<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>iPhone Nuts &#187; iPhone Reviews</title> <atom:link href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/category/iphone-reviews/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com</link> <description>Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:49:48 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=abc</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>iPhone 4 Hands Off Review</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-4-hands-off-review</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-4-hands-off-review#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:05:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[iPhone Features]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2328</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hands off? What do you mean hands off? Well sadly I am not a mainstream, fancy pants, blogger and can&#8217;t work my way into WWDC. This is where after the Keynote lots of high profile bloggers could get their hands on the iPhone 4 and see what it&#8217;s all about. Instead I get to look [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-4-hands-off-review">iPhone 4 Hands Off Review</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hands off? What do you mean hands off? Well sadly I am not a mainstream, fancy pants, blogger and can&#8217;t work my way into WWDC. This is where after the Keynote lots of high profile bloggers could get their hands on the iPhone 4 and see what it&#8217;s all about. Instead I get to look at their pictures and say ooo ahh until the day the iPhone comes out and I rush to get it ASAP. See I&#8217;m just a normal person like you! Haha, anyway thanks to <a href="http://www.engadget.com" target="_blank">Engadget</a> for letting me poach their pictures so I could help illustrate my favorite parts of the new iPhone 4. That&#8217;s what we are going to do today, the last post talked about just the new hardware so now we&#8217;ll talk about what I&#8217;m really excited about on the new iPhone. Let&#8217;s get started shall we?</p><p></p><p>First off I really love the new design, it takes it back a little bit to the original iPhone&#8217;s design. Brushed aluminum look, flat back, etc&#8230; This new design looks great and from what people say feels great too. I&#8217;m very excited to see what <a href="http://www.goincase.com" target="_blank">Incase</a> comes out with for this thing! It&#8217;s also THINNER, you&#8217;ll see just how much in the pictures below&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Full-View.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2330" title="iPhone 4 Full View" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Full-View-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p><p>Secondly, I love taking pictures with my iPhone. I also LOVE using my 7D, but there is something different about just being able to pull out your phone and take some pretty decent pictures too. Not to mention the whole screen of image editing apps I have. This camera on the new iPhone 4 is going to be awesome to use, plus it has better low light performance and a flash! I&#8217;m very excited to mess with it.</p><p>Let&#8217;s not forget it also shoots in full 720p! I study video production at school and am definitely going to start putting together iPhone videos. It&#8217;s a good marketing ploy and also sounds like a ton of fun. Don&#8217;t worry my 7D will get plenty of work in, the iPhone will just move up to being used more for fun video now. I&#8217;m so excited!</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-New-Camera.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2331" title="iPhone 4 New Camera" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-New-Camera-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p><p>I can&#8217;t wait to see the new screen in person. I&#8217;m already getting the chills thinking about going and getting the new iPhone. It&#8217;s almost become like a Christmas morning feeling for me. I know every year when the time is coming for the new iPhone and I wait very anxiously for Santa Steve to deliver, and I think he did this time around. I&#8217;m sure by now you&#8217;ve read everything about the screen, it&#8217;s going to be great to use it especially once developers update their art. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see where other phone manufacturers go now&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Full-View.jpg"></a><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2329" title="iPhone 4 Front Facing Camera" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Front-Faceing-Camera-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></p><p>Here are the pics where you can see how thin it is compared to a 3GS. I&#8217;m very surprised Apple pulled this off. I thought the iPhone was pretty thin as it is and was just fine if it never got thinner. The engineers though didn&#8217;t think so, they went as far as putting the antennas in the actual steel bezel to make room on the inside of the phone for a bigger battery and to make it thinner. That&#8217;s wild stuff IMHO. Props to them.</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-vs-iPhone-3GS.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2334" title="iPhone 4 vs iPhone 3GS" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-vs-iPhone-3GS-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p><p>Again, more pictures comparing the old vs new, I think the new one looks awesome.</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Screen.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2332" title="iPhone 4 Screen" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Screen-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Screen2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2333" title="iPhone 4 Screen2" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iPhone-4-Screen2-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p><p>So hardware aside but running in combination with iOS4 it&#8217;s really what makes the iPhone special. Apple almost makes everything that goes into the dang phone so it&#8217;s responsive, has better battery life, speedy, etc&#8230;</p><p>There are two things I&#8217;m really looking forward to with the new OS. They&#8217;ve finally opened up and gave us a form of multitasking. iPhone users everywhere have been asking for this for almost two years. Their implementation may not be TRUE multitasking, but their background API&#8217;s are genius and I will definitely use it to my advantage. I also assume they&#8217;ll keep adding to these background API&#8217;s allowing more and more true application running in the background. As long as it doesn&#8217;t hurt my phones performance I&#8217;ll stand by their multitasking.</p><p>Lastly on the iOS4, I&#8217;m really wanting to use the new app folders. Like I mentioned earlier I have a whole screen full of camera apps, I can now pile all of those apps into one icon and put them anywhere. I&#8217;ll soon become a folder whore, and I&#8217;m not ashamed.</p><p>Take the new design, faster chip, new camera, awesome iOS4, this is going to be a great update to the iPhone. Especially if you already love your current one. This is much better than the iPhone 3G to 3GS update. What are you most excited about, leave a comment and let me know!