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iPhone
Reviews, chat, thoughts and perusals about all things iPhone related.
iPhone 4 Bumper Review
Aug 19th
So I got my iPhone 4 bumper a few days ago – I’ve been using it since and decided to post my own little iPhone 4 bumper review.
iPhone 4 Bumper – Review And ThoughtsWell as with everything Apple, the bumper is well packaged and well delivered. All good on that front – gotta love Apple’s packaging. Smooth.
//When I plumped for the bumper I was in two minds regarding which free iPhone 4 case to go for; there are lots of other great cases available as part of the program, including some smart looking Belkin cases.
But, I’d bought a cheap More >
How The iPhone Has Changed The Way I Work
Jul 7th
I’ve been working on a few bigger blog posts which I’ll be getting around to publishing over the next few months and something has occurred to me; as I write these posts I keep dipping in and out of WordPress on my iPhone to add and edit things within them, as the ideas enter my head.
This is something I couldn’t have done a few years ago and it got me thinking: how has having the trusty iPhone (or smart phone of your choice) affects the way I work.
Aside from the usual gaming / time killing that I do on my iPhone whilst More >
Merging Two Apple IDs For Use With iTunes
Jun 30th
Ok so whilst I was trying to solve my MobileMe POP3 problems I then realised that actually, I probably want to have my MobileMe address as the one I use for iTunes etc.
Problem is, when you try changing your (in my case) Hotmail address to your Me.com address, you get an error saying that the Me.com Apple ID is already in use. Which it is, by you.
Now you have two Apple IDs.
So, like any good geek, I tried merging two Apple IDs for use with my iTunes library but couldn’t. I didn’t want to use two IDs as there’s More >
Setting Up MobileMe To Send & Receive POP3 Email On iPhone & Mac
Jun 28th
Hey all
I’ve been looking for a way of setting up MobileMe to send & receive emails from my POP3 email accounts for a few days now, every solution that I came across had issues, until now (so far so good!).
Note: This does not use mail forwarding. I wasn’t keen on that…
The problem: I run a personal @me.com address and a work POP3 account. The POP3 account always annoyed me as I always wanted one place to login in and send and receive emails from, no matter what account I wanted to use.
I tried GMail and Hotmail as repositories for my POP3 email More >
10 Best iPhone Apps For Killing 10 Minutes Before A Meeting
Jun 16th
We’ve all been there – turning up at a client’s office, a job interview or even a doctor’s appointment and “making a great impression” by being 10 or 15 minutes early.
What do you do? Skim over the old magazines on the coffee table? Nah…
For anyone sporting an iPhone, the world is officially your time killing oyster. Like any good geek, I absolutely love the iPhone, and it becomes the perfect time waster in these scenarios.
So, here are my 10 best iPhone apps for killing time:
- Angry birds
- SciFi Wire
- Sky News
- Plants Vs. Zombies
- Wikipedia
- Flixster
- Mashable
- Scrabble
Any one of these cracking little apps will help you pass More >
10 iPhone Apps Perfect For Web Design & Development Pros
May 31st
Just been perusing Twitter over a cuppa and stumbled upon a great little article from Web Design Ledger regarding some of the best iPhone apps for web design / web development professionals.
The advent of the iPhone, as we know, has forced a revolution in the way that everyone works – it can greatly boost productivity and aid timely tweaks to all manner of our projects, no matter your industry.
And, with the launch of the iPad, web designers and developers may even start using App Store apps away from their desks for wireframing and much more – I can certainley see More >
Google Buzz iPhone Web Interface Review – As Good As An App?
Feb 22nd
Well there’s been a lot of, ahem, buzz around Google’s new product Google Buzz, and for those of you looking for a Google Buzz iPhone App, the web interface may just fit.
Whilst I’ve had a play around with the desktop version and to be honest, couldn’t see much point in it considering we’re on Twitter and Facebook (just another social network to update?!), I didn’t find it revolutionary or at all useful; especially considering I’m not an ardent Gmail user.
Anyhoo, I can see why people would like to use Google Buzz and one day (if and when it opens up to More >
