Filed under: Bad Apple
Update 3pm Tuesday:Wired's Epicenter blog points to at least two threads referencing the CR story that have been left intact. Perhaps an overzealous forum manager has now reined in the urge?If you were looking for...
Apple drops Consumer Reports/iPhone 4 threads down memory hole [updated]
Update 3pm Tuesday:Wired's Epicenter blog points to at least two threads referencing the CR story that have been left intact. Perhaps an overzealous forum manager has now reined in the urge?If you were looking for...
Where’s my rollover data, AT&T?
You've seen the commercials and heard that they're "your minutes" so why is "your data" any different?I'm old enough to remember when "rollover" minutes were first announced, and I was hugely impressed by the idea....
BusinessInsider insists Android is the new Windows. Again.
Filed under: iPhone, iPadThere's an old saying, "When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." For Henry Blodget of Business Insider, perhaps we should change it to "When all you have is a comparison between Windows and Mac OS from t...
AP Stylebook for iPhone vs online subscription
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPadAs someone who cares about words, I have been considering signing up for the AP Stylebook Online ($25/year, all prices listed are USD) or buying the AP Stylebook for iPhone ($24.99) but had trouble deciding which one...
Questions about God? There’s an app for (and against) that
Filed under: iPhone, iPadMany iPhone users have become accustomed to using their devices to settle arguments.
Arguing over the best route to take for your weekend getaway? Pull out the Maps app or one of the many iPhone GPS apps.
Found someone...
GoodReader is bringing syncing back
Filed under: iPhone, SDK, iPadGoodReader was one of a handful of apps which had figured out how to do USB syncing to iPhones, but their solution was in violation of Apple's iPhone SDK rules. Apple eventually required all 3rd party iPhone apps to remove...
AT&T says New York City service is improved
Filed under: iPhoneWhile AT&T's service has been notoriously bad even before the iPhone launch, iPhone users in New York City have suffered some of the worst of it, with one Apple Genius reportedly saying that 30% dropped call rate was average. (I ...
Rogue Amoeba on background audio and Airfoil Speakers Touch
Filed under: SDKDan Wineman, a developer with Rogue Amoeba, has posted an interesting article on the company blog. I'm a big fan of developers who can explain things clearly to non-developers without sounding condescending, and Dan does a great job cov...
BGR posts AppleCare reception troubleshooter for iPhone 4
Filed under: iPhone
As Erica demonstrates in the video above, for some iPhone 4 users it's not that hard to show how the phone's reception is affected by holding it 'wrong.' BoyGeniusReport has a copy of what they claim is AppleCare's internal troubl...
Angry Birds HD updated with more levels… and crashiness
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPadAngry Birds has been a phenomenal success, staying atop the App Store best seller list for months. I too, succumbed to the "bird in a slingshot" craze, as has my eight year old son who told me the other night he drea...
iPad 101: Conserving your 3G data use
Filed under: iPadSince I brought home my 3G + Wi-Fi iPad a little over a week ago, I've been running in Airplane Mode with Wi-Fi enabled to avoid using cellular data. Otherwise I kept getting a prompt (shown here) asking me if I wanted to setup an acco...
