Apple finally announced the iPad.  This will be Apple’s attempt into the tablet market.  Since they announced it there has been a lot of praise about it, but there is also one major downside.  There is no flash on the Apple iPad.  This is a problem because it doesn’t allow people to check out flash websites or play flash games.

While Engadget was at the press conference they snapped a picture showing the blue missing plugin icon.

This isn’t a completely unexpected move by Apple considering the iPhone and iPod Touch don’t have flash either, but everyone really wants it.

I guess only time will tell if we will get it, but for now we want to know what our readers think

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The Apple tablet has finally been announced.  After a lot of speculation Apple’s big event today finally confirmed what Apple is calling the iPad.  It looks like an over-sized iPhone but with better specs.  It will be able to run apps from the apps store, work like the Amazon Kindle and have the ability to download books, and it will have Apple iWorks.

The specs are

• 0.5″ thick and 1.5lbs light
• 9.7″ IPS display, capacitive multitouch touchscreen
• Built-in accelerometer, mic, 30-pin connector, 802.11n Wi-Fi, compass, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 10 hours of battery life and one month standby time!
• 1GHz Apple A4 processor
• 16GB, 32GB and 64GB Flash storage

With up to 64GB of storage this tablet looks like it will definitely make some waves in the technology world.  Stay tuned

[image courtesy BoyGeniusReport.com]

Folks it’s been a long time coming but the iPhone 3G and 3Gs that was upgraded to 3.1 or above can now be unlocked.

Engadget announced that the unlock for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch was released today.   This is great news for anyone looking to finally buy the unlocked iPhone.  This means that people won’t be tied to their carriers.  It also means those people who have been waiting to upgrade to 3.1.2

If you are looking to get the Apple iPhone 3Gs it should be in stock on our site shortly.

Recently we came across an article on the Wall Street Journal about the joys and pains of switching your phone to a smartphone.  Specifically a Apple iPhone or Blackberry.

It was a very good article but there are a few issues that we’d like to bring up.  First off the person writing this post is a Blackberry user and more specifically uses the Blackberry Curve 8900.  This is going to be as unbiased as possible as the author thinks both manufacturers have great products.

Like the article mentions it comes down to preference.  If you like Blackberry phones then you will likely stick with them and the same goes for iPhone users.  There are iPhone users that get the new iPhone every year when Apple releases it.  The only really difference is that Apple only has three phones all that look similar (slight look variations every year) and Blackberry has five or more active phones.  The choice isn’t necessarily a good thing as some people don’t want to have to from so many.

A couple of things the article said were true although they aren’t a big problem.  The first one was “The iPhone automatically changes its time when you enter a new time zone. BlackBerrys remain set to their home time zone for time stamping all emails with that time—unless you change the time in settings.”  While this is true it takes a total of fifteen seconds to go and change it to Network time.  This means that every where you go your phone will update its time based on the network.  So if you are on the east coast you will be on east cost time if you are on teh west coast your phone will say the time in the west coast.

The other issue was “The BlackBerry’s AC adaptor takes up two power outlet spots, while the small, square iPhone plug occupies only one outlet, making it more versatile and able to charge in more locations.”  We aren’t sure why they would say that.  Yes the iPhone has small one inch charger but the prongs are not retractable.  This means if you travel with it there is a chance they can bend or break.  The Blackberry charger is larger and by larger we mean the same size as every other charger.  The advantage is that the prongs are retractable and make for nicer travelling.  It only takes up two electrical outlets if you place it in the top socket.  Although an annoyance it is something that is common with a lot of plugs.

Overall we would highly recommend reading the article if you are thinking of either getting a new smartphone (Blackberry or Apple in particular) or if you are thinking about switching from a Blackberry to an iPhone or vice-versa

So this is incase someone was still on the fence about getting a new Apple iPhone 3GS it turns out Rogers and Fido have decided to extended their 6GB for $30 plan.

That mean that until September 15, 2009 if you have a qualifying phone (Magic, Dream, iPhone 3G or iPhone 3Gs) call up Rogers/Fido now and get on the plan.

This  is great news and better with the fact that tethering is free until December 31, 2009.

What are you waiting for call them!

