The iPhone 3G blog

The most popular Apple product right now is the iPod Nano. The iPod Nano is much smaller than the rest of the iPod family, save for the iPod shuffle. The screen on the iPod Nano is tiny, but it is color and has a surprisingly high resolution. Because the screen is so clear, it is said to be able to have more characters in one line than the iPod Mini. The screen is no bigger than a postage stamp, but is still able to portray the album art of the current song that is playing. iPod Nano comes with a capacity of 4GB(1,000 songs) and 8GB(2,000 songs). With an anodized aluminum top and polished stainless steel back. Six eye-catching colors. A larger, brighter display with the most pixels per inch of any Apple display, ever. iPod nano stirs up visual effects from the outside in. And it will wow you for hours. Play up to 5 hours of video or up to 24 hours of audio on a single charge. All that staying power and a wafer-thin, 6. 5-mm profile makes iPod nano one small big attraction.
With Cover Flow on iPod nano, you can flip through your music to find the album you want to hear. Use the Click Wheel to adjust volume, navigate songs, browse in Cover Flow, or explore the Music menu by playlist, artist, album, song, genre, composer, and more. Want to mix things up? Click Shuffle Songs. iPod nano makes your music look as good as it sounds, thanks to its bright color display.
Buy or rent movies from the iTunes Store to your iPod nano to watch anywhere, anytime. Up to 5 hours of video playback means you can watch two movies back to back. And for your viewing pleasure, the 320-by-240-pixel display with a whopping 204 pixels per inch and is 65 percent brighter than before. There is always something good on iPod nano. Browse thousands of episodes of your favorite TV shows on the iTunes Store, buy them for just $1. 99 each, then sync them to your iPod nano. Watch last nights episodes this morning, or buy a whole TV series and play a pocket-size marathon. The iTunes Store features thousands of free video and audio podcasts, including indie favorites and offerings from such big names as ABC News, Comedy Central, ESPN, PBS, NPR, and many more. Browse and subscribe to podcasts, then sync them to your iPod nano. You can even play video podcasts on TV using an optional Apple component or composite AV cable.
The digital shelves of the iTunes Store are stocked with thousands of audiobooks including exclusives like the entire Harry Potter series so you can catch up on your reading wherever iPod nano takes you. iPod nano even recognizes where you left off reading and bookmarks your place.
Put hours of fun at your fingertips. iPod nano comes with three games Vortex, iQuiz and Klondike and you can download more from the iTunes Store for $4. 99 each. All iPod games are designed specifically for the iPod interface. And all of them look great on the 2-inch color display.
iPod nano holds up to 7,000 photos you can sync from your Mac or PC via iTunes. Use the Click Wheel to scroll through photo thumbnails. To see a photo full screen, click the center button. You can even view your photo slideshows complete with music and transitions on a TV using an optional Apple component or composite AV cable.
Calendars, contacts, and a screen lock appear in the Extras menu, along with a few more handy items. Take the world clock, for example. Spin the Click Wheel to choose different clocks for cities all over the world. For workouts, use the built-in stopwatch to log your best times.
Now, more music, movies, photos and games on your iPod Nano.

“There’s an app for that” is no exaggeration. There really is an iPhone app for just about anything you can think of. Lucky for users this also applies to iPhone dialers. Since the built in iPhone dialer has left many users dissatisfied, third party developers have responded by producing a wide range of applications from iPhone dialers that have the appearance of old time rotary dial phones to dialers that look like old pay telephones, you are sure to find an iPhone dialer that suits your fancy.

One key area where developers have really stepped up to the plate is voice dialing. Users and industry watchers have always been somewhat confused about why Apple didn’t build in voice dialing capability. But they didn’t and of course users want it. So developers have created a number of iPhone dialers that will take care of this for you. You will have to do a little research to find out which of the iPhone dialers with voice capability best suits your needs since they vary in features and capabilities. Most still do not allow for you to dial without looking at the device since limitations set by Apple make this very difficult. Still, you can find many high quality voice dialer applications out there. Most experts believe that it is just a matter of time before Apple makes it easier for iPhone dialers to handle speech recognition but for now, the existing apps will suffice.

For regular iPhone dialers, the most full featured of the offerings will allow you to keep track of your call history, add a photo to your listing, send text messages, view your history on certain numbers among other things. Many of the iPhone dialers are simply skins that allow you to make cosmetic changes to the dialer in order to make it better suit your tastes and personality. In short, the capabilities of the available iPhone dialers varies.