</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-4-hands-off-review">iPhone 4 Hands Off Review</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #112 out of 234 posts (with 16.96 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-4-is-here" rel="bookmark" title="June 9, 2010">The iPhone 4 Is Here</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-os-4-0-is-here" rel="bookmark" title="April 8, 2010">iPhone OS 4.0 Is Here</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/thoughts-on-iphone-4g-prototype" rel="bookmark" title="April 26, 2010">Thoughts On iPhone 4G Prototype</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/multi-core-iphone-coming-with-firmware-30-in-june" rel="bookmark" title="January 11, 2009">Multi-Core iPhone Coming With Firmware 3.0 In June</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/my-top-3-rumors-for-the-iphone-at-wwdc" rel="bookmark" title="June 4, 2009">My Top 3 Rumors For The iPhone At WWDC</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2328&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-4-hands-off-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The iPhone 4 Is Here</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-4-is-here</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-4-is-here#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:55:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[iPhone Features]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2324</guid> <description><![CDATA[Read it and weep everyone the iPhone 4 has been announced. Not that most of you didn&#8217;t already know, it&#8217;s been TWO DAYS since it&#8217;s unveiling and I&#8217;ve yet to talk about my personal feelings for it. Before we get to that post though I should mention all of the specs, or at least the [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-4-is-here">The iPhone 4 Is Here</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read it and weep everyone the iPhone 4 has been announced. Not that most of you didn&#8217;t already know, it&#8217;s been TWO DAYS since it&#8217;s unveiling and I&#8217;ve yet to talk about my personal feelings for it. Before we get to that post though I should mention all of the specs, or at least the important ones, just so you know how great this new iPhone is. Ready?</p><p></p><p>Obviously it comes with a fantastic new design, I couldn&#8217;t swoon about this design enough. All of your ears would bleed with pain and numbness. The new design is GREAT. It has a very strong glass front and back, and the sides are made out of a stainless steel that also serves a function of the antennas for the device. One of my favorite parts. Here is what the white iPhone looks like&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/White-iPhone-4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2325" title="White iPhone 4" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/White-iPhone-4-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p><p>So sexy, don&#8217;t you think? Most of the buttons on the actual phone are the same excluding the volume rocker. The rocker has disappeared and we now have two separate buttons for turning the volume up and down. A welcome change to me.</p><p>Also if you notice hardware wise the iPhone 4 has a front facing camera for a feature called FaceTime, which is VIDEO CHATTING on the iPhone. Right now the video chatting only works over Wifi and supposedly with other iPhone 4&#8217;s, but Apple says they are working on that.</p><p>Next up is their new display that they call the Retina Display. This display has been getting great reviews from people who got to spend a little hands on time with the iPhone 4. It effectively quadruples the amount of pixels on the display I believe, and it just looks awesome. It also has the IPS technology from the iPad so that colors look better and the viewing angles are quite improved. I don&#8217;t think any pictures do the display justice, but here is a picture of it anyway&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Retina-Display.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2326" title="Retina Display" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Retina-Display-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p><p>Of course there are also some great camera improvements, the number one for me is that it records 720p HD video. Not to mention the camera has a new sensor and is bumped up to 5 megapixels. Trust me, if Apple isn&#8217;t lying on their website, the pictures from iPhone 4 look really really good. It also has an LED flash, don&#8217;t forget about that! With those camera improvements they also developed a mobile version of iMovie! How crazy is that, I think I had talked about that awhile ago and turns out I was right about something! <img src='http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Inside the phone they&#8217;ve beefed up the battery, and to little surprise are using their own custom made silicon. It&#8217;s their A4 chip from the iPad, but made a little smaller so the battery in the iPhone 4 could be beefed up. I believe everything else is standard, they will come in the same capacity as the iPhone 3GS which is kind of a bummer, but I will not complain.</p><p>Well what else can I say about the iPhone 4 hardware wise? The software is a whole other topic that has been covered before here. Tomorrow we&#8217;ll talk about my personal opinions of it all, even though you can tell I&#8217;m excited. So what do you all think about the hardware improvements, do you like the new design? Voice your thoughts by leaving a comment!</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-4-is-here">The iPhone 4 Is Here</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #101 out of 234 posts (with 17.14 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-to-have-a-front-facing-camera" rel="bookmark" title="April 20, 2009">iPhone To Have A Front Facing Camera?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-3gs-the-s-stands-for-speed" rel="bookmark" title="June 9, 2009">The iPhone 3GS; The S Stands For Speed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-4-hands-off-review" rel="bookmark" title="June 11, 2010">iPhone 4 Hands Off Review</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/multi-core-iphone-coming-with-firmware-30-in-june" rel="bookmark" title="January 11, 2009">Multi-Core iPhone Coming With Firmware 3.0 In June</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/thoughts-on-iphone-4g-prototype" rel="bookmark" title="April 26, 2010">Thoughts On iPhone 4G Prototype</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2324&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-4-is-here/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Move Nuts With The iPhone</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/move-nuts-with-the-iphone</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/move-nuts-with-the-iphone#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 04:24:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2270</guid> <description><![CDATA[Finally, the day has come! There&#8217;s a funny, novelty iPhone app that has their sights set after our heart. Not that the app is called iPhone nuts or anything, if someone still wants to make one with our namesake   The app does combine the iPhone and nuts though. The app is called Magic [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/move-nuts-with-the-iphone">Move Nuts With The iPhone</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally, the day has come! There&#8217;s a funny, novelty iPhone app that has their sights set after our heart. Not that the app is called iPhone nuts or anything, if someone still wants to make one with our namesake <img src='http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> The app does combine the iPhone and nuts though. The app is called Magic Mover and apparently can do just that.