Tag: iPhone
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Battery life of a Microbe
My wife uses an expression to describe battery-powered technology that runs out of juice before it ‘should’ — Battery Life of a Flea, is how she describes it. Well, if you thought you had problems with iPhone or iPod Touch battery life before, the new iOS4 update will not make you happy. According to many anecdotal…
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Travel Juice for your iPhone or iPod Touch
As I found out recently, depending what you’re doing with your iPhone or iPod Touch, the battery life can be adequate or very short lived. But then, I found a way to easily recharge the battery… …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out…
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My wife stole an amazing iPod Touch case from me
Yep, the other day I got this cool iPod Touch case — cool because it’s one of the Proporta Alu-Leather line of cases that I first looked at when I needed a new case for my Palm T|X. That case, a little worn, is still rockin’ though. It’s about the case This nifty little holder is…
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Amazing iPhone playlist generator thingie
I suck at making playlists for my iPod touch. I simply can’t be bothered — and yeah, I never really got into making mix tapes back in the day either. Which is why I was pleasantly surprised that I’m starting to really rock playlists, thanks to MoodAgent, a cool iPhone app I discovered using Chomp. Simply…
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How to view PDF files on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with DropBox
Dropbox really is an amazing computing and file sharing application. I was initially introduced to it when I needed to easily share files with various computers across the internet — and email was not an option. Recently my wife asked me for another solution to viewing PDF files on her iPod Touch. She’d been using…
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A movie scene inspires a genre of casual games
The movie is Aliens — the James Cameron action flick that spawned all sorts of video-game and cultural cliches. But it also spawned some interesting ideas in casual gaming. Consider this scene: Ripley and the Marines are bunking down for the night in the terraform complex on LV-426. But first they have to secure the…
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Three tech stocking stuffers
By now you should have had all your major gifts bought, wrapped and out of the way, but what about the little things, the cool tech toys that just fit in that stocking, hung by the chimney with care. Fear not, I’ve got a stocking stuffer list that will help you out in these final…
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My iPhone accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express…
Yes it’s true. Not too far in the future, my Garage Sale will take credit card payments. Courtesy of a neat invention that you knew someone had to invent; the Square iPhone dongle. The premise is pretty simple: Plug it into your iPhone Swipe a credit card to complete a transaction Square announced the device…
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Use It and Lose It!
As our American friends leave turkey-day behind them, and the food filled holiday season approaches, I thought I’d take a look at Lose It! a well made little iPhone app. that has much more under the hood than a first glance reveals. …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on…
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Things to do with your new iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone
Black Friday has come and gone, and you’ve likely got a new gadget, gizmo or toy — I’m going to assume it’s an iPod Touch or iPhone — which is a perfect opportunity for me to dig into my archives and pull out a few posts that may help you and your new baby. 5 favourite…