Archive: August, 2007

iPhone makes my (business) day!

I was recently in New York City on a business trip. There were major events going on in the city and I could not get a room in Manhattan. I ended up staying at the Holiday Inn, near JFK. Not cheap even so – at $250+ a night. I had a meeting in the morning [...]

iPhone RSS feed from macosxhints.com

One of my favorite Macintosh-oriented sites, macosxhints.com has added a new RSS feed for the iPhone. I have found macosxhints to be a *great* site for hints, tips and as a general resource. Just one example: add or change a forwarding number for your iPhone. More info can be found – here. Add this feed [...]

InCase Leather Folio: my new case of choice

OK, after much research and visiting of a couple of Apple stores – and viewing, touching and trying different iPhone cases – I have chosen the InCase Leather Folio to cuddle my precious iPhone. The case is very well made. The belt clip is low-profile and securely sewn onto the lined leather pouch. The pouch [...]

Mail pictures to a Web Gallery

Apple has just released iLife ‘08. As part of the iPhoto upgrade, there is a new feature that allows you to create Web Galleries. These are similar to regular albums but automatically sync to a photo gallery on your .Mac site. One option to an iPhoto web gallery is to enable emailing of pictures to [...]

Use field test to display iPhone info

This tip has been posted on lots of sites but you may not have seen it Put your iPhone in field test mode by accessing the Phone application, tapping Keypad, then entering *3001#12345#* and pressing Call. You will see a “Field Test” menu that offers the ability to view information in various categories: Network, Cell, [...]