Making Things Happen

Only a few apps on the App Store share the same attention to details and thoughtful design process that Apple itself puts in its products. Convert is a very nice and simple application to do conversions on your iPhone. Sure you can find dozens of free apps that do just that, but if you watch [...]

It’s been a long time since Nokia last excited me with a product announcement, as while some manufacturers kept innovating (HTC) even if stuck with a buggy os (Windows Mobile 6), and others made their way into a totally new market for them (Apple); Nokia seemed to oversleep over its marketshare, which now faces serious [...]

Similarly to what happened on BlackBerry’s “App World”, it looks like Microsoft will set a minimum price cap to avoid the flourishing of “silly” applications as it happened on Apple’s App Store. I do have an iPhone and I have to admit that the App Store is full of crap. No doubt on it. At [...]

I just found this video (which is pretty old actually), showing how you perform an unlock on Google Android smartphones. I think this is a much better way to protect your phone, than the one offered on the iPhone, where you have to “aim” to four specific buttons to insert your code. On Android you [...]

Since 2.2.1 I experienced really bad battery life on my iPhone 3G, but when I recently upgraded to OS 3.0 things got crazy. Today I can’t reach the end of my work day without having to recharge my phone after lunch. The only solution that seems to work is using my iPhone 3G with…3G off. [...]