</p><p><br /> It can move random objects with your iPhone. I don&#8217;t know if you remember ever seeing this app but these guys are the same people who created an app that can move objects by blowing air. This one essentially does the same thing but with vibration. Check out <a href="http://www.qneo.net/Qneo/Football.html" target="_blank">their site</a> if you want to see their other pretty funny apps.</p><p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2271" title="Magic Mover Moves Nuts With The iPhone" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/MagicMover3_thumb-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></p><p>That thing up above is a screen shot of the app as it waits for you to put it in motion. As gimmicky as the app sounds and really is, IMHO, it does work for most people. Well for the most part it works that is. Some people have found the app vibrates their phone the wrong way as the bulldozer pushes your phone to the left but it may actually vibrate to the right. This of course all depends on if the surface your are on is level at all etc&#8230; but do checkout the video demonstration below to see it in perfect working order.</p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="480" height="385" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cxoJVurxAwo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cxoJVurxAwo&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p><p>Now after seeing that what do you think about these kind of apps? Are they worth it, fun, why do they exist? Personally I would download this app if it was free, but I&#8217;m not ok with paying a dollar for a novelty app. I guess I don&#8217;t have that many friends to show it off to, but for some people this app may be the funnest thing to do on their iPhone for awhile. Like I said I will pass. So now you tell me, what do you think about this app? Give your opinions by leaving a comment below!</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/move-nuts-with-the-iphone">Move Nuts With The iPhone</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #116 out of 234 posts (with 16.90 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/boxed-in-version-2" rel="bookmark" title="November 3, 2009">Boxed In Version 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/top-5-of-25-boxed-in-free" rel="bookmark" title="August 31, 2009">Top 5 of 25 : Boxed In Free</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/top-5-of-25-geared-free" rel="bookmark" title="September 8, 2009">Top 5 of 25 : Geared Free</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/photos-on-the-iphone-photocurves" rel="bookmark" title="July 30, 2009">Photos On The iPhone &#8211; PhotoCurves</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/home-improvement-with-the-iphone-ihandy-level" rel="bookmark" title="June 3, 2009">Home Improvement With The iPhone &#038; iHandy Level</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2270&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/move-nuts-with-the-iphone/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What The iPhone Needs; Nested Texting</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/what-the-iphone-needs-nested-texting</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/what-the-iphone-needs-nested-texting#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 17:39:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[iPhone Features]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2249</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here we are again with another installment of the ever so popular series called, What The iPhone Needs. It&#8217;s simply a place where I can rant about what I think the iPhone should have. Really they are either stupid complaints or simple improvements on the existing iPhone. So today I wanted to rant/talk about the [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/what-the-iphone-needs-nested-texting">What The iPhone Needs; Nested Texting</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we are again with another installment of the ever so popular series called, <strong>What The iPhone Needs</strong>. It&#8217;s simply a place where I can rant about what I think the iPhone should have. Really they are either stupid complaints or simple improvements on the existing iPhone. So today I wanted to rant/talk about the SMS app on the iPhone. I&#8217;ve never used any other texting app, although maybe I should do some research and see if any others solve my problem. I&#8217;ve always just used the standard, Apple supplied texting app. If you know of any better texting apps let me know, I&#8217;m open to trying something new.</p><p></p><p>My issue with this app, or really texting on the iPhone in general, is that texting to individuals works fine. You have an iChat like back and forth conversation. It looks and works great. Your texts on the left and your friend&#8217;s are on the left. Yours are green and theirs clear. I don&#8217;t really have any complaints for the texting between individuals, I actually quite like it. If you&#8217;ve seen other phones and their texting systems it&#8217;s quite ugly and annoying to use. But if you want to annoy me with the iPhone and it&#8217;s texting try sending mass texts and keeping track of the conversation.</p><p>The current way it works isn&#8217;t terribly bad, I just believe there could be something better. For starters it&#8217;s easy to create a mass text list. Start a new text message and keep typing in friends name and tapping them to add them in. Once you send your first message though that list is permanent and can&#8217;t be added or subtracted from. Quite annoying, especially if you forget to add someone or need to add someone later or even delete them from the list. The only way to do this is start your list and convo all over again. That&#8217;s not very user friendly Apple!  That&#8217;s my first glaring issue that frustrates me.</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-texting.png"><img src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-texting-286x300.png" alt="" title="iphone-texting" width="286" height="300" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2257" /></a></p><p>Secondly, once you start receiving responses from people in the list their responses don&#8217;t stay in that conversation. It for unknown reasons starts an individual thread with them, which can be useful sometimes. I&#8217;d honestly prefer an option though to respond to all and have my text appear in the mass text convo, or to respond to the individual and then it would show up as a single conversation between me and the sender of the mass text. I understand that maybe that&#8217;s not possible at the moment since if they replied to all everyone would be getting texts, and it doesn&#8217;t work the same on every phone but if it showed up in everyone&#8217;s iPhone  that had one as a threaded convo that&#8217;d be awesome.