When the 3G iPhone was launched, customers were disappointed about the battery life of the device. And for those who would mainly rely on their iPhones whenever they are on the road would not want a device that would easily ran out of battery. So here are some of the things that you can do to prolong the battery life of your 3G iPhone.
Buying a car charge would allow you to charge your iPhone wherever you go. Go to the official site of Apple Inc. and you can find cheap car chrgers for the iPhone. Some would even allow the users to listen to their iPhone music through the car’s speaker.
You might also turn off the 3G, Location, or Wi-Fi on your iPhone when you’re not using it. You might find it bothering to turn these features on and off every time you will use it and stop using it. But hey, it’s an effective way to prolong the battery life of your 3GiPhone.
A bright screen can also consume much of your 3G iPhone’s battery life. And as long as the brightness wasn’t turned down to far, you will not notice anything different in your screen at all.
PageOnce launched as a web site earlier this year with a single focus, to simplify your online activity by aggregating your accounts into a single, secure view. We gave it test drive and liked it, but they were lacking a mobile interface so we didn’t get to tell you about it here on Touchtp.com. Today, we can gladly tell you that PageOnce has a free, native app waiting for you in the App Store and this is one gem of a download that you won’t want to miss.
The PageOnce app brings account aggregation to the iPhone and iPod touch, and the productivity gains you’ll experience will be like nirvana. PageOnce gives you a single page with all of your online accounts for banking, credit cards, email, MobileMe, social networks, bill payments, movie rentals, airlines, and on, and on, and on. You’ll have access to almost every online account you own with just a single tap. The days of signing into each account separately have come to and end, and that is wonderful news to our weary, tapped-out fingers.
Setting up PageOnce is a snap, but you’ll definitely need to do that from a desktop browser. Go to the PageOnce web site and sign up for a free account, then populate your account with all the online services you need access to. Then go to the App Store and download the PageOnce app for iPhone 2.0. Tap the app icon to run it then sign in with your PageOnce username and password. You can now access any of your online accounts without signing in again!
PageOnce supports so many online services that we cannot list them all here, but they are categorized neatly under Finance, Shopping, Utilities, Social, Travel, and Email. Wanna add your Amazon and Ebay accounts? No problem. How about your bank or brokerage accounts? Gotcha covered. You can add your wireless provider, including Skype and DirecTV, or your social networks like LinkedIn, Flickr, or Twitter, just to name a few. If you travel a lot, you can add your accounts for airlines, rental cars, and hotels. And, of course, you can add any number of web-based email accounts to monitor from your PageOnce view.
The number of internet services that PageOnce supports is very impressive and they are adding more to it all the time. If you don’t see one of your accounts listed in the admin tool, then you can send it in to the PageOnce team suggesting they add it to the growing list of options. Chances are, however, you find will more than a few of your online accounts available which will make managing your digital life that much easier.
PageOnce is committed to security and they even have a web page dedicated to that subject. They claim to provide military-level security, we’re pretty sure that means Kevlar armor instead of wicker. PageOnce has passed strict security audits by Verisign, TrustE, McAfee, and the Better Business Bureau. They knew customers would question security so they attacked that issue head-on and we feel good about it.
We love the single tap account access that PageOnce provides us on our iPhones, but the app does have its drawbacks. For one, the UI could use a little spit polish so that it feels more like an iPhone app. There a few issues with colors, fonts, and spacing. Also, managing your PageOnce preferences must by done on a desktop computer and the web site doesn’t seem to do very well in Safari, so use Firefox or Opera. However, these are minor nits compared to the overall value the app provides. It’s amazing this app is free because we’d gladly pay for it. It’s no wonder PageOnce earned a four-star rating in the App Store from its users.
iRinger is a freeware tool for iPhone that lets you create ringtones free ringtones for your iPhone from virtually any music or video file you own.
After creating ringtones, it will automatically export them to your iTunes so that you can transfer them to your phone. It even supports for converting YouTube videos into ringtones!
Features:
Three Steps: Import, Preview then Export. Done.
Convert virtually any audio format into an iPhone ringtone
Extracts audio out of video
Choose which section of the audio you want to hear
Adjust ringtone length,volume, fade in, fade out and loop gap
Export to iPhone ringtone format and import right into iTunes
Export to iPhone using SCP/SFTP and skip using iTunes
Use audio effects: Delay, Flanger, Boost, Reverse, etc.
