Who Else Wants Great iPhone Trick Tips?

Posted on April 21, 2008
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I can proudly state that I’m the luckiest ever owner of an iPhone. I’ve had it for quite a time already but I cannot still play to my heart’s content with this amazing gadget. Nevertheless with experience come cool tips and tricks that you learn. I’ve learned mine and now I want to share them with you.

Tap once at the top of the display in the Internet mode and you will be immediately redirected to the top of the page you are browsing (instead of having to scroll your way to the top). This helps my save much time and finger effort.
Set the font to the smaller size and get access to more data in the Internet window. This method has one great advantage: in case you want to click a link it will come up huge thus making it extremely easier to click.
If you want to add a new bookmark you don’t have to enter the full address of the web-page. All you need to do is post the equivalent RSS address in the Apple’s RSS reader. Using RSS feeds you can quickly see if the site has been updated since your last visit (it is much faster than downloading the whole page and helps save traffic).
If you write a lot using the iPhone (as I do) you can enjoy one peculiar trick I’ve found. If you write a word and it is underlined as misspelled but in fact is not, you cancel the correction 3 times and the word will be automatically added to the dictionary.
I found a great use of the magnifying glass. When writing something you tap once and hold and the glass will pop up. With the glass on you can place the cursor wherever you want and continue editing the text.
The icons can be dragged around (it cannot be made only on the home screen). In order to use the function go to iPod => More => Edit. Do whatever you like to the icon arrangement.
There is an ultimate way to reset the device. In order to do that, hold the right button and the home front button for 6 seconds. To bring it back to life press the top button
There is a feature that helps me avoid tons of email spam. I added a link to Yahoo mail in my Safari and now I can use “delete all” function to remove all the spam messages.

These are the tricks that I found out using iPhone. Did you learn any other tricks? Would you share them with me and with the audience?

3G iPhone Due Out Soon - O2 and T-Mobile Cut Prices

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3G iPhone Due Out Soon - O2 and T-Mobile Cut Prices

Posted on April 21, 2008
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With the forthcoming release of 3G iPhone the overwhelming majority of mobile operators with the contracts to sell iPhone are exposed to crucial losses on the stock which is likely to remain unsold. That;s why they have to find solutions out of such an unpleasant situation. What are these solutions?

For instance, the UK operator O2 and the German T-Mobile miscalculated the number of iPhones that could be sold in Europe and at the moment their warehouses are filled with the gadgets that in a matter of months will cost no more than $200.

Even Apple experts confirm that the losses of these companies will be significant.

Nevertheless the companies make their best to recoup the forthcoming losses and at the same time clear the shelves for the new iPhone.

Recently O2 has announced price cut on the iPhone. The company reduced more than a third of its initial price – from 269 pounds to 169 pounds. And a few weeks ago T-Mobile set even more generous sales – from 399 euro to 99 euro.

The French operator Orange will also have to cut the prices. The French sales of the gadget were predicted to be between 500 000 and 600 000, but the company only managed to sell about 330 000 iPhones.

The sale tempos have significantly fallen down and the European retailers find it difficult to clear their stock from the current version of IPhone.

As for the new device which is due out in the middle of June it is said to be completely different to the current version in appearance. They don’t exclude the possibility that the new device will have a regular qwerty keyboard instead of the fan-favorite touch-screen.

Another new tendency that 3G iPhone is likely to bring in is the refusal of the favoring policy towards a single operator in the given territory.

In fact the end goal of Apple is to create the best device ever and then to bring it to as many clients as possible.

Do you think that Apple will manage to do it eventually?

iPhone + Skateboarding = ?

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Top 5 Low-Cost Solar Chargers for Your Gadgets

Posted on April 21, 2008
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#1 Multi Purpose Solar Charger

Build-in 1350 mAh high capacity rechargeable polymer battery. Charge your mobile phone, digital camera, PDA, MP3/MP4 Player whenever and wherever. Style design and convenient to take it with you.

Charge your emergency charger

by solar energy
by computer USB port
by AC adapter

Charge you mobile phone or other devices

by the included mobile phone adapters
by USB port

Additional function

LED torch

Product Characteristic
# High solar energy convert efficiency: more than 15%
# Solar energy board: 5.5V/110mA
# High capacity build-in polymer battery: 1350 mAh
# Output voltage:5.5V
# Output current: 600mA
# Charging time: about 60 minutes
# Charging build-in battery by solar energy: 10-15 hours
# Charging build-in battery by computer / AC adapter: about 5 hours

Package Content
# One Multi purpose solar charger
# One USB cable
# One A/C Adapter (110V~250V)
# One extended cable
# Five Portable Devices Connectors (Sony Ericsson Fast Port, Samsung, Mini USB (for Motorola/HTC/Dopod/BlackBerry/MP3/MP4) , Nokia (2mm), Nokia (3.5mm))

Price: $25 find here

#2 Solar Charger for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS

The Solar game console charger has a built-in 1800mAh Li-ion battery. In bright sun light a Sony PSP is fully charged in 4 hours.
The solar charger measures 84 x 82 x 22 mm (folded).
Brando sells the Solar Charger for $35.00.

#3 Multi-purpose Solar Charger

Specifications

Solar Panel N/A
Ni-MH Battery Capacity 1.2V1600mAH x 2pcs
Output Voltage N/A
Output Current N/A
Colar white/gray
Size (LxWxH) 110.0×65.0×23.0mm
Weight 220.0g

Price: $10.90
Two 1600mAH NiMH batteries, FM radio, flashligh, easy operation, pocket-size, light-weighted, portable, suitable for 5 brands of cell phone.

Features

* High efficient solar silicon panel and high capacity built-in Ni-MH batteries.

