Monthly Archives: June 2010

Maximizing iPhone 4 video quality

Download to your computerĀ for full-quality recordings: After creating a couple fun iMovie projects I shared them via email. When viewing them in my Sent box I thought the quality was rather lackluster, even though I had exported them to the Camera Roll at 720p. It turns out that when you send a video via email [...]

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How To: Lock screen orientation in iOS 4

While the new iPhone doesn’t have a screen orientation lock button (like iPad), iOS 4 does allow you to prevent auto-rotation of the screen using a software switch. This is handy in case you want to read a web page or iBook publication while laying sideways on your couch. Double-click the home button beneath your [...]

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iOS 4 integrates with third-party music apps

I discovered a nice surprise by playing with multitasking when Pandora was running. Not only does it keep streaming music in the background, it actually hooks into some of the same system services that control the iPod app. For example, double-click the home button while Pandora is running in the background. (If the device is [...]

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iPhone 4 display

The double-resolution display on my iPhone 4 is beautiful! You can really see the difference between apps that have updated their icons and graphics and those that haven’t. For example, Twitterriffic (yes) vs. Facebook, Reeder and Beejive (no.)

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iPad dock works with iPhone, iPod under iOS 4

Others report it works with their 3GS. Also works fine with my older 3G and an iPod touch running iOS 4.0.

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