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4Dec/120

How to fix iPhone home button that is unresponsive with Assistive Touch

Posted by Joey

Okay, I had someone on Facebook point this one out to me after I complained that my iPhone4 home button wouldn’t respond after smashing it a million times to try get the multi task bar up / or close apps and go to the home screen.

Firstly, why is it like this? I’m assuming just wear & tear and dirt & grime. There’s plenty of studies out there that… Continue reading

28Nov/120

General Motors will now include Siri integration

Posted by Joey

Okay so, there’s a few ads going around with the Ford Focus showing off the voice recognition. Basically you speak “play bob marley” and it’ll play bob marley music.

Well GM (General Motors) have announced they will start shipping the latest models with Siri integration for iPhone. Hooray for iPhone users. For the moment I think it’ll only do the basic iPod-y features… Play, Stop, Volumne Up/Down. But it… Continue reading

16Jul/120

When is iPhone5 coming out?

Posted by Joey

All signs are starting to point to September or October 2013. The production of the new smartphone has already begun in China according to sources, and a rough guestimation of when iPad 3 was released, we can estimate that iPhone5 will be out by October.

Source: http://www.macotakara.jp/blog/index.php?ID=17141… Continue reading

26Jun/120

Official Gmail app for iPhone & iPad

Posted by Joey


Well, it’s about time!

It’s a HTML5 based app, you can tell the difference by the black background on the app icon. There’s a menu option that brings up the usual sidebar with all you’re inbox, labels and other goodies. Composing emails now has attachments!

The iPad layout is much better, gives you more room to see you’re labels, inbox and… Continue reading

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18Jun/120

iOS 6 Features

Posted by Joey

  • Various changes to Maps
  • Turn by turn navigation
  • realistic interactive 3d views
  • real time traffic, will also offer alternative time-saving routes
  • business directory search
  • Siri for new ipad
  • Built in facebook integration
  • shit for icloud for sharing and viewing photos (can you tell I don’t like iCloud?)
  • Passport app, stores just information such as boarding passes etc… kinda useful
  • Support for FaceTime over cellular networks
  • VIP Mailbox, setup rules
28Apr/120

Promo: STR8OUT Radio

Posted by Joey

STR8OUT Radio, is a 100% commercial free online radio station broadcasting from Melbourne, Australia. It’s purely a dance/commercial dance radio station and has some great pumping tunes. If you’re just browsing the net or going out for a run, or at gym I highly recommend this radio station! You’ll never get sick of the same boring 10 songs on you’re iPod when your connected to STR8OUT Radio.

Check it… Continue reading

27Apr/120

iPhone4 speaker not working

Posted by Joey

Finally it happened to me.

I dropped my iPhone in the toilet, but luckily it didn’t get too wet. The first thing I noticed was that the speaker wasn’t working any more. Anytime someone called me I couldn’t hear them, but they could hear me.

There’s one simple step. Make sure there’s nothing plugged into the headphone jack and try adjusting the volume. If it has (headphones) it… Continue reading

5Mar/120

iPad 3 & iOS6 Hi Res Rumors confirmed

Posted by Joey

According to the following article there we’re a few Apple employees testing out the new iOS6 on iPad 3? As you can see by the post the users we’re using an iPad with a screen resolution of 2048×1536.

Finally some rumors that are true!

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/03/ipads-using-ios-6-high-res-displays-showing-up-in-ars-server-logs.ars

Cannot wait for the new iPad 3 :)Continue reading

29Feb/120

iPad 3 release date 7th March 2012

Posted by Joey

Okay, so it’s been confirmed there’s an iPad event in San Francisco on 7th March. This has got a lot of people taking/confirming rumors that the iPad 3 would come out early March. Apple quoted “something you really have to see. And touch”, so it’s either the new iPad 3 or something totally random! Pretty sure it’s the new iPad tho.
For those in the… Continue reading

5Nov/114

iPhone sync music without using iTunes for iOS5

Posted by Joey

If you’re like me and hate using iTunes then this is you’re answer for syncing music.

CopyTrans is the program I love to use.

This was posted on their facebook page;

@All CopyTrans Manager’s latest version is now fully compatible with the iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S. Please make sure to upgrade your CopyTrans Manager to the most recent release which is currently v0.957 as per… Continue reading