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Finally.

Matt — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:46:35 +0000

The iPhone is now available in white.

Rumor: The unicorn and Sasquatch will be announced soon.

MMS Comes To the iPhone Today

Matt — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:03:25 +0000

Well it’s about friggin’ time, and here’s how to enable MMS on your iPhone 3G or 3GS (sorry first-gen iPhones):

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer.

2. Open iTunes and click on your iPhone in the devices list.

3. Click check for updates.

4. Install the new update.

5. When the install and syncing finishes, reboot your iPhone.

6. Tap on Messages. Your iPhone will now have a small camera icon next to the text field. Viola, You’re done!

Speed Up Your iPhone: 8 Tips & Tricks

Matt — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:13:37 +0000

The iPhone 3GS is fast, much faster then it’s predecessor. Whether your iPhone is taking the extra second to recognize a button click or has long loading times, here are a few tips and tricks to help speed up your iPhone:

Leave free space. Leaving around 750MB of free space allows the iPhone to create more virtual memory.
Less Email! Email downloading in the background is the number one cause of my iPhone slowness. Under settings you’ll be able to show less recent message.
Get email less often. Uhh, What? It makes sense in terms of performance, but not to the email enthusiast. Checking for mail every 5 minutes will slow down your phone’s performance. Try using something longer – hourly or manually will greatly improve the performance of your phone for you email junkies.
Delete old text messages (SMS).
Apps Apps Apps! The more apps = the more screen rendering. Remove your unused apps.
Clear Safari’s cache. You can do so under settings > safari > clear cache.
Turn off Bluetooth and or WiFi. This can also help improve battery performance.
If all else fails, try doing a reboot. Hold both buttons for a few seconds.

Recharge your iPhone with an Altoid Tin

Matt — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:30:14 +0000

Ladyada.net:

This project details a small & simple, but very powerful USB charger for your mp3 player, camera, cell phone, and just about any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge! (See below for compatibility tests)
The charger circuitry and 2 AA batteries fit into an Altoids gum tin, and will run your iPod for hours!

I plan on making mine sometime this week. How about you?

MintyBoost

BlackBerry ad shoots Apple through its heart

Matt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:10:19 +0000

A new BlackBerry ad in spite of the BlackBerry Storm:

Pretty good commercial. Too bad the Storm is a pain-in-the-ass to use — especially when compared with the iPhone.

Via TG Daily.

Don’t fear iPhone Duplicate Apps anymore!

Matt — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:42:20 +0000

The iTunes App Store, for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has been out long enough for developers to release updates to their apps — some have even release several updates. Acquiring the update is easy through both iTunes and the App Store on the mobile device.

However, there is a catch. Maybe you’ve gone to update your apps through iTunes and noticed something similar (opposite).

The reason this is happening may be magical and mysterious, but like totally curable!

Introducing Pourhadi’s Dupe Remover 3000 the app that will relieve disk strain and space by removing those pesky duplicates. (Ok so it’s more of an applescript, cry about it).

Pourhadi’s Dupe Remover 3000 is designed to

Frickin’ Obliterate Those Frickin’ App Dupes

Or in laymens terms

It will remove all but the latest version of the app from the Mobile Applications folder. Then you drag the apps back into iTunes and click the replace button for each one dragged in. (Hold shift or command and select multiple apps to save you frustration).

On a more serious note, Ten Reasons it Would Rule to Date a Unicorn! Paris Hilton runs for President!

Download Dupe Remover 3000 here.

Top 5 Free iPhone Apps

Matt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:46:26 +0000

The App Store (along with the iPhone 3G) has been available as part of the iPhone 2.0 software update for about 2 weeks now. With the release of the App Store there has been a surge of new iPhone apps to the point of becoming overwhelming.

Here’s a list of my five favorite free apps (no games in this list, but look for the top iPhone game list soon).

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Remote
Twinkle
Shazam
Pandora Radio
PhoneSaber

Remote (Apple) is a simple app that allows you to control iTunes on both Mac and PC. It also allows you to control Apple TV. It allows you to switch between different computers (including Apple TV) and it works flawlessly. The app is�extremely responsive and that’s why it makes its way to the top of the list.

Twinkle (Tapulous) is a location aware twitter client. Not only does this app look great, but beats out Twitterific (if you like the desktop version of Twitterific, you’ll want Twinkle on your iPhone). The only gripe that I have with this app is that every once in a while it’ll crash –�nonetheless�it’s a great app.

Shazam (Shazam Entertainmend Ltd.) could easily be one of the best iPhone apps. If, like me, you’ve ever wondered what song is currently playing on the radio then this app is for you. Simply click the “Tag Now” button and it listens to what is playing and after a few seconds it detects the song playing and stores it for future reference. It has many more features so I definitely suggest you download this app.

Pandora Radio (Pandora Media, Inc.) is a great app for music lovers. It works flawlessly as long as you have a Pandora account. If you do not it’ll prompt you to set one up. Creating an account is easy — Don’t forget to finish the registration form through the third and final step or you’ll run into a little trouble when trying to use the app on your iPhone. Once the app is up and running you can listen to music related to what you like and tag it based on a like/dislike basis. Like a song? Bookmarking the song is simple — or buy it immediately in iTunes. Pandora Radio is a great way to discover new music. Keep your iPhone charged up because this app uses the 3G data network (where available) and we all know how much that sucks the life right out of your battery.

PhoneSaber (TheMacBox) is one of the geekiest apps of them all — and I love it. Choose a color and it powers on your accelerometer controlled lightsaber that makes noise when swinging your iPhone around. That’s all there is to it — now you can have your epic geek battles with your friends. While this app won’t actually burn or cut through anything, it may burn a hole in your pocket if you let go while swinging into oblivion.

The App store seems to have a lot of buggy apps due to the long-standing NDA, which disallowed developers to communicate about methods of doing something thing better. Developers are now able to communicate and we’ll start to see better performing apps as well as updates to current buggy ones. That’s the top 5. What are your favorite iPhone apps?