Archive for October 26th, 2009

Monoprice iPhone/iPod Battery Backup: Such a deal

Filed under: Accessories , iPod Family , iPhone In a previous post about offshore iPhone chargers, a few astute TUAW readers mentioned Monoprice.com as a good source for chargers, connectors, and computer, TV and audio cables. In searching their site, I found a real deal.

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Review: myBatteryLife for iPhone

This app, which shows how much battery life you have remaining, is a simple tool of somewhat debatable utility.

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Mac 101: Publish iWeb ‘09 sites to FTP

Filed under: Software , Internet Tools , .Mac , Mac 101 More Mac 101 , our series of tips and tricks for novice Mac users. Now that the winter holidays are almost upon us, we’re thinking about sharing stories, photos, and movies with far-flung relatives and friends. There’s a slew of ways to get this done, and this post focuses on creating a simple site in iWeb ‘09 and publishing it not to Mobile Me, but to your own host via FTP

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Geohot Releases New Version of Popular iPhone Jailbreaking Tool – Blackra1n RC2

iPhone hacking expert, Geohot has released a new version of blackra1n, his amazingly simple tool to jailbreak any iPhone running iPhone OS 3.1.2. Geohot has fixed some of the bugs from the first release in blackra1n RC2. According to Geohot, blackra1n RC2 fixes the following issues: Fixed 3G issues Tethered..

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Dear Aunt TUAW: Recovering iPhone data and media

Filed under: Ask TUAW , iPhone Dear Aunt TUAW, I’m from the Philippines and I would just like to ask for your help. I don’t know if the news had reached you guys but there had been some massive flood lately in our country brought about by super typhoons storming over our land

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Retrevo Study: Apple needs to price tablet at $600 or less to attract PC users

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Surveys and Polls The mythical Apple tablet is back in the news again, this time in the results of a new study that shows where the pricing “sweet spot” will need to be for Apple to attract users who would traditionally buy an inexpensive PC netbook instead. Consumer electronics shopping site Retrevo.com surveyed 753 Americans distributed across age, gender, income, and location, asking them what they’d be willing to pay for an Apple tablet computer.

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Is the Apple iTablet For Real? Rumors Say So

Is Apple really working on the new iTablet or is this the SIM tray of Apple’s fourth generation iPhone or is it just a hoax? While most of us still believe that there is something nice cooking up at Cupertino, today we get two tidbits of rumor that makes the…

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New York Times: Windows Mobile sinking, Android and Apple benefit

Filed under: Odds and ends , Surveys and Polls , iPhone This morning, the New York Times had an interesting piece about the shift in cellphone momentum away from Microsoft to Android and the iPhone. The story refers to Windows Mobile as ‘foundering,’ which won’t bring much happiness to Redmond.

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Robert Scoble: 85,000 reasons why the iPhone won’t be disrupted

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Odds and ends , Blogging , iPhone , App Store Whether you think he’s the voice of reason on the Web or an annoying pest, when Robert Scoble over at the Scobleizer blog speaks, people listen. Yesterday, a Twitter follower of Mr. Scoble stated that he thought “iPhone users were beyond reason,” referring to the almost unnatural fixation that most of us have for our phones

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Review: Medieval for iPhone

The App Store features plenty of castle defense games. Medieval is one of the more stellar offerings

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Telus to start iPhone sales on November 5

Filed under: iPhone Rogers Wireless has a little over one week left of its Canadian iPhone exclusivity. Wireless carrier Telus announced today that it’ll start sales of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS on Thursday, November 5, 2009. While the Telus network has been CDMA-only, the carrier is not selling a modified phone.

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Temporarily Get More iPhone Home Screens Via Cunning Bug Exploit

As I noted a couple of weeks ago, I want a way to view all my iPhone apps on my iPhone, not just through iTunes. I review lots of iPhone apps and am a keen iPhone gamer.

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Pop-A-Tronic

Big Blue Bubble has released Pop-A-Tronic, an arcade-type game of matching, speed, and fun. The game begins after you choose a speed. Tap three or more color-matching bubbles in chains (they don’t..

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