“This is a day, I’ve been looking forward to for two and a half years. Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.”
build-up to his Macworld keynote, where he would go on to introduce the
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The most iconic part of the keynote, at least according to us, was his prelude to the phone Apple was going to reveal:
“Today we’re introducing three revolutionary products. The first one, is a wide screen iPod with (more…)

Did Santa bring you your first smartphone? Awesome! Now for the bad news: it probably didn’t come with much in the way of an instruction manual.

You can figure out a lot of the features just by fiddling, but there are a few general concepts that might not seem clear. Have no fear: I’m here to help you learn the important smartphone basics.

JuiceDefender for Android does a good job making the battery last (more…)

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One of the major improvements for both iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S was made in the area of photography. Upgraded camera specs on the new iPhone 4S and improved software in iOS 5 make taking pictures much more appealing from your phone. These tips can help even further, giving users greater options when producing photos.

1. Use your software shutter-release button. This is the basic iOS function that has (more…)

A report by the Juniper Global Threat Center has found that Android malware has increased by 472% since July of this year. They also concluded that this October and November were the months that showed the fastest growth of mobile malware on Android ever.
Juniper’s report mentioned that between 2009 and the summer of 2010, there was a four-fold increase in malware. This was still outdone by a recent epidemic in Google’s Android Market in the past (more…)

If you’re annoying Siri, she’ll tell you.

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Screenshot by Kent German)

In each of the last few iPhones, there’s been one new feature that has stolen the show. Video recording rocked on the iPhone 3GS, FaceTime entertained on iPhone 4, and Siri undoubtedly is the star attraction on the iPhone 4S.

Though Apple ‘s phones have long had a Voice Control feature, Siri goes a few steps further. She’ll not (more…)

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Five Icon Switcher id developed by chpwn. Chpwn has also developed some cool
(which allows you to add infinite number of apps in the iPhone dock).
The jailbreak apps are available for free on Cydia. You can follow these instructions to install them on your
Launch Cydia from your jailbroken iPhone ’s homescreen.
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button to install it on your iPhone .
Once it's installed and you've reloaded the springboard, you'll be able (more…)

Five-Column Springboard is developed by Yanik Magnan. As the name suggests it simply adds a fifth column of app icons to iPhone ’s homescreen.
It is available for free on Cydia. You can follow these instructions to install Five-Column SpringBoard on your
Launch Cydia from your jailbroken iPhone ’s homescreen.
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button to install it on your iPhone .
Once it's installed and you've reloaded the springboard, you'll see an extra (more…)

According to the study conducted by wireless bill analysis company Validas, the average iPhone user consumes 273MB of data per month, which is nearly five times the data consumed by the average Blackberry user. This is also close to 80% above the average data consumed by other smartphone users.
As expected, the data consumption among iPhone users is not uniformly distributed. Nearly 12% of iPhone users are heavy consumers averaging over 500MB of (more…)

If you think Robocalypse is fun solo, try playing it online against live humans.

Solitaire is fine once in a while, but usually it’s more fun to play games with other people.

Same goes for iPhone games: There’s only so much mano-a-Bejeweled a person can take. Fortunately, there are some terrific apps that let you compete in real-time against other real, live humans.

And not just (more…)

Protect your shack from the undead in the amusing, innovative TD game Zombie Attack.

If there’s a bigger game genre for the iPhone than Tower Defense clones, I haven’t found it. A quick search of the App Store reveals well over 100 titles matching that description.

No surprise there: The iPhone ‘s touchscreen lends itself perfectly to this kind of game (which, for the uninitiated, requires strategic placement (more…)