Articles by Brian Hart

Tip o’ the Week: iPhone Cinema

You are traveling and have a long flight ahead of you. You aren’t feeling very social and the last thing you want is to get into a conversation with the person next to you who just happens to have a great multi-level marketing opportunity for you. 

It’s late at night and you can’t sleep. Your significant other has already called it a night and you’re bored out of your mind.

In both scenarios above, you desperately want to catch up on your DVD backlog, but who has the time? Well, read on for this week’s Tip on how to turn your iPhone into your very own silver screen!

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iPhone App Avalanche 6

 

It’s time for App Avalanche 6!  What’s new in the App Store? What’s Hot? Which apps are people paying their hard-earned dough for? What about all those Free apps? Which ones are at or near the top of the charts? For answers to these questions, keep reading for iPhone App Avalanche 6!

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Tip o’ the Week: International+Voicemail = $$$

Ahhh, yes. Visual Voicemail — that feature alone was enough to sell me on the iPhone. Voicemail is downloaded directly to your iPhone where you can visually (and with a swipe of your finger) scroll through your messages with leisure. Without your callers knowing, YOU decide which calls are important and need listening to RIGHT NOW. Eh, the others can wait. Now, with great power comes great responsibility, Spidey. If you travel abroad, this wonderful feature can turn on it’s master and vacuum the money right out of your wallet! How? Read on for this week’s Tip!

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iPhone App Avalanche 5

 

 

App Avalanche 5 promises more new, popular and free apps to check out and download to your iPhone at your whim. What you WON’T get is any mention of apps costing $999 — these apps are far more affordable and useful. If you don’t have the time to sift through hundreds of apps at the iTunes App Store, just take a look here for a summary. Read on for iPhone App Avalanche 5!

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Tip o’ the Week: Fitness Treasure Trove

You’ve probably heard the joke - “Hey, I’m in shape. ROUND is a shape.” Although we revel in our technology and invent machines to do more so we can do less, there are still opportunities to use technology to help us stay active and fit. Thanks to a heads-up from Kelly Sonora, keep reading for this week’s Tip on how your iPhone can help you get or stay in shape!

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iPhone App Avalanche 4

It’s time for iPhone App Avalanche 4 and the avalanches are increasing in size and intensity as the App Store grows! There’s more new apps to showcase and plenty of free stuff as well. Pull up a chair, hook up your iPhone, and start downloading! Read on for App Avalanche 4!

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Tip o’ the Week: Buh-bye, Felty!

Ahhhh, the good ‘ol Felt Marker font of the iPhone Notes app. If it wasn’t bad enough that you can’t beam a Note or easily transfer Notes from one iPhone to another (to my 3G upgrade horror), to add insult to injury, we’re stuck with the Felt Marker font.  Or are we?

Brett Terpstra of TUAW fame has posted a tip here that offers a step-by-step procedure for… sitting down? … a way to CHANGE the felt marker into something a bit more professional and readable.  Read on for the step-by-step and check out Brett’s article as well!

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Review: mophie Juice Pack Battery Pack/Case for (original) iPhone

In the years before iPhone, my smartphones had replaceable batteries and I usually carried a spare, especially on trips. Inexplicably, the iPhone doesn’t afford this “luxury” — the battery is not user-replaceable and when it’s dead, it’s dead. If you don’t have a charger handy, you are out of luck. This can be particularly frustrating if you are taking a long flight, want to watch a movie on your iPhone’s expansive screen, and still have enough juice left to call someone when you get to your destination.

Enter the mophie Juice Pack Battery Pack/Case for iPhone, available now at TiPB store for $99.95. Read on for the full review! Read the rest of this entry »

Tip o’ the Week: Backup Blues Begone!

I’m an apps guy.  Since the App Store in iTunes rolled out, I’ve been downloading like a maniac.  I knew there would be consequences, like slower backup during my iPhone syncing.  Then, I synced for the first time after my iPhone was bloated with apps.  A snail crept across the sidewalk faster than the syncing status bar. Seriously?  Am I resigned to syncing my iPhone overnight so, hopefully, it will be ready to go by morning?  Is there someone (or someones) out there who has wrested the baton from Apple’s clutches and done what Apple should have in the first place by allowing syncing without backing up??  Read on to find out in this week’s Tip!

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iPhone App Avalanche 3

 

It’s the end of July and there’s still plenty of summer left, so snow and avalanches are still many months away. Fortunately, any time of year is perfect for an App Avalanche, and there are always new and updated apps in the App Store for your iPhone. It’s time for App Avalanche 3!

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