This is easily one of my favorite times of the year, don’t get me wrong there are things I like about most times of the year, but the excitement right about now brings back a lot of happiness that is lost from the dreary days of winters. This excitement to which I am referring is generated by the start of Baseball Season (which is quickly approaching) as well as (now as of the past couple of years) the impending release of the latest iPad (which I am sure to get!
Archive for the ‘iDevices’ Category
MLB At Bat 2012?
21
Feb
Baseball fans rejoice, the official start of Spring Training (with the first spring training game in 9 days) is almost here with the start of the new season shortly behind that. And for those of you who are MLB.tv subscribers it just got a bit better this year. In past years to view regular games on the go you needed: MLB At Bat (iPhone) and maybe even MLB At Bat (iPad) and a subscription to MLB.tv Premium. Each MLB At Bat app ran you $15 plus $119 for the annual subscription. This would allow you to watch unlimited, non-blackedout, games and archived games as well as unlimited audio from either your iPhone or iPad. If you were like me, you probably found a use for both devices as they both have their ups and downs but this means you pay $150 per year to get all of this.
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Review: Air PlayIt
25
Jan
Air PlayIt (iPhoGame Dev, inc., FREE)
Air PlayIt is a FREE media client and server for streaming both music and video over your local network as well as over the Internet. There are currently several apps that do either part or all of what this app offers, but none of the free apps in the app store offer both the functionality as well as quality that this app offers. There are though still a few issues that will prevent me from using this as my primary video application, I will outline them below. However for a free app, they do a good job of delivering what they say they can deliver. This is not a universal app, but both the iPhone and iPad version are available for free in the app store and both function in the same way other than general lay out.
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iOS Tips: Bluetooth Keyboards
30
Dec
As of iOS 4.0 we are now able to use Bluetooth keyboards with any of our iDevices. Although this can be overkill for something like the iPhone or iPod, with the iPad I find that I can turn my tablet into a bit more than a tablet making it a perfectly suitable work environment for me. With the keyboard I can accomplish most things as easily as I can with a laptop. The OS is different than that of a laptop and there are some obvious short comings. But for some of the standard things that I do at work I can get it done with my iPad and bluetooth keyboard.
iOS Tips: Google Exchange
26
Dec
I am surprised at the number of people who don’t know this, but it seems I run into people quite frequently who don’t know either that you can use google as an exchange account or that you can have multiple exchange accounts on your iDevice. There was a time when google only supported pop for gmail accounts. Now it supports both imap and exchange. The exchange service is limited to mobile device which means you can in fact use it with any of your idevices. Also as of iOS 4.0 you can have multiple exchange accounts on your iDevices which means you are no longer limited in that way.
iOS Tips: Emojis (emoticons)
19
Dec
Using emojis isn’t exactly new to iOS, it has been around for several years now. What is new to iOS is that it is now freely available to all users. For those who don’t know what emojis are, these are just simple emoticons for mobile devices. They are often used in place of text in Asian countries for easier SMS messages. There is a set of emojis available on iOS devices although you generally need to be on an iOS device to view them, although with os x Lion you should be able to view them.
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iOS Tips: How to cheat at iOS games
17
Dec
I really don’t see any moral issue when it comes to cheating on iOS games. Now beware, this could spoil your fun at playing the game. But in a lot of cases, the best parts of the game only come once you advance so far. So this tip can assist you in getting to the higher levels of the game if done correctly. If you mess up, no worries, worst case scenario you can delete the game and reinstall. This technique will also allow you to backup your game status (in case of deletion) and even share it across devices as long as the multiple devices all use the same binary. This trick does *NOT* work with every iOS app/game. But it never hurts to try and see if it does work. Some save data using binary files or even core data which will make it harder for you to get to. But the games that store the data in flat files will work with this method.