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iPhone

iPhone App Review: Diner Dash

by Ross McKillop on April 20, 2009

iPhone iPod

This iPhone App review is a guest post by Jason Kaneshiro, who does lots of iPhone App reviews on his site, Webomatica, in addition to Switching To Mac.

In Diner Dash you help Flo wait tables at an increasingly busy restaurant. Seat customers, take orders, serve food, and bus tables as efficiently as possible. Taking too long at any task creates unhappy customers, who just might leave in frustration. [click to continue...]

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How to take panoramic photographs with your iPhone

by Sukrit Dhandhania on March 18, 2009

iPhone

Pano is a fantastic iPhone application for taking panoramic photographs. It’s from the folks at Debacle Software. From the looks of it it’s a very simple application with just two buttons, but don’t be fooled by that. It is very useful and great fun to use. [click to continue...]

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How to determine your iPhone data usage

by Ross McKillop on March 16, 2009

iPhone

This brief tutorial will show you how to determine how much data you’ve used on your iPhone’s wireless data plan. [click to continue...]

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How to enable or disable WiFi on your Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch with one tap

by Ross McKillop on September 8, 2008

iPhone iPod

This brief tutorial will guide you through using Cydia on your Jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch to install WiFiToggle - an app that makes enabling and disabling WiFi a “one tap” affair. [click to continue...]

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How to create a custom iPhone and iPod touch icon for your web site

by Ross McKillop on August 11, 2008

Web Design & Dev iPhone iPod

This brief tutorial will explain out how to create a custom icon to display on the iPhone and/or iPod touch springboard for your web site.

custom site icon for simplehelp.net on the iphone springboard
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How to quickly insert a period while typing on your iPhone or iPod Touch

by Ross McKillop on August 8, 2008

iPhone iPod

Double-tap the space button in any application (with the on-screen keyboard) and it will add a period, a space, and automatically switch to upper-case for the next key. Yep, that’s it.

notes for iphone
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Troubleshooting Remote for the iPhone or iPod Touch

by Ross McKillop on August 4, 2008

iPhone iPod

If you’re having problems setting up the Remote software for the iPhone and/or iPod Touch, follow the steps outlined in this tutorial and you should be up and running in no time. [click to continue...]

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20 Great Resources for iPhone and iPod Touch Wallpapers

by Ross McKillop on July 31, 2008

iPhone iPod

Below you’ll find 20 resources that contain a total of over 15,000 wallpapers for the iPhone and iPod Touch. [click to continue...]

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Screenshot Tour: WordPress for the iPhone and iPod Touch

by Ross McKillop on July 21, 2008

Blogging iPhone iPod

WordPress for the iPhone and/or iPod Touch is now available from the App Store. Keep reading for a brief overview with plenty of screenshots.


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How to take screenshots of your iPhone or iPod Touch screen

by Ross McKillop on July 14, 2008

iPhone iPod

Here’s another reader requested tutorial - how to take screenshots using your iPhone or iPod Touch (with the 2.0 firmware, non-jailbroken) and how to access them. [click to continue...]

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How to reorder the icons on your iPhone or iPod Touch springboard

by Ross McKillop on July 14, 2008

iPhone iPod

This tutorial was created in response to several emails I’ve received on the subject. It’s another one of those “obvious, but easily overlooked” topics.

  1. To change the order of the icons on your iPhone or iPod Touch home screen (often referred to as the springboard) - tap and hold down any one of the icons. After holding down the icon for a couple of seconds, all of your icons will start to “wiggle”, and the applications that can be removed - generally those you have installed from the App Store - will have small X’s in the upper-left corner.
  2. iphone/ipod touch springboard
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  3. While the icons are wiggling, tap and hold down the one you want to move, and drag it to whatever location you want.
  4. iphone/ipod touch springboard with icons relocated
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  5. Repeat step #2 until you’re happy with your springboard layout. When you’re done, click the “bottom” button on your iPhone/iPod Touch.

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Screenshot Tour: Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D for iPhone/iPod Touch

by Ross McKillop on July 12, 2008

iPhone iPod

I’m not much of a video game reviewer, so I’ll keep it brief and just include a bunch of screenshots. It’s fun. Getting used to the controls takes some time, and Mario Kart for Wii it is not. But it’s fun. And for $10, the price is certainly right. More screenshots after the jump.

crash bandicoot nitro kart 3d for the iphone and ipod touch intro screen
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How to delete apps from your iPod Touch or iPhone

by Ross McKillop on July 12, 2008

iPhone iPod

So you’ve downloaded, perhaps even purchased, some of the new iPhone/iPod Touch apps from the App Store. Then you discovered you don’t really want or need that app. This tutorial will guide you in deleting it from your iPhone or iPod Touch. [click to continue...]

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How to control iTunes with your iPhone or iPod Touch

by Ross McKillop on July 11, 2008

iPhone iPod

One of the great new features of the 2.0 iPhone/iPod Touch software is the App Store. One of the great (free) things in the App Store, is Remote. This tutorial will guide you through downloading, installing, setting up and using Remote to control iTunes from your iPhone and/or iPod Touch. [click to continue...]

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How to play .flac and .ogg files on your iPhone or iPod Touch

by Ross McKillop on June 11, 2008

iPhone iPod

At first it was called vlc4iphone, now it’s called ZodPlay, and at some point in the not too distant future it will once again be called vlc4phone (naming history details can be found here). Regardless of its name, it can play .ogg and .flac files - something which a number of us have been hoping against hope would happen some day. [click to continue...]

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