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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
Original at Lifehacker
• Sat, Dec 12
Windows 7's only been out for six weeks, but that doesn't mean you haven't experienced the occasional crash. Previously mentioned utility WhoCrashed has updated with Windows 7 support, giving you detailed information on what exactly caused your computer to go down.Note Taker Turns You...
From the Tips Box: Evernote Uses, iPhone Mounts, and Ice Scraping [From The Tips Box]
Original at Lifehacker
• Fri, Dec 11
• 2 related articles
By Whitson Gordon Plus - as my wife and I just had our first child, I've noticed every kids toy takes batteries. So I take a picture of the toy and type in what battery corresponds (because of course none of them are the same). That way if my wife asks me to get a replacement, I just check my Evernote account from my iP...
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Note Taker Turns Your iPhone into an Endless Notepad [Downloads]Original at Lifehacker
• Thu, Dec 10
By Gina Trapani iPhone/iPod touch: VisiCalc creator Dan Bricklin—you know, the guy who invented the spreadsheet—has delved into mobile development and released his first iPhone application, Note Taker. Rather than using the iPhone keyboard, Note Taker lets you write notes with your fingertip.
From the Tips Box: iPhone Stylus, Touchpad Middle-Click, and Focused Browsing [From The Tips Box]
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Nov 30
• 2 related articles
By Whitson Gordon Use a AAA Battery as an iPhone Stylus Logan shows us a quicker way to use touch screens in the winter: 1. Go to Settings –> Labs, find "Add any gadget by URL" and activate it. 3. Go to Settings –> Gadgets, enter the gadget URL into the text box and click Add.
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Remains of the Day: The Google Phone Edition [For What It's Worth]
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Nov 30
By Adam Pash Rumors fly that Google will soon release their own phone build around Google Voice (not just another Android handset), the upcoming Chrome for Mac beta will be lacking several important features, and Gmail's creator thinks Wave could someday integrate nicely with Gmail.
Patch: iPhone Releases OS 3.1.2 Update, Fixes a Few Bugs [Updates]
Original at Lifehacker
• Thu, Oct 8
By Adam Pash Apple has just pushed out an update for all iPhone generations in the form of iPhone OS 3.1.2. Don't expect any major feature updates in this 241MB download, but do expect a few fixes to some...
Tungle Makes Cross-Calendar Scheduling Simple [Calendars]Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Sep 30
By Jason Fitzpatrick If you're looking for a web-based application for scheduling meetings, you'll find no shortage. Want that application to sync to common calendar applications like Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCal? Prior to Tungle you were out of luck.
Top 10 Tricks for Making Your Playlists Rock
Original at Lifehacker
• Sat, Aug 8
By Kevin Purdy 6. Share music with friends and coworkers If you hear someone with a killer tune playing from their own hard drive, they can usually be cajoled into sending a copy your way. But what if they've brought that track in on their MP3 player? Grab a copy of DoubleTwist for Mac or PC, hook up their phone...
Opinion: Hands On with iPhone 3.0's Best New Features [Screenshot Tour]
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Jun 17
By Adam Pash Camera/Photos tweaks: Your Camera and Photo apps both saw some minor but cool feature updates. Pictured, you'll see that the Camera app now sports a tiny thumbnail of the last picture you took that, when tapped, takes you to your Camera Roll. When you're sending, copying, or deleting photo...
The Five Best iPhone Apps for Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Jan 28
By Kevin Purdy Here's our list of five apps that make tracking, remembering, and motivating your resolutions easier than willpower alone. All of them (except RunKeeper) run on both iPhones and iPod touch models. That's our flight of five apps, but we want to hear what free or paid iPhone/iPod apps work fo...
QuickPwn 2.1 Hits Windows
Original at Lifehacker
• Fri, Sep 19
By Adam Pash Mac users got their QuickPwn on a week ago for iPhones running the latest 2.1 software update, and now the latest version of the iPhone-jailbreak tool is also available for Windows. Happy jailbreaking! [via]
Jailbreak iPhone 2.0 on Windows with WinpwnOriginal at Lifehacker
• Thu, Jul 24
By Adam Pash If you don't feel like you're getting all you can from the iPhone App Store and other perks of the iPhone and iPod touch 2.0 software, then jailbreaking is for you. We've already shown you how to jailbreak your iPhone 2.0 on a Mac, but yesterday the Windows version of the iPhone jailbreak tool—c...
Jailbreak iPhone 2.0 with PwnageTool
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Jul 21
By Gina Trapani As per the very helpful Mac OSx86 blog: People with old iPhone V1 (2G) will need to download this firmware from Apple : iPhone 2.0 (5A347) firmware for 2G (10121)People with new iPhone V2 (3G) will need to download this firmware from Apple :
Set Up Push Email, Contacts, and Calendar on Your iPhone for Free
Original at Lifehacker
• Tue, Jul 15
By Adam Pash Now any time you update your contacts from Address Book, just head to the Sync Now option in your menu bar. Once you do that, check out your contacts on your iPhone and you'll see your newly synced info automatically pushed to your iPhone. Nice.
Opinion: Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone [Feature]Original at Lifehacker
• Tue, Apr 15
By Adam Pash Now that you've got that, start up your FTP client of choice, enter the IP address as you server, and use root for your username and alpine as your password. Once connected, navigate to the Applications folder (just above the root folder). That's where your iPhone and iPod touch keep all of th...
Opinion: Jailbreak Any iPhone or iPod Touch in 45 Seconds [Feature]
Original at Lifehacker
• Fri, Mar 21
By Adam Pash Quit iTunes. (This may not be strictly necessary, but it's a good practice.) Choose the option that applies to you: iPod touch jailbreak or iPhone jailbreak. ZiPhone will cycle your device into recovery mode, perform the jailbreak, and in 45 seconds your iPhone or iPod touch will be officia...
The 20 Best iPhone and iPod touch Applications [Feature]
Original at Lifehacker
• Thu, Jan 3
By Adam Pash Last week we showed you how to install third party apps on your iPhone or iPod touch, and since then a new firmware preview has leaked its way to the 'nets with saucy new features that—once released—may tempt you to abandon your jailbreak for the newly introduced features. Fact is, until the...
Jailbreak Your iPhone or iPod Touch with One Click
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Oct 29
By Adam Pash Jailbreaking the iPod touch/iPhone is now an utterly simple, one-click affair—which means if you've been waiting to jailbreak your iPod touch or iPhone (since the 1.1.1 firmware upgrade), the time is now. Just point your Safari browser to http://jailbreakme.com/ and click the Install Ap...
Google Calendar and Google Reader are now ... [Mobile Webapps]
Original at Lifehacker
• Tue, Sep 25
By Tamar Weinberg Google Calendar and Google Reader are now iPhone (and iPod Touch) friendly and Gmail has also undergone a graphical user interface overhaul which looks great on the iPhone, too. Thanks, Ian!
Install Third-Party Applications on Your iPhone
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Sep 3
By Adam Pash In less than two-months time, a persistent and merry band of iPhone hackers have been pushing out application after killer application for the iPhone, and hacking your iPhone to install those applications has become dead simple. Today I'll show you how to download, install, and manage t...