Posts tagged “iphone”
My new favourite iPhone app: Instacast
I love podcasts. I listen to a lot of podcasts. And almost exclusively, I use my iPhone to listen to podcasts. But heres’s the thing: subscribing to and downloading new podcasts to my iPhone is fiddly. Syncing with iTunes on my Mac is fiddly. Downloading new episodes a-la-carte via the iTunes app on iOS is fiddly. [...]
Reminder: The In-Between Stuff Matters
Christopher Schanck compares his iPhone to his Droid X, and in doing so, highlights the interface paradigm introduced by the Android back button: You know how every Twitter app on the iPhone has its own built in browser? And how each embedded browser works almost, but not quite like, all the other embedded browsers? With [...]
How to get Skype on your iPhone in Canada
So here’s the thing: Skype launched its free iPhone app today in every single iTunes store except Canada. So what if you live in Canada and want Skype? No problem. Here’s what to do: Sign up for a US iTunes account using these instructions (no credit card required) Log out of your Canadian iTunes account, [...]
This way to freedom
I like the underlying tension of my new iPhone wallpaper. Steve Jobs’s smooth, shiny slider beckons me to head right, to unlock the phone and start fiddling around on the internet. But at the same time, crudely painted Bain Avenue graffiti suggests I should put the phone back in my pocket and continue to live [...]