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Today Apple and Verizon announced the Verizon-compatible iPhone. This new iPhone 4 is almost identical to the existing GSM-based iPhone 4, but has come with a few major differences. New Antenna The first major change is the Antenna. The Verizon iPhone 4, unlike existing iPhone 4 devices, features four antenna breaks in the casing instead...

At this point, many say that it has been all but confirmed that Verizon, an American wireless company, will launch the iPhone 4. Today Verizon is holding a media event at which almost everyone who has any knowledge of iPhones and Verizon expects the CDMA iPhone 4 announcement. While this is going to be great...

Today Google announced an update to their Goggles application for Android and also for the Goggles feature in the Google Mobile app for iOS. The Android version got a bit more love with advanced bar code scanning but both iOS and Android received printed ad recognition and Sudoku puzzle solving. What this update means is...

Citing recent competitive activity, Rogers has relaunched their $35 Canadawide My10 plan. The plan, originally expiring on December 31, 2010, has been extended "until further notice". $35 My10 Canada-wide Plan This reintroduced plan from Rogers is available on a 3-year contract for an iPhone. With the voice plan and a minimum $25 data plan on a 3-year...

The iPhone Dev Team have released another beta of Redsnow 0.9.7. This brings the untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 to beta 6. This time they have resolved the Skype and Bluetooth issues. That have been present up to beta 4. (They fixed the Bluetooth issue in beta 5). Also, there is no need for a...

This week, a few of my colleagues were showing me a new game they found in the iPhone App Store called "Cubicle Golf". It did not seem like much at first, but after downloading it and giving it a shot, it was actually pretty solid. Cubicle Golf by Plow Digital, LLC Cubicle Golf is mini-golf in...

Apple recently launched a new page for users to track the warranty and registration of their Apple devices. The 'My Support Profile' page lists all your registered devices, your address details, and includes support for a service called Apple VoicePass. Users sign in with their Apple IDs to keep their info up to date and...

Another day, and yet another messaging app for iPhone users. Some popular cross platform 'SMS replacement' apps are Ping!, WhatsApp and Kik. Most people coming from Blackberrys to iPhones can't stop ranting about how they miss BBM. One notable feature is group chat, which hasn't been implemented well on iOS until possibly now. Enter stage...

Update 1: VLC is now available via Cydia. According to the latest tweet sent out developer Ryan Petrich. Just add his beta repo, http://rpetri.ch/repo to your Sources within Cydia to download VLC. Thanks Ryan! VLC was released for the iPhone in late October of 2010. Soon after, there was confirmation VLC was going to be...

As we enter 2011, it seems that Rogers/Fido see fit to extend some of their promotions. Due to "competitive activity", many of the originally expiring promotions on January 6, 2011 have been extended. Rogers Originally expiring on January 6 2011, the following Rogers promotions that apply to iPhone have been extended and expired: 6PM Early Evening Calling -...

It's safe to say that 2010 has been the year of the Angry Birds. Rovio has released Angry Birds Free, which is different from Angry Birds Lite. This free version of Angry Birds includes 12 levels not available in the full version. So if you're an addict, and want more Angry Birds this is the...

We're lucky to have the iPhone offered from three carriers in Canada. Down the US, AT&T has had an exclusive on iPhone sales but that is coming to an end. The Verizon CDMA iPhone rumour is a reality. According to the WSJ, Verizon will offer a CDMA version of the iPhone with an announcement coming...