Driving across California yesterday, my daughter was watching Mary Poppins on an iPad and I couldn't help but notice the iPad is a great entertainment device, but also has touch screen games, music, and more. I thought about how a lot of cars come with drop-down DVD players bolted into headliners (usually as a costly …
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Apple and Toyota
I've had an iPhone 4 for about three weeks now, and so far I've found better reception and fewer calls dropped when compared to my previous 3GS iPhone. I do have one area of poor reception at home where calls dropped about half the time on my old phone, but it hasn't happened once with …
The folding Palm bluetooth keyboard works great on an iPhone
I made a quick video showing how those folding bluetooth keyboards setup and collapse, and give you the ability to write using a real keyboard: Sadly, the same keyboard I got for $43 on Amazon in December is now over $100 from a reseller. You could probably find one cheap on eBay. A folding keyboard …
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iMovie on the iPhone 4
The other day I was at a friend's house and we set up a slip 'n slide for our daughters to play on. I took out my new phone, recorded a couple clips of the setup and a few clips of them using it. I had downloaded iMovie earlier (it's $5 in the app store …
Why there is a Save button on Gmail’s compose new email screen on the iPad
I figured out why there is a giant "Save" button on the new mail screens of Gmail on the iPad. I was writing a long email to a friend, and I wanted to copy/paste a URL into the message. The URL was already in another open tab, so I simply switched over to it, waited …
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Crap I love: The Tiko portable iPhone/iPad holder
Last fall, I bought a Tiko iPhone/iPod holder to prop up my iPhone while playing movies on planes, after hearing about it on Not Martha. On my way out on the last trip, I decided to throw this barely-larger-than-a-business-card holder in my backpack in case I needed it. After a cross country trip where I …
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Netflix on the iPad
One of my favorite apps for the iPad is Netflix's streaming service. I started out watching tons of documentaries. I really enjoyed two recent ones: Beer Wars and The Union. Beer Wars is an inside look at the world of microbreweries and how it's nearly impossible for them to sell at major stores thanks to …
Streaming iPhone video
Air Video is an amazing app I have wished for but never thought I’d see actually happen, given the App Store’s dodgy rules about approving applications like this. The other day I had a bit of insomnia, noticed my phone on my nightstand and wondered to myself if there was any hack, any way I …
My recommended kid games
It started out innocuously. We were waiting for a table at a restaurant, my daughter was about two years old and fidgeting. I checked the App Store on my iPhone for a kid genre, found a fake phone game, and let her go to town on it. It saved the day and bought us 20 …
Imaginary iPad conversations with critics over the last week
But you can't program on it! It's locked down. I'd never be a programmer if this was my first computer. There are thousands of programmers working in the world of gaming, making tomorrow's next big console hit. Heck, most every web professional knows at least one old buddy working at EA or doing texture mapping …
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