0 How To Protect Your iPad Or iPhone?

Anyone purchasing an iPhone or iPad will learn quickly that the big open screens, and even the back and sides, are prone to “injury”. So protection is key. And there really is a huge variety of options when it comes to protecting these little guys. Especially for the iPad.

The first and most important layer of protection, according to most, are the clear film “protective skins” that go directly on the surface of the devices. These skins protect your iPhones and iPads from most potential damages and can really take a beating. Most companies pricing is fairly inexpensive for these protective skins, which makes it a no brainer for most.

A good idea as well is a hard cover case for storage and usability. There are a lot of materials made to encase your device, but something somewhat strong and portable is usually the best idea. A lot of these cases you can even fold and shape to angle your iPad or iPhone on it’s end like a television.

After you’ve chosen and applied your layers of protection, it’s important to keep your iPad or iPhone clean. Even though you should have some form of scratch protection and a hard case of some kind, small particles like dirt and dust can easily cause problems. When cleaning your device, be sure to:

* Clean with a soft and slightly damp, lint free cloth.
* Rub the open faces gently and be very careful when cleaning along the edges and near the buttons.
* It is very important to never use any cleaners or solvents as these can cause potential damages. Only use water to lightly dampen your cloth.

For the actual content protection of your device there has been a few major problems involving hackers accessing information, particularly on the iPad. Because of these problems, iPad can be secured further. It does provide strong data transmission and data storage encryption. Even still, it’s pertinent to use pass code protection as a first line of defense. If security is needed on a corporate level, iPad does provide secure methods for configuration with specific settings, policies, and restrictions.

0 StyleTap - Brings PalmOS to Your iPhone

If you’re still moping over the lack of PalmOS devices in the market, it seems that the iPhone can come to the rescue again, as StyleTap is now available for the iPhone. The catch is that you’ll need to install it through Cydia, which means jailbreaking your iPhone, not to mention that you’ll need to shell out $49.99 for the app. Of course, that’s probably a small price to pay in order to be able to use your favorite PalmOS applications again. Would you jailbreak your iPhone just to install this?

0 iPhone on the Cusp of Being a Legit Enterprise Device?

HSBC, a global banking company with roughly 300,000 employees worldwide, currently has about 200,000 RIM blackberry devices issued to employees. It uses them to help the staff stay connected to their mail and calendar.

Arstechnica is reporting that HSBC is now seriously considering switching to iPhones now that it includes Microsoft Exchange support and other enterprisey features like remote-wipe and manageability.

If they do switch, would this may help legitimize iPhone in the enterprise and begin the death knell for Blackberry?

Another prove that iPhone is a phenomenal smartphone. Why don't try to implement it in your company too :D

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0 iPod, the best portable media player so far

Are you a huge fan of iPod? Well, I am. I've been dreaming to have one of those cool iPod since years ago; unfortunately I still don't have one of it until now. Why I want it? Well, to put it simply it is because iPod is so freaking cool. I think there are still no other portable media players that can compete with iPod these days. I even read that in some countries iPod has become a status symbol for its citizen.

Today iPod provide you with five of their famous models, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Shuffle, iPod Mini and iPod Touch. But from those five models there are three of these models that nowadays have become popular among iPod lovers. These three are iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Touch.

iPod Nano is perhaps the most popular nowadays because it is small in size so you can easily bring it everywhere. Small doesn't mean that this models offer you less quality because it still provide you with the best quality of audio and video. This model is available in 4GB and 8GB capacity choices.

iPod Classic is perhaps the plainest iPod for design issue but with this model you can get the largest capacity among all iPod models. For the largest portable audio player you can choose the iPod 160GB classic :)

The last and the best one based on my opinion is the iPod Touch. This one is have the same feel and the same panoramic screen as the iPhone. The iPod Touch is definitely my first choice for a portable media player.

I hope I can buy one of those iPod soon :)

0 Apple's iPhone 3G: Twice as fast and half the price

Apple new iPhone features 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store that allows you to shop and store from amongst hundreds of application, including top of the line games.

It combines three products in one - a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser. An 8GB model is priced at $199 and a 16GB model priced at $299.

The product will be available in 22 countries by July 11 and the prices will be enforced throughout the world. It will be available in 70 countries before the end if the year. The 3G relies heavily on intuitive touch screen operations, has the hallmark Apple look and comes in black and white colors. It has an impressive battery life - 300 hours standby, 10 hours 2G talktime, five hours 3G talktime, five to six hours browsing, seven hours of video playback and 24 hours audio.

AT&T will offer unlimited data for the 3G iPhone at $30 per month for consumers and $45 for business customers.