Monthly Archives: September 2010
Captio: The simple app that just might change your life
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have the worst memory. I also have a bad short-term memory. This makes it tough to remember the things that pop into my head throughout the day, and it makes it especially hard to keep track of tasks and other actions that I must take. I’ve wanted to use my iPhone to “bottle” these fleeting thoughts for years, but nothing on the App Store allowed me to do this without some sort of distraction.
Enter Captio, a new app from Ben Lenarts of Boonbits. It’s a small note taking application that allows you to capture thoughts, ideas, tasks, and other tidbits of information as they come to you. You may say, “But there are a million of those apps on the store, Josh, you handsome man!” Given, but Captio has one killer feature that everyone else has failed to deliver on: nothing. For example, here’s how it works:
Step 1: You open the app.
Hold your iPhone in a Batman-style utility belt
Being the huge Batman fan that I am, I couldn’t pass this one up. What you see above is an actual Batman-style utility belt called the TDK Utility Pouch, modeled after the one worn in the last Batman movie. But instead of compartments for gas canisters, audio bugs, or batarangs, this belt has a large pouch built specially for holding a cell phone exactly like the iPhone. You can adjust the various pouches on the belt as you see fit, but the largest one is perfectly iPhone-sized.
It makes sense — the iPhone can do
How Popular is the iPhone Compared to Android, BlackBerry and Others ? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Did you know? Apple is worth more than Microsoft! As of writing, Apple is worth a whopping $262.53 billion dollars while Microsoft: $212B.
One of the bigger reasons for its increasing stock worth is the iPhone – a smartphone introduced back in 2007 that literally revolutionized the cell phone market. Today, the iPhone is used as a benchmark, as a standard by which the quality of other phones are measured.
But how popular is the iPhone, exactly? It has significant market share in the US, but on an international level, the iPhone only accounts for 2% by brand.
In America, though, it has a nice 28% share (second only to Blackberry’s 35%). Android is also become increasingly popular, but we have to keep in mind that we’re comparing one smartphone – the iPhone – against dozens of Android handsets available on four different national carriers.
BillShrink has produced a very interesting infographic that illustrates the popularity of the iPhone compared to other brands and mobile operating systems. The information is a wee bit outdated, but it still does a pretty bang-up job of explaining stats and figures.
Daily App: Weather HD for iPhone
You may already know all about Weather HD — the app made a nice splash when it was released early in the iPad’s life. But Vimov has just released it for the iPhone, and even on the smaller screen, it leaves quite an impression.
The idea is that instead of a tiny little icon or a big number telling you the weather, you get a full, bright screen of whatever the weather’s like near you (or what it’s going to be like in an hourly or daily forecast).
The app is super simple on purpose, so if you’re looking for full maps, video, or more detailed information, you’ll have to go elsewhere (I usually use the free Weather Channel app for more in-depth weather updates). Still, for just 99 cents, Weather HD is worth having around if all you need to check every once in a while is the temperature and forecast.
And heck,
Guide: Jailbreak iOS 4.2 Beta 2 with PwnageTool Bundle
PwnageTool Bundle for jailbreaking iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) on iOS 4.2 Beta 2 has been released by msft.guy.
You can use this bundle with existing version of PwnageTool to create custom firmware files which are jailbroken and hacktivated for iPhone 3GS.
But as always, this bundle is meant for iPhone 3GS with old bootrom only. Those of you who are with new bootrom will have to wait for SHAtter exploit based PwnageTool or GreenPois0n jailbreak tool, both of which are expected to release soon.