The new iPhone4 Canadian scoop!

iPhone4 Canadian Scoop

If you have not had a chance to check out the latest news on the iPhone4 in the U.S., you have come to the right place! Why talk about the iPhone4? Well because it is going to be released into Canada late July ( around July 23rd the rumors are saying ), and you need to know the facts before you go ahead and buy the new iPhone, or "upgrade" as some of you may be due.

Since the release of the iPhone4, Apple sold 1.7 million iPhone's in 3 days! Obviously that shows there are a lot of Apple fans out there, but something happened very quickly to those 1.7 million people. All over the map, people have been reporting that the cell phone reception on the new iPhone has been terrible. Why? Because people are holding the phone! What? Say that again... People are loosing the reception on their iPhones because they are holding it. Why? Because the antenna is wrapped around the phone, and when people hold it, it looses reception. Not only that, but people have been receiving their iPhones with volume buttons being mixed up on the side, yellow tints on the screen, and the iPhone shatters when it drops ( it is made mostly of the "durable glass" they are claimed to have ).

Now I am an Apple fan, that is without question. I have also owned quite a few iPhones since they even came out with the first gen ( all jailbroken/unlocked of course ). But the latest headlines of the new iPhone4 have not been making me want to even try and get one from the U.S. before it is released ( jailbroken or not ). To say the least, Apple should have seen this coming.....but here is where the story get's a lot more interesting.

Since the release of the iPad and the new iPhone, a company that has "a lot" of workers that make the said product, have been experiencing some intense times. Foxconn. This company does not just make Apple product's in Shenzen-China, but they make Dell, HP, Playstation 2/3, Microsoft, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 products...and the list goes on. Why tell you all of this? Well, there have been a lot people being over worked and underpaid in this company, and it is sad to say that people having been committing suicide throughout the company because of it. Not only that, but if someone "dies" as an employee, their family gets a good pay out because of their insurance. Foxconn was paying 110,000 Yuan ($16,100 U.S.) to the family of each person who dies. But as the suicides were increasing, Foxconn decided to stop paying families to try and stop the suicides, as well as putting up "safety nets" across the building so people wont jump. Some staff have passed away due to exhaustion from being forced to work 34 hour shifts.

Why tell you all of this? Well, as the new Apple products are coming out in Canada ( iPhone4 in late July ), and have a lot of flaws to them due to the harsh slave labor and software glitches, I hope you take time to research the product you are buying and not rush into getting the new iPhone4. There are reason's why the new product is not working out so great for everyone who buys them. If you can see the complication of making an order for 1.7million people within a short time span and placing that heavy work load on slave labor, then you can see why what you are about to buy, will have some flaws to it.

We are privileged to live in Canada.
Let us not forget it on Canada Day coming up.

ruhndmc

A useful tip for you or your clients.

Let's just say you have an iPhone or iPad.....

I came across an amazing, very detailed app for the iPhone, and soon to be iPad.
This app is called, "Mark On Call" and it was made for home designers, or people who want to become home designers. This app gives you literally everything you need to make that specific design you have been thinking of, or help some one else with their own home, on your phone!

I give this app a lot of credit because I know what it takes to make an app. I am an app designer myself and to over view what this app actually does......means thousands of lines of code. If that does not make much sense to you, the best way to describe it is letting you know that it took a lot of time to make this app work perfectly.

To see the app in action check out the video HERE.

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Ever been to a really boring meeting?

The answer to those really boring meetings!

Have you ever been to that really boring meeting where you were falling asleep but you did not have a place to lay your head? Or have you been at the office and had your eye-lids start to come down heavy on you because you have been looking at screens and numbers allllll daaaayyyy?
Well here is a quick fix for those problems.
I present to you, the inflatable pillow tie.
It is pretty basic. Lift it up, unplug, inflate, plug back up, and your set!
A lot of men can find this useful, unless women would not mind wearing a man tie?




You can find any tie that suits you HERE

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The best home theatre you could ever have!

To the bat cave!!

All your child hood dreams can come true.....even in a home movie theater! Or maybe is it your adult home theater dreams?

When I first came across this place I thought to myself, "this cannot be real!". But as I looked further into it, my doubts were soon fading away. I present to you the first ever bat cave home movie theater! I can imagine that Bruce Wayne would have a place like this deep under ground.

The bat symbols are
definitely from the old school
( Michael Keaton )
Batman movies and the realistic cave like rocks throw in that special atmosphere to show any one that you mean business!
To have a bat cave HOME movie theater, with full on leather lazy-boys to boot, this place would sure have an advantage on Michelle Phifer....if you could get her to come over to your house.

Yet another Amazing home!

What I wished I had as a kid!

