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Yesterday saw Apple CEO Steve Jobs defend and reiterate (and also announce the iPhone 4 launch date in Canada will be on July 30th!) that the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" has been blown out of proportion. During this press conference, the presentation included a demo that showed other smartphones exhibited the same erratic signal distortion behaviour if...

We previously covered that the 'Big 3' in Canada confirmed they would be carrying the iPhone 4 in July. However, none of them have confirmed on their websites about today's July 30th Canadian launch date--until now. Bell has updated their iPhone 4 page to include the words "Coming July 30th" in their iPhone 4 graphic....

Looks like Apple is pulling out the guns today with their press conference. Free Bumpers for all. Confirmed July 30th release date for Canada (and the second round of countries). They also launched a "Smartphone Antenna Page" to educate people that all smartphones suffer signal issues, not just the iPhone 4. The timespan for Apple...

At today's Apple Press Conference, Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone 4 is not perfect and that their "fix" will be to offer free Bumper (or third party cases due to Bumper shortages) to customers. Meanwhile, in the following Q&A session after the press conference, Steve Jobs admitted they didn't educate customers enough and they...

This morning Steve Jobs took the stage at their Cupertino headquarters to address the world about the issues surrounding the iPhone 4. Near the end of the presentation, Steve Jobs confirmed that the second wave of iPhone 4 launches will take place on July 30th--which includes Canada! iPhone 4 Coming to Canada on July 30th--Confirmed...

Later last night, reports indicated that Apple may be working on a "brute force" hardware fix for the iPhone 4 antenna problem. AppleInsider claims that people familiar with the matter have indicated that Apple has decided on an actual hardware fix for the iPhone 4. Sources have reportedly revealed that the "mechanical fix" is the...

For those that want to ensure a trouble-free jailbreak in the future, it is always a good idea to have your device SHSH blobs saved for the current firmware. If you are running iOS 4.0, then now is a good time to save your SHSH blobs before the iOS 4.1 update. To do so, you...

Are you ever in a situation where you're using Firefox at work or at home, but then have to head out the door? Ever want to continue where you left off? Well now you can as Firefox Home for iPhone has hit the App Store. This app will sync your open tabs, bookmarks, history, and...

Just another heads up that The iPhone Podcast Episode 9 is now live in iTunes. This new podcast is currently under "New and Noteworthy" in the Gadgets section in iTunes Canada, and currently the #1 Podcast in the Technology category. Thanks everybody for listening and giving us feedback! Click here to listen to Episode 9!...

Earlier today, Apple announced a surprise press meeting for this Friday at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. The meeting will be focusing on the iPhone 4 and the first thing everyone thought was that Apple was going to issue a product recall. While Apple will definitely speak about the iPhone 4 signal issues and recently...

As predictions would have it, this morning Apple released iOS 4.0.1 (8A306) for iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPhone 4. This is a minor update to firmware 4.0. Yesterday, Apple released a beta of iOS 4.1 to developers that included many more enhancements but firmware 4.0.1 today addresses only the formula used to determine how many...

Yesterday Apple pushed out the first beta of iOS 4.1, which brought various software enhancements. Later on in the day, Apple announced a surprise press conference regarding the iPhone 4 for this Friday. Today, iPhoneHellas.gr claims that iOS 4.0.1 will be released some time today. The report cites a "reliable" source for the supposed leak....