Articles by Andrew Steffy

Napster for iOS shows up in the App Store

Napster for iOS shows up in the App Store Microsoft started something pretty revolutionary with the ZunePass — an all-you-can-eat music buffet for only $14.99 a month that grants you 10 songs every month to keep, even if you discontinue the service. Unfortunately Apple never saw fit to include such an amazing service in iTunes, to allow iPod users the option to listen to as much as they want for a... Read more »

GV Mobile + finally hits App Store

GV Mobile + finally hits App Store Everyone has been watching and waiting for when the Google Voice applications would start flooding in ever since Apple revised its approval guidelines for applications submitted to the App Store. One in particular has caught a lot of attention: GV Mobile has had a place in the App Store before, but some might remember that Apple removed any and all Google... Read more »

Search iTunes and App Store with instant results

Search iTunes and App Store with instant results Well, Google sure has started off a new trend of fast-paced search results. You know how the serach engine now starts showing you instant results the moment you start typing? "Instant" features really are, and there's a history of this that's really started picking up steam lately. First there was the YouTube Instant Search (that even landed its developer a job at... Read more »

New jailbreak add-on lets you set a homepage in mobile Safari

New jailbreak add-on lets you set a homepage in mobile Safari This cool new jailbreak add-on does only one simple task, but it does it oh so well. “Home Page in Safari” lets you select any website of your choosing and make it the "go to" page (i.e. home page) when mobile Safari launches. All you have to do is select the "+" symbol, as if you wanted to save the page as a bookmark or save it to your springboard.... Read more »

Jailbreak Tues – Video wallpapers

Jailbreak Tues – Video wallpapers As an avid iPhone and Android user I find myself constantly contrasting and comparing the two.  On the iPhone side we have much better apps with a confusion-free layout. And, on the Android side we have an awesome integration of Google’s mobile applications and a great notifications system. Also with Android there is a little something called... Read more »

PS3 jailbreak being ported to iPhones soon

PS3 jailbreak being ported to iPhones soon If you have been paying attention to the PS3 jailbreak news lately then you should know that it is possibly one of the simplest console mods to date. So far you can jailbreak a PS3 with pretty much any Android device, an N900, Palm Pre(+), and even a TI-84+/SE graphing calculator. What this means is that you can run software on a PS3 that was not previously... Read more »

Apple Free Case program ending on Sept 30th

Apple Free Case program ending on Sept 30th We all knew this day was going to come, but I'm sure some were hoping that Apple would decide to continue the Free Case program beyond the September 3oth deadline. Well, Apple has officially quashed any of those hopes: We now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought. A small percentage of iPhone 4 users need a case,... Read more »

Kindle deals a hard blow to the iPad with new commercial

Kindle deals a hard blow to the iPad with new commercial I would have never guessed Amazon would have the guts to take on Apple. But here, they have a new commercial showing off the Kindle's reading ability out in broad and bright daylight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGmRKSds9OY&feature=player_embedded Any bets on how fast Apple will have its own set of commercials against the Kindle? I'm guessing at least... Read more »

Target may be selling iPads starting October 3rd

Target may be selling iPads starting October 3rd There may not be any definitive evidence like maybe some pictures or an inventory list with the actual name of the product, but one Engadget tipster within Target has decided to put their investigative skills to the test. The clue in question is a list of items (six to be exact) ranging from $499 to $829 that are to be added to Target's "Digital Audio"... Read more »

Jailbreakers: Cydia and Rock join forces

Jailbreakers: Cydia and Rock join forces After years of competing for the jailbroken iPhone market, the jailbreak app stores are finally merging into one, to make the largest application store on iOS devices (second only to Apple's, of course). SaurikIT, the company that made Cydia, has decided to buy up Rock Your Phone and integrate many of its features and exclusive apps to its own Cydia app... Read more »