Tips & Tricks

I haven’t gone quite as case crazy with my iPad 2 as I have with my various iPhones, and while I very much enjoy using the Adonit Writer 2, my tablet still spends a good 80% of its time with just a Gelaskin on the back and a Smart Cover …

iPhone and iPad notifications used to be limited to just pop-ups on the home screen, lock screen, and inside of apps. Then iOS 5 came along late last year and gave users many more options, including an Android-like Notification Center, five-second banners as alternatives to pop-ups, and great new slide-to-unlock …

Launch Center is one of those $0.99 apps that you could easily form an entire iPhone workflow around – you just need a bit of time to think one up. I decided to give the app a shot after seeing it mentioned recently on MacStories. On the surface, Launch Center …

I heard about this years ago, but as I’m still a relatively new owner of a smartphone with the iPhone 4′s form-factor, it has taken me until now to realize this would be a cool tip. The post title really says it all, but the dock that came with the …

iOS 5 banner notifications, the wide-ish strips of text that peek out from the top of the screen, are much less intrusive than the obnoxious pop-up boxes of iOS 1–4. But even banners can outstay their welcome, especially when you’re watching a video and all the incoming text says is …

[Whoops – it looks like I really only published one half of this tip. I didn't realize it until I had seen a few other articles, but you can actually set individual settings shortcuts – like the one for WiFi – to show up right on the home screen. To …

Even with the myriad of very good note-taking and writing apps available on the App Store, one favorite that has remained a constant for me for years is Evernote. There are other apps that I much prefer for pure writing, but Evernote has always been and still is my go-to …

When Siri was released on the iPhone 4S I was excited about being able to use the personal assistant while traveling. My mobile office (a.k.a. Saturn Outlook) has a plethora of cords, cables, and speakers and having Siri read a text message from iMessage has been extremely convenient. So when …

  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’ve been doing a bit more thinking on Photo Stream and the options that it provides and it may just be that I’m too damn geeky to use the service. So this post is admittedly a self-centered collection of thoughts about how to organizem my photos and videos, as well …