Why vLingo search app is better then google search I liked playing with Google’s voice search app, especially when I used an accent (more on that here) but I had one major complaint about it; if I want a map, I need to say ‘map’ first then the address or term and hope for the best. For example; saying “map … taco bell” will… Read More
Auto login for Starbucks works pretty well. And its not from Starbucks or AT&T There is a starbucks near where I live, but the wifi there is horrible. Worse, I cannot get 3G, so basically, I go elsewhere. Then AT&T announced they were going to give iPhone users free wifi access. Great! But, you have to go through this silly login process: Link to process.. Whatever. It’s not a… Read More
Wal-mart to sell the iPhone – Maybe, and if so, what would that be like? So this just came across the AP wire.. A Wal-Mart employee in Uniondale, N.Y., told The Associated Press on Monday that the store will start selling Apple’s iPhone, confirming media reports over the weekend. The employee, who would not give his name, did not know when the phones would go on sale, and said the… Read More
Qik and CupCake Camp {update 2} First… What is CupCake Camp? From the site.. CupcakeCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and eat cupcakes in an open environment. This was put together by: Ariel Waldman, Lynn, Marianne Masculino and Cindy Li created the CupcakeCamp phenomenon. From me.. CupCakeCamp is an excuse to make… Read More
Springboard goes into mobile substrate safe mode? Why? For your own protection I had no idea there was a mobile substrate safe mode. Well there you go. The funny thing is; I got 2 comments today asking about SBSetting perhaps causing the problem. I’ve been using SBS for quite a while, my favorite app, and never an issue. Then tonight, I got bumped to safe mode. Odd. … Read More
iphone/itouch tip no. 74 – Use Jot for your unplanned shopping list How often did you run out of shampoo, or cat food, or spare 10ohm resisters and think.. I need to run out to the store today/tonight. Then you think, well, I may was well pick up. $list=array(‘stuff;, ‘stuff’, ‘stuff’); Well, instead of relying on memory, I remembered that I had a copy of ‘Jot’. I… Read More
Airline barf bag as an iphone/ipod holder. Uber Random, Uber cool Really, THIS my friends is being inventive. @briansolis tweeted this link out from Random Cool Stuff on how to use a barf bag to hold your iphone/ipod. As a fan of MAKE, I LOVE stuff like this. I only included the one image, but you can see more on the website. @AdamSigner brought up a… Read More
itouch as a phone? … Sure, all you need is WIFI Just read in TechCrunch about a new itouch app by UK-based Truphone that allows you to make phone calls on your itouch if you have WIFI access. Sounds pretty good. Calls are free to other itouch users as well as other supported mobile devices and low rates to those outside the system, much like Skype.… Read More
How to upgrade to iphone 2.2 and then re jailbreak. I know I said I was not going to bother upgrading to 2.2, but the geek blood that flows just cannot resist trying it out and seeing what will happen. That and I feel this certain journalistic responsibility to find out for my readers… (hope this feeling goes away soon 🙂 So I thought I… Read More
iphone apps, from cheap to free Black Friday hits the iphone. Not much else to say about this site really, its a web site that shows iphone apps that are on sale, quite often too free. Check it out. Appshopper.com… Read More
iphone 2.2 upgrade pwn your phone? Steps to downgrade (restore) back to 2.1 I still have not moved from 2.1 to 2.2, but the temptation is there with the promise of a better browser for javascript sites.. I saw this as a comment to another post.. I have not tried it but when I read it the steps seems fine. Try at your own risk, but if your… Read More
N.Y. Times rips on the new Blackberry Storm… I agree I have my issues with the iPhone, and I have no problem expressing them, but all in all you have to admit, it’s pretty good. The OS does a good job at being fast enough to keep up with you (not as much since 2.0) and things are mostly well thought out and designed. No… Read More
iPhone ad withdrawn over speed claims in the UK, when will it here? I have never been impressed with the ‘fast’ 3G adverts. Fast. Whatever. Better then edge, but 3G only works ‘sometimes’ for me depending on my location. So every time I see an advert here in the US I roll my eyes. Well, lookie here.. This is from ‘The Independent’ The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld… Read More
The next Andriod phone is a swiss army knife … Shame its zzzPhone I have been hearing on the interWebs that zzzPhone is at it again. This time, an Andriod phone. This looks about as dodgy as it gets, but I love the concept. I heard about these guys back in March and dismissed it. Well, they pop up now and again.. This time they are running Andriod. … Read More
Qik videos can now be seen on the iphone! The circle is complete About time. I was actually surprised it took this long.. but we have a winner! yes, Qik videos can now been seen on the iPhone. How? mov player of course. The quality is pretty darn good. This has been a weakness since both Qik, flixwagon and even livecliq (which I have yet to get working)… Read More
Pwnagetool (Mac only) and pwnage (jailbreak) iphone 2.2 for Windows and Macintosh is out. Ok, so right off, lets be clear.. There is pwnagetool and pwnage. First, read this from iphone-dev.. Baseband 101 The ‘baseband’ is the generic name given to the internal components of the iPhone that handle the phone calls and Internet access. This ‘baseband’ is a tiny and unique independent computer system that runs inside your… Read More
Did the iPhone 2.2 update make your network faster? Let me know I have not updated yet and I have gone over the reasons, basically deciding it was not worth the time to re jailbreak and reinstall stuff. But I did hear from one person that they though the network was working faster. Now that could have been cause of the clean install, who knows.. but if… Read More
Video Recorder is really starting to piss me off I really want to like this app. And I did in the beginning. I love the options for video and sound compression. I think the idea of compressing on the fly or later is fantastic. This is not a free app either, I paid for this.. so what is upsetting to me?? Well for the… Read More
Flixwagon gets an update to its live video broadcasting for the iPhone I got an email from Flixwagon with some improvements and I have to say, I’m impressed. Here is a brief list of changes from the email.. We’ve recently announced our integration with Nokia’s free media sharing service Share on Ovi, so now you can instantly upload your flixwagon videos to Ovi. More information here. If… Read More