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Apple’s Magic Trackpad ($69) is just like the trackpad on the MacBook Pro – but bigger. It’s made with the same advanced touch-friendly and wear-resistant glass surface. But with nearly 80 percent more area, it’s the largest Multi-Touch trackpad made by Apple. So there’s even more room for you to scroll, swipe, pinch, and rotate [...]
July 28th, 2010 | Posted in Apple | No Comments
Here’s the ideal cure for iPhone 4 “death grip” that we’ve all been waiting for. This custom-sized sticker was designed especially with your iPhone 4 antenna gap in mind. Say hello to Antenn-Aid. Simply place this miniature miracle over the lower left corner of your iPhone’s sensitive antenna area to improve signal performance!
(source iPhoneSavior)
July 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Apple | No Comments
Though FaceTime still doesn’t work over 3G, it works great on an airplane’s in-flight WiFi. FaceTime aside, “Aircell’s Gogo in-flight WiFi service has been blocking VoIP calling services.” Video after the break.
We know for a fact that certain iPhone 4 owners have had difficulty with FaceTime conversations when using highly firewalled access points.
[via Engadget]
July 14th, 2010 | Posted in Apple | No Comments
Getting your iPhone into recovery mode isn’t difficult: shut down your iPhone, hold down the home button, and then plug the device into iTunes. After doing that you’ll be prompted saying that you must restore the device back to the factory defaults. For awhile getting yourself into this mode meant that you must restore, and [...]
July 8th, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Software | No Comments
The Grove Bamboo iPhone 4 case ($49) features an ultrasuede liner that protects your phone, and allows charging and full access to all iPhone controls without removing the case. Each case is milled from solid FSC certified bamboo.
July 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Apple | No Comments
In a huge leap forward for Google Docs, your docs are now viewable in mobile browsers. This is a pretty big deal, because it means there’s now a way to view Docs, DocX files, PDFs and more on your iPhone, iPad or Android device without installing an app. A lot of people who didn’t have [...]
June 29th, 2010 | Posted in Apple, Google | 6 Comments
Walking around the house and using FaceTime just got a lot more complicated, with the Hands-Free FaceTime gadget. Simply strap the bicycle helmet to your head, initiate a FaceTime call, and you’re ready to talk. Video after the break.
June 27th, 2010 | Posted in Apple | 1 Comment
At first glance, you may think you’re looking at a standard Apple battery status icon, but in reality, it’s actually an iPhone battery extender / charger. That’s not all, it “uses EL lighting technology (supposedly the first to do so in the world!) for indicating the power status on its display.” No word yet on [...]
June 11th, 2010 | Posted in Apple | No Comments
The official Apple HTML5 Showcase is now live, but unfortunately, you’ll need the latest version of Safari to view the demos. Fortunately, all “new Macs, and new Apple mobile devices all support the capabilities of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.”
June 7th, 2010 | Posted in Apple | 1 Comment
Safari 5 might be ready to go at Apple’s developer conference, WWDC, later this week. Although the focus of WWDC looks like it will mostly be mobile — that impending new iPhone and the just-released iPad are hot hot hot — the desktop version of Apple’s browser could get some love, too. According to French [...]
June 5th, 2010 | Posted in Apple | No Comments