I came across this amazing home online and thought to myself how cool it would be to have this home when I was a kid. Actually, I would love to have this home now!
Geared with a 256 foot, double loop, water slide from the balcony, this home is sure to please.....well any body!
This house is for families to rent only and is located in Koh Samui Thailand. So if your ever in Thailand with your family, I would suggest to check it out!

Home's to last a really really long time...

I came across a company that I thought wasn't all that interesting. But then, as I researched further, I began to realize that this is an idea not to be missed.

Aeonian bricks is a company in the U.S. that specializes in making interlocking bricks that are clay based, certified in 34 states, waterproof, fireproof, termite and insect-proof, soundproof, mold and mildew-proof, insulates the home, saves energy and withstands hurricane and tornado force winds up to 240 mph with no structural damage.

An Aeonian Brick home will protect you and your family during the worst weather conditions. It is also one of the greenest construction materials that exists on the market today.

Their interlocking design and shape is what allows people to build a wall that can withstand hurricane force winds up to 240 mph.

Sound's crazy right? I thought the same thing!

Although they need a bit of a touch up on their web site, the technology that has been put together to create homes out of these bricks, needs to be the next step of all homes in the future.

Being able to reduce, or even eliminate clear cutting tree's is a great way to save the environment and bring more efficiency to the future of building.

You can check out their web site here.

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The Best Way to Recycle a 747 Is to Live In It

Living in a Boeing 747?

What happens to a 747 when they are no longer in use? Malibu.

A brand new 747 will set you back $200 milllion, but the scraps go for about $35,000.

The Main Residence: both of the main wings. 2 stabilizers from the tail: roof for the Master Bedroom. The Art Studio Building: 50-foot long section of the upper fuselage as a roof. Upper first class cabin deck: roof of the Guest House. The lower half of the fuselage: will form the roof of the Animal Barn. A Meditation Pavilion: front of the airplane at 28 feet in diameter and 45 feet tall. Cockpit windows: skylight.

You can watch the video here

The best way to manage your business.

Managing your expenses and taxes for your business just got a whole lot easier!

I came across this great idea that I know would help a lot of people running their business.
The company is called "outright" and it's focus is to help people manage all of their finance information that they need. From expenses to profit, and yes even taxes.
The program is all digital and is done online. You can link all of your accounts to the program and see your information in chart form and then work out all of the tax information that you need each year.

It was about time that someone came up with this idea to help people organize so that they can get back doing business and less paper work. It is great to see that there is a continual move to cutting "paper work" down and keeping people organized these days. Companies waste so much paper and spend too much time getting it all organized. Now with outright, you can make things a whole lot easier!

You can check out their video description here.
Enjoy

ruhndmc

Square up your mobile payments anywhere!

To square, or not to square. That is the transaction!

One day, a guy named Jack Dorsey came up with an idea. I am not to sure how this conversation went with himself, or one of his friends, but I imagine it went something like this. "Man, wouldn't it be great if you could cut out the middle man that charges you so much money to have a transaction machine, not have to have a merchant account, have any one buy something from you with their credit card/receive their payment immediately, and have it all done on your phone? Yes that would be awesome! Let's make it happen!"

I introduce to you, Square!
Square is an iPhone app that will allow you to sell anything that you want, anywhere, anytime, and have the person buying your item, use their credit card. There have been other apps out there that you could type in the person's credit card number and take payments that way. But with that app, you needed a merchant number. With Square, you will not need a merchant number to sell anything that you want. All you need is an iPhone, the Square app, and the Square card slider. Yes, you can slide a person's credit card right on your iPhone and presto, their payment is received immediately!

It gets a lot better! The person using the credit card will have their picture pop up on your phone so you can see if it is the correct person using it. The user can also sign for the transaction and have the receipt e mailed to them electronically and geo-tagged so you can see where you purchased your item.

People can sell anything with their iPhone, and people can buy anything if you are short on cash....with your iPhone.

You will soon see this stickerat every shop, garage sale, street meat stand, and even a kids lemonade stand so you can buy and sell to your heart's content.

The release date in Canada is coming soon, so keep your eyes pealed.
Check out their video's here - here - and here.
Enjoy!

ruhndmc

From the ground Up: So you have an iPad?

Tethering on the iPad

Since the new release of the iPad in Canada ( all models ) there has been a question brewing around. People have been wondering if you can tether on the iPad. “Whats that mean?”. Well, people today can tether the iPhone with their computer…if they have a decent data plan ( they can use their iPhone as a wifi source for their laptops…). Apple has made this possible with the iPhone….pretty much since day one. But with the iPad there has been the question if people can tether from their iPhone to the iPad so they dont have to buy a wifi model, pay the extra cash for it, and then pay the extra cash for a data plan. Well if you have a stock iPad…..and it isn’t jailbroken ( www.spiritjb.com ) then NOPE! You cannot. BUT…..if you have a jailbroken iPad, and a sweet data plan on your iPhone, then yes my friends, you can tether your iPhone to the iPad! How freakin cool is that? All non tech geeks and PC fans need not read all this…..

