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iPhone 6s and iPad Pro get double the RAM iOS app developer Hamza Sood figured out a slick way to use Xcode to ferret out just how much RAM the new iPhones and iPad Pro pack. Xcode is the tool developers use to write iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps, and it includes a simulator for…

Image credit: Apple Over the weekend, I spoke with an Apple retail store sales person about the Apple iPhone Upgrade Program. This was an informal conversation with a very knowledgeable person who generally filled me in on the process, but for all the legal details, you should read “iPhone Upgrade Program Terms & Conditions.” Apple's…

Verizon iPhone Landing Page Cash on the Barrel First up, you can buy your new iPhone outright and be done with the whole thing. If you choose the iPhone 6s, this will set you back $649 (16GB), $749 (64GB), or $849 (128GB). Going the 6s Plus route will damage your credit card at $749 (16GB),…

Here's how to check your AT&T Next plan for eligibility and make a payment if needed. I'm going to approach this from the standpoint of ordering your iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus starting on Apple's website, where you are given a convenient link to Get ready for preorder: Screenshot from Apple's iPhone Site Clicking…

Now that Apple has launched its own iPhone Upgrade Program, customers have several different options when it comes to upgrading to a new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus.  __________________________ iPhone 6s and 6s Plus pre-orders start at 12:01 AM on September 12th (early Saturday morning). Experience has shown that customers who go online at that…

Right now this data is being used (if you allow it) by the Dark Sky weather app. If you allow it. In the current version, you can choose to sign up your iPhone to report barometric pressure where you are: Allow Dark Sky to send off your barometric pressure for better reporting. So if you…

If your iPhone 6 Plus camera doesn't take blurry shots Apple may not replace it So I checked my serial number and lo and behold, mine was among the afflicted. (You can check your serial number, too.) I hadn't noticed any more blurry photos than usual, but I shoot a lot of blurry images anyway,…

It’s intended to help you use your iPhone one-handed, which I think was a reasonably good idea on Apple’s part; however, here’s what my personal experience with it has been. Actually, I think the “times I meant to use it” may even be a bit exaggerated there. So if you’re like me and just keep…

Track the International Space Station from your iPhone with these apps Sputnik! The Sputnik! app shows exactly when the ISS will pass over your current location and even includes a countdown clock so you'll know when to look up. The app shows where to look, lets you save favorite locations, includes Facebook and Twitter sharing,…

Is this a good time to think about watermarking your pix? Well, lets talk about it for a bit and discuss some of the options. Que es un Watermark? Obviously there are no fluids involved in the process of watermarking digital documents. The term likely stems from the stain water can leave on paper documents.…

The AluFrame Leather iPhone 6 case from Just Mobile is attractive, sophisticated, and it proved to be easy to use in every aspect of testing. The leather is Nappa and it comes in five color options. Nappa leather is typically dyed, made from kid-, cow-, calf-, lamb- or other skin by tanning. It is noted…

____________________ I started thinking about this effect in a new light after reading this article at Business Insider “One of the most accurate Apple analysts just spilled a ton of new details about the iPhone 6s.” Some of those predictions by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo sound reasonable and others not so much, according to…

“Force Touch can enrich user experience due to more input methods and support of handwritten signatures, which is beneficial for expanding the commercial market,” Mr. Ming-Chi wrote in a research note first covered by AppleInsider. ForceTouch was introduced on the trackpad for Apple's new MacBook, and it's a feature of Apple Watch. It allows the…

For those customers who have an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus and a corresponding olloclip lens kit, it can be annoying to remove the iPhone's case and attach the lenses. olloclip has solved that problem by introducing a very nice iPhone 6/6 Plus case that needn't be removed. Plus, it's a very nice case in…

Well, duh!! Of course that's true. And to create a technically good picture all you need to do is stay within a set of prescribed boundaries (sensor or film sensitivity, aperture, shutter speed, so on). Any modern camera is designed to do just that, automagically adjust itself to stay rigidly within those boundaries and produce…

iBOLT has released the iPro2,  a car docking station for iPhones. It works with iPhone 5 through iPhone 6 Plus. It can be mounted on the dashboard or windshield. If you have a USB port or USB car charger in your car, you can charge the phone while it is in the dock with the…

The Q card case for iPhone 6 Plus from CM4 has a place for three cards/cash, provides what appears to be good drop protection, a screen protector, and is available in five colors. There is a very clever slot built into the case that allows you to use a credit card to create a kickstand…

The just released ExoLens kit for the iPhone 6 (iPhone 6 Plus in May, 2015) is a professional pair of lenses, 3x telephoto and wide angle that attach to the iPhone 6 with a sturdy lattice mount. The mount is threaded with a standard 1/4″-20 connection, ready for a tripod. The system is designed for…

New carrier smartphone unlocking rules went in place Wednesday Carrier locking binds a smartphone to a specific carrier—a practice cell service providers use to keep customers from switching to competitors. Devices can be unlocked through a software update, but carriers prefer to make that a difficult process to discourage their customers from doing so. Current…

Don't look for sapphire glass for the next iPhone's display Apple started using Gorilla Glass with the original iPhone because it offered much better scratch resistance and strength compared to other display surface materials while at the same time being relatively thin and light weight. The relationship between the two companies paid off because Apple…

Totallee has introduced The Scarf case for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It's as thin as a fingernail, about 0.01 inch (0.35 mm), has a see-through back that displays the Apple logo, and the textured, polypropylene, surface that provides a firm grip.  The Scarf iPhone 6/6 Plus case (white) The case is flexible and…

Believer: My Forty Years in Politics Cover The book, Believer: My 40 Years in Politics, won't be released until February 10th, but The New York Daily Mail (via Gizmodo) got advance access to the book and published several excerpts. One of those excerpts concerned the iPhone and how the late Steve Jobs gave the presidential…

No matter what you are trying to capture on camera, having the camera as steady as possible can mean the difference between a good shot and a fantastic one due to how sharp the photo is. You've seen them. I've produced them myself. A photo will have perfect exposure, great composition, interesting subject, spectacular color…

Peri is heading into the last week of an Indiegogo campaign, where it's already raised US$110,000 and passed it goal. There are seven days left, however, to pick up a Duo Case for $99 through Indiegogo—it will MSRP for $139. The Duo Case will ship in the second quarter of 2015. Here are two working…