Author Archives: Brandon

CES 2012: Gorilla Glass 2 – Demo

by on January 10th, 2012 at 9:03 pm

I’m going to let this video speak for itself. Kudos to Mobile Nations for putting it out there for all to see. Share this:

CES 2012: Who’s High Edition 1

by on January 10th, 2012 at 8:09 pm

Welcome to CES 2012 Who’s High. The Who’s High spotlight is reserved for those folks who you just have to wonder if they’ve been given a bit too much of the medicinal stuff… because they’ve gotta be high. Episode 1: Vantage Point: The Beanpad & Beanpad Portfolio. Given the image …

CES 2012: Liquipel Waterproofing for iPhone

by on January 10th, 2012 at 6:16 pm

On any normal day, that image would have given me fits. The same kind I get when I see some moron walk out of an Apple store on launch day and “Drop Test” an iPhone because like an idiot they want to see if it breaks. I imagine pouring a …

New App: Create Settings Shortcuts On Your Home Screen

by on November 13th, 2011 at 12:17 pm

  Every once in a while an app comes along that does things a little bit differently. We’ve all seen a gazillion apps which let you create shortcuts on your home screen. But in almost all of those apps you were simply creating shortcuts to your wife, girlfriend, or some …

PSA: STOP Using your 1st Gen iPod Nano!

by on November 12th, 2011 at 12:08 am

This is a Public Service Announcement from your friends here at iSource. If you’re currently using a 1st Generation iPod Nano… Please stop immediately and go to the following Apple support link: CLICK HERE. Apple has determined that, in very rare cases, the battery in the iPod nano (1st generation) …

Siri Quick Tip: Overcoming Unusual Name Spellings

by on October 15th, 2011 at 10:48 am

  So, you’ve got your new iPhone 4S and you want to start setting up Siri to recognize people like your spouse, children or boss. But if you’re like me you might have run into an issue with some folks whose name is pronounced one way, but spelled nothing like …

Launch Day Nightmares and an Apology to AT&T.

by on October 15th, 2011 at 10:16 am

So like everyone else who purchased a new iPhone 4S yesterday or had done a preorder and received it yesterday I’ve got a story to tell. Many of my friends here at iSource had a really easy go of it, including some who had a pre-order not get shipped on …

My iPhone 4S Opinion

by on October 5th, 2011 at 4:14 pm

WARNING: My fanboy side took over the keyboard for this post. But it’s ok – I brought a flame retardant suit with me. You know at first I was with everyone else… sort of a ‘meh’ feeling about the whole phone. Sure it’s a processor bump. But its a pretty …

Why There Is No iPhone Killer.

by on September 29th, 2011 at 9:46 pm

  Recently a couple of us here at iSource have decided to take a detour from our normal path and (temporarily) leave the iOS fold. With the iPhone 4 a bit long in the tooth if you bought it on launch day and a rumored new iPhone coming soon, the …

Not so Pick of the Week – the iPhone Sucketh

by on August 18th, 2011 at 5:02 pm

Every week here on iSource we run a series called Picks of the Week.  No, we haven’t gone digging for boogers. It’s typically a round up of each writer’s favorite app, accessory or whatever from the world o’ tech. This week however my Pick of the Week got rejected by …

iOS 5′s Biggest Miss

by on June 12th, 2011 at 12:29 pm

This is just a short opinion post on what I think is the biggest missing feature of iOS 5. Like everyone else I’m thrilled to see the new notifications as well as notification center, but the number one reason I continue to jailbreak my iDevices is because it’s a pain …