</p><p>It&#8217;d just offer a simpler way for me and everyone to keep track of mass texts like that. Perhaps this needs a SMS standards committee to insure the same experience on every phone. At the very least though, Apple listen up, we could have the ability to edit our mass text conversations and add or delete people as needed. That&#8217;s the least you could do!</p><p><strong>/r</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/what-the-iphone-needs-nested-texting">What The iPhone Needs; Nested Texting</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #19 out of 234 posts (with 24.00 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-mass-sms-deletion" rel="bookmark" title="November 5, 2008">What The iPhone Needs; Mass SMS Deletion</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/own-the-phone-in-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="July 24, 2008">Own the &#8216;Phone&#8217; in iPhone 3G</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/firmware-201-placebo-or-real" rel="bookmark" title="August 10, 2008">Firmware 2.0.1, Placebo Or Real?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/att-announces-new-data-plans" rel="bookmark" title="June 2, 2010">AT&#038;T Announces New Data Plans</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/thoughts-on-iphone-4g-prototype" rel="bookmark" title="April 26, 2010">Thoughts On iPhone 4G Prototype</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2249&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/what-the-iphone-needs-nested-texting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>iWork On My iPhone?</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/iwork-on-my-iphone</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/iwork-on-my-iphone#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 16:09:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2240</guid> <description><![CDATA[We all don&#8217;t have iPads, although all of us wish we did. The iPad is lucky enough to have a whole suite of office apps called iWork from Apple waiting for you in the app store. So what are we to do when it comes to typing a long email, or even yet creating a [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iwork-on-my-iphone">iWork On My iPhone?</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all don&#8217;t have iPads, although all of us wish we did. The iPad is lucky enough to have a whole suite of office apps called iWork from Apple waiting for you in the app store. So what are we to do when it comes to typing a long email, or even yet creating a spreadsheet or document? Perhaps this solution exist out there in the jailbreak world, but I would love to have iWork available on my iPhone. Maybe Microsoft Office, but I&#8217;ve always found iWork to be a lot cleaner and easier to use. We&#8217;ve all seen iWork on the iPad, and even though the iPhone doesn&#8217;t have quite as big of a screen I think it could work. Here&#8217;s how&#8230;</p><p></p><p>The iPad has a decently sized qwerty keyboard on it&#8217;s screen. That&#8217;s not happening on the iPhone, so the iPhone for one must get bluetooth keyboard support and it&#8217;s definitely coming in the iPhone OS 4.0, which should be renamed to Mac Touch OS 4. Just my opinion&#8230; <img src='http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Once we have our bluetooth keyboard support typing just got a whole lot easier on the iPhone. Now let&#8217;s say Apple will give us some kind of video out to hook up our iPhone&#8217;s to some form of monitor. Wether that be a nice Cinema Display or a projector of some sort. Hopefully the new iPhone comes with some powerful video features so the screen resolution is bigger than the current one. From the prototype leak we should be expecting some nice resolution on the next iPhone. Here&#8217;s a video from CNET talking about iWork on the iPad, a little boring but you get the gist of the suite.</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iwork-on-my-iphone"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><p>Since the iPhone by itself is not suited for iWork, we&#8217;d also need support for a bluetooth mouse. This isn&#8217;t quite necessary, though would be nice, for iWork on the iPad. Imagine though on the iPhone typing on your nice full size keyboard, kind of like I am right now, then having to squint and push your way around on the iPhone to do any work. Like I said the screen is too small for iWork on the iPhone. If we have video out to a decent sized monitor and bluetooth mouse support we&#8217;re basically turning the iPhone into a mini computer. Which is an awesome idea in itself. To carry around a phone that can also double as a decent desktop computer with a fully capable set of document creating apps, not to mention Facebook, and Twitter&#8230;</p><p>Alright so maybe the iPhone should stay as it is. The iPad has a beautiful screen and is a very powerful mobile device. I definitely see that as a great option for the iPad, as you don&#8217;t need an external monitor as you would for the iPhone. But maybe, just maybe, we can get something from Apple for document creation. Or perhaps a 3rd party developer wants to cash in on that opportunity? I&#8217;d hate to have to turn to the jailbreak community for something so simple <img src='http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2244" title="iWork on the iPhone" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/102918-iwork_com-300x183.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="183" /></p><p>What do you think about document creation on the iPhone? Save it for the iPad or work some magic and give it to us on the iPhone?</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iwork-on-my-iphone">iWork On My iPhone?</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #27 out of 234 posts (with 22.71 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/ilife-iwork-09-made-just-for-the-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="January 5, 2009">iLife &#038; iWork &#8216;09 Made Just For The iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/what-the-iphone-needs-wiimote-capabilities" rel="bookmark" title="April 28, 2009">What The iPhone Needs; Wiimote Capabilities</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/attention-windows-jailbreakers-winpwn-2004-for-firmware-201-has-been-released" rel="bookmark" title="August 9, 2008">Attention Windows Jailbreakers! WinPwn 2.0.0.4 for Firmware 2.0.1 has been Released</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-vs-canon-7d" rel="bookmark" title="May 3, 2010">iPhone vs Canon 7D</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/top-5-of-25-uno" rel="bookmark" title="September 18, 2009">Top 5 of 25 : UNO!