Category: iphone

If you have both an iPhone and an iPad, chances are you’ve paid twice for apps. The two apps I mention in the podcast are:

• Drafts
• Everclip

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My wife’s recent experience in moving to an iPhone and to T-Mobile’s $30 rate plan surfaced an interesting issue with iMessage that took a little bit of “troubleshooting” to resolve.

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T-Mobile has a number pf prepaid plans, but by far the best one is their $30 unlimited data (5GB at 4G speed) unlimited text and 100 voice minutes. Not sure why T-Mobile makes this plan so hard to get, but it’s, quite possibly the best wireless plan in the US for people who have smartphones and don’t talk much.

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I had to use Apple Maps on iOS this past week and it didn’t suck.

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Here’s my review of Spy Bot, an app for iOS that allows you to record audio and video using two iOS devices over Bluetooth. That has its pros and cons, but for $1.99, it surely does what it says.

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Someone reminded me of one of last year’s April Fools announcements from Google: Gmail Tap. Even if it’s a fake product, it’s at least an idea of how we could potentially change how we “type” on our touch-screen smartphones. Because, let’s face it, we need a better way.

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Here’s my review of the task application on iOS called Carrot.

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