Opera on the iphone will be cool, but on the iPad, Sweeet!

I just saw a video of the new Opera Mini running on the iPhone!  I cannot wait!!!  This is the first app for the iphone, including jailbroken ones, that really has me excited.  It was submitted today, so we’ll see if Apple will allow it and when. Surfing on the iphone has been a major… Read More

Issue with Jailbreaking the iphone 3.1.3

Does it work for you? Normally, when I write about jailbreaking I’m trying to report the news or talk about interesting app.  However, in this case, I’m asking for feedback. I have a friend who foolishly updated to 3.1.3 and lost his unlock.  He gave me his phone and I tried blackra1n.  5 times!  Nothing. … Read More

Time to port your iPhone app to iPad. Doors open on March 27th

This just came up in TechCrunch so I’m sure my email will be along soon.  Apple is now opening up the door for iPad applications March 27.  So..  How many apps will be NEW and and how many will be existing apps just reformatted for the iPad?  Hmm… Almost all? Well, at least at first. … Read More

CBS’s Free March Madness app is pretty good.

I’m not a big sports fan of BBall, I’m more of Collage football type, but the Cal Bears are in the big dance this year and I did the office brackets, so what the heck. First step?  Download an app for the iPhone of course.  I did fail at step one though, I tried doing… Read More

40% of blackberry users would switch to a smartphone

Last week I talked about how near 30% of current ebook owners would have bought the iPad if it had been available. Well, another study from arstechnica states that %4o of blackberry users will go to a smart phone when their contract is up.. Many of them going to the iphone.  Its pretty clear that… Read More

Need to replace that battery in your iPad? $100

On the surface, that’s not too bad, but there are a few issues I have with it.. First off, batteries can lose their life span pretty quickly if you are not careful or if you are unlucky and get one that dies a quick death in a few months.  Heat, and rapid charging and discharging… Read More

The cutest Augmented Reality pet. EyePet is just the beginning

If any of you read my articles for iphonelife magazine, or read this post from awhile back, you know that I said one of big things we have to look forward to are virtual pets we can play with because they will be able to respond the environment around us. I can imagine an iphone… Read More

Andriod market share is up, Apple is flat, the rest? #Fail

So let me count how many people are surprised by this… Show of hands??   Hmmm just you in the back?  Work for Microsoft?  Yea, ok figured.  Just a quick look around San Francisco and you can see the number of Android phones are starting to make enough of an impression that they are starting to… Read More

Old fashion rotary dialer for your iphone without jailbreak

For those of us that are jailbroken, special dialers are pretty much old hat, although I still love, and miss, my payphone dialer.  I lost track of where I got it and now cannot find it, but I did not try all that hard. So now comes along an iphone app that will give you… Read More

Fix your shacky iphone video with Smooth Movie

Now this is useful.  I know full on that when I shoot video with my iphone it’s not always the most stable in the world. And although there are desktop apps I can use to fix it, it would be nice to do that on the phone directly. Well welcome to Smooth Movie.  I have… Read More

Most Kindle users would rather have an iPad

I’ve been using tablets for years.. Years!  So when the Kindle first came out, my first reaction was, meh.  Partly because of the price point, and partly because I knew that something that focused on text and ignored rich media was simply too one dimensional of a device.  I have friends that have kindles, and… Read More

iPad ready on April 3, but will the crowds?

The hype pad, or iPad as its called, is ready for purchase on April 3.  I do not expect the madness that the first iPhone created, more like when the 3gs came out.  I think you will have some overnightsers and I would expect a good set of lines on the first day since April… Read More

Tip #45 Turn off your laptop WiFi if you stow it in your car

This just came in via email:  Seems that in Jamaica, a large number of laptops are being stolen out of cars by thieves using cheap wifi finder fobs.  It works like this.. The go to malls, or other places that business people may do a quick dash into to get something.. But not TOO fast. … Read More

iPhone as an OS? Maybe, but not widely

There is no question that the iPhone has been an amazing success and only its At&T appendage has slowed it down from even further adoption. As great as the hardware is, just as much if not more of the credit has to go to the OS. Even after 2 years the iPhone OS is still… Read More

Dont like that AR app on your iphone? Then make your own!

Augmented reality apps on mobile has been news off and on over the last few months. There are have been a series of cool apps, and I even posted part of an article I write for iphoneLife here. But even with the parade of cool new apps, we have only just touched on the possibilites. … Read More

£25 iPhone? Nope, a SciPhone rebranded, but still…

What if you were in a bar, and someone showed you an iPhone and said it was only 25 pounds?  AND then the things actually worked?? As well as common IPhone apps?  Well, clearly its a rip off copy, but still.. the things was working!!  And running Java on top of that?  Well according to… Read More

Augmented Reality on your arm!

That’s right, carry that 3D animated character around with you!  Course, this is not a real tattoo, but instead just good pen work, but really, you do not need much graphic skilz. Although viewing AR through graphic code recognition is still in its infancy, its coming into play fast, and with the new crop of… Read More