Archive for the 'iPhone' Category

Nothing to Write Home About

As you can see, it’s been a quiet week here at iPhoneBySteve. Quite frankly, with all the hype about the upcoming iPhone 2.0 update and the new 3G iPhone, there isn’t much to say. I don’t know anymore about Apple’s plans than the larger blogs who claim inside information do, and I really […]

Spanning Sync Beta 2.0 First Impressions

Over the weekend I finally got a chance to give the Spanning Sync 2.0 Beta a try. My main goal, of course, was to check out the Gmail contacts sync feature.

For the most part, things went very smoothly for me.

Should You Jailbreak Your iPhone?

Well, it was bound to happen sometime. One of my iPhone-toting friends recently asked me if I thought he should jailbreak his iPhone. Before I go any further, let me just define “jailbreak” for those of you who haven’t heard the term before. To “jailbreak” an iPhone means to hack the […]

Leopard Now Syncs Google Contacts

The Google Mac Blog reports that Leopard users now have a leg up on the rest of the Mac world as the recent 10.5.3 release has added Address Book sync for Google, Yahoo, Exchange, and of course, dot Mac.
This was a logical step for Apple, given the growing number of third party apps designed for […]

Oh Oh, Apple! Look at GooSync!

As much as I love my iPhone, there are a couple of things that bug me. My main annoyance has to do with the iPhone’s limited support for Apple Ical. Here are the biggest problems:

1. First, the iPhone’s calendar does not support multiple calendars.

Another Look at Evernote

Maclife has posted a brief review of Evernote.

Are You Getting the Most out of Gmail?

Gmail sometimes gets a bad rap as not being as full featured as Yahoo! Mail or other web based mail products. Personally, I think it’s got plenty of features. If you don’t believe me, then check out this post at CollegeDegrees.com. It’s called:

Evernote vs. PogoNotes: Which Should You Choose?

I have been a happy PogoNotes user since switching to the iPhone. In fact, PogoNotes has all of the features I had gotten used to on my Windows Mobile Treo 700wx, and PogoNotes does all of them better, I think. Overall, PogoNotes has been a great organizational tool for me. So, why, then, would I even consider looking at another program?

Another Vote for Remember the Milk

John Busteeed’s blog just gave Remember the Milk a 4 star rating. To quote John:

Top 10 Reasons to Like Gmail

Greg Rickaby’s blog, in his own words “sucks less than others.”

Greg’s blog is a nice eclectic mix of tech and folksy Gregisms but always with a decent message or a tip that’s going to help you.