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iPhone

Tutorials

How to make ringtones for your iPhone with iTunes

June 21, 2010 Read the full article →

Sometimes the built in ringtones just won’t do it for you and your iPhone. Maybe you’d like to make a recording of your friend saying “It’s Susan! Pick up!” and assign it to Susan. Or you want a bit of your favorite song that you can’t find an existing ringtone. Whatever your reason, making a [...]

Software Review

Loupe: A Color Picker for Your iPhone

February 22, 2010 Read the full article →

Have you ever been out and about and seen a color or color combination you really loved? Did you think it would be great for your bedroom or design project? You can easily capture colors with this neat little program I happened upon today called “Loupe”. You can find it at http://loupeapp.com. And, bonus, it’s [...]

Tutorials

Facebook Notification on your iPhone

January 19, 2010 Read the full article →

Question How do I get Facebook to notify me on my iPhone when I get a message? Answer First, you’ll need to download and install the Facebook 3.1 application from the App Store if you don’t already have it. It’s free and does a really great job encompassing all the major features of the website. [...]

Beginner Basics

Parental Controls on iPhone or iPod Touch?

December 9, 2009 Read the full article →

Question: My son’s top Christmas request is an iPod Touch. Am I able to put parental controls on Internet content if I get him one of those? Answer: Yes! Here is how: With your iPod Touch (or iPhone) on, go to “Settings”. Scroll down to “General” Select “Restrictions” Select “Enable Restrictions”. You will be prompted [...]

iPhone

Help! Duplicate Entries on My iPhone.

November 23, 2009 Read the full article →

I recently had this problem and thought I’d share the solution. I have a .me account for my Macintosh that syncs with my iphone. My iPhone had duplicate iCal and Address Book entries even though my computer did not. The trick is to completely replace everything on the cloud (.me) and your iPhone and replace [...]

General

What is MMS, SMS, and EMS?

July 19, 2009 Read the full article →

If you have a mobile device, I’m betting you use MMS, SMS, or EMS – although, you just may not realize it. First there was SMS. SMS means “Short Message Service”. This is a communication service standardized by the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications). Back in the early 1980s, someone decided it would be [...]

Tutorials

How do I get an Mp4 movie on my iPhone?

March 20, 2009 Read the full article →

Open iTunes Drag and drop the video to your Movies folder in your iTunes. (You should see it show up in the list.) Plug in your iphone. You should see it show up in the DEVICES section of itunes. Select your iphone.

Setting Up Email

Getting Email on Your iPhone Using Your Domain

December 4, 2008 Read the full article →

NOTE: This article was written while thinking about the iPhone – but it should also work for your iPod Touch. Just work someplace where you have a good WiFi connection. Additionally, since I wasn’t actually looking at an iPod Touch when I wrote it there may be some menu differences I didn’t consider. If you [...]

iPhone

15 Easy Ways to Extend Your iPhone Battery Life

November 18, 2008 Read the full article →

Love your iphone, but wish the battery lasted longer? Here are some things you can do to get the most out of yours.