Filed under: Cool Stuff, iPhone, iPhone Apps, Technology | Tags: Apple, Find My iPhone, iPhone / iPad Apps, remote
Apparently, you guys like some of the app recommendation posts so here are a few of my favorites from Apple in case you haven’t found them yet.
Previously reserved for MobileMe subscribers, find my iPhone provides that extra bit of comfort for those of us who have invested big $$ in our phones. Basically if you can’t find your phone, you can log in to your apple account and locate it on a map. You also have the option to remotely lock your phone, send a messsage to the home screen, as well as play a sound that blares at full volume regardless if you had your phone set to silent or not. Finally as a last resort, you can do a remote wipe of all of your data in case you give up and accept it’s gone for good. Keep in mind, there are a few basic settings (push notifications, location, passcode lock) you will want to make sure this is effective. Also, don’t lollygag. If someone finds your phone and does a factory restore or takes out your SIM, than this is useless. It’s free, so you might as well go and get it if you haven’t.
Last New Year’s Eve, I had a party at my house and was running my iTunes to supply the music. With Remote, all of my friends with iPhones/iPods could queue the songs they wanted to hear next and play DJ for the party. I didn’t have to worry about the music selection because everyone had my iTunes library in their pocket Needless to say, this is one of my favorite apps. Remote reminds me of that Swiss army knife I have in my backpack. Half of the time I forget that it’s there, but it comes in handy often and does the job everytime. With Remote, you can control iTunes or Apple TVs that are on the same network and if you use an Apple TV, you will also be able to enter text on your iPhone or iPad instead of having to navigate the text on the Apple TV. It’s free as well.
Filed under: Cool Stuff, iPhone, iPhone Apps, Technology | Tags: iPhone Apps, Technology, Xfinity
So when Comcast decided to re-brand themselves as Xfinity I decided to stick with them even though the name sounded like it was trying to hard to be hip. They seriously tested my commitment when they started capping my data speeds so that I would by a faster internet package. But low and behold they go and release a killer Xfinity app for the iPhone/iPad. The Comcast app I was using had come in handy more than a couple of times over the past few months, allowing me to set my DVR from afar but the new Xfinity app takes it one step further. Yes indeed, I can now change channels with my iPhone (or iPad). The future is indeed here. I can also access On Demand features, view The Guide, and some other not as cool stuff I am not going to bore you with. Go and get it here and see for yourself.
I have officially come out of hibernation just in time for the release of the much anticipated Apple Tablet. Won’t be long until it’s 76˚ and sunny over Atlanta. Decided to switch up the phone to something a little more warm.
