Tag: iPhone

The Real Siri

There has been a lot of blab in the press about Siri and how bad it is. How Apple have duped us all into thinking its created a Star Trek fantasy right in the palm of our hands but that it’s all smoke and mirrors. I have already documented my thoughts on this but the …

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Taking your iPhone on holiday

If you are planning on taking your iPhone or iPad overseas you really need to make it international friendly before you leave. If you purchased your phone as part of a contract then chances are it has been locked to that carrier so a good week before leaving call your phone provider and have your …

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No more squinting

There is no doubt that the screen on an iphone is sharp and the icons clean and precise. But with a screen only 3.5 inches it can be hard to see your emails or messages. Fortunately there is a simple way to make your text bigger and easy to see. 1. Tap on Settings 2. …

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Is Siri really that bad?

There was a recent survey among iPhone users who were asked what they thought of Siri. It seems only about half of iPhone 4S owners use Siri and of those only about half would rate it as acceptable. Even the ones that like it only used it about once a month. This this far from …

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Following the life of a photo

It used to be so simple. You took a photo on your iPhone and it stayed there until you synced it to your Mac. From there, if you could be bothered, you crop it or changed the colouring, but mostly you’d just file it. But now Apple have tried to get clever with photo stream, …

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