tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54182446891596489422011-09-14T22:20:37.212-07:00This website brings you all the latest in iPhone tips, tricks and new ways of using your iPhone.MacGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217907875517130801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418244689159648942.post-11378177897412413552007-09-28T07:00:00.000-07:002007-09-27T18:28:01.581-07:00

I will be taking a break of posting on A New iPhone Tip Every Day for a little while. I just feel like there isn't enough new stuff to really cover a tip a day. I really had to search for new tips in the past week and I feel that some weren't really that great. This website is definitely not dead and as I find new awesome tips, I will definitely post them!A New Mac Tip Every Day remains active

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You can easily get a magnifying glass when typing a text message. To do it, you simply have to hold your finger over the text field and a small magnifying glass will pop up!

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This is a great way of finding exactly the map you want on your Mac or PC and sending it to your iPhone. The way it works is that once you have found the map you want on Google Maps, you click "Link to this page" in the upper right corner of the page. You can copy and paste the url and email it to yourself. On your iPhone, you can then click on the Google Map link and it will load the map in

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Well Google is now in the game with iPhone optimized apps. There is a new iPhone version of Google Calendar. It is at http://calendar.google.com (The website should recognize that you are on an iPhone automatically)This is the new interface (screenshot from the Official Gmail Blog):

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This is a cool new iPhone optimized game. It is at http://kprobe.com/kprobe/iPhone/vw.php

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This is really a great place to find many free iPhone games. There are many games on there and the whole website is well optimized for the iPhone. It is at http://iphone.knibble.com/

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This is one of my favorite web applications for the iPhone. It is called Leaflets. It works really well and what I really like is the interface that looks so similar to the main page of the iPhone. You can check it out at http://app.getleaflets.com/

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I am on a trip and I realized I don't really have a tip for today (iPhone tips are not that easy to find!), but I have a quote from Steve Jobs for everyone on the edge of unlocking or not your iPhone. During the UK iPhone announcement, Steve Jobs said:"It's a cat-and-mouse game," said Jobs. "We try to stay ahead. People will try to break in, and it's our job to stop them breaking in."

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Not much new to talk about today apart from this new puzzle game that you can try out at http://members.tripod.com/rv6/puzzle.html

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This is a great new web application that lets you edit Microsoft Word documents and view PowerPoint documents. The Google apps were already useful to fill this gap, but it's nice to see a way of doing it that is optimized for the screen of the iPhone. It is at http://www.glidemobile.com/

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The iPhone doesn't yet have an international keyboard but the iPod touch does. It is nearly certain at this time that the next update will include this. You will be able to switch keyboard in the settings. When you want to type a special character, let's say "é", you will simply have to hold your finger on "e" and a bubble will pop up with the different choices.

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This is a fitness tracking application for your iPhone. It is called Gyminee. It was already available as a regular website, but they now have an iPhone version. It is at http://www.gyminee.com/users/login_iphone

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This is apparently a game, I'm not sure but whatever, that's not what I want to talk about. What I really like about this application is that it is one that is using the rotation sensor of the iPhone. You can check it out at http://www.ieightball.com/

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I know a lot of people keep logs of when they fill up the tank to get an idea if their car is performing as usual. This is a way of semi-automating the process on your iPhone. It is at http://miles.dynadel.com/

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This is really more a bug than a tip, but I thought it was pretty cool and there isn't really much new stuff to talk about so here it is. I got it from Doug Clark.If you flip through two different cities, hold your finger while it's in between the two. With another finger, tap and hold down the time, while letting off the city. It'll get stuck between the two.Thanks for sending this in Doug!

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It is a new application called FeedMe that is actually an RSS reader. You can select which RSS feed you want to follow from a list and headlines will cycle through on screen. You can also select the speed at which they cycle and it can go really fast to the point where you can read anything. You can check it out at http://www.rogerkenny.com/feedme/

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This is a great tip submitted by Doug Clark: Many cities in the weather widget! If you have the weather for many different cities in your iPhone weather widget, flipping through them might take a while. A faster way of doing it is to tap the back area at the bottom left or bottom right to go to the previous or the next one! Thanks for the tip Doug!