So it looks like someone, well actually a couple of someones are set to show a security exploit they have found in all versions of the Apple iPhone.  With this new exploit, according to Wired.com, “a hacker could control all the functions on the iPhone, such as e-mailing, dialing contacts — and, most alarmingly, sending more text messages to hijack even more iPhones.”  Basically they are almost in complete control of you phone and allowing them to send to your friends to control them.

There is “one giveaway is if you receive a text message containing a single square character. If that happens, [it's suggested] you immediately turn off your iPhone”.  Turning off the iPhone is currently the only method to stop the hack.  Obviously this isn’t the best option since you can’t do anything else at all.  The people who found the hack even say that someone malicious enough could take over all the iPhones in the worldvery quickly.

The two people have contact Apple about the exploit about a month ago but so far Apple has not issued any patches to fix the problem.

It should be noted that the two guys brought it to Forbes but they didn’t actually show them the exploit.  So until someone can see a real Apple iPhone or 3GS hacked we have to take this as a mild threat.

So it’s been about a month since the new Apple iPhone 3GS was released and a lot has happened.  In the past month we’ve gone from having a locked iPhone 3GS to one where we now have them software unlocked.  The last version of the iPhone took months for them to release an unlock, but this one took a matter of weeks.

The good hasn’t been without the bad.  Some people are claiming that the new Apple iPhone 3GS has heat issues.  Some are saying that it heats up too much and the white model can be discoloured.  So far the reports are few and far between and we, at PureMobile, have people in-house who use the phone with no problems.  So I guess to each his own.

Something interesting we have seen is in sales.  So over the last month PureMobile’s sales for the iPhone 3GS in Canada has been interesting.  As of today the top five cities that have bought the Apple iPhone 3GS Unlocked are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa.  The first four aren’t really a surprise but Ottawa surprised us a little we really thought a city like Edmonton would rank higher but it was our nation’s capitol

Alright so as the title mentions this is simply a rumor but according to sources at BoyGeniusReport.com Telus will be getting the iPhone in October.  This wil be just in time for the launching of their new HSDPA network that they wanted to have in place before the olympics.

If this rumors proves to be true it will a huge boost to the launch for Telus and definitely be competition for Rogers and Fido.  This will make 3 out of the 4 providers in Canada carrying the Apple iPhone 3Gs.

For now we will just have to wait patiently wait and see what happens with this.

We’ve been reading about a lot of complaints from people who aren’t happy about having to pay full price to upgrade to the new Apple iPhone 3Gs, but what people aren’t realizing is the benefit to the phone staying similar in size.  This means all the iPhone 3G accessories that worked on the original iPhone 3G will work on the iPhone 3Gs

This means that the iPhone 3G Griffin accessories will work on the new iPhone 3Gs.  That means products like the AirCurve, PowerBlock, AutoTrip and PowerJolt will all work.

Even the complete line of iPhone 3G iSkin Accessories will work with the new Apple iPhone 3Gs.  All your favourite skins from the Revo2 and Duet to the Solo and Solo FX will all still work.

Even the Power Support PIA06C screen protector will continue to work.

So with everyone complaining that pricing sucks people should look on the bright side and realize they won’t have to pay more for new accessories like they did when they Apple iPhone 3G came out.  Remeber when all the original Apple iPhone accessories became obsolete as soon as the iPhone 3G came out.

Well it seems to follow up on our earlier posts we have received more information regarding the iPhone 3Gs coming to Canada.  According to a report over at BoyGeniusReport.com it seems that us in Canada will be able to get the new Apple iPhone 3Gs at the same pricing as in the US.   This means that as of June 19th the iPhone 3Gs will be available in Canada at both Rogers and Fido for the same pricing as the US.  The 16GB will be $199 (new activation) the 32GB will be $299 (new activation) and the 8GB iPhone 3G will be $99 (new activation).

Rogers will also be reactivating their 6GB for $30 plan for a limited time with the iPhone as of June 9th.  This is currently available but only for their new HTC Android phones.  You will be able to tether your iPhone to your laptop but your plan has to be a 1GB minimum plan.  The best news of all is if you want the new iPhone 3Gs but you aren’t eligible for an upgrade or don’t want a contract you will be able to buy the iPhone without a contract.

This seems to be validated by a Rogers spokeperson through twitter as was reported by the Globe and Mail.  I guess all anyone can do is wait until June 19th when the iPhone is released.