iPhone App of the Week: AppBox Pro raves Smartcompany.com

September 25, 2009 :: Posted by - Thomas :: Category - News

App Box Pro

As the number of applications available on the App Store grows, the range of tasks that can be accomplished with a piece of software will likewise expand. One app has been made with this in mind, and allows users to perform over a dozen tasks in one single program.

AppBox Pro is like the Swiss-army knife of apps. It contains information on your iPhone or iPod Touch’s battery life, indicating how much talk time you have left on either the 3G or 2G network, along with time left for web surfing and audio playback.

It also contains Read more…

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Aussie Drivers: Buy A Cradle, Or No iPhone GPS For You

September 22, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Live in Australia? Have an iPhone? Do you use the iPhone’s built-in Maps app, Navigon, or TomTom [iTunes links] to navigate? If you answered yes to all three of those questions, then I have some bad news for you: under the Australian Road Rule 8th Amendment, all use of the iPhone in your car is soon to be banned unless you buy a cradle for it, including using it as a GPS navigator.

An article from the Sydney Morning Herald initially makes it sound as though you won’t be able to use such apps at all, especially after reading this quote from a spokesperson for VicRoads, the traffic authority for the Australian state of Victoria: “A phone will only be allowed to be used for its primary purpose. If it’s a phone, it’s a phone.” But once you read farther down the article states, “Drivers will only be able to use mobile phones if they are placed Read more…

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