apple 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
apple 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
apple 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,
apple 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
apple 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
apple 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
apple 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
apple 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
apple Four weeks with a Droid (and two weeks with an unlocked Nexus One) In response to my first few frustrating hours with a Droid, my friend Gina asked if I'd post my thoughts four weeks on, instead of first impressions which can often be deceiving (but amusing -- I encourage others to do it sometime even if half your blog entry
apple End to end problems I know it's a cliché for mac users to bitch about Windows, but I'm giving an old PC of mine to a friend and after wiping it clean and setting everything up, I can't believe how hostile the process is to the user. Every
apple An iPhone lesson I wish I hadn't learned today If you leave your iPhone on vibrate 90% of the time like I do and you use the iPhone as an alarm clock when you travel, remember to turn off vibrate before you go to sleep, because the sound that wakes you up won't be Marimba, it'
apple 1st gen iPhone battery life issues: it's the apps? I've had my original iPhone for over a year now, and I've had a pretty stable use pattern. I charge the phone often (every time I'm in a car (daily) and every other night attached to my computer) and rarely see the battery dip
apple Will MobileScrobbler work in the new iPhone SDK? Here's something I've been wondering about. Ever since Apple released the roadmap of iPhone development and the SDK details, they mentioned that third-party apps can't run in the background. After avoiding it for months, I finally did the jailbreak on my iPhone last month
apple Keynote Index Fund A few months ago I was thinking about Apple's rise in value after the iPhone and how Steve Jobs does a great keynote every year, and naturally I thought "I wonder if there's a way to make money off quick investments around the keynotes?"
apple The five minute Leopard review After installing Leopard on three machines and using it for the past four days I figure I might as well write down my first impressions. Here are the high and low points for me: * The installer is a bit buggy in that it doesn't seem to recognize hard
apple Crap I love: Signal turns your iPhone into a really nice remote control I've been hoping that someone was working on using the iPhone browser as a media controller and when I saw Signal, I decided to give it a try. It works like this: you install the app and it runs an internal webserver that you connect to using safari
apple Testing out .Mac, iMovie '08, and the Panasonic AVCHD I used PCs on a daily basis for about ten years, but over the last three or four years I've become a full-fledged Apple fanboy convert. I buy a new mac about once a year or so and have tried out pretty much every product they've
apple A smarter audio manager Here's what I typically do in the course of a day. * Start iTunes, play some new songs while I code, read email, and surf the web * About every 15min or so, I run across a youtube video, mp3 link, or vimeo post that I want to watch, so
apple Canceling tmobile Getting an iPhone meant I'd be leaving tmobile after four years of service, and I re-upped my contract last year for a blackberry pearl, so unfortunately that also meant I'd get hit with a $200 contract charge. Today I called to cancel and I knew it
apple 24 hours with the iPhone: my dream mini computer After my initial problems, I got a new iPhone from my nearby Apple store and spent several hours using it. My first reaction is that it's very good, meeting the almost impossible expectations I had for it. Photos are fun and look great, movies are nice and will
apple Some lingering iPhone questions I haven't heard answered anywhere... So I'm thinking about getting an iPhone, but a few potential dealstoppers keep coming up and I haven't seen much info on it even though it's coming out in less than two weeks. Maybe some of you readers can help. 1. Is there an
apple Apple Rumor: Multitouch Everywhere! I'm pointing to SBJ's post about multitouch Apple rumors because I really want this to be true. Multitouch is amazing. When I got to see Jeff Han demo it at Etech last year, everyone was blown away, but it feels like it's a couple
apple The Nike iPod System This week I'm running again after a nearly two year hiatus. What finally motivated me to get off the couch and start running was the Nike+ system. I've written my own exercise tracking apps in the past and it required that I manually enter details about
apple Apple is the new NASA When I was a kid, the future was filled with optimism. The year 2000 was 10-20 years away and it was this magical goal we were working towards. I was obsessed with astronauts, especially those in NASA that got to ride in the space shuttle. While I never made it