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Torque Game Engine Comes to the iPhone

Date July 28, 2008

The Torque engine is a fairly powerful 3D engine that makes developing great games on the Mac easier. Now they’ve released a version of the Torque engine for the iPhone, allowing for multi-touch input and screen gesture recognition.
Have a look at the product page here.
The Torque Engine for iPhone will make it that much easier [...]

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Installer.app 4.0 Coming Along Nicely!

Date July 26, 2008

Wohoo! Apple’s App Store not providing enough free applications for your newly owned iPhone 3G? No problem! It is being said by those working closely with the project, that Installer.app 4.0 is coming along nicely, and nearing completion.
Currently they say that they are currently working on connecting a revamped graphical interface to the functional component [...]

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GSM Competition for Rogers To Come From … Bell?

Date July 22, 2008

Now there was a twist I was absolutely not expecting. It’s almost Hitchcockian.
The biggest gripe for Canadians when it comes to mobile technology? Rogers has the lock on the GSM market. (Fido is owned by Rogers, remember.) They have no useful competition to force them to offer more reasonable rates, and [...]

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WWDC08 Keynote Wrap-up

Date June 9, 2008

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or have just emerged from a six month cryostasis session, then you know what today is, and you know what this is about, so I’m not going to bore you with a rambling monologue and just get straight to the point. Which is convenient, because that’s where [...]

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Apple Stores Go Down All Over the World

Date June 9, 2008

According to Engadget, Apple Retail Stores all across the world are being closed down this morning.
I wonder what it could be? Is Apple readying to make a big announcement? 3G iPhone maybe? New MacBook?…
Also, there are iPhone tabs showing up onĀ Australian, Taiwan, Singapore, and otherĀ Apple websites as well.
We’ll just have to wait it out and [...]

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iPhone Patent: IM, Blogging App, Video Conferencing, Flash Support, and More

Date June 7, 2008

The US Patent and Trademark Office has recently released an extensive patent application describing in full some new features we are to expect in future iPhones, possibly the second-generation iPhone which is well known as the 3G iPhone.
The patent describes new features to next generation iPhones, as well as the firmware 2.0, which is the [...]

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3G iPhone Firmware Leaked for Your Viewing Pleasure

Date June 7, 2008

It is being said by a reliable source that a version of the 3G iPhone’s firmware has been released, and has since then been dissected.
Looking through the firmware’s innards, it is fair to make a few consumptions as to what to expect with the upcoming 3G iPhone, which are:
Quad-band GSM support (as we currently have), [...]

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AT&T is Dry. No More iPhones in Stock. Ready for 3G iPhone.

Date June 7, 2008

Apple Stores world-wide have been slowly running out of current generation iPhones. Apple’s Online Store has also run out of iPhone stock a few weeks ago. Now it is AT&T’s turn to share the news of stock depletion. As of June 5th, AT&T’s website states that they are officially “Out of stock” for both the [...]

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(Updated) Canadians: Your Digital Rights Are About To Be Revoked. Read and Sign!

Date June 4, 2008

The Harper government has sunk to a new low. Now, since he has taken office, Harper and his goons have been fairly vanilla as world leaders go. But proposed new amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act, secretly crafted in back-room dealings and carefully shielded from the prying eyes of the Canadian people, and [...]

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Those with Illegal Media on iPods Travelling Across Canada/USA Border May Have Their Devices Confiscated and/or Destroyed

Date May 29, 2008

You might want to hide your iPods and laptops the next time you travel across the Canadian/USA border, as a new deal could create a international regulator that could turn border guards and other public security personnel into copyright police as well.
Direct quote off of canada.com:
OTTAWA - The federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement [...]

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Gizmodo Reports iPhone Coming June 9th; Pretty Confident

Date May 20, 2008

Gizmodo is reporting that they’ve got reports from sources very, very close to the 3G iPhone that it is to be launched June 9th, 2008.
Gizmodo writes:
We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the [...]

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Futureshop: iPhone Coming to Canada in September

Date May 17, 2008

It was 5:20pm, and I had but 40 minutes to get to Futureshop. I had to walk it, having no car insurance at this very time. I grabbed my iPod Touch, slapped on some tunes, lit a smoke, and the journey began. I got to Futureshop at 5:50pm. The store was to close in not [...]

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iPhone “Black” Model Now Available from AT&T Online

Date May 12, 2008

AT&T Wireless is listening a second model of the iPhone in its device database. This device is being called the “iPhone Black”. Could this be the name of the second generation iPhone? Did AT&T make another bo-bo?.. It wouldn’t be hard to believe. AT&T staff seems to be making quite a few mistakes recently.
Remember a [...]

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Rumor: Is This the 3G iPhone?

Date May 2, 2008

The French iPhone website; iPhone.fr, has some supposed next-generation iPhone images. (see above)
They follow what we know so far about the shape, size and color of the upcoming 3G iPhone.
Do keep in mind however, according to Engadget commenter’s, these images look very similar to LG’s Vu, which is fairly true - but I don’t see [...]

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It’s Official: Rogers Bringing iPhone to Canada

Date April 29, 2008

Good lord ‘n butter, but it’s been frustrating watching Apple try and bring Rogers Communications into the fold only to have ol’ Teddy Boy try and bargain his way to greater wealth at the expense of Canadian pocketbooks. And this is entirely aside from the trademark issues with small-time VoIP peddlers Comwave.
Nevertheless, the Toronto [...]

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