It creates ringtones in seconds, and the best part is that it’s completely free to use and does not require a broken jailbroken iPhone ;)
With the rapid advancements in the technological side, market has been splurged with many superlative hi-tech gizmos in the past few years. The gorge of internet use has brought in many other related accessories, which has not only changed the living standards but also the basic requirements of the present times. Among the various so called hi tech buffs, iPhone is considered as the god and the most hyped techno devices of the twenty first century.
Packed with many special and potent features, IPhone is one of the ultimate techno gadgets in the market at the present time. Since its launch in early 2007, iPhone has been an unremitting part of breathtaking newspaper articles, tech blogs over internet, which covers the IPhone reviews in big flashes. In particular, we can fairly say that the new invention safely stand with all the hype written over the inestimable iPhone reviews.
As the most hi-tech gadgets at the market, iPhone is a multimedia and internet enabled mobile phone. You can find a touch screen equipped with a virtual keyboard and buttons. It is also included other popular functions - a camera phone, a portable media player which connected to iTunes. Of course, you can do simple text messaging and voicemail. Other than the sleek wide screen; iPhone come with many internet related services like e-mailing, web surfing. It also supports the Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity. At this moment, iPhone are able to work Worldwide with GSM standard. Of course, you will need to unlock the iPhone to use it with SIM Cards from other GSM Operators.
Despite lot of great features can be found in iPhone, this phone does have various drawbacks. For instance, you can't find common features like video recording, instant messaging in the iPhone; Internet browser can't fully make use of the Web sites, because it doesn't yet uphold Adobe's Flash technology; users cannot put the songs for ring tones as it is encompasses as an iPod!
With the first launch in USA in January 2007, follow by United Kingdom, Germany and France. We are expecting to see the 3G iPhone come to Asia in end of 2008 as an unlocked version.
To get yourself an iPhone, you must prepare to part away $400-$500 USD. Despite its high pricing, iPhone sales still hit the records high! Without letting the heat go down, it is expected that the new iPhone, which operates on faster 3G cellular networks, will be introduced in Jun 2008. Apple will be trying its heart out to meet its stated objective of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008 to capture 1% of the global market.
Everyone that owns an iPod knows they can download songs onto an iPod but most people do not know how. The article below will show you step by step how to exactly download songs and videos to your computer and then to your iPod.
Downloading music you already own onto an iPod
The first step you need to do before you put anything on your iPod is to download iTunes from itunes.com. If you didn't already know iTunes is the software made by apple specifically to run your iPod.
If you want to download, music on CD's onto an iPod first thing you need to do is convert the music files on the CD to mp3's. To do this you need a cd-ripper what a cd-ripper does is it takes the files on your CD converts it to mp3's and downloads it to your computer ready for you to put on to your iPod. A good free cd-ripper is Freerip just search it on Google. However this can take a long time depending on the quality of your cd-ripper (free ones take longer). (If you already have the music files in mp3 format you can go to Step 3)
After you have ripped all your CD's the last thing you have to do is actually put the files onto your iPod this is by far the easiest step, and takes the least time because it can be done right from iTunes. All you have to do is connect your iPod, open up iTunes, scan all the mp3 music files into the library and "sync" your library with your iPod. This will put all the mp3's music files on your computer onto your iPod.
Downloading music online
There are many places you can download music online from, some are legal and others illegal. The advantage of downloading music online is that you get to skip the longest and hardest step above, Step 2. When you download music online you do not have to worry about converting or ripping the music files they will already come in mp3 format. All you have to do is put them into your iPod.
Below are 2 of the most popular ways of downloading music online:
On iTunes you can download, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts and many more. However each song is going to cost you $0.99. This doesn't seem like a lot at first but believe me it adds up. For example to download just 100 songs it would cost you $100.
Another option you have is using various websites on the internet that allow you do download an unlimited number of songs, videos, podcasts, TV shows ect for a small onetime fee. Most of these websites costs 50 dollars to sign up, this may seem expensive but this is a one time charge. For $50 and you get unlimited downloads for life. But think about it like this, downloading just 50 songs from iTunes is the equal to what you pay these websites for unlimited lifetime downloads. And if you download another 50 songs from one of these websites instead of iTunes you have just saved yourself $50. Lastly many of these websites gives you a good quality cd-ripper for free.
iTunes is good choice for someone who doesn't download a lot of music, however if you are going to download more than 50 songs you might want to check out the benefits that other download websites offer.
The Apple iPhone 3G was announce in a blaze of glory that eclipsed most of the other smart phones on the market, but it remains to be seen whether Apple has really provided users with exactly what they want. Less than a year after the original iPhone went on sale Apple promises new users of the latest iPhone that they will be given the chance to officially download 3rd party applications through the App store. But how quickly will an unlocked version become available.