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There isn't really anything new in terms of iPhone tips or website today. What I found is this new iPhone-sized news website called "The Onion". It really shows that most websites are adapting to be compatible with the iPhone and the iPod touch. It is at http://mobile.theonion.com/content/index

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If you often get your news on Cnet, this is probably the best news ever. This new iPhone optimized website will let you browse be category through all the news in a much nicer interface. It is at http://www.iphonecnews.com/

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Apple didn't release any iPhone or iPod touch game yet, but I guess it doesn't really matter. Sudoku is one of the game sold for the iPod and you can now get it free on the iPhone and the iPod touch (within range of a wifi). It is at http://freeverse.com:16080/iphone/sudoku_824/

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I was really waiting for something like this to come around, true free ringtones without any risky procedure involving a jailbreak. It looks like it is really easy to fool iTunes into installing ringtones on your iPhone that you made yourself. The easiest way to create the ringtone is to load the audio file in GarageBand and cut it in there. You then export it as an AAC. It seems that there

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Widgetop released a mobile version that lets you run widgets that are currently unavailable on the iPhone. The interface is really well designed and very useful. What is awesome is that widgets are already made for displaying great information in a small size. You can check it out at http://www.widgetop.com/mobile.html

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I know the iPhone includes a note taking application, but there are other possibilities. You can also take notes with PogoNotes. PogoNotes is a web-based note-taking app that even lets you share notes with other users. You can check it out at http://www.pogonotes.com/desktop/Site/Main.html

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There is a way that I just found out recently of ignoring a call or sending it immediately to voicemail. To simply stop the ringing and ignore the call, you can press the sleep / wake button once. If you want to send the call directly to voicemail, you have to press the sleep / wake button twice!

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Okay, I am starting to wonder when we'll stop seeing new iPhone apps every day. Seeing the ideas developers come up with, I guess it'll be never. This new iPhone app called iPhone Moon Phase is not really that useful, but it looks really cool. You can check it out at http://www.microseconds.com/imoon/

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This is a new game that just came out for the iPhone. It is an okay game, it can be entertaining, but it gets really long after a while. I didn't really get what was the point of the game at first, but then I realized that if you didn't think your moves through, you wouldn't be able to do it. You can check it out at: http://dgbgames.com/stompem/

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Websites can appear very long in the iPhone Safari because the screen doesn't display a large part of the website. When you scroll very fast with your finger, it will keep on scrolling for a while. If you see the spot where you want to be and you want to stop there, you easily do it by tapping once on the screen. It will stop the scrolling immediately!

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The iPhone actually has a better resolution than the video iPod (maybe not for long anymore!) so you'll want to make sure you take advantage if this improved resolution. If you put movies or videos on your iPhone, using the exact resolution will be the best balance of space and quality. Handbrake is still one of the best option out there for converting that content to the right format. There

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This is really my favorite third-party iPhone web application. Since many cars don't have the best iPhone/iPod integration, using an FM transmitter is sometimes the only way of getting the music in your car speakers. The huge problem with an FM transmitter is always to find the right frequency that is not in use by any radio station. The problem gets harder in large cities. This website will

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The possibilities of iPhone web games are truly infinite! This is a MasterMind game for the iPhone. It actually works in any web browser, even not on an iPhone. It is at http://muquit.com/iphonemm/

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According to the developer's site, this is a classic game. To be honest, it's the first time I see it, but it looks pretty cool. The interface is very clean and well adapted for playing on the iPhone. It is at http://members.tripod.com/rv6/othello.html

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There isn't really much to talk about today in terms of third party apps, so I'll go with this cool game called Knock Out. It was originally a Nintendo game called PunchOut. You can check it out at: http://www.gyrocade.com/ko/

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You can get the same "Mark as unread" feature that is in the full version of Mail right in the iPhone mail software. When you are looking through an email, click Details. You can then choose the "Mark as Unread" function.

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In the real Safari, you can easily mouse over a link to see where a link will actually bring you. It is not really as easy on the iPhone. There is a way to do it however. Instead of just tapping on it, you can just hold your finger on the link. After a few seconds, a balloon will pop up with all the information of where the link will bring you.

