Archive for the ‘apple’ Category

The coming of iPhone 3.0 apps

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

The iPhone 3.0 is a mere four months away and the recent announcements have made everyone drool over copy and paste and enhanced Google Maps.  But knowing these new features, we can start to imagine what our current favorite apps could look like. Last.fm - With the iPhone 3.0, apps will ...

Favorite iPhone apps revisited

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Back in August 2008, a mere month after the iPhone was released, I published my list of apps that I used.  I had quite a list back then and still have the personal rule that I won't have more than 4 pages of apps since it's too hard to find ...

Mophie Juicepack iPhone 3G charger

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Around the beginning of November, many months after being frustrated by the iPhone's anemic battery life, I was introduced to the Mophie Juicepack.  The price at that time, as now, was $99, which was too much for my wallet to bear.  I continued to suffer through remembering to carry an ...

Mac Backups to NAS via SMB

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

For a while now I have been backing up my Mac Mini to a 4GB USB keyfob I had lying around, just to test out Time Machine and see how backups worked on the Mac. My original intent when I bought the Mac was to back up my home area ...

iPhone photo management

Friday, November 7th, 2008

The iPhone's camera, while far from being the best way to capture the moment, is certainly the most convenient.  For those of us who have an iPhone, we always have it with us.  Surely there are little issues with it that will taint the experience, like how long it takes ...

Get Your Mac Minis While They Last

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

For those of you thinking about trying out a cheap mac, rush out to your local Apple store and buy a Mac Mini. Apple is discontinuing the product, which means that unless Apple has something new in the works, the entry point for getting into the Mac world will ...

5 Things I Hate About the iPhone 3G

Friday, September 12th, 2008

The iPhone is a wonderful gadget, but while there are things we love, there are things we will undoubtedly hate about it. Argh! Where is my charger?!? And why doesn't my old charger work? Power is a real problem with the iPhone 3G.  I find myself charging the unit overnight every day.  ...

5 Things I Love About iPhone 3G

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Style There's one thing that Apple has that the LGs and Nokias of the world don't have, and that's style. As soon as the iPhone 3G arrived, a raft of immitators showed up in it's wake. I won't rehash the reviews others have made, but it's enough to say that the ...

The iPhone as an eBook reader

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

One of the things I was originally disappointed in with the iPhone was its inability to use the vast 16GB of space I had as a mounted disk, as I could previously with my iPod nano. I was still able to browse the web for PDFs, which was pretty cool, ...

Dealing with the iPhone 3G and iTunes 7.7.1 disappearing media bug

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

After being told by a friend of their frustrations with their iPhone 3G and the disappearing media when using iTunes 7.7.1, I myself was hit with the bug.  I think they jinxed me with Schroedinger's iPhone bug:  once I knew about it, I was sure to come across it myself.  ...