The Apple iPhone is an updated smart phone with GPS and a 16 GB memory. The 3G iPhone has a lot to write home about with added support, added GPS, third party applications, and support for a Microsoft Exchange server. Extra 3G support is a massive plus for the iPhone. If the trial speed of data transfer is maintained then users really will be carrying the Internet around in their pocket. At half the price and twice the speed of its forerunners the new 3G versions is sure to be popular.
The new phone is thinner at the edges than the earlier version and slightly thicker in the middle, other measurements remain the same although the 3G is 2grams lighter than its predecessor. It no longer has the recessed headphone jack, which some users found annoying, it is now flush enough for any 3.5mm headphones.
Due to go on sale July the 11th the phone will be on offer in black with 8GB of memory or in black or white with 16GB of memory. Sources suggest that the new iPhone will be available in the UK from Apple, 02 and the Carphone Warehouse.
The 8GB model will be on sale for £99 on a new £30 monthly contract or an existing £35 contract - if you choose the higher tariffs of £45 and £75 a month then you will get the 8GB iPhone free. Prices are quite a bit steeper for the 16GB version with the phone costing £159 on the £30 and £35 tariffs, £59 for the £45 tariff and free on the £75 tariff.
Users will continue to receive unlimited data whatever their tariff although they could find that they will be liable for O2's excessive use policy. On the upside however you will be able to browse over O2's HSDPA network and unlimited access to 9,500 Wi-Fi hotspots through BT Openzone and the Cloud.
Although the addition of 3G and GPS make the iPhone 2.0 attractive it is still without some of the basic features found on much cheaper phones, including multimedia messaging and voice messaging.
The first iPhone was available unlocked soon after its launch but this time it will only be available in store rather than through iTunes. So what of the grey market for iPhones and those that are eager to buy one for the discounted contract price in the hope they can get it unlocked?
Well they might be put off even faster than before. Apple have done their darnest to ensure that their second generation phone is locked right down. With official applications being controlled tightly by Apple, any non-legitimate contract phone will easily be spotted - or more importantly won't benefit from the full features.
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The Apple iPhone is an amazing device that invites creativity. You've probably said to yourself: 'I wish I could do that on my iPhone.'
With the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK), programmers can make your ideas reality - even if you yourself don't know the difference between a C-pointer and a SQLite database.
More than 200 iPhone application projects have already been posted on Elance.com. Check out these tips in this article to get your project kick-started.
We focus on the development of applications for the Apple iPhone, and we asked Nick Dalton, iPhone SDK specialist, to give Elance buyers a few tips on how to scope and post an iPhone Application project. Here’s what he had to say:
The iPhone is an amazing device that invites creativity. If you’re an iPhone owner I’m sure you’ve said to yourself: ‘I wish I could do that on my iPhone, or I have a great idea for an iPhone application’.
With the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK), programmers can make your ideas reality – even if you yourself don’t know the difference between a C-pointer and a SQLite database. But before you go ahead and post your application idea to the buzzing iPhone project area on www.Elance,com. here are some pointers to get your project kick-started:
Study the Masters Apple has already spent a lot of time thinking about how to present information and build interactive applications on the iPhone. The applications that come with the iPhone are the results of this research. Study them in great detail and try to apply as many of the user interface metaphors as possible to your application.
Not only will Apple be flattered if you imitate the user interface in their applications, but they actually mandate it to a great level of detail as described in their Human Interface Guidelines.
Dream in Color Screens Most applications for the iPhone will be very visual. Therefore it makes sense to provide your requirements as screen images or sketches. You don’t have to be a graphics artist to do this effectively. An iPhone programmer is looking for the following information:
- The type of layout each screen should have
- The buttons on the screens
- The actions associated with each button
The exact shape and format of your screen sketches is secondary. As long as they are readable, it’s a great way to communicate your application design to a programmer.
Be Realistic About Your Budget Look at other iPhone projects posted on Elance to get a sense for the bid amounts on these projects. Read the descriptions of these projects to see if they seem to be larger or smaller projects than what you have in mind. If you set your budget to under $500 for something that is realistically going to take a programmer two months to implement, you are not likely to attract many bidders.
From a programming perspective, some things are easy to do on the iPhone, while other seemingly simple things are very time consuming. For example the beautiful cover-flow animation used in the music application on the iPhone should be simple to use in other applications. Unfortunately you can’t. If you want this animation within your application it will have to be written from scratch, probably costing a one month of work.
