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Location Based iPhone Weather Application

photo credit: 1suisse One of the things that always bugged me about Apple’s Weather application is it didn’t know where I was. If I’m travelling in some location and want to know the weather I have to go through the hassle of setting up a city. That frustration led me to check out the Weather [...]

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The Urinal Test

photo credit: bradleygeeThe Urinal Test is an advertainment game for the iPhone. The object is to pick the correct urinal to pee in when presented with a group of urinals, some populated with dudes. Amusing to play once or twice. Doesn’t warrant a permanent place on my phone.

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Blogging at 256kbs

I’m sitting in my car waiting for my sons soccer tournament to begin. While waiting I decided to play around with my iPhone. I was curious to see how well the 3g network worked in the middle of Orefield, Pa. I was a bit disappointed. According to the Speed Test iPhone app I’m only getting [...]

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Think Social Media is a Fad?

This great video, used as promotional material for the upcoming book Socialnomics, drives the point home with lots-o-data. Social Media is a force to reckon with, businesses need to understand it or go home. Social Media Revolution

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Keep track of your loyalty cards with Card Star

Card Star is an application that keeps track of your loyalty cards. I was one of the thousands of people that helped propel this application into the top slots in the iTunes store. It was featured in an Apple ad and I grabbed it. The point is that you never have to remember your loyalty [...]

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AIM Client for the iPhone

Another in the series of articles on iPhone apps I’ve used. This is the official AIM client from AOL. The latest version adds push capabilities. If you only use AOL for IM this is a great application. For me though, I’m on about three different networks. I’m looking for a better IM client. Any good [...]

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Faces – Great iPhone Speed Dial Application

In this first of a continuing series of articles of iPhone Apps I’ve tried. I’m doing a quick write-up of Faces. Faces gives you one button access to a list of favorite phone numbers. It’s called faces because the buttons in the user interface can consist of pictures of the people you want to call. [...]

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iPhone Micro Reviews

Over the next few posts, you’re going to see a bunch of lame-o reviews of iPhone applications. This is not so much to wow the reader with my ability to concisely summarize my experience with these applications. It’s mainly so I remember which apps I’ve tried and which, quite frankly, suck.

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Palin’s Farewell Speech as read by William Shatner

I wasn’t the only one who was confused by Sarah Palin’s farewell speech. Luckily William Shatner can lend some clarity.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Noticeably Slower

I like many people eagerly updated the iPhone OS to version 3.0 the day it was released. I did it mainly for the copy and paste functionality. I noticed however, that once I did this my phone no longer performed as well as it did before. This performance hit has taken a couple of forms. [...]

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