</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2240&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/iwork-on-my-iphone/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Metronome Faceoff</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/metronome-faceoff</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/metronome-faceoff#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:32:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2206</guid> <description><![CDATA[The metronome has been on my mind quite a bit lately. I&#8217;ve been in the studio recording with John Tibbs, and we&#8217;ve noticed how inexperienced we are with the metronome. Although I have practiced quite a bit to a metronome our tracks still aren&#8217;t perfect and it&#8217;s only a little annoying that I can&#8217;t play [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/metronome-faceoff">Metronome Faceoff</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The metronome has been on my mind quite a bit lately. I&#8217;ve been in the studio recording with John Tibbs, and we&#8217;ve noticed how inexperienced we are with the metronome. Although I have practiced quite a bit to a metronome our tracks still aren&#8217;t perfect and it&#8217;s only a little annoying that I can&#8217;t play the drums like a machine. All through high school I practiced my rudiments, fills, and beats to a click. I&#8217;ve obviously been a little out of regular practice thanks to college consuming most of my time, which is ANNOYING. None the less, when it comes to the iPhone you can easily find a good metronome. I&#8217;ve actually found two that I am going to put up head to head today and see what you guys and gals think about each.</p><p><br /> The first up is my favorite metronome, it goes by the name <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beats-bpm-metronome/id317205763?mt=8" target="_blank">Beats</a>. The thing is is that it&#8217;s the simplest of metronomes out there. Perhaps someday it&#8217;ll be updated with additional functionality, but I love it for now. It&#8217;s got a great tap tempo that I use quite often, and just check out that interface. It&#8217;s beautiful!! You should know by now I love a great interface. I also love this app for the click sound it has built in. You do have 4 options in the settings for sounds, but the default click is great. Not too piercing but it doesn&#8217;t get muddled up in the rest of your mix. The app also has a key selector for any major and minor key, again nothing terribly complex. This app works perfect for me on Sunday mornings at church to set my tempos. Definitely smooth and beautiful, well worth the money. Below are some shots of the beautiful, dark, interface.</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Beats-Tap-Tempo.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2208" title="Beats Tap Tempo" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Beats-Tap-Tempo-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Beats-Metronome.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2207" title="Beats Metronome" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Beats-Metronome-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p><p>The second metronome I&#8217;ve recently started experimenting with is called <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/metron-professional-metronome/id321108817?mt=8" target="_blank">Metron</a>. This is the app I would go to as a work horse. This metronome can be programmed in so many different ways, I still can&#8217;t wrap my head around all of it. The great thing is that I can save sequences for songs we may play live. This could be my metronome solution on the road. This one also has a tap tempo, the little icon in the middle in portrait orientation. Some people seem to miss that! <img src='http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> The interface leaves me vying to go back to beats, but I reluctantly stay when I need the power of Metron. Just check it out for yourself&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Metron-Home-Screen.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2209" title="Metron Home Screen" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Metron-Home-Screen-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Metron-Settings.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2211" title="Metron Settings" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/Metron-Settings-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p><p>Perhaps Metron will see this and get on some improvements soon! I&#8217;d love the app then, just a new paint of coat. As you can see as well the app has a pitch pipe, and the regular settings. One interesting thing I&#8217;d love to try out is the sharing tab. Apparently we can share our metron settings with others. I&#8217;d be very intrigued to test this out.</p><p>That about wraps up all I have on these two metronome apps, yes both of these cost 1.99 each but definitely worth it in their own regards. I know there are a ton of free metronome apps out there, but they probably don&#8217;t provide the same value as these. What ones do you use, and why do you like them so much? Let me know!</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/metronome-faceoff">Metronome Faceoff</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #7 out of 234 posts (with 29.48 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/top-5-of-25-uno" rel="bookmark" title="September 18, 2009">Top 5 of 25 : UNO!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/lose-weight-on-your-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="February 23, 2009">Lose Weight On Your iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/star-trek-clock-perfect-for-trekkies" rel="bookmark" title="September 6, 2009">Star Trek Clock Perfect For Trekkies</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/photos-on-the-iphone-photocurves" rel="bookmark" title="July 30, 2009">Photos On The iPhone &#8211; PhotoCurves</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/harness-a-tornado-with-your-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="May 29, 2009">Harness A Tornado With Your iPhone</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2206&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/metronome-faceoff/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Opera&#8230; It&#8217;s Alright</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/opera-its-alright</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/opera-its-alright#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:41:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2188</guid> <description><![CDATA[I think hell has frozen over, because Opera and their mobile web browser was approved and is now up for download in the App store. Can you believe that? I mean really, it&#8217;s a little crazy to think. Doesn&#8217;t this go against Apple&#8217;s own terms of service? None the less we must all live with [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/opera-its-alright">Opera&#8230; It&#8217;s Alright</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think hell has frozen over, because Opera and their mobile web browser was approved and is now up for download in the App store. Can you believe that? I mean really, it&#8217;s a little crazy to think. Doesn&#8217;t this go against Apple&#8217;s own terms of service? None the less we must all live with reality and say that Safari has some competition headed its way! This is a good thing. I hope this makes way for things like Firefox, IE6&#8230; HAH just kidding about that. So check out what Opera Mini looks like.