RC helicoptor (drone) control using the iphone with remote camera This is so cool! I’m not at #CES yet but I will check this out. The video says it all, but basically this is a quadricoptor that you not only control using the tilt on the iphone, but also have a camera view ON the flyer itself! Normally, that would be cool enough, but wait,… Read More
Edit google docs and well as word docs with the iPhone FINALLY! I have been really annoyed that I could not edit my google docs on my iphone. Well, today I just got the announced for Doc². This App promises to allow you to edit a MS word doc on your iphone AS WELL AS your google docs! There is a great feature list which I… Read More
The Camangi Android Slate (Tablet) hits the scene This is not a full review of the Camangi since I do not have it in my hands, but this is a perfect example, of the slew of Android Slates that I expect to see coming out this year. This slate is listed at $400 bucks, and based on the specs, its basically a big… Read More
Apples iSlate and the Googles Gslate appear. #slatewar The great (slate) Tablet war moves to the next stage as expected. The first player on the scene the JooJoo, which used to be known as the CrunchPad, was the first to enter the battleground. I expect to see it again this coming week at the #CES show in Las Vegas, but already they are… Read More
How to save a web page on the iPhone. Kinda Web browsing on the iphone is a good enough experience with one exception.. ok, 2 exceptions. The iphone’s browser crashing on me is a bit annoying, but that is another post. So back to 1 thing. When I open new pages, normally from clicking on a link, and then try to go back to the… Read More
AT&T no longer selling iphones in New York City {Update: Iphones are on sale again in NY. WTF? My guess is they are going to say it was to fight fraud, but still, whomever manages AT&T command and control as far as messaging withing the company should be put on notice.. And if they change the story again? Then Fire them. } Are you… Read More
Google Voice is coming back to the iphone via the browser Heck, I did not even know this could be done. I have not tried it since its still in invite Alpha only, but based on what i’ve read on TechCrunch, that seems to be the case. Its called the Black Swan Edition. Features listed are: Native iPhone look and feel. Syncro of Google Voice™ data.… Read More
Twittelator Pro 3.5 is out.. and its packed with goodness Wow, talk about lots of stuff. Having written a twitter client myself, I know the basics you need to use twitter. Then there are the extras… then there is Twittelator Pro! Gezz.. Everything is in here. Check out the new features.. Recently added features include: Complete Twitter Lists support to create, view, edit your lists,… Read More
Comparing cell phone service speed, AT&T getting a bad rap? Gizmodo posted a report today where they tested the various major cell carriers in 12 major cities. As they pointed out, they were not testing dropped calls, or customer service, or sound quality or anything like that. Also they did not go into a street by street coverage check, so CLEARLY your mileage will very. What they were looking… Read More
Motally Mobile Analytics Contest for iPhone Devs Posting this for a friend of mine.. For all you iPhone developers out there, there is a cool contest called “Trackappalooza” sponsored by Motally, a mobile analytics company that tracks both websites and applications. Motally, recent winner of the Under the Radar competition for Developer tools, is sponsoring the contest which gives application developers a… Read More
Fighting the AT&T power.. kindly So I’m sure everyone has already heard about Dan Lyons (the fake Steve Jobs) suggested Operation Chokehold where everyone slams AT&T’s network by running high volume data apps. Well, I cannot say I’m in favor of the idea because I KNOW AT&T is quite aware of the limitations of their network, of which Ralph de… Read More
A review of Bing on the iphone.. come and get it! Bing is now on the iphone. Now live on the app store. Its looks pretty nice. The maps are smooth, but traffic is kind of hard to read. The maps fad into each other when they update which is nicer then the snap on the iphone default map, but the iphones is easier to read.… Read More
Will blackra1n jailbreak make my iphone more unstable? Actually, just the opposite I decided to update to my iphone to OS3.1.2 for no other reason then to just do it.. That and the LONG delay it takes for SMS to open could have been related to 3.0 or perhaps some jailbreak app I installed back in the day. Anyway, I decided to live with my mobile device… Read More
First impressions of Google’s Nexus One phone. Second hand at least No, I did not get to play with the Nexus One; and if anyone can help me out with that, I would appreciate that. 🙂 But anyway, a mate of mine has mucked with it and here is what I’ve heard.. (and I will update as I learn more) {update – Rumor control Got this… Read More
Top 10 Augmented Reality apps for mobile; iphone, Android, etc.. I’ve been working on an article for iphoneLife on and off about the best Augmented Reality application for the iphone. I have also been checking out Android AR apps as well. And so far, there are very few good apps out there that do anything more then provide 3D search of sorts. But, some apps… Read More
Further thoughts on the Great Net Tablet War between Apple, Google, and MS Its kind of an misnomer to call these new devices Tablets, but too late for that. So I will refer to them as NetTablets indicating that these devices are not the Tablet PC’s we know of now, but instead very thin Network Slates that are designed to perform most of their tasks in the cloud. … Read More
First look at the CrunchPad, Now JooJoo #TabletWars Yes, as of 9:30 am PST, we have entered the net tablet war. And who knew the first battle would be an internal one? As I’m sure you have already heard, Arrington’s idea of a simple, cheap couch computer, christened the ‘CrunchPad’, now called the JooJoo was shown to the press in SF and via… Read More
Find the great building of the world on your iphone with Architecture Seems like a good idea. Put all the great buildings of the world into an app that not only tells you about the building, and provide images, but uses GPS to guild you to the buildings. Nice. ‘Architecture’. the name of the app, will direct you to nearby building of note based on your current… Read More
Layar 3.0 is out, more Augmented for your Reality. Awhile back I wrote a piece on Augmented Reality and hypothesized on various application I could see coming the in the future. One of those application was being able to see new building design at the actual construction site. Well, Layer has released 3.0 and what do they have as the first bit of eye… Read More
Share live video between iPhones with a knock Well, they call it a knock, but cool all the same. The app is called Knocking and it lets you share live video between two iphones. Soon with Android. I do not have this installed, but from the demo video, its seems pretty good. As you would expect, the frame rate is low and the… Read More