Keep things running longer, everyday

You may have noticed right off with your iPhone that you can not pull the battery out and put in another fully charged one. Apple chose to seal the battery inside like they have done on all of the iPod line. There are a few fine tuning tips you can do to get more hours …

Keyboards, tall and wide

Throughout the iPhone and Touch system you use a keyboard since the OS doesn’t support handwriting recognition. Holding the device the ‘tall’ normal way (called Portrait), you have a narrow keyboard to use so you have room above it to see what you are working on. When you turn the handheld on it’s side (Landscape) you …

A Stylus Pen that works on the iPhone and Touch

The beauty of the touch screen and layout of the iPhone / Touch has been that you can do what you need to with great success, just using your finger. The technology doesn’t see a pointed object touching the screen like a Palm or other touch screens do, it actually sees the conductance of your …

Quick Tip: See the Web address before going there

When in the iPhone / Touch Web browser (Safari) and are viewing a Web site. You will have the usual links to other sites appear just like on your desktop browser. Normally you tap a link and are taken to another page or site.  Before making a jump from a tap on a link that …

Quick Tip: Moving through your Contacts

When looking for a name in the Contacts (Phone) list. You can go to the top of the list and Search, you can sweep your finger up/down the screen to scroll, or you can tap a letter on the right to jump to that letter group of names. I must have too big of fingers, …