If you are looking for an iPhone dialer that allows you to take advantage of VoIP technology, you can find that as well. Some of these dialers require that you connect via a third party service and may require that you pay a fee. For business users, one promising type of iPhone dialer allows you to connect to your VoIP via your exiting SIP, IP, or PBX system. These systems can save a significant amount of money since they allow you to take advantage of free Internet calling. Using these VoIP enabled dialers you can access popular services such as Skype, Google Talk, and Yahoo for your Internet calling.

For users of social networking sites, iPhone dialers are available that integrate nearly seamlessly with sites such as Twitter and Facebook. These dialers will also typically allow for instant messaging. Many of the dialers also claim to offer specialized features such as caller ID.

Finding the perfect iPhone dialer will require a little homework on your part. You will need to decide what capabilities are best for you then evaluate the available dialers to see if they fit the bill. With a little time and work you will be able to find exactly what you are looking for. Once you have selected an iPhone dialer that will work for you today you need to check back periodically to see what improvements have been made. One thing is certain, if there is one app for what you want to do today, there will be five tomorrow.

We’ve all seen LCD touch screens at work around us. Anyone that’s ever used their credit or debit card to make a purchase at the grocery store has to swipe their card through a reader and then use a pen to select and sign the signature line on a touch screen. Versions that are more sophisticated can be found in Photo Centers that allow consumers to print their own pictures or create Christmas cards from disks or memory cards found in your local Longs or Target stores. However, the LCD touch screen is beginning to make inroads into other areas, as well. One of the first companies consumers think of when the “touch screen” is mentioned is Apple. Their familiar items such as the apple ipod touch and the apple iphone use a touch screen to allow the user to navigate without the need for buttons or trackballs. This is not the limit of their uses, though. The home computer market is now seeing a number of computers available with LCD touch screen functionality. How does an LCD touch screen work? In essence, it is no different than using a mouse or the touch pad on your laptop, though touching your monitor screen may seem counterintuitive to many consumers (after all, don’t we go to great lengths to keep our fingerprints off them?). Touch screen monitors essentially look like regular lcd monitors but are equipped with additional features. Basically, a touch screen is actually just another piece of hardware. A thin film of touch sensitive lamination (clear) is placed over the computer monitor; this is then wired into the computer. The pressure from your finger is transformed into an electric signal, which is then sent to the CPU. There are two main types of touch screen monitors on the market today: add on systems and built in systems. Built in systems come ready to use in the box, just plug them in and go; though you will most likely need to install the software drivers first, if your system was not designed to use a touch screen. Add on systems are installed by the consumer over their existing computer monitor and then plugged into an accessory outlet on the computer. Once again, device drivers are required to tell the computer how to recognize the signals. Touch screen monitors like the ipod touch and iphone will be affordable for the average consumer while POS (point of sale) touch screen monitors will be geared more towards businesses. And how can we forget to mention the glamorous touch screen displays as seen on CNN and ESPN? Yes, those are very large touch screen monitors. I’m sure you saw one in use during this year’s election when CNN used it to track the Democratic and Republican States. These gigantic displays just mentioned will only be affordable, and needed, by a few. There are a number of popular manufacturers creating these devices today. Some of the most popular are Planar, GVision, Megavision, NEC and HP. Do your research, regardless of the brand that you choose, though. User forums and reviews can give you the information you need to make a good purchase in a device that will perform well for years to come. If you are a small business to medium sized business, make sure you check for discounts.

If you are one of the many iPhone users out there then you have likely been anxiously awaiting a readily available and easy to use iPhone SIP client. In fact, until recently, one of the big knocks on iPhone has been the relatively hard to find user friendly iPhone SIP applications. This scarcity has been due in large part due to Apple’s decision not to support voice over the Internet. Luckily, things are changing and iPhone SIP is becoming much more widely available.

So what’s the big deal and why do people want an iPhone SIP client anyway? SIP, or Session Initiation Protocol, is a multimedia conferencing protocol that allows you to make telephone calls over the Internet. It does a whole lot more than that but telephony is the big draw. iPhone SIP enables users to make telephone calls via wireless networks, as opposed to using valuable and costly telephone minutes. In other words, SIP allows you to make calls to virtually anywhere in the world without using talk time.

Until recently, there were few iPhone SIP applications that would enable you to take advantage of VoIP technology. In recent months, however, there have been a number of announcements made by large SIP vendors such as Skype introducing SIP tools that make VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) an real option for current iPhone users. This is what many iPhone proponents have been waiting for since up to now iPhone SIP was really just another item on the list of wanted apps.

