iPhone TIP 6 : saving keystrokes when typing numbers and letters

August 13th, 2009

by Chilldor
If you alternate between the letter and number keyboards a lot then you can save some keystrokes by keeping the 123 pressed when you select that keyboard and dragging your finger to the chosen number or punctuation mark. Then let it go and you will be returned to the AZ keyboard.

iPhone TIP 5: Double tap space bar for a period

August 10th, 2009

by Chilldor
When typing on your iPhone, double tapping the space bar at the end of a sentence automatically enters a period followed by a space.

iPhone TIP 4 : How to scroll in boxes with iPhone Safari browser

August 9th, 2009

by Chilldor
Having problem with scrolling in boxes while surfing with iPhone Safari browser?
No problem – use two fingers instead of one!

iPhone TIP 3: Scroll to top of the page in iPhone Safari

August 8th, 2009

by Chilldor
Here is handy tip when browsing in iPhone. Let say you are at the bottom of the page and want quickly back to the top.
Simple – just tap the iPhone Status Bar (i.e. menu bar located at the very top of your screen) and you are immediately back at the very top.

iPhone TIP 2: Reboot your iPhone

August 7th, 2009

by Chilldor

Hopefully you never need it but just in case here is two ways to reboot your iPhone:
(1) press and hold the Home button for about six seconds to quit any application that might have locked up your iPhone.
if this does not work try following
(2) press and hold both Home and On/Off; after about 10 seconds the Apple logo will appear

iPhone TIP 1: Screen capture in iPhone

August 6th, 2009

by Chilldor

Ever wondered how to take screen capture of the iPhone or iPod?
Well it is actually pretty simple: press and hold the Home button that is located at the bottom center of the iPhone and is more often used to return to the default screen of your iPhone. While your hold the home button, also press the Sleep / Wake key on top of iPhone and a screenshot of the existing screen will get saved to your iPhone or iPod photos folder. The iPod / iPhone screen will flash momentarily to indicate that a screenshot has been captured.

Internet in the pocket

July 25th, 2009

by Chilldor
Everybody expects nowadays that information is available everywhere, be it office, car, beach or anywhere.
Mobile internet (WAP) in mobile phones has been there for years, but recently there has been noticeable trend of using it more and more. Suddenly we can find lot of webpages which contain really interesting content and are also possible to open in few seconds.
There is a interesting article about it in TechCrunch : Follow the mobile user by Vic Gundotra (Google).
Enjoy!

Economic crisis and marketing budget

June 14th, 2009

by Chilldor

There is a story about new marketing solutions by Ogilvy during times of shrinking budgets and why it is so important to innovate when times get tough. We also find out why ‘pocket marketing’ on mobile phones is such an important component of this strategy and what they recommend to their clients during this time of economic crisis.

Vatican now on Facebook and iPhone

May 22nd, 2009

by Chilldor

Computerworld recently wrote here that Vatican has launched a Facebook and iPhone applications for better communication with the tech savvy. Release also includes website Pope2you with links to these and other services.
The Pope2You portal is run by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications and is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. It was launched ahead of the church’s World Communications Day on Sunday.
These services are part of web based offerings that included recently Vatican Youtube website complementing Vatican main website and Vatican Museum Online.
Read more about potential of new technologies here.

About SMS payment services..

April 8th, 2009

by Marino Bresciani

I have been reading quite a lot on mobile payment services around. In many countries,

Anyway – after I read about the latest mobile payment solution brought on the UK, I could notice how this business template has a notable interest of this own – and can give quite some inspiration to related services. So let’s have a more detailed view…

(1) Mobile payment services (MPS) aim to quickly and securely transfer cash from one place to another, all via text.

(2) This way – also affiliated merchants can also receive payments for their goods and services all via MPS.

(3) MPS services must entirely be geared towards customer satisfaction and have simplicity, convenience and ease of use all at the core of its offering. –> therefore it has to be (1) bank independent, (2) network independent, (3) handset independent, (4) age independent and (5) location independent, meaning users can use it anytime, anywhere and at any age.

Even more interesting is the use of simple commands to perform the requested transfer.

  • To register -> password REGISTER YourName
  • To link your credit card -> password LINK cardPassword (plus some additional instructions to register the card)
  • To load the account with credit -> password GET CASH 5 cardPassword
  • To check your balance -> password BALANCE
  • To send money to a friend -> password BEEM FriendName 5.50
and so on, and so on..
If you have a basic experience in programming, and the necessary tools to operate with a Virtual POS, then you can create your own payment solution.