Carrier hiccups giving buyers grief on iPhone 5 launch day

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We've been through iPhone launches before so one would think that Canadian carriers would have figured out how to compensate for the demand of new signups.

Walking through the downtown core today we saw that a Telus store had closed its doors to customers because of a nationwide outage that hit at 7:30 in the morning and that hasn't yet been resolved. The Telus outage seems to have affected their website with users being unable to access their accounts. The issue was resolved late in the afternoon.

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iFixit goes down under to teardown iPhone 5

It is a yearly tradition that the fine folks at iFixit get their hands on one of the first iPhones on launch day and take it apart bit-by-bit. This year they've gone to Oz and turned their pentalobe screwdrivers on the new iPhone 5. The teardown is actually in progress as i write this but they've discovered a number of interesting things like you need a suction cup to get the display removed and that replacing cracked screens is going to be easier than ever. Not for the squamish, at least it is informational.

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Review: iOS 6

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple’s iOS 6 mobile operating system is the lifeblood of its ecosystem. It is the glue that holds together the popular iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads to thousands of applications that expand functionality and ease of use.

iOS 6 is the newest version of the oldest modern mobile operating system. iOS was a year ahead of the earliest dessert-themed mobile OS from Google and three years ahead of the tile happy Windows Phone.

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Kijiji Canada launches sub-site for iPhone 5

Kijiji, Canada’s popular free, local, online classifieds website, has launched a new landing page devoted to all things iPhone for  Apple fanatics making space in their pockets and purses for the new iPhone 5. A good place for users to sell their old devices to fund the new iPhone 5 which starts at $699 unlocked. Kijiji is a subsidiary of eBay.

The new iPhone sub-site (http://info.kijiji.ca/iphone5/) helps Canadians prepare for the much anticipated iPhone launch by offering a dedicated space to list Apple devices and accessories, as well as compare previous models based on price, features and condition.

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