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Airstash, a wireless iPhone memory expansion

Keeping data is crucial now days and we want to have access to it at any time. We carry a USB thumb drive or an external hard drive or use MobileMe from our iPhones. I have an 8GB iPhone 3G and struggle with the storage capacity. Introducing Airstash, a memory extension for you iPhone, let me explain. As you can see in the picture, Airstash looks like a regular thumb drive that has a USB connector and an SD card slot on the other end. Plug it to your Mac or PC, dump data on the SD card and ...

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, Telus commercial

We deserve to have some fun while working. I came across this hilarious Telus commercial from youtube that I want to share with you. It's called, I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. Enjoy!

iPhone is the most popular phone sold in the US

As per NielsenWire, Apple iPhone is the most popular phone sold in the US. When the iPhone first came out in 2007 even I was skeptical about it being one of the best all in one mobile phone. At that time Motorola mobile phones were the big thing, starting with the RAZR then the KRAZR and so on. One of my friends bought the 2G iPhone from the states, since we live in Canada. I remember telling him that it was a bad investment and that Apple is good in one product and it’s obviously the MA...

Vodafone UK offering iPhone 3G/3GS as of January 2010 in UK and Ireland

BBC announced that Vodafone UK will be selling the iPhone as of January 14 2010 in UK and Ireland. Here is a sneak peak at the plan Vodafone UK will be offering. The plans will start at £30 (approx. 52$ CAD) per month under a two-year contract. All plans will include 1GB data plan limit. O2 is currently offering 750MB and both providers offer unlimited data access via their Wi-Fi hotspots. iPhone price will be between £59 (approx. 100$ CAD) iPhone 3G 8gb and £239 (approx. 406$ CAD) for ...

iPhone photography, an interview with Sion Fullana

You probably heard the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words”; it means that a picture tells a story just as well as a large amount of descriptive text. Most of us didn’t really think of it that way just like most of us don’t really use our iPhone camera to take extraordinary artistic pictures either. Today I want to talk to you about the work of Sion Fullana, a journalist and filmmaker who has a true passion for photography. Fillana used his iPhone 3G to capture priceless moments of t...

64GB 4th generation iPhone in 2010?

Toshiba announced today the launch of its 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved on the market today. How is this information useful to the iPhone and iPod Touch user community? Well, in my opinion this will lead Apple to perhaps come up with the 4th generation iPhone 64BG and 128GB 4th generation iPod Touch. 4th generation iPhone 2010: Apple released the 1st generation iPhone (iPhone 2G) in 2007. In 2008 the 2nd generation iPhone (iPhone 3G) was released...

3.2 Million dollar Apple iPhone 3GS

Stuart Hughes a British designer has created the most expensive mobile phone on the face of this planet and yes, it’s an iPhone!!! With 271g of 22 karat gold and 136 flawless diamonds, Hughes created an iPhone 3GS worth 3.2 million dollars in about 10 months. Hughes told PC advisor The iPhone is the phone with the most tricks on the market. What possibly could we do to trick it up more? Bless it with the finest precious metal and jewels. Most of the 10 months was spent trying to sour...

Auto-Lock your Mac using your iPhone or iPod Touch

How many times have we forgotten to lock our Macs while our minds are busy thinking about the next Blog to write? Introducing Airlock, an OS X application for 7.77 $ US that you install on your Mac and “pair” it with your iPhone or iPod touch. Once you leave the premises with it, your Mac automatically locks and vice versa when you get close enough it unlocks. It all works within the Bluetooth range. You are probably thinking; what if I forget my iPhone/iPod touch or the battery drains? Simp...

Control Arduino-Based Tank with iPhone [video]

Watch Chris Rojas control an Arduino-Based Tank using his iPhone via Wi-Fi, really cool. The Arduino based tank is controlled with the TouchOSC app for the iPhone to send OpenSoundControl signals to Processing which translates the signals to serial and sends it out via USB to an xBee module...which in turn get’s picked up by another xBee module on the Arduino Tank. The Arduino tank is using an Ardumoto motor driver shield and has a LiPoly battery charger connected to a solar panel fo...

iPhones are being used as musical instruments at the University of Michigan [video]

The University of Michigan’s “Building a Mobile Phone Ensemble” course has put together an interesting show by using modified iPhone’s as musical instrument. Basically, to build an instrument on an iPhone, they programmed the device to play back as sound information it receives from one if its multitude of sensors. The touch-screen, microphone, GPS, compass, wireless sensor and accelerometer were all transformed or modified so when you run your finger across the display, blow air into th...