</p><p><br /> <a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2537.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2189" title="Opera Start Screen" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2537-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p><p>It&#8217;s not a bad interface at all, but definitely a stark change from the grey minimalist Safari we are all used to. The layout is similar. URL bar, search up top. Then at the bottom are navigation arrows refresh, tabs, and settings. So what makes this so special besides being a second browser to Safari? Well the fact is that it&#8217;s FAST, no really. It&#8217;s REALLY FAST. I believe it pulls of this trick with some behind the scenes server happening at Opera but to the end user what does that matter? Check out the video of Opera v. Safari below.</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/opera-its-alright"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><p>See what I&#8217;m saying? The browser loaded the full site much faster than Safari loaded the mobile version! Honestly that is it&#8217;s big feature over Safari. I love Safari and am very familiar with it, Opera isn&#8217;t that different but it&#8217;s interface is new to me. One other thing that Opera offers is different search options. You can change where you search right from within the search bar. Check out some of the screen shots below.</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2538.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2190" title="Opera Settings" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2538-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2539.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2191" title="Opera Search Options" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2539-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2540.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2192" title="Opera Websites" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2540-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2541.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2193" title="Opera Tabs" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2541-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p><p>As you can see in the second shot, those are your search options, pretty cool if you ask me. In the first shot you can see some of the settings for Opera. You can check out bookmarks, history, settings, and more. That&#8217;s also a nice little plus outside of Safari. Lastly take a quick look at shot 4. That&#8217;s what their tabs look like. You can also check out tabbed browsing in the video above. Another cool implementation of it.</p><p>So what is Apple thinking with letting other browsers into the app store? Are they starting to give the people what they want and give Safari some competition? Let&#8217;s hope so, competition always wins out for the customer. Hurry up and go grab your download of <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id363729560?mt=8" target="_blank">Opera</a> in the app store. Test it out, and let me know what you think about the first browser outside of Safari on the iPhone. Thanks for reading.</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/opera-its-alright">Opera&#8230; It&#8217;s Alright</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #38 out of 234 posts (with 22.22 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/3rd-party-browsers-now-on-the-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="January 15, 2009">3rd Party Browsers Now On The iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/iphone-as-flashlight" rel="bookmark" title="August 1, 2008">How To Use The iPhone As a Flashlight</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-30-software-review-w-full-video" rel="bookmark" title="June 20, 2009">The iPhone 3.0 Software Review w/ Full Video</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/photos-on-the-iphone-night-camera" rel="bookmark" title="July 13, 2009">Photos On The iPhone &#8211; Night Camera</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/streaming-live-from-your-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="March 19, 2010">Streaming Live From Your iPhone</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2188&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/opera-its-alright/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Echofon A Hidden Gem</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/echofon-a-hidden-gem</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/echofon-a-hidden-gem#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:58:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2173</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is entirely too much chatter about Twitter on the internet, but I&#8217;m just going to add to it. I&#8217;ve talked plenty of times about Twitter and the iPhone. It seems to be a perfect combination. Tweeting about current happenings wherever you are. But coming back from the mobile experience, the desktop is often ignored. [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/echofon-a-hidden-gem">Echofon A Hidden Gem</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is entirely too much chatter about Twitter on the internet, but I&#8217;m just going to add to it. I&#8217;ve talked plenty of times about Twitter and the iPhone. It seems to be a perfect combination. Tweeting about current happenings wherever you are. But coming back from the mobile experience, the desktop is often ignored. There are a ton of great iPhone apps out there that make using Twitter beautiful on the go, but when I come back to my iMac I want the two worlds connected. Is that so much to ask? I&#8217;ve tried every Twitter client and waited and waited for the one that will take this task on. Enter Echofon, I&#8217;ve heard a lot about  it before but never gave it a chance to win my heart. Today though, is a new day. Echofon has just taken over and become my main squeeze for Tweeting on the go and from the desktop. So listen up and let me give you a run down of how this happened, and what makes Echofon so unique to me.</p><p>Echofon is initially a free app that has a great interface, it&#8217;s clean and simple as you&#8217;ll see by some of my screenshots. Nothing fancy to it, it functions just as well as my previous favorite app Tweetie 2. The thing that puts Echofon over the edge for me is it&#8217;s ability to do push notifications and sync with the desktop client. Which is available for Mac, FireFox, and more! All that is require to set this up is to download and install both the mobile and desktop version on your machines. Setup your accounts then enable the sync between the two! It&#8217;s beautifully simple. Only one of the great features they use to put Echofon above the rest of the competition. The thing that got me to pay $4.99 was push notifications for your Twitter accounts. I routinely do my best at managing four Twitter accounts, but so far I&#8217;ve only enable push notifications on my personal account. So if you want me to get a push message send me a tweet at @ryanr14!