iPhone > Tips & Tricks

  Recently, iOS developers @conradev and @chpwn found out how to enable Panoramic pictures in the native Apple camera app by adding a couple of lines of code—specifically, by setting the EnableFirebreak key to YES in the mobileslideshow.plist.  It should be noted @chpwn also released a Cydia package that will …

 Image courtesy of iPhoneheadlines.com If you’re an iPhone 3GS owner running iOS 5, you may have encountered the same problem that my wife and I have: you’re walking, running, or generally enjoying life while listening to your favorite song in your 3GS’s playlist when, at the completion of a song, there’s …

(I originally wrote this article for users of Nuance’s Dragon Dictation app.  However, since the same engine is used for Siri and Dictation (the feature that lets iPhone 4S users speak text instead of typing it), we thought that we should update and republish it for the benefit of new …

OpenFeint, one of the cross-platform social gaming networks, has the good sense to perform automatic log-ins on my iPhone 3GS, but not on my iPad. As it turns out, you have to manually tie your OF account to an e-mail address if you want to log in from any of …

One of the new features unveiled at Apple’s WWDC yesterday was the ability to enable your iOS devices (except the Verizon iPhone, which does not yet have iOS 4.3.1 for some reason..) to automatically download app, book, and music purchases to your various iOS devices.   While this is a cool …

I have all of my mail forwarded to my Gmail address so that checking my mail is a one inbox affair, but what about replying? I’m not ashamed of the fact that I’m using Gmail, but using my iSource address looks just a little more official than somedude@gmail.com (not my …

This isn’t news by any means, but it would be a sin not to link to tap tap tap’s blog and their excellent 10-tip post on how to get the most out of your iPhone. I consider myself to be a pretty learned person when it comes to the iPhone …

  Shortly after the iPhone 3G was introduced, many new 3G owners discovered that 3G data access used more power than access via the (non-3G) Edge network.   However, some people experienced a rapid battery drain that would leave their iPhone at the dreaded 20% “low battery” threshold within hours of …

So, you got that new, shiny, iPad 2, and downloaded iMovie so you could put together a production that would put Spielberg in his place.   One problem – you want to shoot the video with the iPhone and edit on the iPad 2 – how do you transfer the videos?   …

This is just a very quick and simple reminder for some, and a possible bit of news for new Verizon iPhone owners (welcome aboard, by the way). When set to on, the iPhone’s silent switch will mute basically everything on iOS, except for the iPod and Clock application. This means …

Mail Rules ($1.99) is a fantastic jailbreak extension that allows you to set mailbox rules just like you would on a desktop e-mail client. Once you’ve got Mail Rules configured correctly, you’ll have fewer junk messages lingering in your inbox and more time to work on your Angry Birds high …