Phone-stuff

    Things I am discovering about mobile phones

    Browsing Posts published on December 22, 2011

    Apple Boxing Days Deals from Future Shop and Best Buy to Start Dec. 24th . Future Shop and Best Buy are launching their online Boxing Day sale early this year–on Christmas Eve at 5PM PST/8PM EST. As for Boxing Day itself, physical store hours vary by location. Part of their sale includes a plethora of [...]

    Apple Advertises iTunes Boxing Week Sale in Canada . Apple typically hosts one sale a year, on Black Friday, forgoing any sort of Boxing Day discounts. However, this year, Canadians are getting an exclusive iTunes Boxing Week sale. Boxing Day is recognized in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and a few other Commonwealth nations, but so far, the iTunes sale is [...]

    Why The Label Under iOS Apps Sometimes Say “Cleaning…” . With iOS 5, iPhone and iPad users began reporting a new curious behaviour: the label under some apps would occasionally change to read “Cleaning…” Facebook does it; Instapaper does it; Twitter too. It’s a feature of iOS 5 that, to my knowledge, has not been explained. Rene Ritchie has the details: Since [...]

    Bell and Telus Drop the 8GB iPhone 4 to $49 on a 3 Year Contract . Bell and Telus have lowered their price of the 8GB iPhone 4 on a 3 year contract to $49, a reduction from $99, as noted on their websites. The 8GB iPhone 4 is a model with a lower capacity, [...]

    Pod2g Gives Chronic Dev Team A4 Jailbreak to Release ASAP . Another day, and another update from pod2g in regards to the iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak. He has decided to hand over the A4 jailbreak to the Chronic Dev Team to test and release, so he can focus his efforts on the A5 jailbreak (iPhone [...]