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All week there have been news stories and prognostications about Apple’s upcoming product announcement in September, about how iPads cannot be made fast enough to keep up with demand, and rumors about a new TV delivery service. You’d have to look fairly hard to know that Dell also tried to make some noise this week.
On Tuesday, Dell released their Aero smartphone, which includes a 3.5-inch touchscreen and runs on Android. Some people are also aware that Dell released a tablet computer called the “Streak“. The Streak doubles as a smartphone, and also runs on the Google Android platform.
We all know about Cupertino. So does anyone care about what is coming out of Round Rock, Texas?
August 26th, 2010
If you have an iPhone 3G, do NOT upgrade to the iOS 4 without reading this first.
Issue:
One of our staff members recently upgraded the OS on his iPhone 3G to the new Apple iOS 4. It was at about that time when her battery began losing power faster than it could be charged. After hours of trial and error, we were finally able to determine that the phone was trying to constantly download email from the MS Exchange server. It was constantly polling the Exchange server even though she had not touched the email settings.
Solution:
Disable the ‘Push’ feature in your mail settings on your iPhone.
- Using your iPhone, go to Settings.
- Go to Mail, Contacts, Calendar.
- Go to Fetch New Data.
- Turn off the ‘Push’ feature. Then select an interval to fetch your email messages.
For those 3G users who have not upgraded yet, I’d highly recommend you keep the above information handy.
Has this issue bothered you before? Are there any better solutions? We want to hear from you – let us know by commenting below!
August 10th, 2010
Looking for a way to stay ahead of your league in your fantasy football draft this year?
The 2010 RotoWire Fantasy Football Draft Kit (Mobile Version) is an iPhone app that creates rankings based on the league scoring settings that you enter. Using your league’s scoring settings, the iPhone app calculates rankings of players, and also provides other information including position depth charts and NFL schedules.
This iPhone app is available for $3.99 from the Apple App Store:
Good luck on your fantasy football draft this year!
August 2nd, 2010
As many of you have heard, there are a number of stories out there about how Apple’s new iPhone 4 is getting negative reviews around it’s reception.
Specifically, the redesign of the iPhone 4 includes incorporating the antennae in the outer casing of the phone. As a result, the user’s hand can interfere with the phone’s reception, causing the bar indicators to go down.
Even Consumer Reports has stated they cannot recommend the iPhone 4 due to this reception issue, in what was an otherwise a positive review.
We want to hear from you!
Did you buy an iPhone 4? Let us know by answering the poll below. Two people who participate in our poll will win a free MobileMammoth t-shirt.
Does your iPhone 4 have reception problems?
July 14th, 2010
The Versus channel has developed an iPhone app that provides live video from the 2010 Tour de France. At $14.99, it’s not the cheapest iPhone app in the App Store, but by all accounts it is well worth it for cycling and Tour de France fans.
Let us know what you think!
iPhone App:
July 8th, 2010
The Apple iPad went on sale at 9am this morning at Apple retail outlets and online. We ran into a few folks at the Apple store in Reston, Virginia, where they lined up to be one of the first to get their hands on the latest gadget from Apple.
There were 2 lines – one for those with reservations, and everyone else. Both lines were about 40-50 people long shortly after opening, and almost everyone seemed to be checking their iPhones every few seconds.
Don’t forget about our iPad poll – check it out and let us know if you are buying into the iPad hype!
April 3rd, 2010
How many times have you had to fumble around trying to dial a number on your mobile phone while driving? I’ve done it more often than I’d like to admit, though I am happy to say that I have completely stopped. If you own the iPhone 3GS, you can kick that habit too, and maybe even save a life in the process.
The new iPhone feature is called Voice Control. You can use Voice Control to dial a contact by name or by phone number, play a song on the built-in iPod, find out the song currently playing, or even create a genius playlist based on the current song playing.
To use Voice Control, simply press and hold the home button. At the tone, speak a command such as “Call Will Ferrell”, or “Call 408.555.1212″. To play a song, simply say, “Play Darius Rucker”. You get the idea.
So stop using your fingers to dial while driving and start using Voice Control on the iPhone 3GS. Who knows — the life you save may be your own.
September 25th, 2009
Fire up the popular Rocket Taxi app on your iPhone, and it uses GPS or WiFi to find your location and list nearby taxi companies. This is handy when you’re in someone else’s house and need a ride (especially if you’ve had a few), or in some other semi-remote area where cabs are not roaming the streets.
Feature Suggestion: Automatically call the nearest cab company. That would be a logical next step.
Download it now and then check it out the next time you need a lift!
iTunes Link:
September 5th, 2009
Many are singing the praises of Facebook 3.0, the latest iPhone version of the world’s most popular social networking site. Just released on the Apple App Store on Thursday, the application now allows you to view Events, view profile photos, and post video from your iPhone 3GS.
You’ll notice there are still a few bugs to be worked out, as you can see on the Facebook wall. But by all accounts it is still worth downloading.
Go have a look and let us know what you think.
August 31st, 2009
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