Some Features You Probably Didn't Know About iPhone 3.0

Just today Apple released iPhone 3.0 and I would like to share with you some very minor features that I have noticed with the 3.0 software:

1- When you load up the App Store and go under 'Categories' and choose one and then find the 'Top Free' and 'Top Paid', you will notice that the buttons have a different style that makes it both easier to press and has a better, professional look to it.

2- If you go under your Settings and tap 'General', 'Reset', and then tap 'Reset Home Screen Layout', it will place all the apps you have purchased from the App Store in alphabetical order. 

3- There is a new part of the Settings and it is Notifications that lets you manage the notifications that are running for certain apps. 

Well those are a few that I have found so far, I will update you all later when I find another bunch of them. :)

Full Body Invisible Shield for iPhone Review

Don't you get tired seeing so many different kind of screen protectors for iPhones? Well, I'm sure you probably have and always don't know which one to get. The invisible shield is the best shield protector in the market. This is simply an amazing shield. Sure it is pricey, but it does the job, and it does the job brilliantly. 

I have received the full body shield and literally, covers the whole body of the iPhone. It covers the back to the bezels and to the screen. It is a great quality product and comes with a squeegee, and a spray for easy installing. The packaging is also great quality. It has all of the application instructions written on it and it shows every bit of step. 

I have had the invisible shield for weeks and this is just the best protector. The screen protector will never would rip off of the device, and its even hard trying to take it off. Since this is a very thin layer of screen protector, it will fit in the docking station smoothly. It has cut-outs for every parts with buttons and the dock opening at the bottom. Applying it at first, can be a bit rough, so you should be careful. Because once it sticks, it can be a bit tough taking it off. 

I have a *My Thoughts* video below, if you wish to watch it. 

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iPhone to Get Wireless Movie Store?

Its been rumored that the next generation iPhone is going to be able to wirelessly download movies and TV shows. This has not been available on current models since the download speed would be excruciatingly slow. This rumor started up after Apple announced the iPhone was going to support 802.11 wireless. You can read the whole article here.

App Review: myHomework

Price: Free

Developed By:Rodrigo Neri

Developers Site:www.rigoneri.com

myHomework is a simple and easy to use iPhone/iPod Touch application that allows you to keep track of your homework, classes, projects, and tests while interacting with a really cool user interface. I am going to go in-depth of this application. It is free so why not test it out? Especially if your a High School or College student this app is a must for you.

Review:

OK so when you first open up the app you get a notepad background with credits to the developer of the application. Right after it finishes loading the page peels to the top left corner and your on your main myHomework page by default which is the Homework List. There are 3 total sticky tabs on the bottom of the notepad that consist of:

• Homework List(Yellow Sticky)
• Classes(Green Sticky)
• Settings(Blue Sticky)

On the top right of the notepad of both the Homework list and classes pages consists of a "Add +" button. Tap it and then another paper graphic and a paper clip. Now this is your form to add new homework/classes. The forms for the New Homework submissions gives you these form items:

• *Title- Which is obviously needed in order to add it to your notepad.
• Class- To attach a class name that the homework originates from.
• Type- Is it a project, test or just homework?
• *Due Date- Again needed to submit. Lets you know when its due.
• Notes- Very useful if your teacher/professor gives certain instructions for assignment.

Once your finished filling in your assignment you then go ahead and tap the green Confirm button or if you decided for some reason to not add it then go ahead and tap the Cancel button. Pretty straight forward and very easy to do.

Overall Thoughts:

This is by far the best application that I have come across under the Education category in the app store. The design is amazing and fits well into the concept of the application itself. It acts as a to-do list but for people who are in school/college. Overall this is a great application and recommended getting it since its free, and if your in school/college. This app gets a 9/10 for the fact that there could have been more things implemented to this app to make it better. The app is very small and there isn't much too it which some might say makes it better. An idea that was floating around in my head while messing around with this app was that it could use a Category option to where you could sort all of homework, projects, tests etc.

Read the full review here. The review is very long and I didn't want to take up the whole front page of the social blog here.  Hope you enjoyed my review.  And I will be back with more design and review posts for the Social Blog.

iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4 Video Walkthrough

What are your thoughts on the new iPhone operating system (3.0)? I'm not sure how many of you have actually used the software but I have been using it for a few weeks now and I have a few comments I want to share. First of all, the new 'features' work great. Copy and Paste is very useful and MMS does indeed work. I think a nice surprise was the improvements to the youtube application which now allows you to easily view your subscriptions, new videos, and keep tabs on your content. However, without some new secret features when the software goes gold I think apple will have lost a step. MMS and Copy/Paste have been around for years but have taken an absurd amount of time to make it onto the iPhone. The original iPhone software changed the market forever and OS 2.0 introduced an app store which again changed the market. Although 3.0 does introduce some much needed upgrades it's more of a "what took so long" compared to the innovation we expect from apple.

In any event, beta 4 of the new OS is a little buggy but that is expected with beta software. The HD video above is a quick walkthrough of these new 'features' including spotlight, MMS, and the new youtube app.

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