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Two New iPhone Commercials From Apple: Share and Travel

Written on August 04, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 13 people have commented

Apple recently introduced two brand new TV commercials, currently airing on U.S. cable and network television, that continue the “There’s an app for that” series of ads. The two new spots, called “Share” and “Travel,” both highlight features common to all currently sold iPhone models, instead of just the newer 3GS.
In “Share,” the focus is [...]

Waterfield Designs: Cases for Apple Purists

Written on June 19, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 18 people have commented

Like some of you, I’m quite the “Apple purist.” I’m not a fan of fancy cases that junk up my Macs. I don’t like skins for my iPods and those plastic snap cases for my laptop. We all know that Apple designs beautiful products, so we might as well show them off! Balancing protection and beauty, the stylish and functional cases from Waterfield Designs are some of the highest quality cases I have ever used.

10 Father’s Day Apps for Your #1 Dad

Written on June 19, 2009 by Peter Venero and 12 people have commented

With Father’s Day just around the corner (Sunday, to be exact), we here at TheAppleBlog thought what better gift to get that special father in your life than a thoughtful yet handy iPhone or iPod touch application.
Feeling the cash crunch around this particular time? Not to worry, most of the applications mentioned here are free [...]

Five Location-Based Apps for the iPhone

Written on March 30, 2009 by Lisa Hoover and 5 people have commented

With the iPhone OS 3.0 announcement that Apple’s new iPhone software update will include Google Maps integration, you can expect an explosion of location-based apps to start appearing in the App Store. There are already a few location-based apps available now, including ones we’ve written about before — Job Compass and Locly, for instance. Here [...]

Find a carpool buddy with Carticipate

Written on August 03, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 12 people have commented

With gas prices costing an arm and a leg these days, people have found that carpooling is a great way to cut down on costs. Trouble is, it’s not always that easy to find a group of people that are traveling to your general destination.
Thankfully, with the iPhone’s location aware capabilities and the release [...]

Traveling with a GPS and an iPod

Written on July 29, 2007 by Iyaz Akhtar and 11 people have commented

I have recently found myself traveling to new locations that I have never been to before. For these treks, I usually take my Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS which I hook up using my tape adapter. However, this knocks out my normal use of my iPod for music and podcasts on my trip. Perhaps [...]