griffin shows off crayola color studio HD for iPad

Take old world fun like drawing with crayons or magic markers and update it with the latest in high tech so it runs on the iPad and what do you get? All shades of awesome. Grab an iMarker, launch the companion app, choose a active coloring landscape, and get your crayon on. We checked it out live at CES 2011 so watch the video up top and let us know how busy this would keep your kids! [Griffin]...

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Moonsoon introduces olcano flow, volcano blast to shift your tv to iphone ipad

Monsoon has announced two new boxes, Volkano Flow and Volkano Blast along with apps to let you transport (“sling”) your home TV to your iPhone or iPad. Flow is $99 and is barebones slinging. Blast is $199 and added DVR, schedule recordings, web video like YouTube, and mobile video recording (you pick your mobile device and it will record a TV show specifically for that format). The iPad and iPhone apps are $9.99 and the Windows and Mac apps are free. We got the live demo at CES 2011 so watch along and let us know if you’re interested in the new, cheap Volkanos. [Monsoon]...

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zagg`s zaggmate keyboard case for ipad 2011

ZAGG’s ZAGGmate is an aircraft-grade aluminum case for iPad… that also happens to convert to a full-on Bluetooth keyboard. It looks great — executive even — but for $99 it also provides road-warrier level text entry on top of protection. Check out our video live from CES 2011 and let us know — if you had any worries about iPad as a content creation, typing champion, would a case like this change your mind? [ZAGG]...

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apple cutting out restocking fees and adding setup centers on january 2011

Apple Retail Stores are set to put an end to restocking fees starting Tuesday January 11, and will also be adding new setup areas for Macs, iPhones, and iPads. Previously when returning a product to your Apple Retail Store you get hit with a 10 percent restocking fee but this will no longer be the case starting tomorrow. Of course the standard 14 day window will still apply for returns. The setup areas will be for those who need extra help getting started with their new Mac, iPhone, or iPad while leaving the Genius Bar clear to handle more technical support issues. It seems fairly interesting that Apple chose Tuesday January 11 as the...

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original AT&T iphone

While everyone waits for the big Verizon iPhone announcement tomorrow it’s a touch poetic to remember that the original Cingular/AT&T iPhone was announced on January 9, 2007 — almost four years ago to to the day. Do you remember what smartphones were like before Steve Jobs took to the Macworld stage and finally revealed Apple’s wide screen iPod, internet communicator and revolutionary phone? Can you believe how far they’ve come since? Let us know what you remember the most about the original iPhone introduction, what phone you were using at the time, and how in your opinion Apple has changed things (for good or for bad) since? Video...

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daily tip : how to get a better Gmail on iphone

Big Google user and interested in getting a better Gmail experience on the iPhone? You can use IMAP or set up Gmail as Exchange via GoogleSync in the Mail app to cover the basics, but you won’t get stars and labels. You can use Gmail.com to get stars and labels, but you won’t get iPhone Contacts integration, attachment viewing, or easy access to multiple accounts. For that you have to get a little more… creative. We’ll show you how after the break. [Thanks to The Keith Newman for this tip!] Putting Gmail.com in an appGmail.com is a great web app and, of course, really nails the Gmail experience. Since it’s not a native app, however,...

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will the verizon iphone help fix the AT and T iphone

now that it looks all but certain the Verizon iPhone will be announced tomorrow, one of the questions that arrises is will users switching from AT&T help take the load off and create a better level of service for everyone? First, a personal anecdote: I left Montreal to fly to CES 2011 last Tuesday. In Montreal the iPhone is fast, like HSPA 7.2 fast, with nary a dropped call and lost network signal, and a battery life that lasts as long as Apple’s TV commercial suggests. I switched planes in Charlotte and began to roam on AT&T. My iPhone 4 showed full bars but I kept getting a popup saying there was no network connection. That means the tower was broadcasting but there was no backhaul behind it. Like if your home Wi-Fi router is fine but your broadband ISP is down — lots...

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i phone no longer exclusive, still locked system

With the expected announcement and launch on Verizon this month, AT&T exclusivity will be over and the iPhone will finally be available on another US carrier — but it will still be locked. Unlike most other countries where iPhone is available on multiple carriers, you won’t be able to go to an Apple store and pay full price for an unlocked iPhone you can use on any network — or any carrier around the world with a simple SIM swap. Verizon, being a CDMA rather than GSM carrier doesn’t use SIMs. Instead US customers will have the choice between two locked iPhones — locked to AT&T or locked to Verizon, unable to move between the ...

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iPhone 3G Multi-touch

I finished writing a driver for the Zephyr2 on the iPhone. It's the same multi-touch solution that Apple has used starting from the first generation iPod touch and up to and including the iPad. Now, of course this shouldn't be construed as a promise to support the iPad eventually, but this multi-touch driver is definitely a concrete milestone that is important for pretty much all of Apple's mobile Internet devices. More immediately, this is pretty much the sole remaining blocking issue on the first-gen iPod touch and one of the two major issues on the iPhone 3G. The other issue on the iPhone 3G is baseband SPI. I'm wondering if we can get away with just using the debug uart to make calls (if we don't care about having a fast 3G data connection yet...

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Android running on iPhone!

I've been working on this quietly in the background. Sorry about the initial video quality, but YouTube promises that the quality will get better as the video gets processed more. The back part of the version I uploaded to Vimeo was cut off. I think that says it all, really. Donations via paypal to planetbeing at gmail.com. If you'd like to help, come join #iphonelinux on irc.osx86.hu. Thanks to CPICH for reversing support, harmn1, posixninja, jean, marcan and saurik for patches, and last but not least, TheSeven for his work on the FTL. Pre-built images and sources at http://graphite.sandslott.org:4080/pub/idroid/idroid-release-0.1a.tar.bz. Read the README. For generic openiboot instructions, there's plenty now that you can search for. It should be pretty simple to port forward...

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apple i phone wallpaper

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