Some time ago, I looked around for a way to access my iPhone to use it as a portable hard drive, almost like a generic USB device, for copying files back and forth between computers. I decided on PhoneView. At the time I didn’t even care too much about the other features it offered. As time has passed, I’ve liked it even better and better. Read more…
The Canon Easy-PhotoPrint for iPhone (Canon iEPP), a free application that allows you to print photos from your iPhone or iPod touch on a compatible PIXMA printer via a local Wi-Fi network, is now available in the iTunes App Store.The Canon iEPP app lets you select from a wide range of paper sizes and paper types, from card-size (2.2 inches by 3.4 inches) up to letter size. You can choose Read more…
This passed Tuesday Gist released an application for the iPhone that brings many of the site’s big features to user’s small pockets. The free app is meant to compliment Gist.com’s people-analyzing and organizing tools, letting users get an alert on upcoming meetings as well as background information on those who they’re meeting with. This includes how important the user’s contacts are, as determined by Gist’s algorithms.
Where users will spend most of their time though is the app’s dashboard, which breaks down the latest news about people and companies they’re corresponding with based on news stories, blog posts, and tweets. This screen doubles as a Read more…
The Premier Basketball League announced late last week that it is going to be a lot easier to follow the stars of your favorite PBL team next year. For those of you fortunate enough to have Apple’s iPhone, you can now download the official PBL App from the App Store.
“Our league has taken some big steps in the off season, and we think the iPhone application is among the biggest advances we’ve made,” said CEO Tom Doyle. “Access to our teams, stats and players has now been made even more available thanks to the iPhone app.”
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After seeing a concept video of Expose for the iPhone, Steven Troughton-Smith has created the real thing.
Troughton-Smith is the creator of the amazing Stacks utility which lets you stack icons in your iPhone dock, just like in Mac OS X.
After seeing the Ocean Observations concept video we posted several days ago, he has created Expose for the iPhone.
Noting that it should really be called Spaces, Troughton-Smith has posted a demo video of his working application. You can check it out below.
There are still some changes being made including possible UI tweaks. We will let you know once it becomes available.
Via iclarified.com
Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson reportedly will allow the artist’s new album to be sold on the iTunes Music Store, dispelling a rumor to the contrary that surfaced early Wednesday.
“Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ album will indeed be available for sale on iTunes on Oct. 27,” Epic Records Senior Vice President of Publicity Lois Najarian told Wired. “I don’t have much more information to impart other than that right now, but suffice to say fans will be able to purchase it there.”
However, Najarian went on to add that the two sides are “working on” an issue over the sale of individual tracks. The question remains as to whether Sony and the Jackson estate will allow individual tracks to be sold on iTunes, or if Apple will require the sale of the full album. Read more…
9 to 5 Mac reports that it has received a note from an AT&T spokesperson asking the site to remove a reference suggesting that the company would support Internet tethering via the iPhone by the end of 2009.
We believed it was coming later this year, until we got a note from an AT&T spokeman. He told us to correct a post that said AT&T will be delivering tethering in 2009. Specifically, he said (his font color, not ours):
“Just reading again – where did anyone promise tethering by EOY? Where did you see that? We promised MMS by end of summer Read more…
Rename II is an application that allows you to easily change the name of Stock, Jailbroke and App Store applications.
Rename II is very simple to use. The application gives you three options; /Applications, Appstore Apps and About. The /Applications option lists apps that are in your /Applications folder. This will include both stock and jailbroke applications. The Appstore apps option is where you will find a list of all the App Store applications that are on your iPhone or iPod touch.
To change the name of an application, just select it from the list. You will then get a pop-up where you can enter what you would like the new title of the app to be. Once you are finished renaming the app you can select Ok and then hit the Home Button, your device will respring and the apps will be renamed on your SpringBoard. Read more…
We’ve just received a tip that an iPhone radio.app is being developed in-house by Apple for use on the iPhone and iPod touch. From what we know, the app will be allowed to operate in the background like iPod.app and will offer the same functionality as the FM radio in the new iPod Nanos. The source mentioned that this application could also be incorporated into the iPod.app before release. Read more…