unlock a locked iphone without the code, but not my jailbroken iphone Yes you have all seen the video by now were Salomao Filho explains how to get around the phone password by using the emergency dial option. Pretty good little hack I must say. The funny thing is I wanted to try this out myself on my phone until I looked at it and remember that… Read More
A DOS emulator for iphone / ipad pulled off the store, but still available via Cydia jailbreak AARGGG!! I just saw via the interwebs that iDOS, a pretty cool looking DOS emulator was released and then pulled off the Apple store! Nuts. The good news is that its still available via cydia if you are jailbroken. I used to do a bit of DOS programming back in the day and it would… Read More
Ever wanted to sign a document using the iphone? There is an app for that Its enough of a pain having to sign a document off the computer. Normally you have to go to the computer, print, sign, then scan the document. Wait, I thought we were in the computer age. Thankfully I ONLY use tablets now, so I don’t have that worry. (See Apple? This is why I do… Read More
BiteSMS, a far better SMS for the iphone then you have now biteSMS is a better, cooler, more useful SMS then the iphone version. Jailbreak only.… Read More
Android: To Root or not to Root, may not be your choice There is a story going around that if you try to root your Android HTC G2, it will detect that you rooted it and return it back to factory… Read More
Text to voice for ebook ePub on the ipad / iphone with vBookz vBookz is a pretty cool little application that takes an ebook or ePub file and read it to you using text to voice technology from Acapela pleasant voices.… Read More
How to get GPS on your ipad using BTstack So lets say you decided to get an iPad. And you did not get the 3G iPad with GPS on it because you wanted to save a few bucks. Out of luck? Not really. There is a way to turn that iPad into the coolest GPS turn by turn device ever. How? Buy a cheap… Read More
Xmarks bookmarking syncing service to shut down. Now what? Xmarks will no longer work after the end of the 2010 year. Xmarks is shutting down.… Read More
Iphone 4 is all you need to shoot your new product demo So.. You have this cool start up with a great product and want to promote it. Grab your iphone 4 and do it right there and there. No high end camera, no special connection cables, no video mixing software. Just the phone. How do I know? Because the good folks at anscamobile.com with their Corona… Read More
Sweet platform for writing iphone/ipad/Andriod apps without knowing CoCo We all know about Adobe returning to work on porting an app written in CS5 thus using ActionScript. But its not out yet. And may not be out for a bit as I comment on my post on Adobe getting back to work. However, if you just cannot wait, there is another option. Corona! The… Read More
Twitter has a new desktop, and its good but not a replacement for advanced desktop Apps Awhile back Twitter started working on improving its site, pissing off a few twitter devs since they were stepping on some toes based on which ever functionality in mind. So the new twitter.com page at first glance looks like it could really threaten other desktop apps, however, when you take a look at the screenshots,… Read More
Yet another reason to love iphone tether via jailbreak, football. It’s Cal football day today and I had to stay home to wait for a visitor (thus could not go to the game). No problem, I put on my Cal shirt and hat, grabbed a beer out of the fridge and turned on the telly. 10 min into the game the power goes out. I… Read More
Curious about the New HDR Photo? You can try it now using clearcam I’ve written about clearcam a few times before because I thought it was one of the coolest apps to really extend the abilities of the Apple hardware, in this case the camera. Clearcam is jailbreak only (last I checked) because for some reason they could not get into the app store. I’m guessing because of… Read More
Twitter Direct Message API method now enforcing 140 char limit Betcha didnt know that did yea? That you can send 240+ Charter messages using Direct Message through Twitter. That is, until now. My Twitter application, TwittFilter.com does not stop you from sending a message that is over 140 char. It tells you how many char you have typed, but if you want to type 2000… Read More
Sync your web links and tabs to the iphone with Xmarks 1.3 Xmarks for the iphone as been out for awhile, and I tried it when it first came out and was not impressed. The crashing of my iphone had something to do with it. Well version 1.3 just came out with the one feature I was really waiting for; Automatically synchronize bookmark changes in the background. … Read More
How to stop people from checking you into places on Facebook Really?? I have to yet again, go into my privacy setting to stop someone or something on facebook doing something I do not want? Gezz.. So here is the latest. Seems that your ‘friends’ can check you into a place for you. Without you being there or even knowing! WTF?? Ok, so I’m suppose to… Read More
Flash, Frash on the iphone released but still a bit buggy Yesterday, we heard that flash got released (as far as you release something for a jailbreak) and today we now have a simple install from cydia. Just add http://repo.benm.at as a source and search for Frash. I have not installed it on my iphone 3g because the architecture does not support it and I still… Read More
Jailbreak iphone ipad iOS4 via safari now with MMS and Facetime fixed. Crazy. You can now jailbreak and UNLOCK iOS4 for the iphone4 ipad from the web browser. Now this is not new news per say, but there have been some issues with the current jailbreak in that some people have been experiencing problems with MMS and Facetime. As I always advise my readers, NEVER jailbreak right… Read More
Review: iShred live, just you, your iphone and your guitar Whats with me and the cheesy titles lately? No matter.. So today I’m reviewing iShread. In my previous post, I looked at Amplitube and was pretty impressed. iShread is like Amplitube and at the same time, different. First, lets have a look at the hardware. iShred offers an all in one chord from Griffin Technology… Read More
Review: Give your guitar and iphone ipad some iRig Amplitube Ok, cheesy blog title, but still, this is pretty good. There have already been a number of virtual guitar amp and effects products for the iphone and ipad, and I’ve tried a few, but amplitube and ishread (ishread I will over in another post) stood out. Now, if there is really good product I missed,… Read More