Tag: iPhone
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Finally. The must-have app for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
I’ve been in love with Dropbox for a while now, so much so I’m promoting it in my adspace in my sidebar. Dropbox has made it much much easier to transfer files between computers. Sure, I could email them, but that’s not at all elegant. All I do with Dropbox is copy a file to…
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Best music player ever gets an update
I caught Songbird’s updated (back in June) but hadn’t paid attention to what was new with it. I wrote about the previous update here and loved the fact that Songbird finally got watched folders. Well, it seems that in this latest update there was one significant new feature (for me). Songbird added an Equalizer. This is…
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How to synchronize your podcast feeds on many computers
A friend recently asked me if I knew of a way to synchronize his podcasts (using iTunes) on multiple computers. Initially I had no idea, but then I remembered PodNova. Aside: I’ve since learned that iTunes supports OPML import / export, but still think PodNova is the better way to go — online centralized repository…
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How to view PDF and other files on your iPhone and iPod Touch
This article was originally written in April 2009. A few new apps have appeared since then, but one, GoodReader is now my daily go-to PDF reader right now. I touch on a few of the new apps here, including GoodReader, but you’ll be back on this page if you want to check out Stanza — a…
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Simple update adds iPhone style to your blog
Yesterday I installed the WPTouch plugin on this blog. Basically it’s a WordPress theme that reformats your blog so it’s much more readable on mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPod Touch). Full list of features here. More than just a plugin, WPtouch is an entire theme package for your WordPress website. Modeled after Apple’s app store…
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5 favourite iPhone & iPod Touch applications
I recently bought an iPod Touch to replace my very cool, yet aging Palm T|X. The iPod Touch doesn’t yet ‘fit me like a glove’ but I’m sure after time it will, and I’ll document my experiences with it here. Previously I’d written that I was rather unimpressed with the ‘WiPod’ as I called it then.…
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From the ‘so simple why didn’t I think of it’ category
A friend of mine pointed me to this brilliant post (via iPhone Central) The concept is simple; Scan the front and back of all your barcoded membership cards, and carry them around in your iPhone. To test it out I went to the local hardware store and asked the girl behind the counter if she could…