RichardSolo 1800 iPhone Backup Battery Review
Posted on November 29th, 2008
The iPhone Edition Hands-On Review of the RichardSolo 1800 iPhone Battery Backup has been posted in the iPhone Edition Review Center.
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Black Friday Deals: Our Favorite Retailers
Posted on November 28th, 2008
Some of our favorite retailers are offering savings this Black Friday and throughout the weekend. Get great prices on holiday gifts from:
But hurry; offers end today, this weekend or Monday.
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Tweetie: Best iPhone Twitter App
Posted on November 26th, 2008
If you’re a Twitter user with an iPhone, you have many free options when it comes to the App Store. Most are great if your needs are few, but if you’re a full-on power user who wants to be able to post links, handle multiple Twitter accounts, upload photos and update your location, you’ll need to pony up.
Our current favorite paid Twitter app for the iPhone is Tweetie, as it does all of these things with a nice, familiar iPhone interface.
Click one of the links below view Tweetie in iTunes. You’ll get more app details there, and if you’ve got an extra $2.99 burning a hole in your pocket, you can grab the program while you’re at it.
DOWNLOAD TWEETIE: In iTunes on PC/Mac/iPhone
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iPhone App Spotlight: Air Mouse
Posted on November 23rd, 2008
Air Mouse transforms your iPhone (or iPod touch) into a wireless mouse for your PC or Mac. You can use Air Mouse in regular mouse mode (left, right mouse buttons, scroll wheel, etc.) or as a virtual touch pad like those found on laptops. Each controls your computer over Wi-Fi, and there’s even a keyboard for quick data entry when needed.
The app works by combining the accelerometer, touchscreen and wireless data connection found on the iPhone to simulate a mouse.
You have to install server software on your computer in order to use Air Mouse, and the server requires Mac OS X 10.4 or above, or Windows XP or Vista on the PC side (64 and 32-bit).
We hope to see more ingenious apps like this for the iPhone over the coming years. Give it a try and tell us what you think!
DOWNLOAD AIR MOUSE: In iTunes on PC/Mac On iPhone
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Safari Browser Much More Stable with iPhone OS 2.2
Posted on November 21st, 2008
While the iPhone has many shortcomings (some petty and minor, others obvious and inexcusable) one of our biggest groaners here at iPhone Edition is Safari. There’s little doubt Safari offers one of the best mobile browsing experiences ever, but it crashes too much. Much too much.
Or, perhaps we should say “crashed.” We’ve been feverishly surfing the ‘Net on our iPhones since this morning’s debut of the iPhone OS v2.2, and one of the things we’ve all noted is that the new and improved Safari just isn’t crashing. Not once all day, not on a single iPhone.
It’s not possible to reach a valid conclusion about something tech after using it for only a few hours, but things are looking up on the stability front. We’ve also noticed pages seem to be loading more quickly and that sections of a page render more quickly when scrolling up or down a page.
Please share your new-and-improved Safari praise – or disgust.
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iPhone Software Update v2.2 Now Available
Posted on November 21st, 2008
Right on schedule, Apple has released its iPhone v2.2 software update, and the features are pretty much what we expected: Google Street View in Maps, podcast downloads over the air, and the Home Button taking you back to the first page of the Home Screen.
One interesting, and largely under-reported, feature of the update is “improved stability and performance of Safari.” As many times as Safari crashes on us, we’ll file this claim under “please, God, let it be true” and “we’ll believe it when we see it.”
For those of you new to the iPhone, a notice for the update will appear the next time to sync your iPhone with iTunes. For more information on this update, visit the Apple iPhone Software Update page.
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FaceCall: Photo Speed Dial Icons on iPhone Home Screen
Posted on November 20th, 2008
If you’ve ever wished the iPhone handled speed dialing without the need for multiple screen taps, FaceCall is a solution you may find useful.
The new iPhone App creates contact photo icons right on the iPhone’s Home Screen. A single tap of the icon makes a call, no menus, no scrolling.
Have you tried FaceCall? Let us know by commenting below.
View FaceCall in the iTunes App Store…
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Updated Google Mobile App Offers Voice Search
Posted on November 14th, 2008
The latest version of the iPhone Google Mobile App offers the ability to search with your voice. You can search for web sites, images, and even local information (including movie showtimes) just by running the app and putting the iPhone to your ear. When you speak a search term or Google command (eg. 25 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit), your voice is converted to a digital file and then uploaded to Google servers; once processed, the result is sent back to your iPhone.
Microsoft has offered a similar voice service on Windows Mobile and other smartphone devices since early 2008 with a free utility called Live Search Mobile. Live Search Mobile uses Microsoft’s Live Search search engine.
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iPhone v2.2 Coming November 21st?
Posted on November 12th, 2008
According to several Internet sources, Apple may deliver v2.2 of the iPhone OS on November 21, 2008. That’s less than two weeks from now, and just in time for the week of Thanksgiving.
iPhone v2.2 is supposed to include a wide range of updates and improvements including Google Street View, over-the-air Podcast downloading, a slightly tweaked Safari web browser interface, new ways of rating software titles in the App Store, spelling auto correction tweaks and more.
Information regarding the release date and the exact features of iPhone v2.2 software has not been confirmed and should be treated as rumor.
Primary Source: O’Grady’s PowerPage
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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary for iPhone
Posted on November 10th, 2008
If you need a dictionary with you wherever you go, there are a few free apps for the iPhone which provide access to online dictionaries. However, this requires a connection to the Internet, and if you live outside of a 3G network area, using an online dictionary may prove to require more time than it’s worth.
Now Merriam-Webster’s 11th Edition Collegiate Dictionary is available as a paid app in the iTunes App Store [DOWNLOAD LINK]. The program includes over 475,000 entries and includes search and history functions.
Unfortunately, the app is $24 in the App Store. This is a worthy product, and one many users would likely enjoy having, but $25 seems a bit much – particulary when you consider that the hardcopy of the 11th Edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is only $16 @ Amazon.com.
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