iPhone iPad Jailbreak is now legal July 26, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Tada! The ruling just came down saying its legal to modify the software on a device. The big part of the ruling that I was looking to see more details on letting a user unlock there phone (a separate step after jailbreaking) to allow the user to run an other networks. From NBC: Another exemption… Read More
It must be lonely for window mobile 7 July 23, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Yes, things are only getting worse for window mobile 7. First they suffer from delay after delay, then win tons of friends in the dev community by saying that basically all window mobile apps will have to be rewritten for winmob7 (and lets bypass the cumbersome process to even set up to write for the… Read More
Firefox sync for iphone ipad finally approved in the apple store July 16, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Finally! Been waiting for firefox sync to hit the stores when I first heard of it. Now there are ways to get your book marked into the iphone/ipad, but not a live link. Now that is sorted. I installed it last night and synced on my laptop just now. Works great. However, all ready have… Read More
iphone 4 Antennagate. Everyone gets a free case July 16, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment So there you go. The easy answer which we all know at least a week after this whole thing started to blow up and been put in place. OF course, that is after a good 1/2 hour of explaining ‘its not just us! Its all phones!’ Wrong, your missing the point Steve, Its about the… Read More
Run Linux Ubuntu on your Android Nexus one July 7, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Wow. I’ve seen lots of crazy Linux ports, but full X11? Wow. And the crazy thing is this is working on top of Android. So once they get this stable, you can realize a full on computer on your phone. You can find more on NexusOneHacks. net Check out the video below.… Read More
Even AppleCare knows the 4.0.1 update will not fix the iphone antenna issue July 7, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments When Apple first announced that they have been using an incorrect algorithm for calculating radio reception (and thus displaying ‘bars’) and that it will be corrected via a software update; many of us thought, ‘how is this going to change anything?’ I wrote a few posts back guessing that perhaps they need some sort of… Read More
Flash running on iPhone and iPad. Closer.. closer… July 5, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Actually, I’m kind of surprised its taking this long. I figured someone would have taken android version and did a hack/port a few months, back, but I guess I’m getting spoiled with seeing hacks and jailbreaks coming out in days. Still, from what I’ve heard, there is a good proof of concept out there. The… Read More
Now you can run iMovie on your iPhone 3G(s) July 1, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment With jailbreak of course. I have not done this myself because from what I read you need iOS4 and I really do not want to put that on my iphone 3g. But, for those of you that already took the plunge, AND have jailbroken AND care enough to want to bother in the first place…… Read More
iPhone and HTC Android fan boys do battle via salesman cartoons July 1, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment I think most of you have seen the animation where someone comes into a store to buy and iphone and salesman offers the HTC EVO only to hear ‘I dont care’ about the better features. So now we have a response. Now that the person bought the EVO, they try to go into an Apple… Read More
MicroSoft Kin is dead to no surprise, not even MS June 30, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment The Kin was DOA for almost everyone who reviewed it. It was basically a low feature, low capability smart phone that was not that smart, nor much of a phone, and yet still had the same cost of a phone. You HAVE to imagine that even the brain dead at MS mobile knew this was… Read More
A new iOS4 jailbreak Scam is out there, ClawPack. Avoid it. June 29, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment At first when I saw this, I thought it was a new jailbreak, but as I dug around, it turned out to be a scam. How do I know? I go to the iphone dev website to check, and there is was.. Update #3: Remember, there are scammers everywhere in the iPhone scene. The latest… Read More
The iphone 4 death grip drop call fail should be fixed with iOS4.0.1 June 28, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment First of all, the ‘grip of death!’ was not a complete shock. Based on my testing on the iphone 3 looking at the various ways reception can be compromised, I had a feeling that having the antenna on the outside could be an issue. And lo and behold.. It does. So, can software along fix… Read More
This is a test post from my iphone; its only a test. Dont bother reading it. June 28, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Really, it’s just a test. I would just stop reading now. Sry. I’m even typing this on my iPhone so I can test saving a draft and then posting using the wordpress app. And given that I’m using wordpress 3.0, I would not be all that surprised if it does not work. And anyway, why… Read More
Will the new iphone4 antenna reduce dropped calls? Not if you hold it wrong June 24, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment 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
Samsung Wave given out at the Samsung dev conference June 22, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Today we got the Samsung wave test unit phone using the bada OS. So far, the phone OS worked pretty well, very responsive touch screen. Now there are more things I still need to check more things out, but not bad, not bad at all. However, the GPS does not work right off. Took a… Read More
Will multitasking on the iOS4 make backgrounder on jailbreak redundant? June 21, 2010 | perivision | 22 Comments 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 June 21, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment 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
4 tips to improve your roomba’s performance June 18, 2010 | perivision | 6 Comments I love my little Roomba, and most people you talk to love theirs too. However, as far vacuum cleaners go, they cannot really compete with a standard high power vacuum cleaner. Nor are they supposed to. However, here are 4 tips to get the most of your Roomba. 1. Maximize your battery life: Depending on… Read More
Will the iphone 4 with the new antenna layout reduce dropped calls? June 16, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment 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 June 15, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment 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