Airline barf bag as an iphone/ipod holder. Uber Random, Uber cool December 5, 2008 | perivision | 1 Comment Really, THIS my friends is being inventive. @briansolis tweeted this link out from Random Cool Stuff on how to use a barf bag to hold your iphone/ipod. As a fan of MAKE, I LOVE stuff like this. I only included the one image, but you can see more on the website. @AdamSigner brought up a… Read More
itouch as a phone? … Sure, all you need is WIFI December 4, 2008 | perivision | 3 Comments Just read in TechCrunch about a new itouch app by UK-based Truphone that allows you to make phone calls on your itouch if you have WIFI access. Sounds pretty good. Calls are free to other itouch users as well as other supported mobile devices and low rates to those outside the system, much like Skype.… Read More
Top 10 Jailbreak apps for iphone December 3, 2008 | perivision | 28 Comments the 10 best jailbreak apps for the iphone / ipad… Read More
How to upgrade to iphone 2.2 and then re jailbreak. December 2, 2008 | perivision | 3 Comments I know I said I was not going to bother upgrading to 2.2, but the geek blood that flows just cannot resist trying it out and seeing what will happen. That and I feel this certain journalistic responsibility to find out for my readers… (hope this feeling goes away soon 🙂 So I thought I… Read More
iphone apps, from cheap to free November 29, 2008 | perivision | Leave a comment Black Friday hits the iphone. Not much else to say about this site really, its a web site that shows iphone apps that are on sale, quite often too free. Check it out. Appshopper.com… Read More
iphone 2.2 upgrade pwn your phone? Steps to downgrade (restore) back to 2.1 November 27, 2008 | perivision | 7 Comments I still have not moved from 2.1 to 2.2, but the temptation is there with the promise of a better browser for javascript sites.. I saw this as a comment to another post.. I have not tried it but when I read it the steps seems fine. Try at your own risk, but if your… Read More
N.Y. Times rips on the new Blackberry Storm… I agree November 26, 2008 | perivision | 3 Comments I have my issues with the iPhone, and I have no problem expressing them, but all in all you have to admit, it’s pretty good. The OS does a good job at being fast enough to keep up with you (not as much since 2.0) and things are mostly well thought out and designed. No… Read More
iPhone ad withdrawn over speed claims in the UK, when will it here? November 26, 2008 | perivision | Leave a comment I have never been impressed with the ‘fast’ 3G adverts. Fast. Whatever. Better then edge, but 3G only works ‘sometimes’ for me depending on my location. So every time I see an advert here in the US I roll my eyes. Well, lookie here.. This is from ‘The Independent’ The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld… Read More
The next Andriod phone is a swiss army knife … Shame its zzzPhone November 25, 2008 | perivision | 1 Comment I have been hearing on the interWebs that zzzPhone is at it again. This time, an Andriod phone. This looks about as dodgy as it gets, but I love the concept. I heard about these guys back in March and dismissed it. Well, they pop up now and again.. This time they are running Andriod. … Read More
Qik videos can now be seen on the iphone! The circle is complete November 24, 2008 | perivision | 2 Comments About time. I was actually surprised it took this long.. but we have a winner! yes, Qik videos can now been seen on the iPhone. How? mov player of course. The quality is pretty darn good. This has been a weakness since both Qik, flixwagon and even livecliq (which I have yet to get working)… Read More
Pwnagetool (Mac only) and pwnage (jailbreak) iphone 2.2 for Windows and Macintosh is out. November 23, 2008 | perivision | 3 Comments Ok, so right off, lets be clear.. There is pwnagetool and pwnage. First, read this from iphone-dev.. Baseband 101 The ‘baseband’ is the generic name given to the internal components of the iPhone that handle the phone calls and Internet access. This ‘baseband’ is a tiny and unique independent computer system that runs inside your… Read More
Did the iPhone 2.2 update make your network faster? Let me know November 21, 2008 | perivision | 2 Comments I have not updated yet and I have gone over the reasons, basically deciding it was not worth the time to re jailbreak and reinstall stuff. But I did hear from one person that they though the network was working faster. Now that could have been cause of the clean install, who knows.. but if… Read More
Video Recorder is really starting to piss me off November 21, 2008 | perivision | Leave a comment I really want to like this app. And I did in the beginning. I love the options for video and sound compression. I think the idea of compressing on the fly or later is fantastic. This is not a free app either, I paid for this.. so what is upsetting to me?? Well for the… Read More
Flixwagon gets an update to its live video broadcasting for the iPhone November 21, 2008 | perivision | Leave a comment I got an email from Flixwagon with some improvements and I have to say, I’m impressed. Here is a brief list of changes from the email.. We’ve recently announced our integration with Nokia’s free media sharing service Share on Ovi, so now you can instantly upload your flixwagon videos to Ovi. More information here. If… Read More
iPhone OS 2.2 is out. I’m not going to install it. November 20, 2008 | perivision | Leave a comment 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 November 20, 2008 | perivision | 1 Comment 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 November 20, 2008 | perivision | 1 Comment 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. November 17, 2008 | perivision | Leave a comment 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 November 17, 2008 | perivision | Leave a comment 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 November 17, 2008 | perivision | 1 Comment 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