Control your LED Christmas lights from your iPhone

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With all the cool videos online of people's LED Christmas lights synced to music, I thought of another cool idea: your LED lights controlled with an iPhone application. The free iGlo app allows you to control your lights with the shake of the phone, … [Read more...]

Repairing your iPhone is easier than you think

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Many people have had problems with their iPhones, whether it be from screen cracks to battery replacement, smart phones break. With that reality in mind, you have to decide how you want to go about repairing it. Taking it in to be repaired can cost … [Read more...]

Control your virtual PBX with an iPhone app

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Everyone whether they know it or not has used a virtual PBX. If you've called a business and got an automated response that directs your call to different departments, you've used one. Many small businesses aren't aware that you can manage and … [Read more...]

Phone search apps for the iPhone

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With the rising popularity of cell phones, land lines are becoming less and less popular. Doing a reverse lookup used to be pretty straight forward, enter in the land line number and get someone’s name and address. However, cell phones are a bit … [Read more...]

iCade slip on NES like controller for the iPhone

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It’s pretty clear to me that gaming’s future is going to be heavily focused around mobility.  Portable gaming players such as the Nintendo DS have been popular, but their need is shrinking.  Slowly smart phones are replacing the handheld gaming … [Read more...]

Circket to be the first prepaid carrier to sell iPhones

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In the beginning, the iPhone was only available for one carrier: ATT.  After their contract expired many of the major carriers started making iPhones available to their network.  However, not all carriers went this route; pay as you go services … [Read more...]

Listen to FM radio on the iPhone

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There are many great applications such as Pandora for streaming music on the iPhone, but what if you just want to listen to the plain old radio? Even though the iPhone doesn’t have specific hardware to do so, it’s still possible to stream local … [Read more...]

How to: replace your iPhone’s back cover

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Over its five generations, the iPhone has been criticized for many design flaws. One issue that is commonly brought up is the iPhone 4 having a glass backing. Other phone brands, including previous iPhone models typically use a plastic backing. … [Read more...]

ATT’s iPhone unlocking policy better but not great

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Back in April, ATT announced that it would begin unlocking iPhones that are out of contract. This got me looking into the policies of other major carriers such as Verizon, Sprint, and Nextel. Turns out that the majority of iPhone customers qualify to … [Read more...]

Viber – The Skype Alternative for mobiles

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With versions for iPhones and Android-driven mobiles, Viber has been gaining a lot of followers, with its enhanced take in voice-over-internet-protocol (VOIP) communications – phone calls AND mobile SMS. Developed by Viber Media Inc, the app is … [Read more...]