While each of us try to decide whether or not to upgrade to the new iPhone, those who still have the iPhone 3GS may have that decision made for them. The latest rumor going around the web is that with the new iPhone, an old iPhone will fall—namely the iPhone 3GS. The iPhone 3G was [...]
How to Use your iPhone to Report a Car Accident
This morning as I was driving to work, I passed a car accident in the far left lane. The guy was standing behind his car, taking pictures of the license plate with his smartphone. I immediately had a thought—what if an accident victim could directly file an accident report from his or her smartphone? There [...]
Need Two iPhones? Case Lets you Carry Two SIM Cards in One
There are several reasons you might find yourself carrying two iPhones around. Maybe your workplace won’t allow you to use your personal cell on its servers and has therefore issued you a separate iPhone for work-related issues. Or maybe you simply prefer to keep your work and personal cells separate. After all, if you use [...]
Ten iPhone Games You’ll Soon Be Playing
If you own an iPhone, chances are you sometimes find keeping up with the latest games. Here’s a rundown of some of the games people are talking about this week. VOTE!!!—If all of the election coverage has you down, this app can put you right in the heat of battle. Become President Barack Obama or [...]
App’s Facial Recognition Technology Could Automate Check-Ins
The process of checking in can be cumbersome at times. First you have to open the app on your phone, then choose “check in,” followed by waiting for the app to actually find you. For check-in addicts, there must be some kind of desire to be automatically checked in everywhere they go. I can’t really [...]
Best iPhone Apps for Football Season
It’s that time of year again. Time to lock yourself in the house on Sundays with a six-pack in the fridge and the remote at your side. But you don’t have to become a hermit during football season, with these handy apps allowing you to keep up with the game even as you’re tooling about [...]
Wal-Mart Tests Automated Shopping
We’ve all heard stories about near-field communication and how it will eventually change the way we pay for items at checkout. But a new app will allow you to scan your items while you shop, then pay once you get to the self-checkout counter, letting you skip long waits at registers and shorten each shopping [...]
Workout Equipment Interacts with your iPhone
It’s the future of workout equipment. Connect your iPhone to your treadmill, stationary bicycle, or other training device and your iPhone interacts with your workout. A new cycling trainer from Wahoo Fitness called KICKR uses Bluetooth to connect up with your iPhone and alter the course of your workout. It’s about time. Nothing can be [...]
Could your iPhone Have Spyware?
So far, most of us have been pretty comfortable downloading things to our iPhones. While we are sometimes overly cautious about what we download while surfing the Internet, we’ll put any app that looks interesting on our phones without a second thought. After all, you can’t get a virus on an iPhone, right? As a [...]
Cases Can Make your iPhone Toddler-Proof
Nobody ever said handing a toddler your iPhone was a good idea but, let’s face it. It happens. Parents (and uncles) get nervous when kids get bored in public and hand over the iPhone out of desperation. That’s when trouble begins. At worst, the child tosses the phone onto the sidewalk in a fit of [...]
