Saturday, January 2, 2010
How To Take Screen Shot on iPhone
To capture the screen image or take a screen shot on your iPhone (with iPhone OS version 2.0 or later) press the Home button and Sleep/Wake (On/Off) key at the same time.
Friday, September 11, 2009
How To Sync Google Calendars With iPhone
Idea Excursion posted a great article on how to sync google calendars with iPhone calendars.
This is the place to go for instructions.
One of the things the article points out is that as of iPhone 3.0 you can now integrate personal calendars with work calendars as from Outlook Exchange. This wasn't possible before (as I learned from disappointing experience).
Cool!
-Forsyth
This is the place to go for instructions.
One of the things the article points out is that as of iPhone 3.0 you can now integrate personal calendars with work calendars as from Outlook Exchange. This wasn't possible before (as I learned from disappointing experience).
Cool!
-Forsyth
Monday, May 11, 2009
3G Sucks
A Time article today reports how 3G has misbehaved for a number of carriers.
If you're an iPhone user you may have noticed erratic behavior as I and my friends have.
As the article points out, the antics of the 3G network smear mud on iPhone apps. Regardless of whose "fault" it is the bottom line is that if you have 3G turned on you can get some flaky results using some iPhone apps and this leads to a perception, and frankly the perception of a reality, that the iPhone is not delivering for you like it should all the time.
What does it matter if the iPhone or any of the software technology that runs on it is at fault or not? That's a problem that Apple should take care of for you right?
So we then logically follow the path from the iPhone "back" through the technology and causes, find out that 3G sucks, then go back to AT&T, then go back to how 3G was selected or where the technology problems might be.
That's too far back for me to know the details but it all amounts to a disappointment on a grand scale.
I wonder who dropped the ball? Was it the giant corporation cutting corners or was it lame technologists?
I'd like to know.
-Forsyth
If you're an iPhone user you may have noticed erratic behavior as I and my friends have.
As the article points out, the antics of the 3G network smear mud on iPhone apps. Regardless of whose "fault" it is the bottom line is that if you have 3G turned on you can get some flaky results using some iPhone apps and this leads to a perception, and frankly the perception of a reality, that the iPhone is not delivering for you like it should all the time.
What does it matter if the iPhone or any of the software technology that runs on it is at fault or not? That's a problem that Apple should take care of for you right?
So we then logically follow the path from the iPhone "back" through the technology and causes, find out that 3G sucks, then go back to AT&T, then go back to how 3G was selected or where the technology problems might be.
That's too far back for me to know the details but it all amounts to a disappointment on a grand scale.
I wonder who dropped the ball? Was it the giant corporation cutting corners or was it lame technologists?
I'd like to know.
-Forsyth
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Options For Sending Photos From iPhone
A few months ago I posted on a sort of work-around for sending photos via SMS.
Since then things have evolved considerably.
The big news is that Apple says that the new iPhone OS 3.0 will have a new multimedia messaging feature (MMS) that will let users send text message photos, calendar invites, and even contacts to another phone.
There are still other options. A few below.
First, an app emerged called Infinite SMS that was built on top of Google's Google Talk text messaging service. The app cost 99 cents and had tremendous early success. Unfortunately for the Infinite SMS folks, it wasn't from Google and in March 2009 Google put a stop to it.
Flutter is a free app that claims to allow you to,
Another free app called Eye-Fi allows you to send a photo to your machine or to image sharing sites like Flickr and Picasa directly from your phone, bypassing the sync requirement.
Another one that costs $4.99 as of this writing called PixelCast allows you to send photos directly to your blog, MySpace page, Facebook page, etc.
One called Radar does all that and more, including bringing *in* photos from your webpage as well as sending out. Click here for an impressive review.
-Forsyth
Since then things have evolved considerably.
The big news is that Apple says that the new iPhone OS 3.0 will have a new multimedia messaging feature (MMS) that will let users send text message photos, calendar invites, and even contacts to another phone.
There are still other options. A few below.
First, an app emerged called Infinite SMS that was built on top of Google's Google Talk text messaging service. The app cost 99 cents and had tremendous early success. Unfortunately for the Infinite SMS folks, it wasn't from Google and in March 2009 Google put a stop to it.
"Infinite SMS is a third party app that has been using Google technology to provide free SMS to users, while we were paying for the cost of the text messages,"a Google spokesman explained.
Flutter is a free app that claims to allow you to,
"Send unlimited picture messages and geo-tagged location to most mobile phones in the world. Have the convenience of sending multi-media messages (MMS) to virtually any mobile phone number in your iPhone contact book.There are a few that specialize in sending photos directly to websites.
* Send picture messages from your iPhone.
* Your message can (optionally) include a link to your location pinned on Google Maps.
* Friends get a link to view your pictures and location right on their cell phones."