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Okay, I never would have thought of this as a real game. The concept looks really weird at first, but once you start playing, it rocks! You can check out the "Stack the log" game at http://xwuz.com/stack/game.html

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If you are looking for a good Dictionary and Thesaurus for your iPhone, this is it. What I like is that it is really simple so it fits really well on the screen size of the iPhone. I am not sure it was actually designed for the iPhone, but it's great anyway. It is at http://www.askaword.com/

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Okay, I know the iPhone includes most of what is in this web application right in a widget, but I thought I'd post it anyway for two reasons: it is really well developed with a precise and accurate way of adding a clock based on Google Maps and there isn't that much to talk about in term of iPhone tips. Third-party development is not really here yet and web applications are pretty limiting.

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This is the perfect example of why Web application can be even better than full scaled apps. I wouldn't want to download this application that calculates the amount of tip I have to leave and have it always occupy space on the main screen. Having it as a simple bookmark makes so much sense. It is at http://steveorr.net/games/TipCalc.aspx

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Okay, I have to admit that this isn't for everyone. But even if you don't live in NYC, it is still very useful for when you are visiting. You can check it out at http://rogerkenny.com/itrain/

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This was one of the features that I was really disappointed not to see on the iPhone. eBooks are so much more convenient than real books. You always have your iPhone on you wherever you are. This website will let you browse through the ebooks from Project Gutenberg as well as let you add your own ebooks. It is at http://scrollbox.org/.

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Okay, it might not be as feature filled as a graphing calculator (in terms of math features), but it is really cool. It really shows how much the iPhone is a real all-in-one device. It is a third-party web application in which you can enter math functions and get the resulting graph. It is at http://furbo.org/stuff/conspiracy.html

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This is another fun iPhone game that works well with the touchscreen. It is at http://sho.rt-b.us/iphone/breakdown/

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Once you register on this website, it will let you set up a task to do list. You will quickly be able to access the whole content on your iPhone. It is at http://www.ptasks.com/

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I previously explained how you can check out the mobile version of websites on your iPhone if you want a version that is better adapted to small screen. Well the real iPhone version of Facebook is here and it is much better than the regular mobile version. It is at http://iphone.facebook.com

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Well it looks like the possibilities are endless with an iPhone. You can now use it to tune your guitar. The application looks pretty nice. The audio files are QuickTime which is definitely the best choice for compatibility with the iPhone. I'm not an expert in guitar tuning so I'm probably not the best judge. It is at http://iphoneguitartuner.com/

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If there was something I was hoping for when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone is Skype. Skype is one of the best VoIP solution out there. I thought it really would be great when on WiFi. Unfortunately, the news of no third-party applications stopped Skype. We can now finally use Skype on the iPhone. It is a Skype web application. It works very well and finally solve the problem of no VoIP.

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If you are a fan of Battleship, this game is for you. It works perfectly with the touch-screen and the animations are pretty well done. It is at http://www.rogerkenny.com/battlefleet/

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This is much better than the TV schedule you'll see on your TV because it is according to what you listen to. You choose the tv shows that you want and every time you load it, the info will be there for you! It is at http://www.bigbucketblog.com/webtv/

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Well it looks like the iPhone is truly a standard around which mobile websites are rallying around. There aren't only Mac websites that now have iPhone-sized versions. Today, it is the turn of the Bank of America. It is at https://www.bankofamerica.com/mobile/

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I previously posted a website that will let you check for dead pixels. Well this is another one, but it does a lot more. I really like the interface that is so much more iPhone-like. You can also try to repair the pixel afterwards. It is at http://irepair.awardspace.com/

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This is pretty nice iPhone game for duck hunting. It works pretty well with the touchscreen. You can check it out at http://orangeburgyoungprofessionals.com/duckhunt/

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This is really the kind of application I am looking for. It is very simple, elegant, and it works perfectly with the multi-touch. It is actually an RSS Google News Reader. You can check it out at: http://www.iphoneatom.com/iphoneatom.aspx#_home

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This is a basic game for the iPhone that looks so much like what most companies include with their cell phone. It works pretty well and is thought out for using a touch screen!At http://www.2robots.com/iphone_wormy/

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If you don't want to know that your iPhone might not be as perfect as you think, you should stop reading this tip! It is a website designed for the iPhone to quickly find any dead pixel.At http://iphonedpt.bravehost.com/index.html

