Posts Tagged ‘iphone’
Bluetooth Pregnancy Test at CES (Why Do We Need This?)
Elle.com reports on a new Bluetooth pregnancy test from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). My question: why do we need this?
(Note: the picture below is just a public domain pic of a not-Bluetoooth pregnancy test from Wikipedia.)
English: Pregnancy Test Svenska: Ett positivt graviditetstest (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
For the record, you have to pee on a stick, but this fancy new stick connects to your iPhone via Bluetooth.
But also! You can watch soothing videos while you wait three minutes for the results. From Elle.com:
The company released its Pregnancy PRO Digital Pregnancy Test at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. The sticks, which look just like your typical pregnancy tests, sync with a smartphone app via Bluetooth. You then urinate on the stick, as you normally would, and the app notifies you once it detects a sample. Then, a countdown clock shows three minutes until the result is ready. While you await the anxiety-ridden three minutes, you can click on “Calm Me,” “Educate Me,” or “Entertain Me” to either learn about fertility or just watch puppy videos to ease your nerves.
Oy vey. Maybe it won’t catch on.
Source: First Response Unveils Bluetooth Pregnancy Test – First Response Pregnancy PRO at CES (Elle.com)
iPhone 6 Case Amazon Lightning Deal
iPhone 6 case Amazon Lightning Deal for ya. $11.19. Regular price is $13.99, list price is $49.99 (which would be way too high, unless this case also gives foot massages and makes dinner). We have not used this case. Heck, we don’t even have an iPhone. But lots of people do! And we like to be helpful by passing along these DaddyDeals when we find them.
![iPhone 6 Case, Caseology [Bumper Frame]](https://daddytips.com/wp-content/uploads//2015/02/6168rE-BdjL._SY300_.jpg)
Time is limited, so if you want it, buy it.
I’m going to leave in all of the descriptive text Amazon provides because, well, why not.
Avengers Origins: Assemble! App (Countdown To The Avengers Movie)
Avengers Origins: Assemble! is a universal App for your iPhone or iPad. We haven’t tried it yet but it sounds like fun. Read more »
ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty—The Future Of Retro iOS Gaming (UPDATED With Photos!)
ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty Action Shot. You know you want one.
Toy Fair is in full swing and I just received an email that made as excited as Han Solo when he learned that Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker were related. ThinkGeek, retailer of all things awesomely geeky, has announced the iCade 8-Bitty. I say this is the future of Retro iOS gaming.
The future of retro what now? Let me explain.
(Note: now updated with photos. Whoo-hoo!)
Apps For Paranoid Parents (Stuff Dad Wrote)
This is an iPad 2. You put apps on it. I mean, duh.
We have established that I am a SAHD WAHD. The W stands for Working, and I work as a writer. Hence Stuff Dad Wrote.
So here is something I wrote for Parents.com — 10 Best Apps For Paranoid Parents.
15-Year-Old Kid Tricks Apple App Store [Smart Kids Rock]
I love smart kids. I love tech folks who stick it to THE MAN.
These days, despite protestations from iHoles worldwide, Apple is THE MAN. Especially when it comes to the iPhone app store.
Here’s what happened: according to Gizmodo, Nick Lee, a 15-year-old kid, was selling an iPhone app called Handy Light. It looked like one of probably thousands of “colored flashlight apps” that are in the app store.
BUT! Handy Light had a secret feature — “hidden code that made it a full tethering application—a program that allows you to use your iPhone as a 3G modem.” This is something that AT&T charges $20 a month for. But if you have Handy Light, you can do it for free — well, ok, a one-time charge of 99 cents.
A couple of points:
- Cellphone carriers who charge for tethering are annoying.
- Apple’s claim that they filter apps in order to protect users now sounds silly. Especially when they rejected a farting app. (They eventually approved it, I think.)
- It’s great that kids are still programming. Computers in schools are mostly used now as gaming machines.
- This is NOT evil hacking. This is a kid who figured out a way to buck the system.
According to Gizmodo, Apple removed Handy Light from the app store, but anyone who downloaded the thing can keep using it. Not sure if it’s possible to load your own apps onto the iPhone. If so, I hope the kid released the source code so people can keep doing this on their own. It may be a violation of AT&T’s agreement (I have no idea if it is or not); if so, that’s their problem.
GO! SMART! KIDS! David Lightman! Represent!
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How a 15-yo Kid Tricked Apple With a Disguised iPhone Tethering App (Gizmodo)
Wargames DVD image via Amazon.com
Pull My Finger iPhone app rejected
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Brought to you by Beavis and Butthead.
Apple rejected it because it wouldn’t be of interest to iPhone users. You know, because all iPhone users are humorless fuckwads. Oh wait…