</p><p>Push notifications are one of my favorite things, and can start turning Twitter on my iPhone a rival for text messaging. I pay both $30 for unlimited data and our family plan is $30 for unlimited text, which do you think takes more bandwidth? Text or data!? I wish texting was included with data. Someone tell AT&amp;T and all mobile phone companies to quit being pigs. Anyway end of rant, let&#8217;s check out the interface for this.</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2487.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2179" title="Echofon List Page" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2487-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2486.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2178" title="Echofon Main Twitter Page" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2486-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p><p>White, clean, contrast where needed, etc&#8230; Almost as beautiful as Tweetie&#8217;s but like I said it&#8217;s extra features have pushed me over the edge and I&#8217;m now an Echofon user. I got tired of waiting for Tweetie to update it&#8217;s desktop app, as I&#8217;m sure many others were too. All in all, if you are still searching as I was and will be for the perfect Twitter client give Echofon a try. It&#8217;s free until you want push notifications from non Echofon users. A worthy upgrade IMHO. Let me know what you think about it by downloading <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/echofon-for-twitter/id286756410?mt=8">ECHOFON</a> now. <img src='http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Thanks for reading.</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/echofon-a-hidden-gem">Echofon A Hidden Gem</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #109 out of 234 posts (with 17.01 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/att-announces-new-data-plans" rel="bookmark" title="June 2, 2010">AT&#038;T Announces New Data Plans</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/tweetdeck-is-crowned-twitter-champion-on-the-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="June 18, 2009">TweetDeck is Crowned Twitter Champion on the iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/tweetie-2-iphone-app" rel="bookmark" title="November 12, 2009">Tweetie 2 iPhone App</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/att-confirms-cheaper-rates-considered" rel="bookmark" title="June 2, 2009">AT&#038;T Confirms Cheaper Rates Considered</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/track-your-web-stats-on-the-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="August 21, 2009">Track Your Web Stats On The iPhone</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2173&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/echofon-a-hidden-gem/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What&#8217;s Your Favorite Weather App (Video)</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/whats-your-favorite-weather-app-video</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/whats-your-favorite-weather-app-video#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:28:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2147</guid> <description><![CDATA[So you want to know how to get more weather info out of your iPhone than it&#8217;s simple yet weak built in weather application? Well you&#8217;ve come by this blog at the right time because today we&#8217;re going to talk about my two favorite weather app besides the built in one. Those are the Weather [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/whats-your-favorite-weather-app-video">What&#8217;s Your Favorite Weather App (Video)</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you want to know how to get more weather info out of your iPhone than it&#8217;s simple yet weak built in weather application? Well you&#8217;ve come by this blog at the right time because today we&#8217;re going to talk about my two favorite weather app besides the built in one. Those are the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-weather-channel/id295646461?mt=8" target="_blank">Weather Channel </a>app and one called <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-weather/id351064928?mt=8" target="_blank">The Weather</a>, one has a free version and one is just $0.99. Read on to find out more&#8230;<span id="more-2147"></span></p><p>We&#8217;ll start with the Weather Channel app. This was the first one I got outside of the built in one. There isn&#8217;t anything wrong with the built in one. It provides a quick outlook on the next five days, and you can easily swipe from one city to the next if you dare to do so. It&#8217;s just that I want a radar and more info about the weather. The Weather Channel app was the first good one I found and it was free! It easily gives you the current weather conditions when your first open the app. It gives you the temp, what it really feels like, wind, humidity, dew point, sunrise and sunset, and much more. That&#8217;s just the first tab too, on the second tab you can check out the weather hourly so you know how to prepare yourself for the day. For instance if it&#8217;s supposed to rain when I&#8217;m getting out of class, I&#8217;ll bring an umbrella! Common sense stuff, but the Weather Channel app makes it much easier to get the info when and how I want it. I no longer have to turn on the TV and catch weather on the 8&#8217;s like they do.</p><p>The next tab has a 36 hour weather forecast on it. Has the low and hi plus wind and more. Good to plan for a weekend or something that last about 2-3 days! It&#8217;s final last tab is a 10 day forecast. I use this to look ahead for a glimpse of warm weather coming, or a good thunder storm! The app isn&#8217;t done there, below the four main tabs is a place to explore the doppler radar. The app overlays radar on Google maps and you can put in any location you want to check out the radar there. From there there are two more tabs that I don&#8217;t really use. Those are video, which has a weather channel video for the day. Then the last one is for severe weather. All in all a good app, still my current raining champion (no pun intended)</p><p>The second app I&#8217;ve recently been trying out is called The Weather. it&#8217;s interface is much more my style. Here is a pic for proof&#8230;</p><p><a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2475.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2163" title="The Weather iPhone App" src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2475-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a></p><p>As you can see it has a grid layout of the current weather in the top 3/4. In the bottom it will tell you the current days forecast. So you can see for today it&#8217;s going to be 72! Hallelujah! Good thing I&#8217;ll be inside all day working my tail off.</p><p>If you go under the radar tab that will obviously show you the radar. It&#8217;s in the same fashion as The Weather Channel&#8217;s radar. It also adds in the ability to see cameras that people put outside. You can just tap on one to see what it sees currently. I like to do that from time to time. Something the Weather Channel doesn&#8217;t offer. It&#8217;s last tab is a 5 day forecast it also includes the current days. 6 forecast in total but 5 into the future. If you tap on one of the days it will show you more information. It&#8217;s very clean and easy to use.