Improve your iPhone battery life
On 2011/05/20
Over at ZDNet David Gewirtz has a useful post about improving your iPhone’s battery life. If you have multiple email accounts you need to do one more thing. Follow Gewirtz’ advice but do the following as well:
Go to Fetch New Data > Advanced Now set each email account individually for “Push, [...]
Is Apple cheating its customers?
On 2011/04/21
In the early 1970s, I heard of a programmer who worked at a major US bank who had surreptitiously added a software routine to the bank’s checking account programming that randomly debited a penny or two from customers’ accounts and deposited them into his account. When customers reconciled their checking accounts at the end of [...]
Will Verizon get an iPhone after Christmas?
On 2010/12/14
The rumor mill has been active for many months about Verizon getting to sell the iPhone early in 2011. The latest rumor is that it will include an LTE radio, 4G technology. If this is the case Verizon’s iPhone will leapfrog every other carrier’s iPhone offerings.
I am skeptical about if, when [...]
This tip applies to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices.
Apple’s iOS strives to make things simple for users. Unfortunately, simple things can lead to unexpected problems.
There are reports that some game apps have charged customers’ credit cards via the Apple iTunes store without their consent or knowledge.
[...]
Microsoft Mice and Apple Fingers
On 2010/06/03
Use a finger or use your whole hand: this is the basic difference between Apple and Microsoft. I bet Steve Jobs excelled at finger painting in kindergarten and that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s current CEO, and Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, did not. This is why Apple succeeds with the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and is an [...]
The Lost iPhone Dido (a defense of Gizmodo)
On 2010/04/24
WordWeb Pro defines dido as “a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.”
Gizmodo is a gadget-oriented technology blog. Last week they published information, including photos, of a prototype next generation iPhone. Gizmodo said they paid someone $5,000 to get it. That person [...]
Should you buy AppleCare for your iPad?
On 2010/04/04
Herein I predict the future.
A friend recently asked, “Should he buy the AppleCare extended warranty for his new iPad?” I am generally opposed to spending money for extended warranties. I decided that it would be better to do an analysis this time rather than give a [...]
File extensions are important and useful. These are the characters that follow the final period in the file name. They are usually 3 or 4 characters long. They tell an operating system whether or not a file is an application, like Excel.exe, or the file’s associated application. The EXE extension tells Windows that the file [...]
Lifehacker survey – Apple iPad: Love It or Lump It?
On 2010/01/28
The Lifehacker survey results, as of now:
Thoughts on the Apple iPad announcement
On 2010/01/28
The total cost of a usable version will likely exceed $1,000
The Apple iPad is more sizzle than steak, based upon what I read and see on the Internet.
Do I want one? Yes, to play with for a few hours.
Do I want to own one? Probably not.
Should you [...]
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