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Was Bell The First Canadian Wireless Carrier To Test LTE?
This week, Rogers let us know about their ambitions to begin the first LTE technical trial in Canada. LTE, or Long Term Evolution, is essentially the term for "4G" network that people loosely throw around. LTE is essentially supposed to deliver a theoretical high speed network of up to 150Mbps. The first trial by Rogers...
iOS 4.1 Jailbreak To Be Released on 10/10/10
Looks like those waiting for an iOS 4.1 jailbreak have something to look forward to. @p0sixninja from the Chronic Dev Team has announced that on 10/10/10 at 10:10:10AM, the latest universal jailbreak for iOS 4.1, greenpoison will be released. This latest jailbreak takes advantage of the SHAtter exploit first discovered by @pod2g. If you're looking...
FindHouseCA Canadian Property Search For iPhone
FindHouseCA is Canadian property search made easy. For the low price of free, the app is a great tool for finding and receiving an overview of Canadian homes that are for sale. The app creator is also a local Canadian, so bonus points for that! FindHouseCA by Fan Tian CyQ Tech Inc RealPub.net One of...
iPhone 4 Bumpers Back On Sale On The Apple Online Store
As the iPhone 4 case program, where iPhone 4 owners received a free case with their iPhone 4 purchase, came to an end at the end of September, the Apple-designed iPhone 4 Bumper is now back for sale on the Apple Online Store. Since the end of the case program, the Apple Bumper has been...
How to Maximize Your iOS Battery
Any user that upgraded from an older iPhone to the iPhone 4 will most certainly notice the improved battery life that the new device offers. You really notice in the end of the day when you look at the battery meter and is surprised that it still breezing with say 20-30% of battery. Not to...
Rogers Announces First LTE Technical Trial in Canada
The Rogers network contacted us yesterday about their ambitions to begin the first LTE technical trial in Canada, which will take place in Ottawa. Why Ottawa? That's because Rogers is teaming up with Ericsson Canada at their R&D facilities. We've had some discussion about LTE before. Here's some info from the Rogers Redboard: What is...
How to convert video for the iPhone 4’s high-res display
Great guide from Ars Technica. The iPhone 4 has the best display on the market, but most video apps don't have presets to optimize video for the retina display. This guide will show you how to get the best quality video on your iPhone 4, and the best part is -- you can do it...
WSJ: CDMA iPhone Coming to Verizon; Redesign for Next iPhone
There have been countless rumours and reports of a CDMA iPhone coming to Verizon. It looks like that story has just gained some real weight as Yukari Iwatani Kane from the Wall Street Journal reports. She always seems to be the one to have the inside scoop on Apple news. Here are two key points:...
Winners and Losers of the Smartphone Industry
Recently we debated about whether or not Apple would win the current smartphone "war". With real competition finally on the rise, how will Apple respond? What's more interesting is analyzing which companies haven't responded and putting all this data into easy to read flow charts. This is what Horace Dediu has done on his blog,...
App Review: Air Mouse Mobile
Right from the start I was convinced that Air Mobile Mouse would not work, but after using it for a few hours, I can safely say I was wrong. Air Mouse works much like you would expect; boot it up and it takes over your Mac or PC and becomes your mouse. I own an...
Enter to Win our ZAGG iPad Giveaway!
This is the contest giveaway you've been waiting for, folks! We've teamed up with with our friends from ZAGG to give away one free iPad to a lucky iPhoneinCanada.ca reader. As you know, ZAGG is the maker of the popular invisibleSHIELD for the iPhone 4. It's what I've been using since my first generation iPhone...
Google Mobile iPhone App Updated with Google Goggles
Some big news today from Google regarding their Google Goggles feature. In their latest blog update, they have announced that the Google Mobile iPhone App has been updated with Google Goggles (it already has voice search)! This amazing feature first launched for Android, but now it's available for iPhone users. Essentially, you search for things...