Apple Working on Universal Charging and Syncing Cable For Macs, iDevices

by Oliver Haslam on Sep 26, 2011

It’s patent time again, and the latest discovery by those eagle-eyed patent-watchers at AppleInsider have spied a new application that hints at an improved method of charging and syncing our mobile devices.

The patent, originally filed all the way back in 2001 and recently improved upon, suggests Apple’s boffins are keen to reduce the number cables and connectors we use for our mobile devices – that’s Macbooks, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. The old-fashioned click wheel iPods should also be able to get in on the action… Read More

 

App Picks of the Week: Screens, djay, iPhone Drive

by Alex Heath on May 2, 2011

Every week, we select a few apps that catch our eye. These apps can be from the App Store, web apps, or jailbreak apps.

This week, we have three awesome App Store apps. Hope you enjoy this week’s picks! Read More

 

Apple’s New Thunderbolt Technology Could Eventually Come to the iPhone

by Alex Heath on Feb 25, 2011

Apple recently introduced a new connection technology dubbed “Thunderbolt.” In Apple’s MacBook Pro refresh, the Thunderbolt port has been added as a new wired connection architecture that Apple hopes will unify its connection technologies.

The key feature for the Thunderbolt architecture is speed. Thunderbolt promises to be lighting fast (pardon the pun) and offer incredible speeds for data transfers. The need for Thunderbolt is evident for the desktop, but it’s not a stretch to imagine that Thunderbolt could eventually make its way to iOS devices.

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How to Change Your iPhone App Icons Without Jailbreaking

by Alex Heath on Oct 24, 2010

We Apple users are picky about our aesthetics. Some of us try to pretend that we aren’t, but we are. Things like app icons matter to us. Apple doesn’t make it easy to customize your iPhone’s look on a system mod level, but luckily there are still jailbreak-free hacks out there to taunt Apple’s need for aesthetic control.

I’m going to walk you through how to manually change app icons on your iPhone without jailbreaking. There are multiple reasons you may want to change an app icon; you think the developer’s icon is ugly, you want a retina display-compatible icon, or you just want to mess with your friend while he’s away from his phone. Here’s how you do it:

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PhoneDisk Turns Your iPhone Into an External Hard Drive [Free]

by Guest Author on Oct 23, 2010

PhoneDisk is an app available for both Mac and Windows that transforms your iPhone into an external hard drive. Using PhoneDisk, you can preview, open, edit and save images, documents and more directly on your iPhone.

Best of all, this applications is available for free until December 1st 2010…  Read More

 

Air Stash: Add Memory to Your iPhone

by Sebastien on Oct 4, 2010

Do you sometimes feel like 32GB of memory on your iPhone is not enough? You wish there was a way to add some additional GB to it? If so then rejoice because Air Stash will do that just for you.

Air Stash is some sort of USB stick mixed up with a SD card reader which communicates with your iPhone over wifi, allowing to share documents between the iPhone and the SD card. Check out this video to see it in action… Read More

 

A Handy iPhone Accessory to Carry Around

by Sebastien on Sep 22, 2010

This has to be the handiest iPhone accessory you can easily carry around. It’s a little USB iPhone charger that you can attach to your keychain.

It’s called the flipSYNC and it will charge and/or sync your iPhone while on the road. It’s so small and convenient that it allows you to always have your cable around… Read More

 

Does Apple’s SDK for iOS Kill Creativity?

by Guest Author on Sep 9, 2010

I can’t imagine owning an iPhone or other Apple handheld without the addition of the App Store. I’ve said before that I believe it to be the greatest asset to the iOS platform. So what’s the problem?

Apple Investor outlines the possibility that a vague module and a totalitarian controlled acceptance process has caused developers to walk on egg shells thus stunting their creativity. Some say the terms of service are often inconsistent, but as with any report like this, there are two lines of thought to be heard… Read More

 

The Most Overpriced iPhone Dock Ever

by Guest Author on Sep 8, 2010

I once bought a pair of retro Air Jordan that were strikingly ugly but nonetheless a one of kind product. I thought by owning these I was cool. Needless to say I was 16 years old.

Touch My iPhone highlights a new iPhone dock that may earn bonus points for creativity but puts my old tennis shoes to shame. The iRetrophone Skyliner mimics your grandmother’s old stationary phone (the handset on the dock actually works) and offers the following description… Read More

 

USB Spy Stick Allows Access to Deleted Content From Your iPhone

by Guest Author on Aug 18, 2010

Well this sucks. Yesterday iDB reported on comments from the Chicago Police about the usefulness of recovering data from seized iPhones. Now Gizmodo says that a product eerily called the iPhone Spy Stick can access deleted data from your iPhone via USB.

For those asking how on earth a USB device could plug itself into your device, the stick comes with the necessary adapter. Nice eh?

Directly from the Spy Stick’s website is the indicated abilities attached to the $199 priced accessory:

Features:

  • Get access to deleted information
  • Download text messages and view calls made
  • Recover deleted contacts and calendar items
  • View pictures and other multimedia
  • Get access to map history to see locations searched on the iPhone’s map with exact GPS coordinates
  • Get access to notes, voice memos, multimedia files, and dynamic text data
  • Downloading data is as simple as attaching the iPhone and iPhone Data Recovery Stick to a computer and pressing start
  • iPhone information is saved on any computer and can be moved to other drives as a regular file
  • Looks like an ordinary USB flash drive

Popular Uses:

  • Catch a cheating spouse
  • Monitor your kids iPhone text messaging and Internet use
  • Check on employees using company issues iPhones
  • Restore deleted files

Before you freak out about your iPhone’s security, it is worth mentioning that the not-so-friendly USB stick is currently only usable on iPhone iOS 3.2.1 and earlier. I’d venture to say this mostly targets those still using the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G. However the October version is said be coming for iOS 4 devices.

Will this stop users from selling their old iPhone when it comes time to upgrade? Please tell us your thoughts in our totally secure comment section.

 
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