iPhone OS 2.2 is out. I’m not going to install it. There is not enough in 2.2 to make it worth my while, but I though I would at least let you all know. 🙂 The jailbreak for 2.2 is already out. Link to more info here.. but I’m still going to hold off. Here is what I’ve heard is in 2.2 from gadgettastic The iPhone… Read More
Google voice search, british accents and odd results I’m American, but as a young budding musician in the 80’s, I was fully on board with English music (especially Punk), my guitar instructor was English, watch more then my share of BBC (young ones!!) and then lived in Oxford for 3+ years. So I can pull a pretty good accent when needed. So after… Read More
What I look for when buying an iPhone battery pack I do not need a battery pack since I have so many power adapters from testing, 🙂 but if I needed one, there are two things I will look for… It should be form fitting such that it becomes part of the phone or at least provide enough protection for the phone such that I… Read More
Google voice actuated search is out. Go get it. Google voice actuated search is out. Finally. Its pretty good. Works just like in the promo film. A few tips though, make sure you speak clearly and slowly. Do not blur your words together. Another tip, say ‘Maps …. Berkeley’ to get maps up. When you click on the first return, it will give you… Read More
iFun lets you use your iPhone like a wii controller for your PC This is just plain sweet. Now first off, I could not get the sync to work for me, most likely because this just came out and servers are over loaded, but I get the idea well enough. I wrote on SGN before and really liked what they were doing. The only issue I had was… Read More
iPhone Video Recorder is now fixed. Mostly I’ve written about DeamCatcher’s iphone video recorder before, mostly saying that it would be my favorite video if the darn thing worked. However, yesterday, the version 3 update for video recorded came out and finally, its working… well mostly. Its still basically the same product as a year ago, and yes you still need jailbreak… Read More
Google voice search app may appear Monday I just read on TechCrunch that the Google voice-recognition search application may be delayed till Monday. Yesterday Google took the video down after a week of hyping, and pretty good hyping at that. Seems that Google and Apple were not totally aligned on the release date for this thing. That is a bit of a… Read More
While waiting for the Google voice app, I started playing with Jott I found Jott while checking into Google’s new speech recognition app and its not bad. Basically, its a note pad the takes a 15 second voice sample, sends it back to their servers, and converts to text. Its not perfect as you may guess, but for a quick note, the conversion is normally close enough… Read More
Review of Files Lite as a wifi based file share for the iPhone Files lite is pretty cool for 2 reasons, first you can get files off the phone using a simple web browser and upload files by setting up a creating a network place (on Windows at least, Macs have other instructions… which are here. 🙂 The fact that I can load up the iPhone with a… Read More
Review of TouchCopy to manage music on the iPhone without iTunes TouchCopy ( a paid app) has been around for awhile and its lived up to my expectations. Unlike DiskAid, (review here) which provides only rudimentary file access, or Files Lite (review here) which sandboxes access to the file system, TouchCopy gives a bit more control and a far more user friendly experience. The only downside… Read More
Review of DiskAid. Use your iPhone like an external disk I have been using TouchCopy (review here)for quite a while now to manage my files (images, music, etc..) It’s a paid service and worth it IMHO. I also really like Files lite (review here) because of the wifi access. Very cool. Well, there is now another option for accessing your iPhone like a USB drive,… Read More
Review of iPhone movie apps and tips for getting the most when your shooting. For those of you without jailbroken phones, just keeping moving along.. nothing to see here.. Ok, for the rest of you, there are 4 programs out there for taking video and for me, one that I cannot seem to get to work. Cycoder: This is a pretty good app with a very simple UI. Start… Read More
Review of MotionX-GPS Lite gps application. Not too useful, but looks great! MotionX is not like other gps loggers I have reviewed for biking or running, but I I thought I would have a look at it anyway. Sweeeett looking app! MotionX is more useful for motorcycling or driving in my opinion then biking unless you are on a long or particularly complicated ride. The cool feature… Read More
Tethering the iPhone to your laptop is suppose to be coming. I just read this in cnet. AT&T confirms tethering coming to iPhone in 2009 Eh. Perhaps. There is nothing to gain and a bit to lose for AT&T to do it now. So I’m guessing they are keeping this in their pockets as a way to fight the sure to come competition from other service… Read More
Just got a new mac and wanna jailbreak (pwn)? Perhaps not There are a number of posts out there saying that jailbreak or pwn’ing does not work on the new macs. Well, its not the new Macs per say, but seems to be the new version of iTunes. ..from iPhoneOverdose The problem is that the Mac does not recognize the iPhone when it restarts on how DOMs,… Read More
Social Media, the iPhone and the election Well, another election has come and gone, but unlike other elections, this is the first election where social media had an impact on the outcome. Obama used a grass roots based approach building and managing the organization. Just 4 years ago, it would be hard to imagine the level of organization and communication required to… Read More
3 iPhone tools you should have for the election Well, one day to go. Tomorrow will be nuts with crowds and I will bet all kinds of odd things going on. What is different this year is social media and the tools, especially hand held remotely connected devices, that can record and report from anywhere at anytime. As such, there are three tools you… Read More
Cal 21 in AP poll and BCS. Enjoy while we can, USC next week Although we won yesterday in the downpour at Memorial Stadium (you would think the ducks would be better swimmers), I still was not too impressed with our offense. Sure, Riley was hurt in the 1Q and Longshore took over, but basically we are a 2 quarterback system whether Tedford likes it or not. Again, defense… Read More
How the iPhone saved me $10 at Walmart using screen capture I was not going to blog about this, but recently I saw a post on how Walmart now has an iPhone version of their site. I have a friend visiting from the UK, and instead of renting a bike for a few days, I did some research and found it cheaper to buy a new… Read More
Quake on the iPhone, on a NON JAILBREAK! I never thought this would happen, but ZodTTD submitted his port of Quake to the Apple store yesterday. Now we still do not know if Apple is going to let this in or not (highly unlikely) but we will all be watching. I have Quake on my jailbroken iphone and its pretty good. It takes… Read More