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Apple Gives Free Bumper Cases to iPhone 4 Owners
Jul 16th
Today at Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference to address the iPhone 4 antenna problem, Steve Jobs announced that Apple will be giving away free Bumper cases and will be refunding those who have already purchased the $30 case.
Steve announced that because they simply can’t make enough Bumpers, iPhone 4 owners will be given the choice between a select amount of cases to receive free of charge.
Personally, this is what I was hoping for. It is good to see Apple finally recognizing the fact that the iPhone is flawed and that they must do something about it. Would I rather see More >
ARSoccer for iPhone: Another Augmented Reality iPhone App
Jul 13th
Too tired to go out in the backyard and kick around that soccer ball? Well, now not only do you not even need to go outside, you don’t even need a soccer ball! ARSoccer for iPhone is another one of thoes augmented reality apps, the ones that make things appear through your iPhone’s camera that aren’t actually there in real life.
ARSoccer by LaanLabs sports two game modes and three difficulty levels. You can choose either Arcade Mode of Free Play. Arcade Mode keeps track of your stats, including “hits”, and how long you have been kicking around the virtual ball, whereas More >
Apple Skimping On iPhone Packaging?
Jul 2nd
Have you noticed this? Apple, the company known for their beautiful, high quality packaging seems to be skimping on the boxes for their flagship product, the iPhone. Let’s take a look.
Contents of the origional iPhone’s box:
- iPhone
- Stereo Headset
- Dock
- Dock Connector to USB Cable
- USB Power Adapter
- Documentation
- Cleaning/polishing cloth
- SIM Ejector Tool
Review: iPhone 4
Jul 1st
The iPhone 4 has to be one of the most popular products of the year, up there with the iPad. Today I’m going to both tell you about my buying experience and give you an un-biased review.
I woke up at about 5 a.m. the day of the iPhone 4′s launch and walked over to my neighborhood Apple Store. As I had already pre-ordered the phone, I didn’t expect there to be that long of a line. But boy, was I wrong. By 6:45 a.m. (before the store was even open) the line stretched way out of view of the store. I More >
Top 5 Safari Extensions
Jun 21st
Along with Safari 5 came a nice little feature, extensions. Extensions allows developers to make little modifications/additions to Safari and then let people download them like they would an application. Today, I am going to be telling you my top five favorite Safari Extensions.
You may need some help enabling Safari Extensions. Click here. Also, make sure you’ve installed the new Safari 5 before trying to turn extensions on!
Gmail Checker
Gmail Checker places a little button with a mail icon in Safari’s toolbar next to the address bar. The little red notification dot appears when you have new emails in your Gmail More >
Save Time With TextExpander for Mac
Jun 16th
Do you like saving time? Do you find yourself typing the same thing over and over again on a daily basis? Why not try TextExpander for Mac? TextExpander is a Mac application which allows you to give it some text that you routinely type and then set an abbreviation for the text. For example, say I always type “CPAley’s Tech Blog”. I could set it so that when I type bblog it automatically takes bblog and replaces it with “CPAley’s Tech Blog”.
TextExpander has to be one of the best productivity apps out there. It’s more of a tool than an More >
iPhone 4: My Opinion
Jun 9th
Extra extra, read all about it! The new iPhone is finally here! No, it’s not called the iPhone 4G nor is it called iPhone HD. It’s simply called.. iPhone 4. In this post I am going to be telling you what I think about the new iPhone and why I’m thinking about buying it.
This is big. Guys, when the first iPhone came out it was lacking so many features including 3G wireless networking, Multitasking, Cut, Copy, and paste, and a front facing camera. With iPhone 4 and iOS 4 most of the expectations are being met. Don’t get me wrong, the More >