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As Rogers and Telus launch their student plans, this week Bell has finalized their iPhone compatible student offers. Bell Student Plans This summer, students have, among the other Bell plans, two specific iPhone student plans available to them. Both plans are available only on a 3-year agreement. Details are as follows: $40.00 Student Plan Minutes:...

With the launch of the iPhone 4, Griffin has introduced a new line of iPhone 4 cases. The Outfit Ice line of cases provide stylish and hard-shell protection for the iPhone 4. Outfit Ice by Griffin The Outfit Ice provides users with a hard exterior shell and a soft-touch casing. The case easily snaps onto...

Today, Apple seeded the first build of OS X 10.6.5, build 10H525. The current build comes just under three weeks since Apple began the 10.6.5 seed. According to reports, the current build focuses on iCal, Mail, Printing, 3D Graphics, QuickTime, and X11. The build further includes two Known Issues: - UI elements in Web Views...

When I lined up for my iPhone 4 on launch day (along with a few hundred other rabid fans), I also took the time to order my free Bumper case the next day. The process was a breeze through the iPhone 4 Case app. iPhone 4 Bumper Cases Have Started to Ship to Canada--Has Yours?...

iPhone owners who recently unlocked their iPhone with the latest version of Ultrasn0w may have been experiencing a sudden decrease in battery life. The battery levels have been so severe in some cases that some users have reported battery levels dropping an average of 5% every hour. By jailbreaking your iPhone, Ultrasn0w 1.0-1 is the...

A new website with a positive initiative is looking to deliver paid Eco-based apps for free for 24-hours. The idea to provide Eco-based apps for free, that normally have a cost, for a limited spawned from users wanting a more efficient method of searching through thousands of applications to simply find an Eco-app. Furthermore, by...

Yesterday Apple released iOS 4.0.2 to address the large PDF security exploit that allowed users to jailbreak their iPhones via JailbreakMe.com. If you installed 4.0.2, the exploit was fixed. However, Apple left out iPhone 2g and iPod Touch (first gen) users. What about them? What about people who didn't install this to preserve their jailbreak?...

One of the best turn by turn GPS apps for the iPhone is celebrating their birthday and over 1 million users with a 50% off sale. NAVIGON's MobileNavigator North America is regularly priced at $79.99, but right now it's 50% off at $39.99 for a short time. I've seen this app in action on a...

Over the last year or so, the Canadian wireless carriers have been making the move to online or email billing in an attempt to reduce paper waste. Fido was one of the first carriers to offer online billing and customers that wanted a paper bill could receive the option for a $2.00/month cost. This was...

This week, Apple announced that iOS developers can begin to create metadata for Game Center leaderboards and achievements. Game Center is Apple's new social gaming initiative which will collectively track the progress of iOS game achievements. Similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live service, Game Center achievements are rewards for players who accomplish a task such as...

This month, Rogers has launched a new 50% off promotion for 6PM early evenings and also made 6PM early evenings a new plan feature choice. However, I am not really sure how I feel about this new 6PM feature update from Rogers. Obviously I prefer that Rogers just make 6PM early evening calling free (instead...

Today Apple released iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPhone 4 (iPod touch 2G/3G too). This is a minor update to firmware 4.0 that addresses a recent security vulnerability in the way Safari handles PDF files. iOS 4.0.2 also patches the JailbreakMe.com browser hack. Below are the updates in firmware 4.0.2: Fixes security vulnerability...