So why has iPhone SIP been so long in coming? The answer to that question is easy. iPhone SIP has been slow in developing due to Apple’s restrictions on how it can work. Apple has limited SIP to use on wireless networks (wi-fi), as opposed to through cellular providers. This means that SIP clients such as Skype will only work if you are in the range of a wi-fi network. This limitation was put in place so that iPhone VoIP calling would not cannibalize AT&T’s revenue from regular wireless calls. No doubt AT&T’s concern about this issue was greatly justified but the limitation has brought a lot of frustration to iPHone users who have anxiously awaited high quality and reliable iPhone SIP client applications.

Apples block on iPhone SIP VoIP clients that work over a cellular data connection continue but iPhone SIP advocates can take heart now as there are even and iPhone SIP clients available in the official iPhone app store. Apple has finally opened its arms, if not its network, to developers who are working to catch up with development of SIP clients. There are now, at last, a number of SIP applications to choose from and users, while perhaps not having the all encompassing open access they had hoped for, do have good access to SIP technology now.

As competition between iPhone SIP apps has grown, so too has the ease of use. The iPhone SIP clients that are available today are far more user friendly than earlier derivations. This is great news for users and should be a leading indicator that there will continue to be improvement in iPhone SIP apps. It is likely that these advancements will continue and the iPhone SIP market will only get better for users. So, good news for all you iPhone users out there–SIP is finally here.

The most popular Apple product right now is the iPod Nano. The iPod Nano is much smaller than the rest of the iPod family, save for the iPod shuffle. The screen on the iPod Nano is tiny, but it is color and has a surprisingly high resolution. Because the screen is so clear, it is said to be able to have more characters in one line than the iPod Mini. The screen is no bigger than a postage stamp, but is still able to portray the album art of the current song that is playing. iPod Nano comes with a capacity of 4GB(1,000 songs) and 8GB(2,000 songs). With an anodized aluminum top and polished stainless steel back. Six eye-catching colors. A larger, brighter display with the most pixels per inch of any Apple display, ever. iPod nano stirs up visual effects from the outside in. And it will wow you for hours. Play up to 5 hours of video or up to 24 hours of audio on a single charge. All that staying power and a wafer-thin, 6. 5-mm profile makes iPod nano one small big attraction.
With Cover Flow on iPod nano, you can flip through your music to find the album you want to hear. Use the Click Wheel to adjust volume, navigate songs, browse in Cover Flow, or explore the Music menu by playlist, artist, album, song, genre, composer, and more. Want to mix things up? Click Shuffle Songs. iPod nano makes your music look as good as it sounds, thanks to its bright color display.
Buy or rent movies from the iTunes Store to your iPod nano to watch anywhere, anytime. Up to 5 hours of video playback means you can watch two movies back to back. And for your viewing pleasure, the 320-by-240-pixel display with a whopping 204 pixels per inch and is 65 percent brighter than before. There is always something good on iPod nano. Browse thousands of episodes of your favorite TV shows on the iTunes Store, buy them for just $1. 99 each, then sync them to your iPod nano. Watch last nights episodes this morning, or buy a whole TV series and play a pocket-size marathon. The iTunes Store features thousands of free video and audio podcasts, including indie favorites and offerings from such big names as ABC News, Comedy Central, ESPN, PBS, NPR, and many more. Browse and subscribe to podcasts, then sync them to your iPod nano. You can even play video podcasts on TV using an optional Apple component or composite AV cable.
The digital shelves of the iTunes Store are stocked with thousands of audiobooks including exclusives like the entire Harry Potter series so you can catch up on your reading wherever iPod nano takes you. iPod nano even recognizes where you left off reading and bookmarks your place.
Put hours of fun at your fingertips. iPod nano comes with three games Vortex, iQuiz and Klondike and you can download more from the iTunes Store for $4. 99 each. All iPod games are designed specifically for the iPod interface. And all of them look great on the 2-inch color display.
iPod nano holds up to 7,000 photos you can sync from your Mac or PC via iTunes. Use the Click Wheel to scroll through photo thumbnails. To see a photo full screen, click the center button. You can even view your photo slideshows complete with music and transitions on a TV using an optional Apple component or composite AV cable.
Calendars, contacts, and a screen lock appear in the Extras menu, along with a few more handy items. Take the world clock, for example. Spin the Click Wheel to choose different clocks for cities all over the world. For workouts, use the built-in stopwatch to log your best times.
Now, more music, movies, photos and games on your iPod Nano.