Updates to using your iPhone in an Apple Store

There is all kinds of press around Apple adding iPads next to their products in stores so people can better self help. I can see those iPads taking up valuable ‘play with the hardware space’ since that is mostly what people do in the Apple Stores. But, it might help the issue with finding someone …

iPhone Instagram updated with Grid View, Profiles and Push settings

The folks from Instagram rolled out an update today… a few features I am already finding useful. Two items that jump to the top of the list for me is the new ‘grid’ view when you go to someone’s area of photos. You can see at the top of the screen shot below that you …

Your HalfTone iPhone images now with cartoon talk

Some folks will be more excited about this than others. Most likely, those that grew up with the campy Batman TV series. When Batman or Robin hit someone, you never saw the contact. Instead, there was a text splash that said ‘Pow’ or ‘Bam’ and the like. And, comics in the newspapers have always had …

Multi Language, Free Word of the Day for the iPhone

Several dictionary apps for the iPhone will give you a Word of the Day. Other apps are offering just Word of the Day around specific subjects, language or database. Vocabology is a free iPhone app that gives you more options in one app for what words you will be getting. The list includes: Spanish, Portuguese, …

When you drop your iPhone4, more bounces is a good thing

If you ever have a concern about dropping your iPhone 4… say, down three flights of stairs, I have the case for you! It took me eight tries, but I finally managed to ‘drop’ my iPhone in a way to get it to go down a set or stairs, bounce off the corner and down …