* You can directly use sunlight to charge various brands of cell phone without having to stop speaking.
* With built-in highly sensitive FM radio and white LED flashlight, it is a good assistant during traveling, mountaineering, fishing, campping and road trip.
* Tying the device on top of the backpack on your back, you can charge the built-in rechargeable NiMH batteries with sunlight while walking.
* For emergency, you can charge your mobile phone by inserting two pieces of AAA batteries.
* Good design, easy operation, pocket-size, light-weighted, portable.

#4 Universal Solar Charger

Specifications

Solar Panel 5.5V/280mA/1.54W
Li-poly Battery capacity 2800mAh
Output Voltage 4.5 - 9V (adjustable)
Output Current 1A (max)
Color
Size (LxWxH) 137.0×79.0×24.0mm
Weight 245.0g

Price: $33.90

High photovoltaic and secondary converting efficency, protecting your device from damange, adjustable output voltage, CE,FCC and ROHS certificate
Compatible for charging handsets or USB interface digital devices with rated voltage 4.5V - 9V under sunshine directly, such as mobile phone, MP3/MP4 player, PDA, DC, DV and other entertainment device. It can also charge the devices mentioned above without sunshine through releasing electric energy stored in it. It is convenient for you to take with when outside on business, on travel, on a long-distance bus or ship, in the fieldwork, etc. It is a portable, environmental-friendly, light-weighted, flexible, durable and versatile solar charger.

#5 Multifunctional Solar Charger

Specifications

Solar Panel 5.5V/130mA/715mW
Li-poly Battery Capacity 1900mAh/1600mAh/1100mAh
Output Voltage 5.5V
Output Current 500mA
Operating Temperature -20°C ~ +45°C
Color white/black
Size (LxWxH) 93.0×62.0×14.0mm
Weight 90.0g

Price: $16.90

Charger for digital camera, mobile phone, mp3/mp4 player and DV, with built-in flashlight, ultraviolet light money checker and FM radio.
The multifunctional solar charger, powered by solar panel to store electricity generated from sunlight into internal Li-poly battery, is applicable to digital products such as digital cameras, mobile phone, mp3/mp4 play and DV, etc. Smooth upgrade and capacity expansion is considered in designing this solar charge

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ER Mobile Visual Search Engine For iPhone

Posted on April 21, 2008
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Evolution Robotics Inc. in companionship with Bandai Networks Co. Ltd announced the ER Search, mobile visual search engine, on new line of camera phones (Spring 2008).

Evolution Robotics focuses much on visualization because of the potential for future product developments. Their goal is to solve a problem in realistic settings by total visual interaction between a human being and a machine. Camera technologies are developing increasingly due to widespread application of web cameras, digital cams and cell-phone cams.

The launch of ER search is estimated the increase in mobile visual search market services up to $24 Billion by 2013 (ABI research) and this will enable the consumers in Japan to take pictures of surrounding objects and do on-line searches. Its download will be available for any KDDI customer with a previous AU camera phone.

ER Search works like using a traditional search engine, but with no typing any text through complicated menus. Instead of it, users snap a picture of any object and are immediately provided with relevant content. For instance, if you are looking for wine in a store, you can photograph wine label and get recommendations and experts reviews on it. So as soon as you see something you are interested in, just snap a picture and see all services and information on the spot. As Satoshi Oshita, CEO of Bandai Networks, said – “the search process is far easier and immediate than anything that has been available before.”

ER Search has the ViPR technology, which supports user-generated content to take new images, videos or places and tag them with links and content to expand the database. World-wide visual database will be created by showing the content results of other users who take similar pictures. A demonstration of visual search technology by Evolution Robotics on Apple’s iPhone can be viewed at Youtube.

ViPR can learn new objects and images (cover art on a music CD), without any special encoding. Also ViPR performs well on most cameras used on low cost mobile phones today.

Database already indexes over 150,000 music CD covers, as well as other mobile applications providing info and links. Even streaming video or images from TV are supported.

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iPhone + Skateboarding = ?

Posted on April 20, 2008
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We’ve spoken a lot about weird iPhone accessories, iPhone fakes and all other topics. But so far I’ve never written a post (neither thought I) about implying the iPhone theme to other than wireless devices. What am I talking about? About a year ago I was asked to write a post about furniture pieces that are made in car-part shapes. These furniture items come as custom ones, so they cost much more than ordinary ones. Moreover, it has been indicated that all the objects that have car-like shapes sell better and faster.

So what conclusion did I arrive at? Well, the iPhone is an incredible hit out there. People seem to go absolutely crazy about it, especially with the forthcoming release of the 3G iPhone. I though that if the iPhone theme is applied to any kind of device it can become more popular with the customers.

In order to prove my hypothesis I ran a Google search. Do you want to know what I found? In fact, there were quite a number of things that borrowed iPhone’s appearance or shape, or even functions, but there was one that attracted my attention incredibly:

iPhone skateboarding deck

I just couldn’t believe that two completely incompatible things like a deck for a skateboard and an iPhone could be combined. But on seconds thought I thought that the deck looked impressively awesome. It is black, it is an iPhone-related. What else does a deck need? =)

The deck has been created by the company Girl Biebel and it costs $45.99. it is an average price for this sort of product.

After reading and writing about my wonderful discovery I decided to find out how people treat the looks of the new deck. So that’s what I’ve found:

I like to flip through my brother’s catalogs sometimes too. A lot of the decks have great designs!
thats a sweet deck, i love girl skateboards
yes, people get really creative with those things! the one above is great. i used to live across from someone who made custom longboards which were hand carved as well as painted/sprayed. so cool.
clever!

You see that people love the deck? Isn’t that a reasonable proof to the fact that all (may be not all but the overwhelming majority) of iPhone-like devices are appreciated by the audience?

Downloads for iPhone: 8 Steps of iPhone Personalization

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