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The correct way to use your MacBook's battery

Recently a battery completely failed in a two-year old black 2.16GHz MacBook that was covered under AppleCare. It worked fine one day, went completely dead the next. It wouldn't charge and no LEDs would light up. When I brought it into the genius bar at my local Apple Store I...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Episode 113: PowerPage Podcast

Episode 113 of the PowerPage Podcast has been posted. This week we discuss iPhone, 3GS, overheating, shortages, OS 3.1 and we play "What's on your Mac?" Featuring: Jason O'Grady, Rob Parker and Tom Hesser. You can subscribe to it in iTunes. by Jason D. O'Grady

Tags: Jason O'Grady, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

How-to: Reset a noisy optical drive in the Mid-2009 MacBook Pro

While playing with my new 3GHz "Mid 2009" MacBook Pro I noticed that it made that weird optical drive load/unload sound three times in a row, instead of the usual one, any time the drive was used. If you don't have a CD or DVD handy you...

Tags: Optical Drive, Apple MacBook, Disc, Apple MacBook Pro, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

iPhone executes SMS binary code as root

A security flaw has been discovered in the iPhone OS that could allow attackers to gain root access to the iPhone OS and allow them to install and execute malicious programs at will. Charlie Miller announced the discovery of the vulnerability during a presentation at the SyScan...

Tags: Apple iPhone, SMS, Attack, Charlie Miller, DailyTech, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Smart Phones, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Apple files patents on haptic feedback, biometrics and RFID detection

A patent application filed by Apple in February 2008 for multi-touch display screen with localized tactile feedback indicates that the company is researching haptic feedback for possible inclusion in the iPhone and iPod touch. Most telling is a line in the application about the competitive advantages of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Patent Application, Patent, Apple Inc., Fingerprint, RFID, Biometrics, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Nielsen: Average Apple.com visit lasts 74 minutes

A recent report from Nielsen PDF reveals that Apple.com was the number 1 hardware manufacturer Web site destination with 55.7 million unique visitors in May 2009. This more than doubles the number two Web site, HP.com, which received 21.3 million unique visitors during the same period....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Apple Inc., Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Smart Phones, Internet, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-01

iPhone OS and SDK 3.1 betas distributed to developers

Apple made betas of iPhone OS 3.1 (build 7C97d) and iPhone SDK 3.1 (build 9M2736a) available to developers today on its iPhone Developer Connection Web site. According to QuickPwn.com changes include: The baseband has been updated to 5.08.01 - ultrasn0w...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Operating System, SDK, Video, Beta, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Weird iPhone apps

With Apple's wildly-popular App Store cresting 50,000 apps available for download, it was inevitable that a flew clunkers would slip through the cracks. And I'm not talking about about blatant mistakes like Baby Shaker or Hottest Girls, either. During the gold rush to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, App, Blogging, Internet, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-30

iPhone 3GS overheating linked to battery

iPhone 3GS owners have been reporting problems with some units overheating and becoming too hot to touch. The handsets are getting so warm that the white plastic cases are discoloring to a brownish/pink as seen in the picture above from Ben on the French site Le...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Battery, Inquirer, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-30

iPhone 3GS pool drop video: real or fake?

A video called iPhone 3GS dropped in the pool. Still works! has been making the rounds (350,000+ views) purporting to have been recorded from an iPhone 3GS that was dropped into a pool -- and still works. The Zapruders out there have taken issue with a few...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Apple revs iPhone availability tracker

Apple's iPhone availability tracker is back and better than ever. The Web app allows you to see which Apple retail stores have stock of the new iPhone 3GS, broken down by capacity and color. Unlike last year's version which relied on the Apple store’s JSON data feeds,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone Availability Tracker, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Retail, Sales, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Five tips for conserving iPhone battery life

Most of this is common sense, but the following are a couple of good iPhone battery conservation tips that will help you get more run time out of a charge: Turn off push email if you don't use it (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > Fetch New...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Engineering, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-29

BitTorrent-powered iPhone App Store in beta

I don't know too many iPhone users that would call themselves dissatisfied with the App Store, but many people cross over to the dark side and jailbreak their phones to get access to software we'll never see in the App Store. There are numerous reasons why people...

Tags: Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Sprint ad targets lapsing iPhone contracts

Sprint is aiming its sights squarely on AT&T, Apple and the iPhone with a new print ad that says "Your iPhone contract is up. Perfect timing." The ad copy boasts that the Palm Pre "does things the iPhone can't" multitasking, that it's cheaper ($1,200 less over two...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Advertisement, Sprint Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Review: iSkin CERULEAN F1 stereo bluetooth headset

One of the most powerful new features in iPhone OS 3.0 is also its least discussed: Bluetooth 2.0, more specifically, the A2DP (a.k.a. stereo Bluetooth) profile. A2DP allows an iPhone running 3.0 to transmit stereo audio to a Bluetooth receiver -- enabling an entire category of stereo BT headphones to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Audio Quality, Headset, Bluetooth Headset, Stereo Bluetooth Headset, A2DP, F1s, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Cable, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-26

ShapeWriter: Must-try iPhone app

ShapeWriter Free is an amazing new iPhone application based on research that began in the late 1990’s at IBM. Its Almaden Research Center published the first rigorous mathematical optimization result of touch keyboard based on the Metropolis “random walk�  algorithm -- the same algorithm used by scientists to understand...

Tags: Algorithm, Apple iPhone, ShapeWriter Free, Engineering, Keyboards, E-mail, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-26

iPhone OS 3.0 disables purchases for AIM logins

It seems that in iPhone OS 3.0, you can no longer make purchases from the iPhone when using an AOL screen name as your store account. In iTunes when entering a password for a purchase, you can use either an AOL screen name or Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Screen Name, Apple Inc., iPhone OS 3.0, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-26

iPhone Tip: The home button triple-click

A quick primer on the new home button functionality courtesy of iPhone OS 3.0: A single click returns you to the last apps screen you launched an app from, but if you are in an apps screen already, it brings you back to the home screen. If...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Home, Telecom & Utilities, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-25

How-to: Install boxee and XBMC on the Apple TV

If you have an Apple TV and you're tired of transcoding your media to H.264 you owe it to yourself to check out boxee and XBMC. They take the Apple TV to the next level allowing it to play video in AVI, DivX, XVID formats and even stream content from...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Apple's Remote app adds gesture controls for Apple TV

Lurking under the hood of Apple's freshly-updated Remote app for iPhone are the beginnings of a powerful media center remote control application. Say goodbye to Apple's skinny, white Front Row remote because you can now using your iPhone or iPod touch to control your Apple TV...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, Remote, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-24