Engadget Mobile is reporting today that Virgin Mobile Canada is offering an unlimited data plan for $10 (aka the Tidal Wave Data Pak). Unfortunately, it appears to only work with a specific phone model and Virgin doesn’t use/support GSM (SIM cards) either so no iPhone use or laptop tethering….yet!
At least it’s a huge step in the right direction and hopefully the gloves are off in the Canadian Mobile Data price war (hey, one can hope!).
I figured it would be a good time to post an update on the current iPhone firmware and application status. First of all, if you don’t already have an iPhone, or if you have the 1.1.1 version firmware (the latest as of this post), then you probably won’t be able to unlock it to use…
Likely my last case for the iPhone 4 because it’s awesome and because the iPhone 5 is due out later this year…but I’ve said that before. It’s from the folks that make my favourite iPhone camera app, Hipstamatic and made by Agent 18. It’s really overpriced ($40) for what it is and doesn’t offer much…
Today Apple released the latest firmware for the iPhone taking it up to 1.1.4. Unfortunately, as usual, their details on what was updated is beyond sparse with ‘bug fixes’ being the only description at this time. Hopefully this also means the SDK is imminent. It didn’t take long before people upgraded and tried the ZiPhone…
It’s not for the faint of heart, but there is now a method to take a new, 1.1.3 out of the box iPhone (including the new 16gb models) and unlock it via software. Technically you have to jailbreak, downgrade, unlock, upgrade, and jailbreak but it appears to now be possible. The credit goes to George…
Rogers updated their iPhone 3G voice and data plan page. Data Usage – Your iPhone will be enabled for data usage. If you subscribe to a plan with no data included, data charges at a pay-per-use rate of 5ยข/KB for data sent and/or received over the Rogers network will apply, unless you subscribe to a…
