Archive for November, 2007

• One laptop per child - Give one and get one!

  
  Its altruistic purpose, along with its blend of convenient collaboration tools, clever hardware, and innovative operating system makes this machine worthy of the global recognition it’s receiving. In its own way, the XO is more of a catalyst for technological change than Apple’s iPhone. — Laptop Magazine
  Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get…

  Wednesday, November 14th, 2007   |   4 comments

• Need a laugh? Super Deluxe now playing on a small screen near you

  
  The comedy video social network, Super Deluxe, is now super optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch. Sure, you could burn hours of quality pattern-interrupt time on YouTube for loads of belly laughs, but Super Deluxe offers a nice interruption to your…uh…YouTube pattern. Super Deluxe has a groovy, slick interface that serves up nothing but comedy videos for your enjoyment.…

  Tuesday, November 13th, 2007   |   No comments

• Google Reader for iPhone - New features and improved layout

  
  Google Reader, which has been our preferred RSS reader for iPhone and iPod touch, has added new features for mobile users including iPhone and iPod touch. Mobile users can now view Google Reader Trends statistics on their mobile device and they can now also specify the number of items they want to be visible on one page via the mobile…

  Tuesday, November 13th, 2007   |   No comments

• News round up - iPhone meets Android, earns Spotlight, edit events on iPod touch

  

  iPhone meets Google’s Android, love-hate relationship ensues
  iPhone to get Spotlight search in 2008 along with more features
  Firmware 1.1.2 released for iPhone & iPod touch, Jailbreaks are waiting
  iPod touch finally gets add and edit events for Calendar

  Tuesday, November 13th, 2007   |   No comments

• The Food Network is cooking up an iPhone site

  
  The Food Network is working on an iPhone and iPod touch version of its web site that was discovered with the URL trick recently. Unless you are a ballerina or a super model, chances are you like the Food Network as much as we do. The iPhone optimized version of the site offers its trademark recipes sorted by ingredient, chef,…

  Thursday, November 8th, 2007   |   No comments

• iPhone tip - Sync contacts between phones, Outlook, and email clients

  
  A new, free data syncing service from Funambol enables you to wirelessly sync your email contacts to your iPhone. This eliminates having to manually enter or update contact information on your iPhone, or using a cable to sync contacts from Outlook, Yahoo, Thunderbird, or even other cell phones. Funambol does all this through a web app so you don’t have…

  Thursday, November 8th, 2007   |   4 comments

• Alert! iPhone Jailbreaks beware of firmware update 1.1.2

  
  Tomorrow marks the date that the iPhone lands in the U.K. taking with it firmware update 1.1.2. This means a firmware update for all iPhones coming soon to an iTunes near you. If you proudly show off your Jailbroken iPhone with cool 3rd party apps and customization, you need to beware. With the last firmware update, Apple disabled 3rd party…

  Thursday, November 8th, 2007   |   11 comments

• iPhone sites hiding in plain sight

  
  You may have noticed by now that many web sites are offering a version of their site optimized specifically for iPhone and iPod touch. One common method for serving up these sites is to create a subdomain which replaces the ‘www’ with ‘iphone’ to produce a URL like this, ‘iphone.somesite.com’. Some iPhone web sleuths out there have been typing this…

  Wednesday, November 7th, 2007   |   One comment