Will the new iphone4 antenna reduce dropped calls? Not if you hold it wrong The new iphone4 not only does not seem to significantly improve reception, but hold it the wrong way and it make is it worse.… Read More
Will multitasking on the iOS4 make backgrounder on jailbreak redundant? For those of you who have jailbroken iphones, and have read my top ten reasons to jailbreak, know about backgrounder. This is a great jailbreak app that allows you to run applications in the background. And its one of those apps that I have a hard time living without. Yes, I have a feeling it… Read More
Track how many minutes are left on your iphone with Quickmin A reader brought this to my attention. Quickmin is an app that will keep track of your min and warn you if you are getting low. This is best used with a family plan I would think unless you are on your cell phone ALL the time. What I really like about this app though… Read More
Will the iphone 4 with the new antenna layout reduce dropped calls? As all iphone users have experienced, I get my fair share of dropped calls. Actually, live in the the San Francisco / San Jose Bay area, I get more then my share. I wrote about ways to reduce dropped calls back in 2009 as a response. So when I saw the new antenna layout for… Read More
If I had a vuvuzela … Or at least download the iphone app Or not. I actually find the bloody things annoying. Since they are not going to be banned, what the heck, download the Vuvuzela app and be hated by people here too. Want to go to a pub and get free beer? Get this free app and blast it at the next futbal game. People will… Read More
Is the AT&T online ordering failure a factor of demand or just plan FAIL? begin rant <rant> If you have been trying to order the new iphone 4, I’m sure you have been frustrated with the errors messages you have been getting back from AT&T. “There was a problem with your request,” the error message reads. “P1015: We’re sorry, but we are experiencing a system error that prevents us… Read More
IPhone 4 higher graphics could mean shared graphics as well as shared code with iPad When the iphone 4 was announced, Steve made a big point about the higher resolution capability of iphone 4 with the new ‘Retina’ display. Now there is a bit of marketing hype there. Dissecting this would be a whole other post, but the upside is now there is a value proposition in putting high resolution… Read More
FIFA world cup futbal apps for iphone ipad I’m watching a bit of the world cup here and there, mostly to watch the US / ENG game, but I know there are futbal freaks out there so I though I would at least provide some info. Mashable has a post on the top 6 free World Cup futbal apps. The ESPN app looks… Read More
iphone 4, iOS4 already jailbroken within 1 day! ONE DAY people! Yes, even before the iphone 4 or known as iOS4 hits the market, its already jailbroken using a Pwnage Tool Bundle. Wow. And hoo dunnit? msft.guy Yup, the same guy who did the blacksn0w, ultrasn0w fix for jailbreak and baseband unlock for 3.1.3. He ALSO did the oS4 Beta jailbreak. Now, we… Read More
Virtual City. A new SimCity like game, that looks even better. Virtual City is a new iphone/ ipad game that is basically a take off of SimCity. However, if you look at the video, it looks way more detailed. The app is not out yet, scheduled for mid June. From watching the video, it looks pretty interesting and you can see people walking around. The normal… Read More
At&t reception in SF is better, but not good enough, and no Verizon iPhone? Over the last 2 weeks I have noticed that my iphone was working slightly better in my office here SOMA in San Francisco, the home of cell phone purgatory. But not good enough. And of course, I still get dropped calls in Oakland and in Palo Alto. So now what? Well, I already decided that… Read More
Connect a mouse to the iPad with Magic Mouse Yes folks!!! Sick and tired of having to put down your beer to click something on your ipad?? Hate having to reach up to the table when your ipad is set up like a monitor? Have you had it with smudge marks?? Cant get the ‘chessie poofs’ dust off the screen??? Well those days are… Read More
Adobe flash (AS3) to iPhone back from the dead? This is SERIOUSLY rumor control, but I’ve read on electronista and a few other sites that Apple may change the iphone4.0 SDK to avoid a possible FTC antitrust investigation. Now this does not mean flash will be on the iphone or ipad any time soon, or anytime I figure short of going through jailbreak, but… Read More
Jailbreak ‘Spirit’ for iphone ipad 3.1.3 3.2 is out. Finally. I was wondering how long this would take. I have to tried it myself, my general rule is to wait for awhile and see how it goes. But if you are a poor soul that updated accidentally, then there is hope!! Now this jailbreak supports 3.2 as well as 3.1.3. However, 3.2 is still… Read More
Top 10 ish iPad jailbreak applications The iPad just got its official jailbreak with ‘Spirit’ from MuscleNerd. WIN! Now many of my top jailbreak apps for the iphone does not make sense for this version of the ipad since it does not have a camera, but we all know the next version will. … Read More
Free turn by turn navigation for the iPhone iPad from Google.. Game over man Oh man. Tom Tom and other GPS companies are rolling over in their soon to be mobile graves. AT&T’s monthly fee based turn by turn, questionable to even support it anymore. Google turn by turn is already available on Android and soon to be on the iPhone. We already know that, but the news is… Read More
No Flash for iphone, ipad or i anything really. Well, Adobe gave up the ghost and has announced that it will no longer continue to invest in building a tool that will allow Actionscript programmers to write for the iphone. Although the shock of Apples c*(k -blocking has already warn off, its still a bit depressing. There has been many arguments that Apple needed… Read More
Whats new with the iphone 4? BIG clue from a lost phone I’m sure most of you have already heard the news of the lost next gen iphone 4.0. Well Gizmodo got their hands on it, took it apart and have posted up what goodness we can expect from the new iphone There are some things that I had thought back in March (last year) we might… Read More
Why the iPad is like a big iPhone, and why its completely different So the iPad has been out for just over a week now and after using it a few time and talking with and watching how others use it; I’ve observed that although the iPad is just a big iPod touch, its also complete different just because of the screen size. Yes, yes, the CPU is… Read More
Opera is live in the iphone app store! W00t! {update} So after using this for a few weeks, I find that I only use Opera in certain situations. For example I use newsSnacker.com to read all my twitter news sites. The great thing about Opera is I can open a news story in a new tab and go back to newsSnacker and keep… Read More