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Justin Luey and I discuss Steve Jobs’ iPad 2 keynote on Episode 29 of The iPhone Podcast. Listen in if you want to hear a breakdown of the keynote and our thoughts on iPad 2! Please rate us in iTunes! Subscribe with iTunes | Subscribe with other RSS Readers You can follow and comment on...

Update 1: YouTube embed now available. We were one of the first to post about this on the web, and no YouTube rip was available. Enjoy.   Conan O'Brien is awesome. TeamCoco made a hilarious video mocking the iPad 2 launch. Now, they have managed to play a round of life-sized Angry Birds right on...

Some notable updates in the App Store today to twitter, Skyfire, and Simplenote. Twitter for iPhone got a new addition called the Quick Bar that shows trends and adds autocomplete for usernames and hashtags. What's New In Version 3.3 - Quick Bar, shows trends and other important things without leaving your timeline! Swipe the Quick...

Did you update to the latest iPhone version of twitter? Then you probably noticed the new Quick Bar. Personally, I don't like it. The bar gets in the way of scrolling for tweets and reduces the size of my timeline. iOS developer @chpwn appears to have felt the same way. He just created a tweak...

Canadians are now complete. All of our iPhone carriers have confirmed they will support the Personal Hotspot feature coming next week in iOS 4.3. First it was Rogers/Fido, then Telus, and now Bell/Virgin. It's true--our telecom giants do like to make moves in unison. Our friends at MobileSyrup received confirmation from Bell: “Yes, we will.....

Yesterday, Apple announced that iOS 4.3 would be released next week on March 11th along with iPad 2. Today, 4.3 GM has been seeded to developers. This release is build number is 8F190. iTunes Home Sharing and Personal Hotspot are some of the most anticipated features. From a developer email: Get your apps ready today...

Update 1 (March 8th): Here's another picture of the upcoming Apple Store in Mapleview, thanks to @jonmanna: Looks like Apple is setting up shop in RIM's backyard in Waterloo, Ontario. An Apple Store is under construction at Conestoga Mall. There's been no official confirmation but Apple job postings have revealed the location. What makes this...

Yesterday Rogers confirmed that they would support the Personal Hotspot feature coming in iOS 4.3. Today, Telus has done the same via twitter via a conversation with user @nickfruhling: @TELUSsupport Good morning, wondering if Telus will support iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature when it comes to iPhones next Friday. Thanks! @TELUSsupport replied: @nickfruhling Hi, Anthony...

BGR reports that RIM's popular Blackberry Messenger is coming to iOS and Android. BBM is the popular chat application that allows for exclusive communication between Blackberry users. However, with cross-platform chat apps such as WhatsApp, is BBM on iOS even relevant anymore? BGR: ...we’ve been told RIM will offer stripped down versions of the BBM...

During yesterday's iPad 2 Event, Steve Jobs presented some very interesting updates. Here are the numbers that will impress iPhones users: 100 millionth iPhone just shipped 100 million books downloaded from iBooks Store (Random House just joined to bring in their 17,000 strong library) 200 million iTunes accounts with credit cards Over 350,000 apps in...

Infinity Blade, one of the most epic games (no pun intended) on the iPhone (read our review here) has been updated with a new content pack, and a 50% off sale. Yes, for $2.99 you can now own the iOS game with the best graphics ever, and one of the fastest grossing apps of all...

When Apple released the early betas of iOS 4.3, the Personal Hotspot feature caught the eye of many iPhone owners. We all wondered whether the feature would be available in Canada, and even more importantly, would it be free? For those that don't remember, Personal Hotspot is a new feature in iOS 4.3 that enables...