Rumour time! You know the drill. Keep your heads up and noses sniffing for the scent of BS. This time we have a completely unsubstantiated “leak” of an internal Rogers memo that allegedly breaks down the iPhone data plans and pricing information.
HowardForums member i.Fido, who is fairly well respected around there, claims [...]

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If you don’t know who Hudson Soft is, and especially if you don’t recognize that iconic bumble bee on sight, you’re either new or you’re not a gamer. Most of you will probably remember them as the creators of venerable yet ageless Bomberman series of games, which they created initially for the Nintendo Famicom [...]

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When we last checked in on the Adobe-Apple saga, things were pretty much up in the air, with the last exchange between the two going something like this:
Adobe: “Hey, look. Flash.”
Apple: “Thanks, but no.”
Adobe: “Please?”
Apple: “No.”
Adobe: “Pleeeeease?”
Apple: “N-O. No.”
Adobe: “Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleeeeeease?”
Apple: “I’m calling security.”
Adobe: “Fine, but you [...]

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Mobile developers Darxun have made an appearance on the iPhone to port their 3D shooter Cybersaurus to the iPhone. First released on the Palm platform two years ago, and later ported to Symbian devices, Cybersaurus pits cybernetic dinosaurs called Robosaurs, who have come back to reclaim the galaxy that was once theirs against you, [...]

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What, did you think just because it was officially announced at WWDC that the dealmaking would stop? No sir! Apple is still wheeling and dealing in a bid for world domination.
Since June 9th, Apple has managed to add 7 more to its roster of nations who will be receiving the Jesus Phone. [...]

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There are a lot of protective cases for the iPhone on the market. There are practical ones, cleverly designed ones, cool-looking ones, and then there’s Homade.
The Homade ChocoCase (not to be confused with home-made) is a silicone case designed to look like a chocolate bar — inside and out. Presented in a cardboard [...]

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Us Canucks pretty much knew that Rogers will be tailoring a special data plan for the iPhone when it gets released on July 11th, but about all we’ve been able to get out of their mouth on the subject was an effective “no comment.”
Today, Rogers parted the veil — just enough to let a crack [...]

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Ooh, starting the spec pieces early, am I? But is it really that early? Although it’s far from even being announced, much less on the radar, September isn’t that far away, and as many of you already know, that’s the time frame we can expect the next Apple Event to take place — [...]

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You may recall at the beginning of the month that O2 discovered that some of the employees at their London-based retail oulets were abusing their 20% employee discounts on the iPhone and flipping them on eBay for a tidy profit. Having completed their investigation, O2 have decided to chuck the six emploeees they had [...]

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No, we haven’t abandoned you or the blog. Jody has been away for the weekend and I was taking a minor sabbatical after a few weeks of a fairly stressful day job. I was feeling the burn-out coming on so I needed to take a couple of days to chill and mentally regroup. [...]

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Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice introduced Bill C-61, a revision of his proposed amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act to parliament today. Being that parliament is a mere three days away from its summer break, this is the very definition of a dump & dash — but that’s another issue. His revisions have [...]

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CNN Money had an interesting article on whether the iPhone can avoid the “Razr trap” — company slashes prices on revolutionary device to appeal to larger market. It’s an interesting question, but the analogy isn’t completely apt in this case. What did Motorola in wasn’t simply the price cuts, nor only Motorola’s failure to [...]

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Omni Group have announced that they are planning to bring their most excellent task manager to the iPhone and iPod Touch through the App Store.
OmniFocus is a task manager that lets you create, schedule, and manage lists tasks that need to be done, and do it in a way that is intuitive and easy to [...]

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While the WWDC is still in full swing, the New York Times caught up with The Steve for an interview, wherein he finally revealed the plans for his acquisition of P.A. Semi that we have suspected all along: The semiconductor company will be doing the system-on-a-chip thing for the iPhone.
This will have a number of [...]

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