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Category: iPhone

  • Using The ESPN 2010 FIFA World Cup App for the iPhone

    Reading Time: 5 minutesI like the ESPN 2010 FIFA World Cup App for the iPhone more than I expected.  Perhaps that’s because the so-called reviewers in the iTunes App Store were almost universal in their condemnation of this free app.  That’s not surprising, considering the fact that the app contains the option of purchasing significant…

  • Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been sitting at my desk doing real work today, watching the unfolding controversy over the iPhone Prototype purchase that Gizmodo made. The latest development (if you have been completely avoiding media today) is that the Editor of Gizmodo had his home searched by the police for some reason and a…

  • iPhone Headphones and Heavy Exercise Don’t Mix

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been wanting to talk about my experience with iPhone headphones and exercise for some time. In my opinion iPhone headphones manufactured by Apple are consumables. I have never had a set last for more than 4 months. They get so much use from me that the rubber holding the earbuds together…

  • AT&T Takes Away Unlimited Wireless Data Access Plans from Go Phone Customers

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was a happy user of AT&T GoPhone for the past three months. That ended today. Up until November 12, AT&T provided unlimited monthly data service as a pay-as-you-go option for $19.99 per month. Once you bought this service, you could use either the 3G or EDGE wireless data networks. I…

  • I Changed My Mind on iPhone Tethering

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy latest post on O’Reilly’s Inside iPhone is A Glimpse of Our Tethering Future where I recount my experiences working with a Nokia E71 and an application called JoikuSpot that turns the E71 into a 3G-powered ad hoc WiFi access point that you can carry in your pocket. My use of…

  • When Did i.TUAW.com Debut?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was on the train home from NYC tonight reading tweets on the Twitterific iPhone app. I got a tweet from TUAW that said: i.tuaw.com This is (of course) the iPhone-optimized version of The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Is this new? If so, it’s long overdue. It takes at least a minute…

  • Since My Wife Has an iPhone 3G, I Don’t Have the Best Phone in the House Anymore

    Reading Time: 2 minutesMonday I bought my wife Kathleen an iPhone 3G. I finally figured out the new iPhone line protocol at Apple Stores, swung by The West 14th Street Apple Store on my way to work, and found the line almost pleasingly short. If AT&T Mobility hadn’t had some meaningless flag on my account,…

  • Assigning Locations to OmniFocus iPhone Contexts

    Reading Time: 4 minutesMy latest Inside iPhone post is called How an iPhone Can Help You Be More Productive When Commuting Via Mass Transit. One of the things I talk about in that post is the power of using location-based contexts within the OmniFocus for iPhone application. I realized while writing the Inside iPhone piece…

  • A Solution for iPhone Photo Saving Problems

    Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the few nagging problems I’ve experienced with my iPhone is a photo saving problem. This has been described in several different ways by other iPhone users out on the Internet: iPhone “disappearing photos” bug experienced by Jeffrey Zeldman back in November 2007. iPhone Camera Problems: Blank White Thumbnails mentioned in…