July 29, 2008

HighTechDad Interview on GoGrid Cloud Servers
When I was at GigaOM's Structure '08 conference last month, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Daniel Brusilovsky. For those of you who have never heard of Daniel, he is a 15-year-old who is making waves within his TeensinTech.com movement. He also runs a site called Apple Universe Podcast where he has been doing video and audio podcasts…
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July 22, 2008

10 iPhone Tricks that you might not know
I have had an iPhone for over a year now and I must say that it is a great device. Today I'm posting some tips (in no particular order) of things that I have found useful and helpful. Also, I'm (trying) to post this article using the new WordPress application that is now available in the iTunes store (having some…
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June 23, 2008

Quick Roundup of iPhone JailBreak & Unlockers
Just a quick post here. Last weekend as I was installing a 3rd party app, I managed to freeze my iPhone. I could only restart the iPhone but it would freeze at the Apple logo upon each restart. So, since it had been a while since I had Jailbroken my phone, I had to find the latest and greatest iPhone…
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June 10, 2008

Review: Car Gadget for Dad – DLO TransDock Micro with IntelliTune
Only a few days left before Father's Day descends upon us, so in the spirit of "giving to Dad" (heck, it should be a WEEK of giving and not a day), here is another gadget review. Today I found out that the Netflix Player (reviewed here) is currently out of stock and back-ordered for 4-6 weeks. So, you could give…
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June 9, 2008

The 3G iPhone Dust is still settling … and Accessory Announcements come!
Hot on the heels of the iPhone 3G news-breaker are now peripheral press releases coming from accessories manufacturers. The first one that I have seen comes from Speck with a product line crafted exclusively for the iPhone 3G. While I typically only do product reviews of products that I can actually test, I'm breaking my own rules by posting a…
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June 8, 2008

Ways to Track the Apple Developers Conference Live
Tomorrow will be a tough day on the net...well, not for everyone, just the people interested in what Steve Jobs will be saying at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Keynote. The WWDC runs from June 9-13 in San Francisco and promises to be full of explosive announcements. We already know that the 3G iPhone will be revealed, that there…
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May 13, 2008

Fix it: Cannot Sync iPhone with Any Computer
Today I received an email with a plea for help from Rav. The contents are as follows: In desperation I am emailing to you for help or direction. I cannot connect my iphone to any computer ( used different computers and cables). Was able to do so but I think I downloaded software through installer and since than iphone is…
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November 20, 2007

Tracking: PowerBook 15″ Recalled Battery Replacements Defective?
I have been researching and starting to track an issue that has come to my attention regarding the replacement batteries that Powerbook G4 15" users received after the Replacement Program went into effect. I have recently acquired a 2.5 year old Powerbook G4 15" that has a replacement battery. The battery, received earlier this year through the Replacement Program, is…
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September 24, 2007

iPhone Question: “Unlocking” and “Jailbreaking” the same thing?
Apple today released a statement that said the following: CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone's software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed. Apple plans to…
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September 19, 2007

iPhone: New “Pirate” app for TLAPD
Just in time for "Talk Like a Pirate Day," a new application was released for the iPhone that lets you snap a picture of a person/thing and let you "piratize" it. It's at version 0.2 as of this writing...pretty fun! Just press the START button and your phone snaps a picture. Then drag the 3 other images around and voila!…
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September 18, 2007

iPhone: TechDadBlog now optimized for iPhone with automatic theme!
For all of you new iPhone and iTouch users out there, this blog has been updated with a new theme (yes ANOTHER theme) that is specifically optimized for viewing on an iPhone or iTouch. Those people who are viewing through a computer browser will continue to see my black/red theme but readers who have one of those great new Apple…
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September 13, 2007

iPhone: Rumor – iUnlock and AppInstaller incompatible
I received a report from a reader (Nick) that he is having issues with his AppInstaller after installing iUnlock. Essentially, he could not install and uninstall applications on his iPhone after using iUnlock. So, thinking this through, it made sense that this would not work. AppInstaller pushes a customized version of the Firmware to your iPhone. iUnlock modifies some of…
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