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Excuse Me, Thomas Schober $1.99, is an app for those not great at lying. Personally, I don’t have this problem, but it’s a little funny nonetheless. There are over 180 excuses listed in the app. When you launch the app you are taken to a screen that gives you buttons for excuse choices for being late, forgetting something, why you were wrong and getting out of something you don’t want to do. Continue Reading…

Apple has just released new firmware for the iPhone 3.1.3 (7E18), a minor OS update for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G, iPod touch G1, iPod touch G2, and iPod touch 3G. It includes a fix for the iPhone 3GS battery level reporting, fix for apps crashing with Japanese Keyboard and fix for apps crashing upon launch. None of this is very important which is a little surprising since its been awhile since the last firmware upgrade. A major firmware upgrade will occur on or before the newest iPhone is released this late Spring or early Summer. IMO, I wouldn’t upgrade your firmware yet as none of this seems like anything you’d want and if you have a jailbroken iPhone as always DO NOT UPGRADE your firmware until the dev team clears it. Unless you want to risk losing your jailbreak or unlock, just wait til its cleared. It wont’ be long

The Day I Was Born, Unusual Things $0.99, is a fun little app that gives you lots of information about the day you or your friends were born. I remember getting a baby gift when my son was born five years ago that was a framed paper with facts about that day. Well, this app does the same thing and includes a database of almost 100,000 events. When you launch the app you are taken to the screen seen with the typical options. However, a nice feature I haven’t seen in many apps is the clickwheel at the bottom for options. The main option is Begin which launches the app and takes you to the screen where you pick the date hit “Next” and you are taken to the screen here on the left. Options for the day include births, deaths, holidays and events. There are lots of data in these categories. Other options include elements, numerology, stones and chinese and western zodiac. Now I’ve never been into these later categories so I don’t have anything to say about their quality. The former categories do have lots of data. For example, see the picture here on the right. There are over 60 people listed as dead on the date I selected, January 22. These include Heath Ledger (the actor who played the Joker in Batman) in 2008 and German religious leader I’ve never heard of named Bernhard Knipperdolling in 1536.

I pretty much keep this an iPhone and iTouch only site, but today’s news about the Apple iPad has to be discussed. The iPad looks like an iPhone with one button on the front and is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and has a 9.7-inch touch screen (compared to 3.5 inch for iPhone and 6 inch for Amazon Kindle) with a 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch. This is an aspect ratio of 4:3 which isn’t great for watching movies and TV. Hopefully, Apple changes this to 16:9 or 16:10 in the next generation. To me this is the biggest flaw in the device. It comes in three models: 16 GB for $499, 32 for $599 and 64 GB for $699. All models have WiFi and Bluetooth and you can get one with 3G with an ATT contract for unlimited data for $29.99 per month.

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Logo Creator, Laughingbird Software $1.99, gives you a simple way to create a logo for your company or blog right on your iPhone or iPod Touch. When you launch the app you are taken to the screen seen here on the left. When you tap “Create Logo” you are taken to a blank canvas where you can add objects and text. The app features over 30 templates that you can drag your elements to. Objects are scaleable by pinching as well.  It is simple to move objects or text around on the canvas or to move items to the back or foreground. Once finished you save the logo to your iPhone photos library where you can email it or use it for wallpaper. Continue Reading…

For anyone considering jailbreaking I thought I’d give a little update as a few things have changed over the past couple of months. First, to review there are basically two main jailbreaks/unlocks out there. Blackra1n/Blacksn0w by GeoHot (an incredibly smart kid) and redsn0w by the Dev team (a small group). Either one is well tested and works fine. Redsn0w works for all iPhones and 1st and 2nd generation iPod Touches and will soon work for 3rd generation iPod Touches. Also, redsn0w no longer requires you to point to a modified firmware file (recall the PwnageTool jailbreak required you to download an ipsw file, then run PwnageTool to modify it and then point to that file during the jailbreak). Thus, its even more idiot proof Both jailbreaks work on firmware 3.0 or the current firmware 3.1.2 so if you haven’t already updated your firmware I highly encourage you to do so. Continue Reading…

I’m heading to South Africa in June for the World Cup! Either you are very jealous or don’t give a rats. Either way, whether heading to South Africa or any foreign country you can bring your iPhone along to stay connected and save money! I’m gonna keep this simple and just focus on my trip in June, but a similar process is likely to work for any other foreign country. If you aren’t sure just ask. Also, I’m not an expert on this so if you have anything to add please do Continue Reading…

When it comes to the kitchen I bet a lot of you are like me. I can boil some noodles with Ragu, microwave frozen food and heat a can of soup, but that’s about it. Thus, I decided to give iFood Assistant by KRAFT, $0.99, a try. Now there a lot of cooking apps out there, but this is the only one I’ve tried so I have no basis for comparison. I’m just writing this as an idiot in the kitchen that wants to see if his iPhone can help. Overall, it does a pretty nice job whether I’m looking for something to make for dinner tonight or for brunch on the weekend. The amount of recipes in the app probably rivals that of thickest cookbooks. Continue Reading…

Before I started this site, I spent a few months buying damaged iPhones on Ebay and Craigslist. I figured I could fix a few of them and make some money. What I learned was that water damage is a big problem and you need to be prepared for what to do if your iPhone gets wet. Whether you knock your coffee, water or beer onto it, put it in the washing machine, drop it in the pool or worse yet, the toilet what to do next is very simple. I shot this video for fun to go along with this post. Let me know what you think and please subscribe to my YouTube channel. It will help me out – click continue reading just below the embedded video for the rest of the article. Continue Reading…

I’m going to South Africa in June for the World Cup. I think that qualifies me as a fanatic. That said, while far from perfect, I’d say (ESPN 2010 World Cup, Free) is the best app to put on your iPhone to get a tiny bit informed and start getting pumped. When you launch the app you are taken the screen seen here on the left. At the top is the countdown and in the settings menu you have options for favorite team, chat through myESPN or providing feedback or emailing the app to a friend. The guts of the app lie in the middle. It features news (from ESPN of course – sorry Euros), profiles of all 32 countries, full tournament schedule, World Cup history going back to 1930, bracket predictor (ahh, why is there no prize?) and my favorite, venue and city profiles. It was very nice to read about Rustenburg where the United State’s first game against England will be. Continue Reading…