If you talk to an approved iPhone developer early in your application design process you can learn how to get most out of your budget by avoiding the things that are really difficult to do on the iPhone.
Don’t Be Too Original iPhone users already know how to do certain tasks on their phones by convention. For example, if you tap an item in a list that has a > icon next to it, you expect to be taken to another screen with more information about that item. If your application needs similar functionality, don’t be creative and come up with a new way to solve the same problem. Use the conventions already established by Apple.
New conventions are difficult to establish especially with the touch interface because there is no way to discover how your application works on the iPhone. Unlike a website where you can hover with the mouse pointer over areas that look like you can interact with them and a tool tip or the status bar will reveal some clues to you.
Know Your Limitations The current version of the iPhone SDK, which is used to write applications for the iPhone, has many restrictions and limitations. Some of them are common sense, e.g. you can’t send text messages from an application. Imagine an application that sends out thousands of text messages without your knowledge, who is going to pay the phone bill for that?
Other restrictions are maddening: applications cannot access the log of phone calls, or interact in any way with the calendar or the music stored on the iPhone.
To Apple’s credit, the iPhone SDK is an amazing piece of software especially given that it was publicly released as a Beta just three months ago. Some of the shortcomings listed above will likely be addressed in future releases of the SDK.
As a buyer with an idea for an iPhone application, you should educate yourself about these limitations before you spend too much time designing an application that is impossible to implement. Talk to a developer or company that specializes in iPhone development (and there are many available on Elance) and they can help you get on the right track from the start.
About Nick Dalton (username: 360mind) is an experienced iPhone SDK specialist and Elance.com service provider. He has 15+ years of background in programming, and currently focuses his business, 360mind, 100% on the development of iPhone applications. For more information on Nick, check out his book, 101 iPhone Tips and Tricks.
The launch of the Apple iPhone was an amazing eruption of hype and publicity that drew customers to it like moths to a flame. Most customers who bought the iPhone are now in search of the best sites for unlimited free iPhone movies downloads, unlimited free iPhone game downloads, unlimited free iPhone music downloads, unlimited free iPhone software downloads and more. This is primarily to keep their iPhones stuffed full with their favorite movies, TV shows, games, music, software and more.
The iPhone has become such a trend that everyone wants to buy it and utilize it's fantastic features like being able to download iPhone movies, iPhone games, iPhone software and iPhone music. In this article, will discuss some of the best places to get free iPhone downloads.
Before choosing an iPhone downloads site the most important thing to consider is the type of service you want. The two most popular types of iPhone downloads sites are pay per download sites and unlimited free iPhone downloads membership sites.
If you choose a site with pay per download fees, this means you will be charged about $0.90 for each and every one of your movie, music and game downloads. This type of iPhone downloads site can become very costly if you plan on downloading a lot of movies, music and games.
Your other option would be to join an unlimited free iPhone downloads membership site. Once you pay a one time lifetime membership fee of about $30-$35, all the downloads would be free of cost for you forever, which would include unlimited free iPhone movie downloads, unlimited free iPhone game downloads, unlimited free iPhone music downloads, unlimited free iPhone software downloads and much more. So, instead of paying for each and every one of your downloads for your iPhone, all you need to do is pay a one time lifetime membership fee. Most of the good free iPhone download sites also offer a one or two year option. Without question, the unlimited free iPhone downloads membership site seems the best deal by far.
At this moment, the iPhone seems to be the hottest gadget in the world, and as an Internet device, it has soared miles ahead of its competition. So, if movies are your thing, you can now enjoy watching all your favorites by using your iPhone. It goes without question that iPhones are expensive, yet, the amazing features that comes as part of the entire iPhone package make it well worth the extra expense. If you are wise enough to take advantage of the iPhones fantastic features, you’ll join an unlimited free iPhone downloads membership site too.
While having the ability to watch movies or play games on your iPhone is great, its even better if your iPhone's movie downloads and iPhone game downloads are free. But please don’t trust everything on blind faith. That can get you into deep trouble. Remember to always be careful about your iPhone. There are some iPhone download sites out there that are pure scams. If you want to protect your iPhone from malicious viruses and spy ware then check out the iPhone review sites to find out the best sites to get your unlimited free iPhone downloads from.
Neil Gerstein writes informative articles on various subjects when he isn't busy building and promoting his own websites. He currently have several websites that are great for content. At Movies, Music, Games & More he reviews the best unlimited free download sites for movies, music, games, zune, psp and more as well as Unlimited Free iPhone Downloads.
