Posts filed under “iphone”

How to get Skype on your iPhone in Canada

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So here’s the thing: Skype launched its free iPhone app today in every single iTunes store except Canada. So what if you live in Canada and want Skype? No problem. Here’s what to do: Sign up for a US iTunes account using these instructions (no credit card required) Log out of your Canadian iTunes account, [...]

This way to freedom

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I like the underlying tension of my new iPhone wallpaper. Steve Jobs’s smooth, shiny slider beckons me to head right, to unlock the phone and start fiddling around on the internet. But at the same time, crudely painted Bain Avenue graffiti suggests I should put the phone back in my pocket and continue to live [...]

Unlimited EDGE data on your iPhone in Canada

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Last August, Jenna and I drove to Somerset Mall in Troy, Michigan to pick up an iPhone. A few weeks later, it was unlocked. Since then, it’s been an amazing phone/iPod/camera/web device. I really love  carrying just one device. But there’s a problem: Mobile data rates in Canada are atrociously high. Unlimited plans (like the [...]