iPhone

Xilisoft iPhone Transfer Management Software for the PC

Yesterday Rory posted an article about an application to allow file transfer between your iPhone and Mac/PC via USB called DiskAid. For those of you using Windows machines, there is another software called Xilisoft iPhone, which several of my associates use regularly and swear by it. The interesting thing about Xilisoft iPhone is that aside...

DiskAid: a USB Solution to OpenSSH

Hey there everyone, RoryPiper here again, for another Sunday post. Over the last few weeks I've posted a couple of articles on customizing your iPhone. The process involves SSH'ing into your iPhone to place certain files in certain folders. Well, if that process confused you, I have a simpler solution: DiskAid. DiskAid is a shareware...

Creating Your Own Lockscreen Theme

What is the first thing you see, when you pick up your iPhone and wake it up? It's the lock screen, right? Most people have their favourtie photo or a wallpaper they downloaded, on their lock screen, but what if you could really customize your lock screen, with whatever you want? Well, there is a...

“Purplera1n” is no “Redsn0w”

UPDATE (July 7th, 2009): A new version of the iPhone Dev Team's "redsn0w" has been released. It now now has support for the iPhone 3GS. Winterboard has also been upgraded to work on the 3GS. Go get redsn0w here. Happy Sunday everyone. RoryPiper here. We here at iPhone in Canada, are strong supporters of the...

Keeping your iPhone within acceptable operating temperatures

Apple issued a support article outlining methods to keep your iPhone 3G and/or iPhone 3GS operating within acceptable operating temperatures. This document seemed to surface soon after a number of reports about the iPhone 3GS overheating and displaying the dreaded "Temperature!" warning. For more info hit the link.

iPhone 3GS speed test. Toronto to Tampa

I would really love to get the data rate on my new iPhone 3GS to hit 7.2 mbit/s, like Rogers advertises. Unfortunately, the reality is that we’ll never be able to hit that speed as the network can’t handle it. On my iPhone 3G I remember getting download speeds of about 4800 kbits/s. With the...

Telus iPhone Coming in October?

Looks like some more Telus iPhone rumors are coming our way! Reported previously is that Telus will have their HSPA network up and running this October. When that happens, also expect Telus to drop the gauntlet on Rogers by selling the iPhone as well. A source of previous insider news, user RileyFreeman on Howard Forums...

Review: Vaja iVolution Case for the iPhone 3G/3GS

When I first purchased my iPhone 3G back in August 2008 I became obsessed with finding the best case possible. I'm a fan of the swivel clip, but I hate bulky cases, and cases that are made from cheap plastics, like a lot of the cases that are currently on the market. In October, I...

iPhone OS 3.0: Features By iPhone Model Comparison

Whether you're using the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, or the latest iPhone 3GS, the recent iPhone OS 3.0 firmware update brings a whole bevy of features to your iPhone. As for figuring out which features are available to what model, that can be challenging to figure out. We know that Apple has stated that certain...

Apple Sells 1 Million iPhone 3GS Units in 3 Days

When Apple's iPhone 3GS went on sale worldwide on June 19th, 2009, nobody could possibly predict how many iPhones would be sold. Well, Apple released a press release today to indicate they have sold 1 million iPhone 3GS units in 3 days! For comparisons sake, take a look at some of these staggering numbers: iPhone:...