Skinit's forthcoming SwitchPlate case will let you customize your case to suit your mood.

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NEW ORLEANS–Here at CTIA, you can’t go 10 steps without tripping over an iPhone case vendor.

Skinit, which traditionally offers printed stickers to apply to the back and front of your iPhone , is taking a different tack with SwitchPlate, a case system that consists of a decorated (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…)

with number of new features and improvements.
One of the features is the ability to use the volume-up button as a hardware shutter button for the camera, instead of relying on the on-screen button.
It looks like you will also be able to use the volume-up button on the iPhone headset with remote and mic as a hardware shutter button for the camera in iOS 5.
It’s a useful feature, as using the volume-up button as the hardware shutter button for (more…)

A fortnight after it first arrived, the Quick Snap – Camera Plus application, which allowed iPhone  users to activate the camera shutter by pressing the volume buttons has been removed from the App Store.
review staff as it clearly violated Apple ’s policy of disallowing app developers to remap the hardware buttons on its devices. Apple has had a history of yanking apps that have managed to do this in the past.
It is highly unlikely that the (more…)

Your application cannot be added to the App Store because it uses iPhone volume buttons in a non-standard way, potentially resulting in user confusion. Changing the behavior of iPhone external hardware buttons is a violation of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement. Applications must adhere to the iPhone Human Interface Guidelines as outlined in the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.7.
to enable the feature.
FastSnap (more…)