Apple enthusiasts were buzzing this weekend over what appears to be a missing iPhone prototype and the expected successor to the current 3G S model. Reportedly left in a Redwood City bar, the folks at Gizmodo got their hands on the hardware and have posted a detailed review. Of course, this begs the question: was this a deliberate marketing move [...]

It’s no secret that like Microsoft, RIM has long enjoyed its position as king of its domain. And like Microsoft, they have built a corporation seemingly content with resting on their laurels. First off, RIM is doing it all wrong. We all know the first step to a successful product launch is to secure a remote production facility, preferably in [...]

Went a little overboard with the card scratching, eh? Don’t Worry! Here’s How To Fix It! Every year around the holidays the iTunes gift cards start rolling in. It’s a safe play for distant relatives, friends and colleagues. Needless to say, I’ve gingerly scratched the adhesive backing off many an iTunes gift card. That said, I wasn’t terribly surprised when [...]

Back in the early days of iPhone jailbreaking, things weren’t exactly easy. Jailbreaking my first generation iPhone took the better part of a few hours, running command line scripts and ensuring that you had the correct files for your particular baseboard or flavor of OS. I’m happy to say that this time around, it’s a whole lot easier! First off, [...]

IMPORTANT NOTE: For greater appreciation and a good laugh, check out San Francisco Weekly’s 6 Saddest iPhone Cakes first. I recently got married and my amazing wife had a fantastic iPhone groom’s cake made for me. There’s no doubt about it– it was definitely a huge hit! Also, I learned that clever cakes, photo booths and crab cakes are all [...]

Just a week or so ago, BNO News (@BreakingNews), Twitter’s kings of domestic and international breaking news, announced rather unceremoniously that they would no longer support their newly released iPhone app. With the newest revision of the app just weeks old, BNO’s announcement came as a huge surprise to me. Given the fact that I am a fan of breaking [...]

For those of you out there looking to produce a mobile site that simulates the look of a native iPhone app, you have probably run head first into two separate (but free) CSS/Javascript packages aimed at helping you achieve just that. If you’ve yet to stumble upon them, it’s your lucky day. The purpose of this post is to introduce [...]

FTP On The Go Current version: 2.1 (rel. 8/25/09) Size: 0.7 MB Price: $6.99 Whether you’re a Web designer or system administrator, you probably don’t see too many days pass without logging into an FTP for one reason or another. Personally, I find 90% of the issues I deal with when away from my office are technical in nature– and [...]