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This app is probably the most useless to some, while the most useful to others. I have to say that I do sail sometimes and this is really awesome. You'll be able to get the accurate info about tide anywhere you have Edge signal!At http://www.tideapp.com/

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If you are a Twitter user, you know what all this is about:At http://itweet.net/

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I think it speaks for itself:At http://www.tictacwhoa.com/

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One of the things that most websites who present iPhone application didn't mention is that you can also check out the mobile version of a website. Even if it is not specifically made for the size of the iPhone, it will still look better than a full size website!Facebook Mobile (m.facebook.com):MacRumors Mobile (mobile.macrumors.com):

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If you have a very large wine collection, keeping track of everything is nearly not possible. This mobile iPhone application let's you keep track of your whole collection. It's very useful when you are at the liquor store and you are wondering which wine you liked! It is at http://www.mobilewinelist.com/

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If Apple didn't include any game by default with the iPhone, it didn't take too much time for developers to solve that problem:It is at http://www.conceptdraw.com/aha/

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The price of gas can vary quite a bit depending on which station you go to. With this application called Gas.App, you can get the up to date price of the gas at every gas station around the zip code you enter. You can also search by city and state. The application also includes a link to quickly find the gas station on a Google Map. Check it out at http://www.gasapp.com/index.php

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This is really one of the best third-party application that ever came out for the iPhone! It is not really an iPhone app, it is rather a Mac app for your iPhone. It is unfortunately only compatible with Intel Macs. It is called iFuntastic and it lets you add custom ringtones to your iPhone. There are also a few other customization options such as modifying the carrier logo. You can get more

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This looks like it is a good text file reader compatible with ICQ. I haven't really tried it (I am not on ICQ), but it looks pretty good at first. You can check out the app called iOffice2U at http://www.ioffice2u.com/

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This is a pretty nice web application for your iPhone that fulfills what a widget on OS X does. The Flight Tracker widget can be very useful if you fly frequently. Often when you are about to take the plane, however, you are not at home. That is why getting this on your iPhone makes this feature many times more useful! It will give you the stats about the flights, including the departure and

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This is actually a cool feature that was already on the iPod and that moved up to the iPhone. It seems like I had to get an iPhone to discover it! One of the things that can be annoying when listening to an audiobook is the speed. I sometimes like to hear the audiobook a little bit faster than normal, but if it is in a foreign language, I'd rather hear it much slower so that I can really

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One of the things that surprised me at first is the absence of a Caps Lock button on the keyboard. Well, Apple included this feature right from the start. You can enable it:1. Go to "Settings" and choose "General".2. Choose "Keyboard".3. Choose "Enable Caps Lock".The feature will know be enabled. To use it, tap on "Shift" twice. It will remain blue and you can type in Caps Lock. To leave the

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This is a really cool tip I just discovered recently. At first, when you look at the Mail interface on your iPhone, you don't see any way of saving an email as draft. It is however possible! You simply have to press the "Cancel" button. A dialog will pop up and ask you if you want to save the message or not. When you choose to save it, Mail will add a "Draft" folder in this specific account

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This might not be the most useful application, but it is a really nice proof of concept. It is actually a virtual fortune cookie. The way it works is that you load it and see the cookie, when you rotate your iPhone, the cookie cracks open! You can check it out at http://m.digitaljoven.com/fortune/index.html (you unfortunately cannot crack open the cookie without a real iPhone!).

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If you want to try a different weather widget, this one definitely has the Mac look. It works very well and it truly matches the new Leopard and iPhone style Apple is heading for. You can easily switch to another city by entering the zip code. You can check out this nice application at http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/iphone/weather/

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This is a cool new checker iPhone game! It works very well but it is still a bit buggy. The interface is very well adapted for the size of the iPhone. It works in a full size web browser so you can check it out at http://www.digiwidge.com/checkrz/

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This is truly the missing application for the iPhone: a chat application! The SMS application looks a lot like iChat but you unfortunately cannot chat with AIM, MSN or anyone on instant messaging. This third-party application is a good alternative, but being a web applications, it has some limitations. It will let you log in to your AIM account. You can quickly access your buddy list. There

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The calculators that come with most cell phones don't usually have many features. This iPhone calculator application will give you a real scientific calculator. The features are still limited, but it is much better than many other option out there. You can check it out at http://scicalc.belfry.com/You can also check out my "falling rocks" adventure here (on tips4mac)!

