Category Archives: iPhone

Does Anyone Else Use the iPhone On Chrome Throne?

Not that *I* do, of course (cough, cough), but I’ve noticed that browsing on the iPhone to be a fairly awesome mobile experience, where, of course, I can literally surf anywhere, and surf real webpages, not the mobile optimized crap that often passes as a “web experience”.
Yesterday, for example, I found myself on my couch [...]

A Wish For An iPhone Comeuppance

If you’re Canadian (and by looking at my stats, few of you are, so if you aren’t, move on) you’ve probably heard the growing attention that the iPhone has been getting in advance of its July 11th release.
Most of it being negative, thanks to Rogers’ bald-faced, shamelessly blatant attempt at profiteering, that is, as one [...]

Apple To Enforce Reasonable Data Plans In Canada? SHOCKING!

In a somewhat shocking maneuver, it seems like Rogers, who is the mobile carrier in Canada slated to offer the iPhone when it arrives (my money’s on next year) will, in fact, not be able to ream Canadians as they’re often wont to do, with their astronomical data transfer rates.
I had commented on this discrepancy [...]

The Real Reason The iPhone Is The Invention Of The Year

There are loads of technical, debatable, reasons why the iPhone might or might not be the Invention of the Year, as Time has recently given the iPhone that designation.  But there’s one thing you can’t ignore, and that’s the fact that in the months prior, and the months since its release, there hasn’t been any [...]

Will Rogers Ripoff Canadians For the iPhone?

I’ve heard from more than one place — including at work, oddly enough — that the Jesus Phone iPhone is coming to Canada via Rogers (one of our few wireless carriers) before Christmas.
Mat Ingram points out that the price might be around $CAD 499 for an 8 gigabyte phone for a 3 year plan.
Personally, I [...]

The iPhone Is Going to The UK — Why Not Canada?

Sometimes I think some news are best explained in video. By a puppet.
<edit!>Well, I thought I would just embed it but it breaks my theme.Check out the video over here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RdHv9jw84k

Steve Jobs Plays Apple Faithful Like Chumps. Faithful Love It, Want More.

You may have heard that Steve Jobs and Apple have discounted the iPhone by $200 yesterday for a multitude of reasons. This move had Wall Street steamed, but it also had some of the faithful feeling … oh, I don’t know — like they were shanked with a sharpened Newton or something. Perhaps [...]