Tip: Removing Themes on Jailbroken iPhones

Steps:

-Open Cydia

-Tap on the manage button at the bottom

-Next click the packages tab, in this area locate the specific theme you’d like to remove and click on it

-Select the modify button in the top right corner and hit the remove button and confirm

Comply Foam Tips & WHOOMP Enhancers

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros Foam Tips: Extremely comfortable replacement tips for a number of earbuds, comes in packs of 3 or 5.  TX version has built in Wax Guard, isolates and enhances sound.
Cons Foam Tips: After about a month the foam tips don’t reshape themselves and become a bit mushy.
Pros WHOOP: Very easy to install on your stock Apple earbuds, foam tips keep earbuds in your ears much better than the stock Apple earbuds, surprisingly makes the Apple earbuds sound much better with deeper bass.
Cons WHOOP: After about a month the foam tips don’t reshape themselves and become a bit mushy.
Overall: The Comply Foam Tips provide excellent fit and are very comfortable, especially for long periods of time.  After your stock foam tips have worn out these are great replacement foam tips.  The tips come in packs of 3 for $19.99 or packs of 5 for $27.99.  Choose from the P-Series, T-100 or the Tx-100 with Integrated Wax Guard.  The WHOOMPS are great sound enhancers and frankly comfort enhancers for your standard Apple earbuds and for the  price; $9.95 you really can’t go wrong.

Check out these and all the offerings from Comply Foam Tips by clicking here and being directed to their website.

PTV 350 FloTV Device Overview

Just an overview of the actual device, full review will come once I am in a service zone in 2-3 weeks. Only thing I can comment on is that the screen definitely seems prone to fingerprints and glare.

Richard Solo 1800 Review/Giveaway

Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Pros: Ability to charge your iPhone 1.5x, Built in flashlight and laser pointer, two models available, lots of accessories included
Cons: $70 is definitely on the high side of external battery packs, 30 pin connector does not work well if using a case.
Overall: This is a great device, although a bit on the pricey side, but with the current promotion I highly recommend it. If you use any style of case definitely pick up the mini-usb 1800 so the cable allows you to charge and not worry about adding additional stress on the connection.

You can purchase this product directly from RichardSolo.com for $70.
Use promo code “Buymeaniphone” for $20 off this product.

Microsoft’s Bing and Google contend for iPhone Search Engine

Rumors were in the air early this week at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress industry trade fair.  Supposedly the current Google – Apple union could soon be traded for Microsoft’s new Bing search engine. Reuters reported Google vice president Vic Gundotra commented that the current union was “Stable”

“Apple is a very close and valuable partner and we’re very excited about the relationship we have with them today. We have no reason to believe that’s going to change,” Vic Gundotra, who leads Google’s mobile engineering, told journalists on Monday.

“We don’t want to comment on those rumours,” he said when pressed on the issue of the iPhone at a round table at industry trade fair Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. “We think that relationship is stable.”

On the flip side, Reuters reports from the Microsoft side, when asked about the proposed rumor,  CEO Steve Ballmer was tight lipped and uttered, “No comment” with a smile.  The rumors surround the industry trade fair Mobile World Congress which is taking place in Barcelona this week.  Read more at Reuters.

[via Reuters]

Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1010/VPC-HD2000

Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Dual camera, High Definition, feels good in the hand, the 1010 is priced right at $319, easy to shoot video and photos, cold shoe for accessories, mic input, headphone jack, will accommodate up to 32GB SD Card
Cons: Dock is used to transfer video if you don’t want to keep taking out the SD Card and more often than not this transfer did not work and ended up corrupting the video being transferred.  When I used a card reader to transfer all was fine so I imagine it is a firmware issue.  This happened on both the 1010 and the 2000.  Poor image stabilization, poor low light shooting, poor tech support from Sanyo.
Overall: I had high hopes for both the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1010 and the VPC-HD2000 and was relatively happy with the performance considering the 1010 is a $319 price point, not so happy with the $499 priced 2000.  With all the things mentioned if you don’t mind taking out the card to transfer I think the 1010 is a deal and will do the job for most weekend consumers.  I just expect the data transfer to work as advertised and that was my major disappointment.  For the $499 that the 2000 is priced at, you can easily go with a proven winner like the Canon HF200, which I will be reviewing soon.

I buy my photography equipment from B&H Photo Video out of New York City and the customer service is superb and return policy liberal.  The prices are great and I save loads because I don’t pay sales tax considering I am out of state.  Go check out the folks at B&H Photo Video by checking out their website BHPhoto.com

Weekly Giveaway #3 and Week #2 Winner

Quickly Sync in iTunes with BackOff

Rating: 10 out of 10
Pros: Saves valuable time, it’s FREE, ability to only use it when needed, Mac and PC.
Cons: Must restart iTunes between uses
Overall: Skipping the backup is not something I’d recommend on any regular frequency, but this allows you to skip it for those times where you are really just out of time and needing to run out the door. Works for Mac and PC.

TRANSFORMERS G1 Awakening game preview

The long awaited TRANSFORMERS G1 Awakening is coming to iPhone and iPod Touch! Roll out with the TRANSFORMERS and battle the DECEPTICONS in the classic 1st Generation TV series universe! Check out more information on www.glu.com. Available on the Apple Appstore as of end of February 2010

Speck Satin & Candyshell Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Great protection, hard shell for drops and rubber inside for shock
Cons: A little work to remove the case, single piece design so you cannot dock without removing

SeeThru Satin

Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Hard Shell, full phone protection, has see thru design for the apple logo and such
Cons: no rubber inside, only hard plastic, moderate difficulty to remove
Overall: Both the Candyshell and Satin are perfect cases for all around protection. The hard outer shells protect from drops and the rubberized inside protect the phone from shock. The cases just snap on and stay on. the $30 price points are perfect for dual protection cases.

You can purchase the Candyshell ($34.95) and the SeeThru ($29.95) directly from Speck Products.