS 4.3 GM to developers last week and recently a few unofficial tutorials have popped up on the web detailing how to jailbreak this GM seed. Big Boss just detailed on his blog a warning to get people to avoid jailbreaking iOS 4.3 GM as it will mess up MobileSubstrate, a requirement for...

The latest iPhone 5 rumour is that Apple will bring an aluminum back casing to the next iPhone, along with a major antenna redesign. This comes from a Chinese source at the Taiwan Economic Daily news, translated by Macotakara.jp: According to a Chinese source, Apple seems to change back form factor of iPhone to aluminum...

The iPhone 4 battery life is pretty decent, but it could be better. If you've been thinking about getting a backup battery, this could be the deal for you. Last December we posted about a killer deal from RichardSolo for the 1800 (RS001). The best-selling 1800 battery is now back on sale until March 31s,...

iOS 4.3 isn't arriving until next week on March 11th, but it appears replacement iPhone 4 units have already started to come shipped with the latest iOS. iPhoneinCanada.ca reader Arif emailed us that his replacement iPhone 4 from Fido came with iOS 4.3 pre-installed. He also mentioned Personal Hotspot works great on Fido. Currently, the...

Update: Rogers contacted us to say this forwarding has stopped. Let us know if you see these changes. We just got a tip about a weird change to the way Rogers handles 404 errors over the 3G network. If you're in Mobile Safari and visit a webpage that is down, you'll get the following message:...

Update 1: More info via this CTV news article. Looks like Telus cut her off, then she called to get it turned back on. Ouch. But Telus spokesman Shawn Hall says that the phone company noticed a spike in Fero's data use almost immediately after she left Canada. The company cut off her service, and...

The Internet got a little worked up today over news that AT&T was apparently "limiting" Personal Hotspot from iOS 4.3 to three WiFi connections. However, it is apparent that AT&T wasn't at fault, but the limiting to three WiFi connections is part of iOS 4.3, as clearly stated on Apple's website. Here is the description...

If things go as planned, iTunes music buyers may soon be able to re-download their music purchases to all of their iDevices. According to unnamed music industry sources speaking to Bloomberg, Apple is currently in discussions with the major music labels (Sony Music, Universal Music Group (UMG), Warner Music Group (WMG), and EMI) to allow...