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Pangea games on sale

Posting this a bit late. Pangea Software, which offers some great games, typically priced around $8, is making them available for 99 cents as a Black Friday offering. The sale ends December 2. Just search for "Pangea Software" in iTunes to see the titles available.


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G1 vs iPhone Part 4...and wrap up

 This is my final post in the G1 vs iPhone review series.


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iPhone App Store -- Black Friday sale offers 50 free apps

 The AppStoreApps web site, in honor of Black Friday, has a list of 50 free apps that that had previously been for sale.


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20% Black Friday discount on cases from Proporta

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Proporta, a leading vendor of quality cases for the iPhone and iPod Touch, is offering an exclusive 20% discount to all customers who place orders on Black Friday. Simply enter the promotion code BLACKFRIDAY at the cart page to receive your discount. Please note that this promotion applies to orders placed to the US and Canada only, and is only valid on Proporta branded hardware products ordered on the 11/28/2008.


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G1 vs iPhone Part 3

 My last 2 posts were focused on the new G1 and how it stacks up against an iPhone (or even an iPod touch) from a hardware and operating system perspective. The G1 does well, but some of it's best points are still to be revealed... Let's look at the browser, and how some of the messaging applications compare.


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iPhone Image Storage Locations

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The Camera and Screen Capture capability of the iPhone is extraordinarily handy, but only useful if you can then use the images (which generally means getting them onto your desktop/laptop computer).


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Free streaming WiFi TV

I'm surprised I hadn't heard about this site before. Wi-Fi TV offers free streaming content for the iPhone. It includes a few movies and 24/7 live streaming TV channels, such as Cartoon TV, Comedy TV, Sci-Fi TV, Humor TV, and Indy Movies. According to the FAQ, you'll need to register (free) in order to watch for more than five minutes and to take advantage of a wide range of offerings on the social media area of their site.


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G1 vs iPhone Review Part 2

In my previous post, I put up some unboxing pictures of the G1 next to the beloved iPhone and iPod touch. Now let's look at the G1's home screen, menus and OS... 


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Synchronize Calendar and
 Contacts with your Mac or PC’s appointment book

You can use iTunes to synchronize the iPhone’s Calendar and Contacts with your Mac or PC.

Set “Auto-Check”

If you are not using a Microsoft Exchange push e-mail service, you can configure your iPhone to “Auto-Check” for new e-mail messages every 15, 30, or 60 minutes, or Manual.

When/how to replace your battery


Eventually, as the battery gets older, you’ll begin to notice that your iPhone or iPod touch has to be recharged more frequently.

Birthdays, anniversaries,
 and other repeating appointments

 

Use Google SMS to get information

If Internet connectivity isn’t available or is too slow on your iPhone, you can send SMS text messages to Google to quickly get information like sports scores, weather, wor

The Home button is a “force quit” button

You can use the Home button to completely shut down whatever program is running—just hold it down for six seconds.

Hide your Caller ID on other’s phones

If you don’t want your number to appear on people’s phones when you are calling them, you can turn off your Caller ID:

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