Apple has introduced a ‘print’ button onto iPads, iPhones and iPods to allow you to print directly to a printer from your iOS device. Unfortunately you need a special AirPrint enabled printer. Thankfully there is a free application called ‘AirPrint Activator’ that allows you to print to any printer, here’s where to get it and how to use it.
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When you have more than one computer and more than one iPhone or iPod there are various ways to sync your iTunes songs across all your devices. This article outlines them all.
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Quite often I want to SMS 10 or 20 people at once to let them know something, but it’s painful on the iPhone – you need to select each contact one by one each time. This great little app called ‘Peepo‘ lets you create a group (it calls them ‘peepo circles’) and then easily email OR SMS everyone in the group.
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This is worth getting. Free for a day. It uses the gyroscope so it’s very accurate and doesn’t need calibrating. Only works on iPhone 4.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/gyroscope-ship-meter-pro/id417607812?mt=8
This is clever – timed video recording:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bluecam-pro-for-iphone-ipod/id335423589?mt=8
This is useful – magnifier:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/over-40-magnifier-flashlight/id381663967?mt=8
BBC news highlights:
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bbc-news/id364147881?mt=8
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For me the number one criteria for buying an iPod is audio quality. Some people will go for looks, size, or battery life, but for me it’s simply a matter of which iPod sounds the best – not just through the headphones but also into my stereo.
This article discusses the reasons for the difference in quality of the sound output of the various models of iPods and iPhones, which iPod sounds the best, and why.
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So you have two computers, one at work and one at home, and an iPhone and iPad and you want the same contacts to be available to all of them. The easiest way to synchronise all your Address Book contacts is to use MobilMe. If you make a contact or edit a contact in one of your computers, is available to all your other computers. It’s not free though, will need to fork out and get a MobileMe account. Continue reading »
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Yesterday Telstra turned on internet tethering for the iphone! (I think they are the only carrier in Australia to do this.)
Tethering is where you use your iPhone as a wireless modem to connect your computer to the web. It’s useful if you are out with your laptop and you don’t have access to the web. Just plug your iPhone into your laptop via USB and it acts as a wireless modem! Here’s how to get it going.
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Aa good storage system for IDEAS is essential.
Today the iPhone companion app for my fav desktop notes app – SOHO notes was released.
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