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HTC Espresso Theme for iPod Touch
Mar 7th
HTC’s Espresso update Sense UI brings some changes in the theme. I was able to port it to the iPod Touch. In the weather widget folder, edit configureme.js by opening it with notepad, and editing your city. Create 1 blank icon (iBlank) on the first screen, more if you want icons on the first screen. Get the 5 icon dock, and have the order of the icons like this: Safari, Blank, Music, Blank, Mail. Jailbreak needed (google it)
Edit: iPhone version added
Download: Click Here
Alternate Download (Media Fire): Click Here
iPad, Whats Not to Like?
Mar 5th
iPad, what can you expect from Apple. I know this is a little late, but I have been busy lately. So what is the iPad? As you can see, it is basically an inflated iPhone, but it is not as useful as you think.
Looks:
The nice looks are very great to the iPad, but the small icons pared with the giant screen does not strike me nice. The aluminum back and the sharp edges look great around the sides, but the buttons are net going to be easy to use. The aluminum backing is a lot better then the iPhone’s plastic backing or the iPods metal backing. They really made the iPad look more like a MacBook then any other Apple product. The slim design looks really good on it. It would look better with sharp edges and small borders around the screen.
Software:
All of the software is nice, especially the mail app. The bad thing about the software, is that you can’ really type and hold the device at the same time. They make it seem easy in the videos when everyone is sitting down with their legs up at an arch, but that is not always the case when you are using it. All you could really do to type while holding it is type one key at a time, this is not productive, and because of the weight, it is easy to drop the device because you need to put a finger on the front of the device, and there is not enough room for your finger to hold it, it is very easy to drop
And Another Thing…
I would not suggest get this without getting an iPod if you are going to listen to music. It is very unlikely and uncomfortable to shove this in your pocket and listen to music at the same time.
And Another Thing..
Even if you think that this is a very negative review, I would still get it if I could. This is very great for video, games, and web browsing. Because of the big screen, videos are very comfortable to watch on this screen. You might think that this would be a great eBook reader, but regular screens are bad for your eyes, and they irritate your eyes over a period of time. That is why they made e-paper technology for this reason. Games would be great on this device, but when you grip it, the jagged sides can hurt your hands, but this is not a very important to me. The biggest thing that grabs my attention is the web browser. Again the large screen is great for web browsing, and the smooth scrolling and nice web browsing is just great, and it is the same on my iPod. A big problem that I face is that there is no flash. For this I would rather go with an Android tablet instead.
All in all, this is a great device, I would recommend it, but I would wait until more features like microphone and GPS. Wait until it is better and cheaper, then buy it.
Apple Planning Event for January, More iPhones or Tablets in store
Dec 26th
While you can’t always trust the internet, rumors say that there is a 75% chance that there will be another Apple event. There will be a 50/50 chance of a tablet and so of the iPhone, who knows. Now Apple, surprise us.Microsoft loses; Word and Office to be barred from sale starting January 11
Dec 22nd
It’s getting closer and closer to check-writing time for Steve Ballmer, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just upheld a decision that would see Microsoft Word and Office banned from sale starting January 11. If you’ll recall, Microsoft lost a patent infringement suit against XML specialists i4i back in May when it was found that Word’s handling of .xml, .docx, and .docm files infringed upon i4i’s patented XML handling algorithms, but the injunction against further Word sales was put on hold pending the results of this appeal. Now that Microsoft has lost once again, we’d expect either another appeal and request for the injunction to be stayed, this time to the Supreme Court, or for a settlement between these two that would end this whole mess right now.
P.S.- Just to be clear on this, i4i isn’t a patent troll — it’s a a 30 person database design company that shipped one of the first XML plugins for Office and was actually responsible for revamping the entire USPTO database around XML to make it compatible with Word back in 2000. What’s more, the patents involved here don’t cover XML itself, but rather the specific algorithms used to read and write custom XML — so OpenOffice users can breathe easy, as i4i has said the suite doesn’t infringe. Existing Office users should also be fine, as only future sales of Word are affected by the ruling, not any already-sold products.
Source: Engadget
Project: X-OBox
Nov 28th
Really XOBX Which is XBOX Backword.
Yes I built it myself
Materials:
Dremel
Hot Glue
iPhone os 3.0 is out
Jun 17th
Yes the moment you have been all been waiting for. Peer to Peer, Bluetooth, GPS, Jailbreak coming Friday (sorry, did i say that?). Well it is out. Again it is out free for iphone owners, and 9.95 for ipod owners. Some new features that came out of the box is voice recorder. you need a microphone for this. Spotlight. you can search your iphone with this. I had a slight feeling of missing out on the jailbroken features of my 2.2.1 os. Yet i use only 7% of my jailbroken apps. I think you get to head to head face off with peer to peer on tap tap.
iPhone OS 3.0, updates and hardware
Mar 23rd
The new iPhone/ iPod os 3.0 will add 100 new features. This includes copy and paste (finally), background process, in app purchase, turn by turn GPS for iPhone, and we iPod Touch owners get to use their bluetooth chip that was never activated. That is right, the iPod touch has a bluetooth chip, but the old firware never used it and did not allow anything to use it. This is only for 2G owner now (really I don’t know). For iPhone owners we can actully use the GPS chip productivly and nicely. I think iPhone gets the update for free, but iPod Touch owners need to pay $9.95 (ugh, not again).
iG Explorer
Feb 8th
Yup it’s here, the new iG Explorer! This is an application that I built for viewing this website in a easy simple way. The buttons are big and simple. Download it now. Click here
Instructions:
1. Download and open the file.
2.Drag all the contents to your desktop or any other folder.
3. Double click the “setup” file.
This installer might install other applications such as “.NET Framework.” This is regular, this application has files to run my application. You can also delete the files you copied on your desktop.
History:
1.1.0.1 Added “Stop” button.
1.1 Better UI. Added refresh button and “press enter for Go”
1.0: First release.
If you would like to upgrade from a previous version: Go to the control panel and press add/remove programs or programs and features. Find the application labled iG Explorer or iG Viewer and click it. Then click the uninstall button.
No longer actively developed