If you want to know what a jailbroken iPhone/iPad looks like….and what you can do with it….well check it out! I did some fun stuff with my iPhone….changed up the icons a bit, and the background and dock….pretty slick, I know!

I had a chance to talk to @RoryPiper today on twitter to ask him that very question.Who is RoryPiper? Well my friends he is known as the jailbreak/unlock guru…and yup, he is Canadian….and yup….he is a really friendly guy! www.ievolution.ca

“@RuhnDMC – have they come out with a hack that allows you to tether iPad with iPhone?…that be sweet!”

“@RoryPiper – Yes. If you purchase MyWi from Cydia, you can turn your iPhone into a WiFi hot spot, and connect your iPad to it.”

Rory is a guy that let me know that he doesn’t get paid for all the work that he does, and to me that is sad because I know that there are a lot of people that ask him for help, and he writes a heck of a lot of content in the blogosphere and for iphoneincanada.ca and ipadincanada.ca no idea how he survives though! Still a rad guy none the less!

Back to the topic!

To get your iPad or iPhone jailbroken go the web site that was shown above www.spiritjb.com and get to work. If you do not know what you are doing then do some research or ask me any question that you need….or give the guys at ipad or iphone in canada.ca a PM and away you go….but id say do the research first! It’s not that hard……or again ask me a question and i’ll see what I can do.

So once again, if you have an iPad that is stock, you are out of luck for tethering to your iPhone….for now…unless Apple comes out with the ability later on……

The MyWi app in the Cydia store is $10.00 if i’m not mistaken. That price is great considering the price you would have to pay for a 3G model and then a data plan per month. So if you are on a sweet data plan with your iPhone……keep it…get it jailbroken….get MyWi……get a base model iPad wifi…..jailbreak it……tether away!

ruhndmc

From the ground Up: Drive your own office

Drive your own office!

Imagine if you could use your office on the road and not have to pay those expensive monthly fee's that add up on top of your insurance and gas bills. Well now you can! Enter the Nissan NV200.

This Van was designed by Nissan for the Oceanographer, but is customizable to suit your every day needs. It was made for people who need an office on the road that allows them to do the work they need at their exact location. So if you are needing to do work on a home, or work out a deal, the opportunity is now available. If the Canadian government would allow new vehicles
into the country like Europe and Asia.
The full description of what this van can do, and what gadgets it has can be found in a video's full description HERE


But I'm not done yet!
Nissan just keeps coming up with some cool stuff!
Enter the Nissan NV2500.
Sure this van was designed for the developer, but who says you can't sell property out of it?

The full video description is located HERE for the Nissan NV2500

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From the ground Up: Skype 3G

3G! So how much do you love using Skype? How much do you love using Skype on your iPhone? How many time’s did you wish you could just use it on your 3G data plan? Well, if you didn’t have your iPhone jailbroken, you couldnt have used your iPhone with Skype on 3G. If you had your iPhone jailbroken, you could purchase the app “My 3G” from the Cydia app store, like I did, and use it so that you can use Skype on 3G! So what that meant was, I could use my data plan on my iPhone, pay the 3$/month to Skype so that I can call anywhere in Canada and the U.S. unlimited, and I’m laughing!

But now, things have got better! Since the use of Voip being the first app on the iPhone to be allowed by Apple over 3G, there has been a bit of a snow ball affect with the other phone apps in the app store. Skype is now on the roster!

So now, with the data plan that you have, you can use the Skype app, use the account that your paying 3$/month for, and call people any where and any time for as long as you like in Canada or the U.S.! But what is the difference between Skype and Voip? Well with Voip you do get to use it over 3G, but what I found out is that there is a limited amount of time that you can be on the phone for, which makes sense because it is free to call anywhere in Canada and the U.S. But the thing is, the quality is not that clear. Skype on the other hand has had a few more improvements since it’s last version into the app store. The quality of the app is a lot better than last time and there are a few more new features on the app that were not there before.

Upgrades / improvements include:
- Call using your 3G connection. Skype-to-Skype calls on 3G are free until at least end of 2010, after which there will be a small monthly fee (operator charges for data will still apply).
- Near CD-quality sound for Skype-to-Skype calls using wideband audio (SILK codec) on iPhone 3GS and 2nd generation iPod touch.
- Enhanced call quality indicator.
- Improved start-up time.
- Fast access to the dial pad from iPhone home screen.

Now that Skype can be used over 3G, you can start saving a lot more money on your monthly bill, and have fun using the program that Skype is! Happy Skyping!

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