One frequent problem I have is that the Calendars on my iPhone lag behind my computer’s calendars synced through MobileMe. Here’s a tip on re-syncing your iPhone to MobileMe, from Tony’s Tips for iPhone Users (iPhone app, $2.99)
Tony’s Tips for iPhone Users Manual, for $2.99 in the App Store, provides helpful tips for using your iPhone with iTunes and MobileMe. It’s better than a manual in your iPhone — a reference that is always up-to-date, easy to search, and organized for quick reading.
Predictions dominate the blogs and columns this month. I also write about Microsoft’s lead in netbooks (One Netbook Per Old Laptop) and the fight against spammers.
Google has added sophisticated voice recognition technology to the company’s iPhone search software. You can speak into the iPhone rather than type with the iPhone’s keyboard, and Google will search for relevant info.
Hollywood studios are using free apps on the iPhone to promote movies. Bands are also getting in the act, though not in an innovative way (yet). All this stuff proves that the iPhone has shaken up, not just stirred up, the content industry.
The iPhone app kill switch makes sense. It is an innovative approach to protecting a platform in this age of criminal conspiracies to steal your personal information.
The new iPhone 3G, iPhone 2 software for iPhone and iPod touch, and MobileMe service all add up to a burgeoning platform for developers to change the world of mobile computing, and it leaves all competitors in the dust.
Studies show that Apple has come closer than any other company to making a truly convergent device used for multiple purposes, and that it is beginning to replace laptops in a big way, especially for the baby boomers.
The iPhone and iPod touch will soon act like the handheld computers they were made to be. Third-party native iPhone and iPod touch applications will flood the market by June.
With Macworld Expo in San Francisco approaching, the rumor mill is working overtime along with developers feverishly constructing demos and beta versions of new applications.
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