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Props
It’s really easy to bash on a company when they do something that bugs you. And let’s face it, since we pay companies our hard earned money (well, most of us earn it, others just kinda’ find it), we expect the world of companies. And in Apple’s case, we expect them to be flawless, and we scour over every line of code or every feature looking for the mistake they made so we can exploit it, er, I mean, complain about it. But what about when one of our beloved vendors does something that is just kinda’ awesome? I don’t remember when it showed up (I don’t even remember when…
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Bypassing iPhone Encryption
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iPhone Case for the Pedestrian
After reading my last post, if you’re feeling like the Jones’ are just too far ahead of you and want to knock off some zeros, then I’ve got one for ya’! Louis Vuitton has an iPhone case for just over $1,000 (that’s two less zeros). What, that’s still a bit much? Seriously, don’t you love your iPhone? If I must stoop to such a low level (embarrassing) then I would be remiss not to mention the Swarovski star faceplate. Still too pedestrian? Now one that I actually do think is cool is the Vaja Silver (925), which starts at $280, but ends up well over $350 once you get it…
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$100,000 for an iPhone Case?
Ever wonder what you’d do with $100,000 USD if you had it sitting around liquid burning a hole in your pocket, desperately trying to find something utterly wasteful to spend it on? How about an iPhone case? Gerrit Guggenberger and Martin Gadalla, a couple of extravagant types have designed and are apparently selling this iPhone case. It’s probably one of the few times that you would buy a case and then be more concerned about scratching the case than the phone. My guess is that it comes with a rolodex pre-loaded with the number of a Djinn who will grant you one wish… Wonder if it comes with free screen…
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Good iPhone, Enterprise Ready
The only thing I can think of that I would change about the iPhone is to have the ability to add a layer of full disk encryption. In lieu of that, Good, the makers of GoodLink, have reinvented themselves as the iPhone in the Enterprise front runner in my book. They did this by duplicating much of the functionality of the native iPhone applications, but did so in a manner that stores its data in an encrypted disk image. Communications to the iPhone from the Good servers are also encrypted with similar fervor. And if you have Domino instead of Exchange then you have equal functionality, great for a number…
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Voice Commands on the iPhone
In case you hadn’t heard, it’s been cold in Minneapolis the last week or so. As such I have found myself wearing gloves when I go outside. And when you are wearing gloves, sometimes you do things you maybe didn’t mean to do. I had a moment like that with my iPhone this morning. While holding the phone I was pressing down the home button (the button on the front of the device). After a time I heard a tone. That tone meant that I had opened Voice Control. It doesn’t stay open long, so first I had to figure out what I did to get it back. Once I…
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iPhone: More Juice Please
One of the things that has plagued me since my first phone is that I seem to pretty much always be on it. Annoying as that is for those around me, it seems to take the most toll on the battery of every mobile device that I’ve ever owned. The iPhone is actually one of the better of the devices that I’ve had, but I could just use a little more juice. Which is why I got a Mophie Juice pack. The Mophie is an iPhone case, but it also has a battery in it. The battery can give it up to 4 and a half more hours of talk…
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MobileMe iDisk Update
Version 1.1 of the MobileMe iDisk app for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now out. It does the following: Auto-complete email addresses when choosing recipients for a shared file File sharing emails are automatically saved to your Mail account’s Sent folder When viewing an image, tap and hold to save it to your photo roll or copy it to another app Maximum setting for cache size is now 500MB (up from 200MB) Faster downloads Various bug fixes Localizations for Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
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AppLoop Es Muerto
Once upon a time, AppLoop made an RSS feed app on the fly for the iPhone, using your RSS feed, your icon and caching the feeds offline so the app would function when the iPhone or iPod Touch was not online. Regrettably they are no longer with us. Which is too bad ’cause it’s an interesting business plan and I look forward to seeing if someone else is actually able to make it work. If anyone is looking at firing up such a project (or is in the process of doing so) let me know.