Articles by Chad Garrett
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Every week I will be bringing you what I think are the week’s biggest stories and articles. Let’s get started, after the break!
Every week I will be bringing you what I think are the week’s biggest stories and articles. Let’s get started, after the break!
Google’s Mobile Blog is telling us that they have updated their search results from the Google mobile webpage . The main benefits I have discovered with this update is that there is no longer a need to scroll left and right and that business have easy to touch numbers and addresses that launch the phone and map apps.
Here is the exciting part:
“Over time, we intend to make the newly formatted results pages available through other search entry points on the iPhone.”This is really great news! I think we have all been wanting that dastardly Google Search box to present optimized iPhone results. I guess it is try that Google really “hearts” the iPhone
In the meantime, enjoy the gallery and video after the jump!
[This is an iPhone blog App vs. App review! Last week, we ran our Shazam vs. Midomi showdown, with Midomi scoring the win. But which commenter won an iTunes gift certificate? Congratulations Patrick! Want your chance to win the winning app this week? Comment below!]
Ever used a laser pointer? Ever used a wireless mouse? Ever wish you could have both in one and more? Well, there are some apps on the iPhone that allow you to do just that! These devices work great! They turn the iPhone into a remote mouse with a virtual touch pad. You use your finger to control the mouse; left-click, right-click, scroll, it makes no difference! You can even create macros to automate launching applications! Let’s take a look at two of these apps: Air Mouse [iTunes Link] and Snatch [iTunes Link]
MobileCrunch is reporting that:
The iPhone is twice as reliable as the Blackberry after one year of ownership, a new study by SquareTrade finds.Wow. I was a Treo user for years (WinMo and Palm OS) so I know the issues these devices can have in terms of reliability– first hand. Having used the iPhone since its launch in 2007, I can confidently say I agree with this study. I have not used a BlackBerry for an extended period of time, so I don’t have first hand experience with what can happen to one, however, I have discussed this topic with the support team at my place of employment and they concur that even the fabled BlackBerry runs into issues over time.
This is big news for users that are looking for a reliable device that don’t have the patience for the potential troubles other devices can have in the Enterprise (well, even non-Enterprise environment for that matter). The study is broken into a few different subgroups including:
- Malfunction rate after 12 months
- Malfunction rates since purchase
- Probability of problems based on type (battery, call quality, etc)
- Distribution of malfunction per 100 incidents
All in all, this is excellent news for the iPhone and Apple, congratulations! Read the full report after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »
Every week I will be bringing you what I think are the week’s biggest stories and articles. Let’s get started, after the break!
This is a huge coincidence since we just had our App vs App: Shazam vs Midomi on TiPB. I love these commercials since they are so simple and really show what the iPhone can do. Well, since I think most carbon-based life forms know what the iPhone is, it is time for Apple to show how the App Store’s apps can make a difference in your life.
Apple has had a recent sting of new ads from baseball to finding a place to eat. This ad deals with [iTunes link] Shazam, a free app that allows you to hold your iPhone up to a music source, and Shazam will tell you what the song is and give you links to videos and even a link to the song on iTunes.
How cool is that?
While we wait for an “official” iDisk app from Apple, the folks over at Quickoffice have released a free app for the iPhone called MobileFiles. This app is different from our recent post about Box.net. This app is used strictly to access your MobileFiles on the go. There is lots to talk about this app, but what I like the most is that when you access a file from your MobileMe account, it saves it locally for you to access later; without being online. You can even go in and manage what files you want to keep locally or not. Here is a high-level list of things you can do with Mobilefiles:
- Add multiple MobileMe accounts
- Add multiple MobileMe public folders
- View almost any type of supported file
- Built-in file manager
- FREE!!!
Quickoffice is also working on an office client for the iPhone as well. Others that have jumped in the document editing area are Documents to Go and Microsoft. Who will be victorious? I can’t wait to find out. Do yourself and favor, and if you have a MobileMe account, don’t wait, download this awesome app now!
Gallery after the jump…
Before you get excited, I realize that not all of you know what Sonos is. Sonos is a way to control all of the music in your home (including Internet radio such as Pandora and Last FM), room by room.
Needless to say, the announcement from Sonos that you can now control all of this via your iPhone is really exciting! I personally don’t use Sonos, but I have a friend that does, and he filled me on on the scoop…
