Archive for December, 2009

How to: Enable parental controls on an iPhone, iPod touch

December 31, 2009

So, you got your kids an Apple handheld computer — a.k.a. iPhone or iPod touch — for Christmas and you’re concerned about the evil it might bring into their lives? Here’s a quick, easy and absolutely free tutorial on how to restrict access to the Internet, unsavory apps, pervy YouTube videos and adult iTunes content.

Top 40 best free iPod touch apps 2010

December 31, 2009

So, you shot your wad on a brand spanking new iPod touch and don’t have a penny left for apps? Fear not, ’cause here are 40 great apps — from soup to nuts, games to news and social networking to weather — to help you make the most of the “funnest iPod ever.”

O2 network suffering AT&T-like ills

December 30, 2009

O2 network suffering AT&T-like illsIt seems that maybe AT&T in the U.S. is not the only wireless carrier suffering from bandwidth-itis, as the O2 system in Great Britain is showing some of the same signs of failure over there.

Surging iPod touch eclipses the iPhone. Why now?

December 29, 2009

Even as Apple gears up to present its next insanely great product, the iSlate, last year’s sleeper Christmas hit is getting even more popular. Although seen as the crippled cousin of the company’s zeitgeist defining smartphone, the iPod touch is now at least as popular and perhaps even more so than the iPhone.

AT&T – No iPhone sales in New York City

December 28, 2009

AT&T – No iPhone sales in New York CityAfter a confusing night and morning, it is apparently still true that AT&T is no longer taking orders for the iPhone online if you live in New York City, though the reason is being spun this way and that.

AT&T stops selling iPhone in New York

December 28, 2009

Last week, we heard about the Ma Bell customer support rep who suggested a Brooklyn iPhone user try using Skype instead of using the carrier’s besieged and generally unreliable voice network there. Now, more strange news out of New York City as Ma Bell’s Web site won’t sell iPhones to folks with zip codes in that city.

Top 10, best iPhone ebook reader apps

December 27, 2009

Whether you’re reading for pleasure or filling the hours while traveling, your iPhone or iPod touch can deliver hundreds of thousands of electronic books (ebooks) with tens of thousand free titles available at the touch of a finger. Get it all from the iTunes App Store now for free.

AT&T customer service: ‘Try using Skype’

December 26, 2009

The last thing anyone expects to hear from a customer service representative is an honest answer. That’s just what one unhappy iPhone user got when he wrote to complain about dropped calls.

A Verizon iPhone in 2010?

December 25, 2009

A Verizon iPhone in 2010?New rumors have surfaced via the Apple supply chain route that Apple will be fielding a CDMA version of the iPhone in 2010, which would be a sure sign that Verizon will soon be selling the Apple handset.

Track Santa on your iPhone

December 24, 2009

Gonna be out and about, away from a computer? You can keep your little ones — kids from one to 92 — up to date on old Saint Nicholas’ progress as spreads cheer (and goodies) around the world.


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