Print That, iPhone!

There are several apps that attempt to come to the rescue here, but none are ideal. Apps such as iPrintApp and Print Magic have gotten mostly terrible reviews, with many people claiming that they cannot get the apps to work at all, at least not with their printers. When I tried Print Magic, I couldn’t…

Analyst: New iPhone Form Factor the Real Key To Shares in 2010

“While we are upbeat about the possibility of a tablet and acknowledge the incremental impact of a tablet device to our model,” the analyst wrote, “we are growing even more enthusiastic about the iPhone’s potential upgrade cycle this summer, which could last longer than usual — well into FY11 when Verizon could come aboard in…

iSkin solo, solo FX, and solo FX SE iPhone cases

I’ve tested a lot of iPhone cases — I lost count after around a dozen — in the past year. Some I’ve liked, some I’ve hated, and some I neither liked nor hated. I used the ones I liked best — such as the iFrogz Luxe and  RadTech ARC — for weeks on end. I…

iPhones and iPods on a Train

Five years ago, a BART train rider would have still seen a lot of passengers with mobile devices. However, the specifics have shifted dramatically. Until the last year or so, I could divide most users into two groups. If they had headphones in their ears, they were using an iPod (either a nano or a…

Analyst: iPod Touch Session Usage Growing Faster Than iPhone

Flurry also said that Android user sessions grew from 10% to 14% during the same time. While still dwarfed by Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch usage, Android’s user session usage is growing the fastest of the three platforms. The company also postulated that iPod touch represents a more important piece of Apple’s future revenue growth…

3D Snow Globe for iPhone is Cute

I looked at several of the customizable snow globes in iTunes. Snow Globe Maker allows you to design a static, 2D Snow Globe and, say, e-mail it to friends. Other snow globes got iffy reviews because they didn’t work well. Snow Globe Free is free because it’s laden with ads and pitches. However, this app…

iPhone Earrings: Home Buttons for Your Ears

iPhone Home button earringsThe earrings are made from actual Home buttons recycled from dead or damaged iPhones. Powerbook Medic says they aren’t shipping until November 23 because of high demand, but that still leaves time to get a set in time for your office holiday party.A set of iPhone Home button earrings costs US$14.95 and…

iPhone Game News: Worms Express, Original Worms Update Plans

Worms Express (US$0.99) features single-player action in two environments, Hell and Hawaii, with randomly-generated battlefields, positions, and mines. A dozen challenges are included, along with three difficulty levels.Meanwhile, the forthcoming Worms 2.0 ($4.99) will offer support for multi-player gaming over Bluetooth and new visual options on the iPhone 3GS and latest iPod touch, bumping up…

UNIEA Intrecciato, U-Pouch and U-Hip Pop iPhone Cases

I am always pleased when I am asked to review products from UNIEA because their products consistently have two things in common with Apple products: they are beautifully designed and of very high quality. The two iPhone and one iPhone/iPod touch cases I am reviewing today did not disappoint. The UNIEA U-Suit Intrecciato Premium Leather…

iPhone In-App Purchases: Lost and Found

Soon after I made the $19.99 in-app purchase from Navigon, things began to go awry. Not to worry. The story has a happy ending. First, a brief digression about MobileNavigator itself: When I last wrote about this GPS app, I gave it high marks. And that was before an upgrade that added text-to-speech for street…

NAVIGON AG - True GPS Software for the iPhone

I get lost. Like when I was at my first Macworld Expo. My hotel was two blocks from the convention center, but I made a wrong turn somewhere and it took me over two hours to find my hotel. Like when I suddenly found myself at night on a country road in a town I…

iPhone Gaming Update: Dream Day Wedding, More

In Dream Day Wedding, players search New York City as they solve puzzles and find hidden wedding items. As they travel through the game’s 29 levels spread across nine locations, they arrange Rachel and Nate’s wedding. Bonus mini-games and other surprises are unlocked along the way, and players can use the game’s Facebook Connect feature…

Verizon's MiFi: The Best iPhone (and Mobile Mac!) Accessory

The SpeedThe first thing I’ll say is that the speed isn’t really the most important feature of this device for me, then I’ll go on to explain why I’m wrong in that assertion. In comparison to your DSL or Cable connection, the MiFi will almost always lose, but it almost always wins against AT&T’s 3G…

Analyst: iPhone 3GS Sales Solid, Demand for MacBook Pro Strong

The analyst made the comments in a research note obtained by The Mac Observer. In that note he reiterated his “Overweight” rating for the stock (versus a “Neutral” rating for the sector) and maintained his US$173 price target. “Apple iPhone 3GS sales still look solid now more than two weeks after the initial launch,” he…

iPhone OS 3.0: Was It Worth The Wait?

Back when His Steveness announced the feature ladened iPhone OS 3.0 the salivary glands of the iPhone Faithful kicked into overdrive and vendors of other smart and not-so-smartphones started wringing hands again. See, iPhone owners knew their devices were cool and all, but there were still so many things their Wunder-Phone couldn’t do that other…

TMO Interviews Vito Tech: iPhone Apps, From Russia with Stars

 Erika Torazzina, Head of Business Development, Vito Technologies TMO: Tell me about the Vito technology developers and where they are. Torazzina: The founder, who is Russian, and a few other staff are in Alexandria, Virginia. But the development team is based in Novosibirsk, Russia. It’s the capital city of Siberia and is the third largest…

iPhone OS 3.0: A Story of Patience

Today, however, I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve up to his eyeballs in a flood of anticipation for what Santa will bring, except in this case it’s early Summer, I’m a hell of a lot older, and “Santa” hails from Cupertino, California, not the North Pole. I’m waiting, of course, for iPhone OS…

Indigo 4 Automation Server Adds iPhone Support

Version 4 improved the Web-based interface, the built-in Web server now supports RESTful Web APIs, the system offers folder management for organizing devices, and Bonjour and AppleScript support was improved. Indigo 4 also added support for the INSTEON IR-Linc Transmitter, I/O-Linc, and Motion Sensor hardware modules.Indigo is now also available in Lite and Pro versions.…

iPhone Reversi Games: A Bunch of Losers

Unfortunately, none of these apps are worth their cost. And I say this knowing that several of the versions cost nothing at all. To be fair, I didn’t assess all the different Reversi games in the App Store; rather, I selected 4 that appeared to be representative. Perhaps I overlooked some gem. But I doubt…

Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #178: Batch Permission Changes, Encrypting Follow-up, Re-Enabling AirPort, and GigE speeds

Listen Now: Download: or (AAC coming shortly courtesy of Michael Johnston of iPhoneAlley) Show notes for Mac Geek Gab Podcast For November 28th, 2008 John and Dave are local in New Hampshire, no bandwidth issues to get in the way today! Just a straight-ahead podcast answering your questions, helping you change permissions, re-enable Airport, suss…

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