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The base iPhone plan only includes 200 text messages per month even though there is unlimited data. If you text a lot, the unlimited text plan will add an extra $20. You can now avoid this fee by using a text messaging web application that runs in Safari. You simply have to enter your email, the recipient's 10 digit phone number and the message. When the recipient replies, it will

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Apple already created a specific section on their website for watching trailers on the iPhone. What this third-party application adds is the nice UI. Browsing on this application is so much simpler than using the real Apple website. The application will then redirect you at the last minute to the chosen movie trailer. You can check it out at http://trailers.optimalconnection.net/

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With the NHL season coming back at fall, you'll want to be ready and have this application bookmarked. It will let you go through the teams and very quickly find the schedule of the upcoming games. You can check it out at http://web.mac.com/udt.seal.team.six/iWeb/KrisZiel/nhlapp/index.html

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I think we can say that it is the first real iPhone optimized game. The previous games were merely optimized in terms of screen size. This one actually makes use of the accelerometer present in the iPhone. It is called "Corridor". The instructions for the game are: If you see protrusions on the left and right, hold the iPhone in portrait mode.If you see protrusions on the top and bottom, hold

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It didn't take too much time for the classic PC game Solitaire to arrive on the iPhone. A developer created a solitaire web game adapted for the iPhone. The solitaire unfortunately doesn't have many customization options. You don't have the choice, you have to play with three cards. The interface is well thought for playing on a multi-touch iPhone!

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You probably have many home movies and videos that you want to be able to watch on your iPhone. The iPhone is not too picky about the size of the videos you put on it. It will read a lot of video files. If you want to have the best balance of quality (the maximum quality that the iPhone can render) and file size however, you'll want to re-encode the videos so that they are optimized for the

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If you are not entirely satisfied with the basic weather widget that comes with the iPhone, there are alternatives. One of the best one is AccuWeather.com. There is now an iPhone-sized website that will give you a much more detailed weather for any city. To enter the city of your choice, you have to click on the "i" in the lower right corner, just like a true widget. You can see more of the

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If you are getting tired of surfing on the slower Edge and want to get on a free Wi-fi network, you'll want to know about this website. Jiwire.com is an established website that has a catalog of over 150,000 Wi-fi hotspots in 136 countries. That is great, but their website is not as beautiful in a iPhone-sized web browser. Jiwire.com just launched an iPhone-sized version of their website

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We finally have a text editor for the iPhone: gOffice! You can check out the app at http://goffice.com/ It will let you edit basic text, save it and email it to someone. The file that the application sends is a Microsoft Word doc file. One of the only missing feature (it is probably coming in a next revision) is to be able to edit doc files that you receive by email!

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You probably often end up in a situation where you have someone's phone number, but not a complete address or something. There are some websites that let you do what is called a "Reverse Phone Number". It will give you the name and the address of the person owning that phone number. Well there is now a great iPhone-sized website to get that.  It is very well optimized to be used on an iPhone.  

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I have to say that this is probably one of the best third-party web application for the iPhone that I have ever seen. It lets you remotely access your Mac from your iPhone. It even lets you control your Mac: taking a screenshot, checking out your files, capturing with your iSight and even controlling iTunes. You'll first have to install the necessary software on your Mac. After setting a

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This is yet another web based iPhone game that is very well adapted for playing on an iPhone-sized screen. You simply have to move the gems around to make rows of three or more. The only downside of this game is that like any third-party app, you need internet access. You can check out the game at: http://diamenty.myiphone.pl/

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This is a great tip that comes from MacRumors.com: Scrolling back to the top of Safari! When you are scrolled down on any web-page in Safari, instead of taking some time to scroll back up, you can simply tap the top bar where there is the time and the remaining battery indicator. It will instantly scroll back up to the URL bar! Thanks MacRumors.com for the great tip!

