One More Tap

There is no doubt that the US version of the iTunes Store offers the best content available – some people say its 10x better than the other country stores, some of which only have iPhone apps to sell and nothing else. And there’s no reason why you shouldn’t setup a US iTunes Store account. Beyond the usual music related content, the US iTunes Store also has a more complete movie and TV show catalog; not to mention that most iPhone apps are primarily distributed to the US store first. And yeah, there’s always the usual freebies available for download which this site highlights every week.

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written by xcool \\ tags: Account, iTunes Store, Setup, Tips

Usually when I write reviews, I’d use the screen capture shortcut (press both power and home buttons together) to save a snapshot of whats on the screen. Once that’s done, the picture shall appear within the Photos application under Saved Photos.

I could then email myself each photo from within Saved Photos. I did that once (for some reasons which I can’t recall why) when I wrote the review for Block Breaker Deluxe 2. But that actually turned out to be a bag of hurt – the iPhone doesn’t support (without 3rd-party applications) sending multiple images in an email so I had to send each image one-by-one, at the same time reminding myself which one I’ve sent and which one not.

There is a shortcut for doing this. And that’s by using your computer. Read on to find out more!

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written by xcool \\ tags: Images, iPhone, iPod touch, Pictures, Tips

Here’s a great tip by the folks over at the Official Gmail Blog which I find very useful based on my usage style of Gmail on my iPod touch where I choose to archive my email instead of deleting them.

As I mentioned before, I like the swipe to delete gesture when deleting mail. However, if I do that on my Gmail account, the mail gets sent into the Trash folder, waiting to be deleted permanently 30 days later. That doesn’t seem to fit with Gmail’s motto of never deleting another mail again. Of course, you can tap on Edit and select multiple items and then move them together into whatever folder you wish, but that’s a little tad slower than what this tip’s about to show you.

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written by xcool \\ tags: Email, Gmail, iPhone, iPod touch, Tips

I was out looking for some accessories for my new aluminium MacBook and happened to stumble upon a Starbucks outlet. Having missed Starbucks for a while now (yeah, I know they are expensive coffee, but we need to pamper ourselves once in a while), I gladly placed an order and sat down with my iPod touch. A short while later and I’m surfing via the free Wi-Fi provided.

I can gladly tell you that Apple made the iPod touch for more than just music. Steve Jobs know that people want mobile browsing, and the majority of handsets out there can’t compete much with the iPhone/iPod touch’s built-in mobile Safari.

I’d like to share a few gems that I stumbled-upon while mobile-browsing with Safari on my iPod touch.

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written by xcool \\ tags: iPhone, iPod touch, Safari, Tips, Tricks

John Cassanta of tap tap tap posted a list of 10 useful tips for the iPhone/iPod touch, which should have been included inside the box in the first place instead of the Quick Start guide.

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written by xcool \\ tags: 2.2, Firmware, iPhone, iPod touch, Tips