Aug
18

Obama: iPhone Savvy

August 18, 2008 · Filed Under Mobile Phones, Technology, Web · Comment  · 45 views

No Offense to the McCain Tech and Campaign guys, but Obama’s got you owned! Obama always speak of CHANGE, and then McCain started chanting it too. But who actually goes with the time and change? Well I modestly say Obama. Although I am not biased to either one of them, this discovery made me lean a little to the Obama side. Obama has got his own iPhone App!

Obama iPhone App

Obama iPhone App

There is a bunch of features there like current events, daily schedules for the Obama Campaign, Statistics and other Election related features like News and Videos which is a bit buggy sometimes.

Obama iPhone App

Donate to Obama

I however dig the little green button at the button that says “Donate” with the countdown to the elections. It is nice way to get Donations, making it easy for the user to just click and go. The target crowd here are the techie and younger crowds, as your grandma couldn’t even squint to see the texts on the iPhone. Here is a thought however, what if Palin started taking some Model Shots of herself and make it availiable for download as an iPhone Wallpaper, would you Donate to her?

Aug
04

iPhone 3G Battery Tips

August 4, 2008 · Filed Under Gadget Tips · 1 Comment  · 124 views
The New iPhone 3G

The New iPhone 3G

Just read in Yahoo Tech News some tips in making the iPhone less of a battery power hog. I decided to try it out on a test unit I luckily had with me today. My Conditions is that I turn back everything to default before trying the next tip and never actually using it after full charge.

Turn off push e-mail

(Tip Rank: 10 out of 10)
Push e-mail is one of the new features of the latest iPhone firmware and one of the worst battery consuming application as well. Turning it off really does save you power on the iPhone, not to mention it’s becoming one of the best Tips on iPhone 3G Care. Switch from push to “fetch” e-mail on your settings and choose 30minutes fetching. Try it your self and thank Yahoo for your new lease on battery life…

Dim the screen (Tip Rank: 6 out of 10)
Yeah, without testing I can surely attest to this, because all device which has a self-powered screen ot any screen with illumination or back light consumes power, so it will save you power if you dim them, you can even do this on your notebook computers and it will save you some juice too. Look under Settings then Brightness and set it to approximately half and Read more…