Another free app called Eye-Fi allows you to send a photo to your machine or to image sharing sites like Flickr and Picasa directly from your phone, bypassing the sync requirement.
Another one that costs $4.99 as of this writing called PixelCast allows you to send photos directly to your blog, MySpace page, Facebook page, etc.
One called Radar does all that and more, including bringing *in* photos from your webpage as well as sending out. Click here for an impressive review.
-Forsyth
Friday, December 5, 2008
How To Have A 5-Way Conference Call On Your iPhone
This is what I'm talkin' about.
You probably already know of iPhone's "Merge Calls' feature. If you don't, it works like this:
1. Call someone from your iPhone
Once connected you'll see the options on your iPhone screen, like "Speaker", "Mute", etc. One of the options is "Add Call".
2. Press "Add Call" and dial another person's number or select from your Contact list that automatically appears.
Once connected to the second call the button area on the screen that used to say "Add Call" now says "Merge Calls".
3. Press "Merge Calls"
Now both the first and second calls are merged into one and you're on a two-way conference call.
You can repeat these steps to merge up to five calls into one!
If you have a small company and limit the number of people per conference call to five you will have free conference calling for your business.
Sweet!
-Forsyth
You probably already know of iPhone's "Merge Calls' feature. If you don't, it works like this:
1. Call someone from your iPhone
Once connected you'll see the options on your iPhone screen, like "Speaker", "Mute", etc. One of the options is "Add Call".
2. Press "Add Call" and dial another person's number or select from your Contact list that automatically appears.
Once connected to the second call the button area on the screen that used to say "Add Call" now says "Merge Calls".
3. Press "Merge Calls"
Now both the first and second calls are merged into one and you're on a two-way conference call.
You can repeat these steps to merge up to five calls into one!
If you have a small company and limit the number of people per conference call to five you will have free conference calling for your business.
Sweet!
-Forsyth
See Your iPhone Photos On A Google Map
SmugMugs is a cool web app that comes with a free iPhone app called SmugShot. They are quality and have a reputation for presenting your photos in a way that is gorgeous. A professional photographer I've used does all of his stuff there.
In addition to gorgeous online albums they have unlimited storage, flexible privacy controls, video, and themes. They're also hip to what's going on technologically speaking.
They have a free iPhone app called SmugShot that allows you to tag your photos and upload to your online albums "in one shot." You can also upload photos "directly from Picasa, Photoshop, Lightroom, iPhoto, Aperture and many others."
They also provide "feeds, API's, tags, and all kinds of ajaxy conveniences."
You can see your iPhone photos on a map through a mashup between them and GoogleMaps
SmugMugs.com is not free but it's very cool and in my opinion a good deal for $39.95 a year (as of Dec. 2008).
peace,
-Forsyth
In addition to gorgeous online albums they have unlimited storage, flexible privacy controls, video, and themes. They're also hip to what's going on technologically speaking.
They have a free iPhone app called SmugShot that allows you to tag your photos and upload to your online albums "in one shot." You can also upload photos "directly from Picasa, Photoshop, Lightroom, iPhoto, Aperture and many others."
They also provide "feeds, API's, tags, and all kinds of ajaxy conveniences."
You can see your iPhone photos on a map through a mashup between them and GoogleMaps
SmugMugs.com is not free but it's very cool and in my opinion a good deal for $39.95 a year (as of Dec. 2008).
peace,
-Forsyth
How To Refresh Pandora Radio Station List
Pandora is an awesome web app with a killer iPhone version.
I notice though that when I change my station list through a browser on my laptop, the lists that shows in iPhone Pandora does not pick up the changes.
It should.
A simple work-around is to log out and log back in from your iPhone. All lists then refresh.
In Pandora for iPhone:
1. Go to 'Settings' in the lower navigation bar.
2. Select 'Sign out myemail@gmail.com...'
3. Select the red 'Sign Out' bar that pops up.
It will then return you to a 'Sign In' page.
4. Enter your login info for Pandora (email address and Pandora password.) If you don't remember your password you can select 'I forgot my password'. You're then prompted for an email address to send it to -- not very secure eh?)
Once signed in again your radio station lists will be current on the iPhone.
-Forsyth
I notice though that when I change my station list through a browser on my laptop, the lists that shows in iPhone Pandora does not pick up the changes.
It should.
A simple work-around is to log out and log back in from your iPhone. All lists then refresh.
In Pandora for iPhone:
1. Go to 'Settings' in the lower navigation bar.
2. Select 'Sign out myemail@gmail.com...'
3. Select the red 'Sign Out' bar that pops up.
It will then return you to a 'Sign In' page.
4. Enter your login info for Pandora (email address and Pandora password.) If you don't remember your password you can select 'I forgot my password'. You're then prompted for an email address to send it to -- not very secure eh?)
Once signed in again your radio station lists will be current on the iPhone.
-Forsyth
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