iPhone Archive

  • The holidays just passed, and that means a whole lot of people just bought the wrong iPhone for a family member or friend. All of my friends know me as the Apple Guru, and all of them come to me with questions about Apple products. Lately, the number one question...

    Should I buy an iPhone 3GS, 4 or 4S?

    Posted on January 2, 2012 | 2 Comments
    The holidays just passed, and that means a whole lot of people just bought the wrong iPhone for a family member or friend. All of my friends know me as the Apple Guru, and all of them come to me with questions about Apple products. Lately, the number one question...

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  • When I initially heard about TweetBot, I thought, “Dear, God… another Twitter client for the iPhone?” After reading tweet after tweet coming through our @socialapples twitter account, I finally decided to take it for a spin. I didn’t know what to expect. I heard that the user interface design was amazing; that...

    TweetBot: a Twitter client with functionality and style

    Posted on April 16, 2011 | No Comments
    When I initially heard about TweetBot, I thought, “Dear, God… another Twitter client for the iPhone?” After reading tweet after tweet coming through our @socialapples twitter account, I finally decided to take it for a spin. I didn’t know what to expect. I heard that the user interface design was amazing; that...

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  • I just discovered Penguin Airborne a couple weeks ago and I’ve been killing time with it ever since. It’s a great time waster that works on all iOS devices running 3.0 or later. The goal of the game is to work your way up the military ranks by being the...

    Penguin Airborne: universal time waster

    Posted on March 21, 2011 | No Comments
    I just discovered Penguin Airborne a couple weeks ago and I’ve been killing time with it ever since. It’s a great time waster that works on all iOS devices running 3.0 or later. The goal of the game is to work your way up the military ranks by being the...

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  • One of my friends asked me a couple questions about their new Verizon iPhone this morning… and I couldn’t answer the last one easily. They were excited to get everything going but they couldn’t figure out how to enable the Personal Hotspot feature of their new phone. Everything I saw...

    Enable Verizon iPhone Personal Hotspot

    Posted on February 8, 2011 | No Comments
    One of my friends asked me a couple questions about their new Verizon iPhone this morning… and I couldn’t answer the last one easily. They were excited to get everything going but they couldn’t figure out how to enable the Personal Hotspot feature of their new phone. Everything I saw...

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  • This post will put all of the rumors to rest: you will not see an unlock for the Verizon iPhone. We’re sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the complication involved with the Verizon iPhone unlock is two-fold: it’s completely illegal, and every unlock would require carrier-specific adjustments...

    Verizon iPhone 4 cannot be unlocked

    Posted on February 4, 2011 | 6 Comments
    This post will put all of the rumors to rest: you will not see an unlock for the Verizon iPhone. We’re sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the complication involved with the Verizon iPhone unlock is two-fold: it’s completely illegal, and every unlock would require carrier-specific adjustments...

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  • This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone… The iPhone 4 broke all previous Verizon device-launch records within the first two hours of its pre-sale. What does this mean? Every device that has debuted on Verizon was overcome by the iPhone 4 sales in the first two hours. Furthermore, no one...

    iPhone 4 breaks Verizon launch record

    Posted on February 4, 2011 | No Comments
    This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone… The iPhone 4 broke all previous Verizon device-launch records within the first two hours of its pre-sale. What does this mean? Every device that has debuted on Verizon was overcome by the iPhone 4 sales in the first two hours. Furthermore, no one...

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  • In a surprising chain of tweets this morning, we heard news that Apple rejected the Sony Reader app from the App Store due to the process which customers purchase eBooks. We did a little searching and found this MacRumors article detailing the issue. Apple denied the Sony app because it...

    The Kindle app’s days are numbered

    Posted on February 1, 2011 | No Comments
    In a surprising chain of tweets this morning, we heard news that Apple rejected the Sony Reader app from the App Store due to the process which customers purchase eBooks. We did a little searching and found this MacRumors article detailing the issue. Apple denied the Sony app because it...

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  • About a month ago, TUAW.com did a piece on a brushed metal backcase for the iPhone 4. We loved the look of it and decided to grab one for ourselves so we could put it to the test. It looks like there’s been such an overwhelming demand for metal backcases...

    iPhone 4 metal backcase review

    Posted on November 12, 2010 | No Comments
    About a month ago, TUAW.com did a piece on a brushed metal backcase for the iPhone 4. We loved the look of it and decided to grab one for ourselves so we could put it to the test. It looks like there’s been such an overwhelming demand for metal backcases...

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  • Our favorite mobile credit card processor, Square, had an issue with the iPhone 4 and their card readers. The card reader would short out when it came in contact with the external antenna causing false readings and making it very difficult to swipe a credit card. This caused a rather large ruckus...

    Square ships new readers to all current users

    Posted on October 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Our favorite mobile credit card processor, Square, had an issue with the iPhone 4 and their card readers. The card reader would short out when it came in contact with the external antenna causing false readings and making it very difficult to swipe a credit card. This caused a rather large ruckus...

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  • It’s no secret that Apple’s holding a press conference on the 20th of October — Wednesday for those without calendars — but no one is confidently predicting what we’ll see at the event. There has been discussion that we’ll see a preview of Mac OS 10.7 Lion, a new MacBook...

    Rumor: New MacBook LCDs

    Posted on October 16, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s no secret that Apple’s holding a press conference on the 20th of October — Wednesday for those without calendars — but no one is confidently predicting what we’ll see at the event. There has been discussion that we’ll see a preview of Mac OS 10.7 Lion, a new MacBook...

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