03.30.2009
Last week, Apple announced the impending arrival of iPhone 3.0 software, an update to the iPhone OS to be released this summer (along with, probably, a third-generation iPhone).
So what's exciting about the 3.0 OS? Believe it or not, one of the most talked-about features added is the ability to cut/copy/paste - functions that were noticeably absent from the iPhone but available on competitor products like the Blackberry.
But beyond cut/copy/paste, OS 3.0 also offers a search function, expanded MMS abilities, peer-to-peer Bluetooth between iPhones and nearby iPod Touches, and what could be really significant for many people: hardware APIs that might let people use an iPhone to check blood glucose or blood pressure levels, for example, and transmit the info to a parent or doctor.
Also, some guy supposedly figured out how to get his iPhone 3.0 to tether to his laptop, providing an Internet connection, but he promptly forgot how. Oops. Stay tuned - I'm sure it won't be long til someone else figures it out.
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03.27.2009
Parental control has spread its claws e-verywhere and it is no surprise that the iPhone too, hasn’t been spared. An application called the iWonder Surf can now be installed on your iPhone and iPod touch to monitor and control your child’s surfing activities.
This software, based on the Safari web browser, gives you the complete details about your child’s web visits – the date/time, the specific websites that were visited and even what they were looking at on a particular website. Once you track what your child’s surfing, you can decide on how to filter sites, to allow all traffic or to totally block the device from any location – even without having physical access to the device itself. How is that possible? Every installation of the software is assigned a unique email and password combination which can be used to login to the iWonder Surf website to remotely manage all the devices associated with your account. Simple enough. Though parenting to perfection always gets that much more complicated, in my personal opinion.
iWonder Surf is available at $15 from the App Store.
Via Yahoo! Tech.
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03.26.2009
Don't be content just to send your name to Mars. Go there yourself, virtually.
Google Earth has now ventured into the Solar System to circumnavigate the Red Planet. You can too.
Take a brief tour and then, if you haven't done so already, download Google Earth for the Mars experience. (And don't forget to visit Sol III and its oceans, too.)
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03.23.2009
Microsoft has announced the public release of Internet Explorer 8.0, which it claims is faster, safer, slicker, and better in every way. Astonishing.
Ars Technica loves it. PC World, not so much.
Yawn. I'm a Firefox myself.
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03.20.2009
My entertainment needs on my iPhone depend on the environment I'm in and the amount of time I have to sit around. If I have twenty minutes, I'll read my Kindle app to pick up where I left off reading a book on my Kindle reader
, but if I just have a few minutes while waiting for the doctor or in line at the movie theatre, I usually don't have the attention span to really read anything that requires focus.
The New Yorker cartoon app is perfect for those snippets of time. Each cartoon lasts just a few seconds, and you shake for new pages of options. I'd probably take this out to entertain my friends' children during dinners out (though I'm sure this would be frowned upon by parents given the dark humor subject matter of some of the cartoons).
Via textually.org.
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03.19.2009
There you are in a strange town, like Chicago - or Brno. How do you get around? There's always a taxi, of course. But public transportation is not only cheaper, it often gives you a much better sense of the city and its people. Armed with Métro, you'll always be prepared to get around a new city.
Métro is an amazing accomplishment, a free guide to public transport systems - subway, bus, tram, elevated, suburban systems, ferries, etc, etc--in some 400 cities worldwide. It runs on your PDA (Palm or PocketPC) or your Smartphone and is updated frequently so you can always keep track of station closings and construction annoyances.
The Palm version, which I've been using for years, provides station searches, a station list for each line, hours of operation, places of interest and tourism info, color coding, a contacts list keyed to the proper station for each, and even a choice of routes (fastest or fewest connections).
Continue reading "Go anywhere with Métro, the free guide to transport everywhere"
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02. 2.2009
Last week I bought the new version of iLife ($79) for Mac. It contains iPhoto '09, iMovie '09, GarageBand '09 and iWeb '09. All of these are great pieces of software, but I'm going to focus on iPhoto '09 today.
iPhoto is basically a photo album for Mac users. It stores photos and organizes them for you into albums which you can name according to whatever designation you want. It's a pretty handy program, though as a recent Windows convert I was a bit nervous at first that I couldn't easily find out where exactly on my computer the photos were being stored. Once I gave in and trusted my computer to keep my photos safe, I enjoyed using the program.
But the new version? Wow! I love it. I bought it after learning that it would have a face recognition feature, and it did not disappoint.
Continue reading "iPhoto '09: face recognition feature to feed your OCD"
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11. 7.2008
Like to catch big air? Then you'll like the new HangTimer app for iPhone, which measures your, um, hang time. As the site says:
HangTimer uses the iPhone's accelerometer and some hairy math to determine the split second you become airborne. The HangTimer works on kickers drops even rollercoaster’s!
As an extra bonus for iPhone 3G users, Hangtimer uses the phone's built in GPS to find your exact position for every jump and plots it using Google Maps. The GPS also enables the HangTimer application to display the user's speed as he or she cruises along and how fast they are going when they take flight. All this information is saved for display on a "sweet graph" that allows them to later check out their entire run and see where they caught the biggest air and fastest speed. In other words, earn bragging rights.
Created for both versions of the iPhone and iPod touch, it also keeps a record of the user's 10 best jumps. Through partnership with Snowcountry (the largest ski resort database in the world),it can also automatically locate your ski resort and download trail maps, lift status and snow reports – all through one application.
$9.99 at the Apple App store.
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11. 4.2008
It's a wired world, but not always as wired as we'd like it to be. There are lots of potential arid zones - the subway, deep in a building, or out there in the wireless countryside. That can be a problem for iPhone users. And it's even more of a problem for fans of the iPod Touch. Without a wireless connection, Touch users are literally out of Touch.
Unless, that is, you partake of a growing number of iPhone and Touch apps that can be used offline. Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb has a useful list of seven apps that are the Apples of her i, including Evernote, the Stanza e-book reader, even RSS readers. And the Comments list several more.
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