Review of InfraredCamera and SP Photo – taking low light pics with the iPhone I actually downloaded this awhile back but have not used it until now. Its actually pretty interesting. I took a pic of my cat in a low light situation.… Read More
Top iPhone apps you should have for MacWorld First off, Happy New Year! We are approaching the final count down to MacWorld and aside from a few bookmarks (and macworld – thanks @danielbru for reminding me), there are a few apps you may want to make sure you have installed. I’m going to break the list in two; jailbreak and non jailbreak apps. … Read More
Cheat codes for SimCity on the iphone ipod touch Because so many people have been asking, I’ll repost this. FYI: Simcity for iPad came out with cheats. I’m going to test the cheats this week. I went though 10+ known cheat codes for simcity3k and simcity4. None of them seemed to work. So as far as I know, only 2 cheats codes work.. i… Read More
How to reduce the crashes on SimCity for the iphone Ok, its been a week now and everyone has been dealing with the crashes. Seems to happen when switching between map and selecting something to build, either a structure or land zoning. Best fix.. and you will not like it.. reboot your phone. Yup, sorry, only good solution. What this does is make sure there… Read More
Auto login for Starbucks works pretty well. And its not from Starbucks or AT&T There is a starbucks near where I live, but the wifi there is horrible. Worse, I cannot get 3G, so basically, I go elsewhere. Then AT&T announced they were going to give iPhone users free wifi access. Great! But, you have to go through this silly login process: Link to process.. Whatever. It’s not a… Read More
Springboard goes into mobile substrate safe mode? Why? For your own protection I had no idea there was a mobile substrate safe mode. Well there you go. The funny thing is; I got 2 comments today asking about SBSetting perhaps causing the problem. I’ve been using SBS for quite a while, my favorite app, and never an issue. Then tonight, I got bumped to safe mode. Odd. … Read More
iphone/itouch tip no. 74 – Use Jot for your unplanned shopping list How often did you run out of shampoo, or cat food, or spare 10ohm resisters and think.. I need to run out to the store today/tonight. Then you think, well, I may was well pick up. $list=array(‘stuff;, ‘stuff’, ‘stuff’); Well, instead of relying on memory, I remembered that I had a copy of ‘Jot’. I… Read More
Airline barf bag as an iphone/ipod holder. Uber Random, Uber cool 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
How to upgrade to iphone 2.2 and then re jailbreak. 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 2.2 upgrade pwn your phone? Steps to downgrade (restore) back to 2.1 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
Pwnagetool (Mac only) and pwnage (jailbreak) iphone 2.2 for Windows and Macintosh is out. 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
Review of iPhone movie apps and tips for getting the most when your shooting. For those of you without jailbroken phones, just keeping moving along.. nothing to see here.. Ok, for the rest of you, there are 4 programs out there for taking video and for me, one that I cannot seem to get to work. Cycoder: This is a pretty good app with a very simple UI. Start… Read More
How the iPhone saved me $10 at Walmart using screen capture I was not going to blog about this, but recently I saw a post on how Walmart now has an iPhone version of their site. I have a friend visiting from the UK, and instead of renting a bike for a few days, I did some research and found it cheaper to buy a new… Read More
Using the iPod touch for turn by turn directions without GPS or ATT wireless Not having GPS or ATT data on the iPod touch can be a limiting factor, especially when you want to use google maps for a trip… or is it? Well, I’ve written that GPS should be coming very soon, but I came across this post by 3amJosh where he shows how you can store turn… Read More
Noise while playing iphone (mp3) in the car via the cigarette socket I’m a news junkie and thus listen to quite a bit of AM when I drive. AM reception in my area is not very good and on long drives I lose my normal 24hr news station. So I use the iphone as a digital radio (another post on this coming soon). However, I get a… Read More
tip #2 screen capture on the iphone Someone asked about how I get my screenshots on the iphone.. Easy.. If you are using 2.0, all you need to do is press the top right power button and the home button at the same time. You do not have to hold them down. The screen will flash white and an image of your… Read More
Should I upgrade to the iPhone 3G – list of questions and answers A number of friends are getting iphones and I’m starting to hear the same questions come up, so here is a quick list of questions and answers How do I sync this thing? You need to have itunes. Sorry, no way around this.. and i have been looking. However, I would recommend getting this application.… Read More