</p><p>The Weather app is really starting to grow on me, I have to decide eventually because I don&#8217;t want two weather apps hogging screen real estate. So check out the video below of both of them in action and see what you think. Tell me about your favorite weather app while you are at it. Thanks for reading!</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/whats-your-favorite-weather-app-video"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/whats-your-favorite-weather-app-video">What&#8217;s Your Favorite Weather App (Video)</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #16 out of 234 posts (with 24.74 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/road-trip-with-the-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="April 25, 2009">Road Trip With The iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/top-5-of-25-discovery-channel-app" rel="bookmark" title="August 30, 2009">Top 5 of 25 : Discovery Channel App</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/keep-up-with-tv-from-your-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="November 29, 2008">Keep Up With TV From Your iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/itv-guide-for-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="October 13, 2008">i.TV, The Best TV Guide For The iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/a-snow-day-with-the-iphone-3g" rel="bookmark" title="January 30, 2009">A Snow Day With The iPhone 3G</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2147&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/whats-your-favorite-weather-app-video/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Facebook For The iPhone&#8230;STINKS</title><link>http://www.iphonenuts.com/facebook-for-the-iphone-stinks</link> <comments>http://www.iphonenuts.com/facebook-for-the-iphone-stinks#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:49:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Ray</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphonenuts.com/?p=2149</guid> <description><![CDATA[I need to rant a little bit, so read on and join in if you have similar experiences. If you&#8217;ve recently used the Facebook app for the iPhone I hope you can relate here when I say, IT SUCKS. Now that might seem harsh but hear me out. Facebook has become to most trafficked website, passing [...]<p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/facebook-for-the-iphone-stinks">Facebook For The iPhone&#8230;STINKS</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I need to rant a little bit, so read on and join in if you have similar experiences. If you&#8217;ve recently used the Facebook app for the iPhone I hope you can relate here when I say, IT SUCKS. Now that might seem harsh but hear me out.</p><p>Facebook has become to most trafficked website, passing Google. This is a huge deal. Facebook was one of the first, if not the first big website to develop a site just for the iPhone browser. It was slick, it didn&#8217;t offer everything the normal site offered. That was half of the beauty of it though. You could easily see the features that made Facebook hugely successful. That site still exists today, but there is something that&#8217;s supposed to be one step better. That&#8217;s the NATIVE Facebook iPhone app. Honestly that app is actually quite great, the thing is that it&#8217;s prone to crashing and at the very least sluggish performance.<br /> <br /> My first problem is I&#8217;me experiencing dismal performance, anyone else out there like me? It may be that I should blame the massive amounts of data Facebook has instead of that app. On the other hand their website on my iMac works just fine&#8230;for the most part. There is just this oddity that comes up every once in awhile that makes the app freeze, or at least crawl at a turtles pace. Like I said I&#8217;m not sure if this is because there is too much data to push around or if the app&#8217;s coding is just poor. I hope that app is coded as best it can be, Facebook surely has enough funds to get some great developers in on their app. I know of smaller companies that produce much quicker and fresher apps.</p><p>Secondly, why can&#8217;t we watch video from Facebook on our iPhones yet? This feature has been lacking for quite a long time, this I&#8217;m sure isn&#8217;t dependent on the app but mostly on them serving videos formatted for the iPhone. If you could hurry that switch up that&#8217;d be a good thing!<br /> <a href="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/photo.png"><img src="http://cdn.iphonenuts.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-200x300.png" alt="" title="Facebook Sucks" width="200" height="300" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2153" /></a></p><p>Third and final complaint&#8230; This is a small annoyance, but it annoys me none the less. I want to know why when I post a link on my iPhone it doesn&#8217;t show up the same as if I posted from my desktop? For instance when posting a Flickr link from my iPhone I don&#8217;t get the cool thumbnail and description, just a blue link to the Flickr page&#8230; what gives! It&#8217;s the same for any picture link or video link. I don&#8217;t understand that one.</p><p>That&#8217;s all I want to rant about right now, I was once addicted to Facebook but it&#8217;s become only a nightly habit before I go to bed. That stems from me being pretty busy, but also the site just get&#8217;s more annoying to use as time goes on. Their poor iPhone app performance doesn&#8217;t help either! Let&#8217;s all hope Facebook pulls it together soon. Focus Facebook Focus!</p><p><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com">Apple iPhone News, Reviews, Hacks, and More</a> Copyright 2008 iPhone Nuts. All Rights Reserved.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/facebook-for-the-iphone-stinks">Facebook For The iPhone&#8230;STINKS</a></p><p class="wprga"> Ranked #10 out of 234 posts (with 26.28 points) <a href="http://winningtheweb.com/" target="_blank" title="?">?</a></p><strong>Related Posts:</strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/the-iphone-gets-mobile-flickr" rel="bookmark" title="October 3, 2008">Flickr Gets Up To Bat With The iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/photos-on-your-iphone-klick" rel="bookmark" title="August 12, 2009">Photos On Your iPhone &#8211; Klick</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/facebook-version-20" rel="bookmark" title="October 3, 2008">Facebook Version 2.0</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/top-5-websites-made-for-the-iphone" rel="bookmark" title="November 27, 2008">Top 5 Websites Made For The iPhone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iphonenuts.com/copy-paste-on-your-iphonesort-of" rel="bookmark" title="January 8, 2009">Copy &#038; Paste On Your iPhone&#8230;Sort of.</a></li></ul><img src="http://www.iphonenuts.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2149&type=feed" alt="" />]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.iphonenuts.com/facebook-for-the-iphone-stinks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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