Cool iPhone App
If you own an Apple iPhone you will understand the benefit of this concept app by Andreas Hellqvist. His idea is to, in my opinion, vastly improve the way notifications can be managed within Apple’s iOS.
“Hellqvist proposes a method of handling the apps that would use all existing iOS design elements, but would get rid of the annoying, one-at-a-time method of displaying and dealing with notifications. Rather than having to deal with each notification in each app, all notifications could be centralized within a single “notifications” app – much as they are aggregated on Android and put onto a separate screen.”
Cool iPhone Keyboard Dock
This new gadget is a great addition to the office if you have an iPhone, allowing you to dock your iPhone into the full sized keyboard and use the Smartphone as an input device alongside the traditional keyboard. It’s called the CompuExpert Wow-Keys full sized keyboard and it will work on both Macs and PCs. In addition you can also get an app for the iPhone allowing you to control your computer with a variety of hotkeys.
Though not revolutionary I think this is a welcome addition that will add convenience for many users, especially for the office oriented techie. What’s more the Wow-Keys also act as a normal dock, allowing you to charge your phone and to connect it to iTunes at the same time. You can even use the keyboard to control the iPhone if you get tired of tapping away at a touch screen all day, I know I sometimes do! It is unfortunate however that the keyboard can’t connect to a computer wirelessly. The product will ship on the 24 May and it costs just under $100.
[Pictures via Mashable]
Skype Video Calling for iPhone
Skype has just announced the addition of video calling for the iPhone Skype app. The app has been updated and is a very popular free app in the Apple App Store, working on the the iPhone, iPad and iPod devices which connect over WiFi or 3G connections. The front and rear camera on the iPhone 4 makes this a great tool for conducting business calls on your iPhone.
Is it better than Apple’s FaceTime? Facetime requires a WiFi connection, but Skype supports Skype to Skype video calls over both WiFi and 3G, and works equally well over both connections. FaceTime also requires that both parties be on an iPhone, but Skype only needs a Skype account, allowing you to connect with desktop users along with your iPhone friends. What are your views on the new Skype app?
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iPhone Killer? The Google Nexus One Phone
Google has unveiled their brand phone, the Google Nexus One($529 unlocked; $180 with a T-Mobile 2 years contract).
The Nexus one phone made by HTC, using Google’s latest version of the Android operating system – Android OS 2.1, sports a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, features a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen(480 x 800), a 5 megapixel camera with a built in LED flash, Wi-Fi connectivity, accelerometer, compass, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, and 3.5mm headphone jack. Other features include a trackball with a multicolor LED that displays different colors for different notifications.
[ Article Source: LikeCool ]
Kickstand iPhone Case
To put it simply, I didn’t know that I needed the Backflip case until I had one. The idea of a case with a built-in kickstand seemed worthwhile, but I didn’t think it was something I’d find myself using often. I was dead wrong.
In a world of $5 silicone cases, the $29.95 BackFlip may seem pricey; consider that it fully supplants the $25 iZel, however, and the price seems just right.
What we like:
- Incredibly useful. I’d take it over any standalone solution I’ve seen so far, if only because I can’t forget it.
- Nice, durable high-quality silicone. It’s the good stuff, not that junk that falls apart if its left in a hot car.
- Full access to all of the iPhone’s buttons, the silence switch, and the dock port
- Can be used in portrait or landscape mode
What we didn’t:
- The stand is a bit tough to put away at first
[ Article Source: CrunchGear ]
Solar Petal iPod Charger
Drawing inspiration from the personal solar charging device by Fandi Meng, the Sunny Flower, which charges your gadgets on the go, designer Mac Funamizu has come up with a solar charger called “iPetals” to juice up an iPhone. The iPetals apart from harnessing the solar energy to charge your iPhone also doubles as an iPhone stand. The sustainable charger integrates colored petals with different lightness, which spread like a blooming flower to seize sunlight during the daytime and contract to become a docking station for your iPhone.
[ Article Source: the Design Blog ]
WorkSnug – Augmented Reality for London Workers
WorkSnug uses Augmented Reality to connect mobile workers to the nearest and best places to do some work in London. It’s like Sci Fi and it’s free. Leap straight to the iTunes download page.
Trawl the coffee shops of London and you’ll see armies of people hunched over laptops. Perhaps they’re snatching five minutes to check their email between meetings or perhaps this is how they always work. The city is their office.
There’s a huge choice of places to work. From the noise and bustle of the local Starbucks, right up to formal shared office spaces such as eOffice.
WorkSnug is the first tool to make sense of this emerging world. We’ve discovered and personally reviewed hundreds of places to work, rating their atmosphere, noise levels, power provision, even the quality of the coffee.
They use Augmented Reality on the iPhone 3GS to guide mobile workers to the nearest and best places to connect. Simply point and move the phone – All becomes clear.
WorkSnug is an invaluable tool for: Corporate workers · Independent workers · Consultants in all fields · Part-time workers · Creative workers · Students · Job seekers · Start-ups · Journalists
Follow WorkSnug on Twitter: @WorkSnug – Download the app here.
TI Says Calculators Aren’t Dead Yet, Releases iPhone App
Texas Instruments today launched a calculator for the iPhone that will cost $14.99 and perform all the functions of its BAII financial calculator. The move is a watershed moment for this scion of high-end calculators (yes, I know about HP, but TI is in my home state and makes the products on which I learned), and possibly an admission that the future of the calculator as a standalone device in this age of smartphones may be limited.
However according to TI spokeswoman Lin Windle, the core TI market — comprised of students and teachers — is still buying calculators, in part because fears of cheating keep wireless-enabled devices out of classrooms and testing centers. “This iPhone app is a way to broaden — not shrink — the total market,” Windle said. “My husband is a realtor and at his office he has a BAII professional on his desk, but when he’s out in the field he needs something handy. We hope this appeals to a broader market.”
I personally would hate for anyone to pry my financial calculator out of my hands, and I treasure the memories of using my TI-85 graphing calculator to play Super Breakout while I was supposed to be learning algebra, so I’m pleased that calculators are getting a bit of a reprieve. Readers, what do you think? Will we ever give up our graphing, financial, or even plain-Jane standalone calculators?
Source: Gigaom
Dunkin’ Donuts ‘Dunkin Run’ iPhone App Will Change The Lives Of Office LackeysDunkin’ Donuts ‘Dunkin Run’ iPhone App Will Change The Lives Of Office Lackeys
If you are the person responsible for supplying the office with Dunkin’ Donuts products, prepare to have your mind blown. Dunkin’ Donuts new “Dunkin’ Run” iPhone app is going to change your life forever.
Dunkin’ Run brings customers a completely new and unique social online group ordering experience and tools. To begin, “Runners” can initiate a group order on www.DunkinRun.com through their computer or mobile device, or via an iPhone application available for free download at the iTunes online store. Immediately, interactive alerts are sent to the Runner’s list of friends or co-workers, telling them when a trip to Dunkin’ Donuts is planned along with a personal message inviting them to place an order online. Invitees can view the Dunkin’ Donuts menu to place their order, and registered users can select from their own personal list of favorites and/or previous orders. All Dunkin’ Donuts core foods and beverages are presented using interactive product images to make personalizing an order both simple and fun.