The free app connects to a Viper SmartStart hardware module installed in your car, and controls five basic functions: It’ll start your car, turn on the heat, unlock your doors or trunk, and manage the car alarm. The range is effectively infinite too, since all communication is carried out over cell networks—no line of sight contact necessary, not that the iPhone has the IR hardware for anything like that anyway.
Here’s what Facebook for iPhone 3.0 looks like—pretty nice. Besides the new giant button home screen, you’ll be able to actually RSVP to events and create new photo albums. No push yet, but here’s the full list:
1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call
Google has optimized Google Books for the iPhone, just type http://books.google.com/googlebooks/mobile/ this is the free version where you can view, search and browse for thousands of free books, with amazon Kindle just around the corner, iPhone can also be a great eBook reader, Stanza has already proved how easy and useful a eBook reader for the iPhone can work very well.
300 Million iPhone Apps
Posted by Cocoa_Head under Apps on Tuesday Dec 9, 2008One more milestone on the big success that is the App Store. iPhone and iPod Touch users continue to download applications in massive quantities. The latest figures indicate that there have been more then 300 million applications and games downloaded since the Apps Store debuted in July.
Days Until?
Posted by Cocoa_Head under Apps on Friday Dec 5, 2008
If you are looking for a good count down application for your iPhone or iPod Touch, Days Until is a cool one, Days until is a free app which monitors and displays the days remaining until special events in your life, this can be done with a a nice interface and is fully customizable.
Features:
- Create and Store Multiple Events
- Apply your own backgrounds(you can even use your camera)
- 16 Fonts
- 12 Text colors
- Drag and Drop
- Zoom in and Out
