Main points from the Verizon iphone 4 announcement Updates on the iphone 4 for Verizon as I get them.. “It has all the features you’d expect. Like Facetime. Like the Retina Display” All the same specs so far; 5 megapixel camera, HD video recording, A4 chip customer service delivery has been scaled up.. they plan to see a lot quickly.. Feb 3, existing… Read More
Live blogging of the Verizon iphone 4 release I will not be there; time crunch; but Many people will. Here is a list of live blogging sources. Ars Technica Engadget CNET Techcrunch – cant find a link, but you KNOW they will be there There are other sources, but I just grabbed these quickly. I do not think there is much news left… Read More
Can we expect a Jailbreak for the Verizon iphone 4 out the door? Most jailbreak apps should work for the Verizon CDMA iphone 4. However some data app MAY not. Time will tell.… Read More
Verizon iPhone suppose to be here on Feb 3. Just saw this on Venturebeat. Seem the rumor mill is putting the release of the Verizon iphone at Feb3. Makes sense. Supporting the rumor is the fact that Apple has blacked out vacation days between the 3rd and 6th and that Verizon normally launches on a Thursday. Also, I have not heard anything making me… Read More
iphone GSM command codes; tip #3 I had to clear my iphone of forwarding information and was not sure where what the code was. So I did a bit of digging and found a list of them.. And I present them to you.. I have not tested them all but I will try a few and see what happens. *3001#12345# and… Read More
You can now make video skype calls on iphone via 3G and wifi. Skype now supports video calls on the iphone 4 and 3gs over wifi and 3G. I have yet to test this, but the new version of skype will let you make skype to skype video calls over wifi and 3G. This is supported on the iphone 4 and 3gs, NOT the 3g. But I’m going… Read More
How to connect, tether, your ipad to your iphone Just got an iPad eh? But did not get the 3G version? Thats ok right? Just connect to WIFI. But if you do have has WIFI when your travel? Well, there’s an iPhone app for that. Jailbroken of course. I wrote about using GPS on your ipad a few months back. To use GPS you… Read More
iPhone Tip #27 Make your iphone 3G run a bit faster There are still a bunch of iPhone 3G users out there. I still use mine despite having access to quite a few phones now. However, my phone has been going slower and slower.. What gives. Well, since I run SBSettings I can monitor the memory usage of the phone, kinda of like task manager from… Read More
Translate text in realtime on the iphone with Word Lens: a form of augmented reality Word Lens just came out today and the buzz is pretty crazy. The fact it was on CNN could have something to do with it. The app is pretty darn sweet, much like PicTranslator except it works with live video. In other words as you look at the text on your phone, the letters are… Read More
Augmenting the Reality of the Black Eyed Peas Saw this poster for the Black Eyed Peas and it didn’t work. As an augmented reality developer and fan of BEP, I had to fix this. Here is the video I made of Augmenting the Black Eyed Peas Time. Android apps used in this example are Google Goggles and Junaio from Metaio.… Read More
Jailbreak killswitch removed, most likely to avoid lawsuits Apple removes killswitch API, perhaps because it may not work, not because of the Copyright Office ruling.… Read More
Shopping around for uses with Augmented Reality So I was recently exposed to the post Augmented Reality Finds a Place to Fit: Shopping! The article states, “Two recent AR implementations show promise, however, by adding value and actually demonstrating how useful the technology can be.” The author of the post is referring to Converse’s Sampler application for AppleiOS devices and a TryOnBathingSuit… Read More
Verizon is playing the same games as AT&T with exclusivity. Apple gets richer Verizon is looking to have an exclusive deal with Apple just as AT&T does. From a business perspective, this is pretty smart for Verizon because they can claim the first 4G phone. Verizon is feeling the slip on Android and has little faith in Blackberry to really content with iphone popularity.… Read More
Jailbreak on Windows Phone 7 .. and its gone huh. Well I was looking forward to seeing all the interesting new experiments programmers were going to did with the new jailbreak for windows mobile 7, but I just saw this on VentureBeat ad it seems the hackers behind ChevronWP7 got talked out of it … by the Microsoft people themselves. Based on his post,… Read More
Virtual voice tour of hawaii through the iphone ipad This is cool. Nothing new as far as technology, but finding hidden places; like less know beaches or a small store or other lessor know gem can be hard, so the application of a virtual tour guild would be pretty useful here. It’s hitting the apple store Dec 8, just in time for the Hawaii… Read More
Video tutorial on jailbreaking and unlocking your iphone ipad Ok, we all know the 4.2 dropped for the ipad, and although I have not found as many reason to jailbreak for the ipad as I have for the iphone (re: top ten jailbreak apps) There are still good reasons. Still; unlocking your ipad could be pretty useful if you want to through a t-mobile… Read More
Upload and convert your own text to audio book for iphone ipad vBooks; a text to voice ebook reader can now support uploading of your own content into the iphone or ipad… Read More
The smallest iPhone battery I have used yet. It’s web2.0 time again and again, my iphone will be challenged to stay alive as I use it for everything including tethering when I lose interwebs. EVERY conference I got the wifi dies at some point. Anyway, I have a spare battery I carry around, but it’s a bit annoying, so this week I tried… Read More
Save YouTube Videos on your iPhone iPad with A-Tube via Jailbreak This has been around for along time, but for some reason I have not got around to writing about it. Its a jailbreak app of course. I used to have it running last year and simply forgot about it (it could have been named something else back then). Lately I have been pulling old jams… Read More
All LED football games for the iphone are FREE till 11/14!! Its the 1 year anniversary of LED football. This is really cool for anyone old enough to remember playing with these little guys or just really dig old school LED games. Its free!! What are you waiting for?? Download them! NOW!! You only have a few days left. We here at touchGrove are celebrating the… Read More