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While Siri and VoiceOver can assist visually impaired iPhone users, new software out of the Georgia Tech College of Computing looks to supplement these accessibility options. BrailleTouch is a prototype application that uses traditional Braille input on the iPhone’s touchscreen, allowing people to type up to 32 words per minute with 92 percent accuracy, all without looking at the phone’s display. Here’s how it works. The phone is actually held with the screen facing away from the user.
iPhone app lets visually impaired type and text — Mobile Technology News
@Jonathan Marks. The "before" photo is on the right. SAN FRANCISCO, MACWORLD / iWORLD 2012 — If you want to create great photos from your iPhone, start by shooting everywhere. Including the dentist’s office or out the window of a friend’s bathroom.
These Apps Take Your iPhone Photos From Banal To Bliss [Macworld /iWorld 2012] | Cult of Mac
iTunes - Books - iPhone 4S Starter Guide by Macworld Editors
iBooks is an amazing new way to download and read books on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You can download iBooks from the App Store or iTunes Store.
Charge Your iPhone 4 With Sunlight
While we’ve been trying to beam the idea of a solar-embedded iPhone into Steve Job’s head (so far successfully), a design company called Frostfire is helping out. The company has created an iPhone 4 case that has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery at the base with a small solar panel embedded on it that can extend the battery life of your iPhone 4 while on the go. Twenty minutes of direct sunlight shining on the so-called “ Mooncharge ” case will buy you an extra 50 minutes on standby mode, or 5 minutes of chatting, so, yeah, not a whole lot. The battery can be charged via a USB cord, as well, and fully charged, will provide the user with 315 hours on standby or 5 extra hours of talk time. The case costs $70. Speculation about Apple adding some kind of solar power feature to its iDevices has popped up periodically over the past several years.Children's Books on iPad and iPhone
The children's book reader app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad has all the functions you love - audio playback, word highlighting and auto-play. Our beautifully illustrated books are displayed on a digital bookshelf for you and your children to choose from when the app is launched. See how your little ones can be entertained for hours with our easy-to-use application.
Antennagate: If you can’t fix it, feature it! | Monday Note
…and don’t diss your customer, or the media! Rewind the clock to June 7th 2010. Steve’s on stage at the WWDC in San Francisco. He’s introducing the iPhone 4 and proudly shows off the new external antenna design. Antennae actually, there are two of them wrapped around the side. Steve touts the very Apple-like combination of function (better reception), and form (elegant design).
Apple plays satirical iPhone Antenna Song at press conference
Here it is -- the Jonathan Mann video that Apple just played (no kidding) to start off their official press conference. No really -- right before Steve Jobs took the stage, he played this song for gathered reporters, and it's fair to say that the video shared in no uncertain terms what he thinks: "The media loves a failure in a string of successes / the fact won't ever matter if they can make their bigger messes ... in terms of daily usage / I've yet to drop a call / so this whole damn thing is stupid." Seems a little frivolous for a problem that a lot of people are really frustrated by, but, you know, whatever. Jobs said that they saw the video on YouTube this morning, and "wanted to share it." The song also mentions the Gizmodo case : "Gizmodo's just ridiculous / pulling their anti-Apple strings / You bought a stolen prototype / Get over it and move on." Again, pretty informal for kicking off an official press conference.Top 50 iPhone Apps for Moms
About a week after I began using my iPhone, I was in love. I had a calendar with me at all times, and I was able to stay on top of my family’s schedule – even though there are six of us! I had email access while I was out, so I wasn’t constantly playing catch up with PTO business in the evening. And then I discovered apps!
For people who enjoy running, there’s nothing like lacing up the Nikes, heading out the door and hitting that stride. But every runner hits a wall at one point or another and day after day, run after run can soon become monotonous. Sometimes a little jolt to the routine is welcomed. Whether you want to try out new routes, strive to be faster, have better endurance or even lose a little weight, runners (and want-to-be runners) can turn to the following 10 iPhone apps for a little more variety in their training regimens: RunKeeper Pro is probably the most well-known of the running apps on this list.
10 Essential iPhone Apps for Runners