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Digg is a very popular website, but is the interface that great for browsing on an iPhone sized screen? Not really. A developer thankfully created a website that is automatically updated to follow what is on Digg but in a nice iPhone sized interface. It is really designed to take advantage of the touchscreen browsing. You can check out the website at: http://davidcann.com/digg

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The fact that you have to go on a secondary keyboard to get the punctuation such as the period or the comma was really one of the things that I found the most annoying about the iPhone. I thought it was so much longer to type because you nearly use punctuation as much as any other letter. That was until I found this wonderful tip! I actually found it on David Pogue's website. It will be

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If you really want to know how bad the speed of Edge is for web browsing, there is now a great way of testing it. It is "the iPhone network test". It will let you test the real speed of your internet connection in a nice iPhone sized website. It will easily let you compare Edge with WiFi. You can check it out at http://www.iphonenetworktest.com/.And by the way, no, this test wasn't performed

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This game has been around for years, but it is still nice to see it coming to the iPhone: a Tile game.  The interface is very well-adapted for the iPhone.  A single tap will mix the pieces and tapping again will stop.  After that, you can simply tap on each tile that you want to move.  You can check out the game in any web browser: http://tilegame.widgetinfo.net

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We now know that some websites might check the user agent and block you if you are not using an iPhone to check out a website. The Safari debug menu won't let you switch to the iPhone user agent. A developer created a nice application that will let you preview how websites will look in an iPhone screen sized browser. It is called iPhoney! It also incorporates an option to fake as though you

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It really looks like there is no limit to what developers can do in a web browser for the iPhone. The game called iChess will let you play Chess in Safari on your iPhone. You can try it out now in any web browser. The interface is very well adapted for the screen size of the iPhone and it looks like it will work great with the touch-screen. The game is available here.

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Well it seems that Apple is truly wanting to prove to everyone that web apps are the way to go. To do that, they even created their own iPhone web app. It is the "Apple iPhone RSS Reader". Apple unfortunately put a restriction on the website. It won't let you try it without being on an iPhone. It says: "This Application Is Viewable Only On iPhone". It still looks like it will be a pretty

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I really like this iPhone web application because it provides you with instant results about certain products. When you are out shopping and find something very specific, you can check if the price is competitive on the spot with your iPhone. The application will even let you buy Amazon products if you like what you find. The interface is not clunky and is well adapted for the screen size of

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This is really the first cool iPhone game: Avalanche. The first game I presented wasn't really well-optimized for the iPhone. This one is great, however. You'll be able to easily play with the touch-screen. It will let you eliminate blocks by group. You can eliminate the group if it has at least three blocks. The less blocks you have left at the end, the better. You can try out the game in

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Not everyone has an iTunes library made of songs exclusively bought on the iTunes store. What is not cool is that the "Get Album Artwork" feature in iTunes 7 doesn't always work perfectly. The bottom line is, a lot of people have missing artwork when using CoverFlow in iTunes 7. It's not as elegant, but it's still not that big of an issue in iTunes, but with the iPhone, you'll want CoverFlow to

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The widget for "A New iPhone Tip Every Day" is now available for download on VersionTracker. You can download it here. Screenshot:

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This is probably the first iPhone game released on the web: WordBreaker! I really post about it because of it's the first out there, because the game is not that cool. It still shows that it is possible to get pretty good web applications for the iPhone. The interface could be more touchscreen-oriented (like yesterday's application OneTrip), but it still works pretty well. The website is

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The iPhone isn't released yet, so it is hard to say if these applications will work or not yet, but here it is: one of the first iPhone web application released, "One Trip". This is a great example of the kind of app developers can create for the iPhone solely using the web. The application is expected to work because it is working great in Safari now. The whole app was designed to be used

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This might be very easy like it might be very hard. If it is very easy, I don't expect it to be that way because of low demand, I expect it to be because Apple planned the demand and will answer with a lot of iPhones in stock. Still, we have no idea what to expect next Friday.Apple has currently confirmed three ways of getting an iPhone: the Apple Online Store, the Apple Retail Stores and the

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This website will join my primary website "A New Mac Tip Every Day" and will be oriented on iPhone tips. The iPhone is not yet released, so until the 29th of June, I will mainly focus on tips about how to get your hands on an iPhone, nice web applications that are expected to work, etc... A widget is also expected to arrive soon to bring you updates in your dashboard.

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