Monthly Archives: April 2008
AT&T Introduces New iPhone Text Accessibility Plan for Customers with Disabilities
The iPhone is now even more accessible for Americans who are deaf or have a hearing or speech disability. Today, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced a new Text Accessibility Plan (TAP) for iPhone, designed to give iPhone customers with disabilities the choice of unlimited text messaging, Web browsing and easy access to e-mail for $40 a month.
“Our Text Accessibility Plan allows customers who are deaf or have hearing or speech disabilities to literally tap out their communications on the go,” said Carlton Hill, vice president of Product Management, Voice Products and Affiliate Marketing for AT&T’s wireless unit. “Now with TAP for iPhone, users can tap, flick and pinch the innovative Multi-Touch touch screen for a completely new world of functionality.”
iPhone 101: typing accented characters
Over at MacTips they have a nice tip which I figured would make for a good iPhone 101. If you find yourself needing to type an accented character (acutes, graves, umlauts, etc.), all you have to do is hold down the relevant key for a couple of seconds and voilà a nice pop-up menu will appear with the available choices. The trick works for a number of different characters besides the vowels (e.g. ‘z’ and ‘?’) and seems to function as well on the iPod touch.
Buddy Beacon on iPhone
This is a fun app that is now available for iPhone users. It allows us to stay in touch with our friends or family as they go about their wanderings. Buddy Beacon is an app that runs on our iPhone and allows us to see where they are.
But, because we (or they) may not always want to be “seen” we can always choose to keep them “in the dark” by not reporting where we are!!
According to the folks at Buddy Beacon:
Buddy Beacon for the iPhone finally available
uLocate Communications today announced that an iPhone specific version of its popular Buddy Beacon(tm) application is now available. With Buddy Beacon, iPhone users can easily share their location with friends, as well as see the locations of friends on the iPhone’s map application.
Buddy Beacon also gives users the option of connecting with friends directly through the application and updating their status across a variety of online social networking sites, including Facebook.
The iphone to land in India next september, maybe…
Indians will no longer need to illegally buy, unlock and then use the most-desired item on gadget lovers’ lists — the Apple iPhone. Its much-awaited and delayed India launch is expected with telecom operator Vodafone in the first week of September.
The Cupertino, California-based company, according to Apple retail sources, said initially the 8 GB version of the much-hyped touchscreen device — which combines Wi-Fi capabilities with a powerful email client, TV feeds, online music store and map-based location guide — will be launched at a price ranging between Rs 27,200 and Rs 28,000.
New ION Audio USB Cassette Archiver puts your old cassette on your ipod/iphone
It’s time to dig out that old shoebox full of cassette tapes and start listening to them again on your iPod! The ION TAPE2PC USB Cassette Archiver takes your old audio cassettes and archives them to your computer for easy transfer to compact disc or your iPod. It connects to your PC or Mac with a USB cable and digitizes your tapes to CD or MP3. This system is plug & play no drivers needed! It comes with all the cords and easy-to-use audio recording software.
The dual cassette deck features high-speed dubbing, and a metal and Cr02 tape selector. Includes Audacity recording software for Mac and PC as well as EZ Tape Converter 2, which automatically retrieves track names and other information from the Web using Gracenote® MusicID technology to import the music directly to your iTunes library (PC only). Also includes line-level RCA outputs for using the tape deck with your stereo system. Measures 9″ x 5.5″ x 17″; weighs 7 lbs.
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