New iphone release dates

According to multiple sources today, we are now pretty close to having confirmation of the long awaited iPhone 5 release!

Come September 12 we will not only see an Apple event introducing the world to the new iPhone, but pre-sale orders will begin that day as well. The release of the phone will be (we suspect at midnight), nine days later on September 21^st.

Start getting excited! Less than one month until we know all the secrets and only a little longer until we can get our hands on the new baby!

New iPhone will have a smaller dock

Lots of news today about the next iPhone dock being made smaller. Quick outline- Apple iProducts currently have a 30 prong dock connecter cable and have done since 2003. The next iPhone, due out around October, is confirmed to have a large reduction in dock connecter size so as to move the headphone jack to the bottom. Allegedly.

A lot of people are hence questioning whether or not the new phone will come with an adapter or if it will be sold separately.

I think that Apple as a customer oriented brand won’t charge for this extra bit of equipment that they’ve made necessary through their own design, although they did do exactly that recently enough when they decided to charge $9.99 for a power adapter for their Apple’s new Magsafe 2 Power connecterfound on the new MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro.

On that note, I think that there are secrets hiding in this modification. I could very well be wrong but it feels like such a huge and potentially difficult design change for something that wasn’t really broke is a bit of a red herring.

And then I start to get excited. The main and acknowledged problem with iPhones and I guess Mac products in general is battery life. Maybe With Apple changing the way power comes into their products they’re preparing for something amazing. There’s gotta be some boom or maybe I’m just looking too hard?

Let your imagination run free- iPhone 2052

Let’s play a game. Instead of trying to guess the specs or shape of the iPhone being released this year, let’s imagine for a moment that instead we’re eagerly anticipating the release of the new iPhone, June or October 2052.

Screw guessing shape. We’re going to start by thinking about the quality and clarity of hologram the new release will allow us. HD holograms. People are talking about how they will assuredly have, by now, fixed up the bug in the iFeel app so that when you use the app to touch something thousands of miles away, there is no time lag. There is a large group excitedly anticipating and discussing the controversy of the iChip that we can place on our wrists that will come with a surge of dopamine, and how the amalgamation of pharmaceutical companies and Apple has made taking prescription drugs easier, and with this release, more prescription drugs have been added to the list Apple works with. There are people raving about how glasses and contacts will be a thing of the past once the new release comes out equipped with a way to make your eyes work better only using invisible electrical messages. Educators everywhere are waiting to have the ability to be able to map their student’s brain activity, and have that map available to them whilst they’re teaching, to better understand the way that the student’s brain works, and how they learn.

Scientists and governments are wondering how to police and politicize the iFeed program while the rest of us are wondering how it will change our world- if someone doesn’t want to finish their meal, they can take a photo of it and send the nutrients to a bank that can be accessed by NGO’s in the few still poverty stricken communities.

Everyone knows by now that the technology that comes with the new Apple release will make their world better. What do you think we’ll be looking forward to with the new i-release, 2052?

iPhone iOS 5 Tips & Tricks Part 2

Welcome to our second part of  iPhone Tips and Tricks! We hope you found some useful and easier ways to use your iPhone in the last article, and hope you’ll find even more in this second part!

Choose different vibrations for different contacts
Now this is very cool. Now not only can you have different ring tones for different contacts in your phonebook- now you can have different vibrate alerts too. Fantastically useful if you use your phone on vibrate and you need to know who is calling in the middle of class/that meeting.
Simply go to Settings – General – Accessibility – Custom vibrations and turn on.
Then, whilst still in Settings, go to Sounds, and right down the bottom with be vibration. In there you can create your own vibration or choose one of the generic ones. In the contact you want to change in contacts, hit ‘edit’ and under ringtone will be the vibration option. Done!

Space on your iPhone
If you have limited space on your iPhone, and don’t know where it’s all going- go to Settings – General-Usage and you can see all the apps on your iPhone and how much space they’re taking up. If you decide that one app isn;t worth keeping, click on it and you have the option to delete it.

Different calender view.
In your calender, if you have it set to see a month view, you can actually get a week view simply by turning your iphone horizontal. You can scroll across to see the days and up and down to see the hours. Turn back up the right way to go back to the month view.

Edit your music tabs
Not everyone listens or organises their music the same way. Because there are quite a few options available in your music app, Apple sends all iPhone’s out with the same organization. To change this, simply go to ‘More’ on the bottom right hand side, and the press ‘Edit’ on the top left. This allows you to change the bottom buttons to however is best for you to use and listen to your music.

Calculator
This is a very easy one, but not well known and can be very useful. Once in the calculator, if you turn the iPhone on its side, you get a scientific calculator!

Home Button
Here’s a clever one… Now, here at iPhone Antidote, we think that if your iPhone is damaged, you should sell it and trade up to a new one! But, if that’s just not possible, here is one rescue feature. If your home button no longer works, go to Settings, General, Accessibility, then turn Assistive Touch to ‘ON’. This will place a moveable home button on the screen.

here’s to easier iPhone use!

iPhone iOS 5 Tips & Tricks Part 1

The following two part article is a summation all the tips and tricks that iPhone Antidote are aware of. We’ve given you a few necessary ones already, but here are the rest- all the ways to make you the most savvy iPhone user around!

Making new photo albums
A lot of people only have the one photo album- all the photos they’ve ever taken in one long, long, scrolly list. If you want to break it up into a more accessible list, you just need to open the Photo app, and on the top right will be an edit button. Press it, and on the top left press the add button. Name your new album, save, and then simply choose the photos you want to add to this album by clicking on them from your previous album and pressing done.

Emjoi keyboard
The Emjoi keyboard gives you a tonne of icons to add to your text vocabulary. Previously to utilize the Emjoi keyboard, you needed to download the app. Not so with iOS 5. Simply go to Settings – General – Keyboard – International Keyboards. Scroll down until you find Emjoi and enjoy!

Have more tone in your emails
Now you can use italics, underlining and bolding in your emails. Simply type your email, press and hold on the word/s that you want to change and a bar will come up with options. Press ‘Select’, and ‘Cut’ ‘Copy’ and ‘Paste’ will come up. Beside that is an arrow. Press it, and you will see BIU ( Bold, Italic, Underline). Press this and a further bar will appear asking you which type you would like.

Saving Images
Next time you see an image you’d like to keep for yourself, be in on the net, in an email or in a text, just press and hold on the image and a bar will appear asking if you want to save the image. Save it and it will be stored in your photo albums.

Stay tuned for more useful iPhone tips and tricks to come shortly!

Facebook Smartphone?

It seems inevitable, but there is proof now more than ever that Facebook are looking to design their own smartphone. Today sources claim that facebook has headhunted more than a dozen Apple software and hardware engineers in their attempt to design a Facebook smartphone.

There has been a few attempts in the past, but this time, ‘Buffy’ is apparently under development– a phone in coordination with HTC that will try to tackle the fact that facebook currently has no meaningful revenue from mobile app users. Even though they are using post Apple engineers, they will not be trying to tackle Apple’s share in the market, rather, device’s running Android, Google’s mobile operating system.

With so many people using their smartphone’s as a very expensive text message and facebook machine, we can only wait and see when and how popular the Facebook smartphone will be.

There is much to be learned from Apple

Apple are an excellent PR machine- there are few other companies out there that control the mystery surrounding their new products so well, brilliantly exampled by right now, months out from the release of their new iPhone.

Everyday whether you’re looking for them or not, there are a silly amount of articles guessing and guestimating everything about the new release– from the name, shape, differences in hardware and software, and even the actual date of the release. They have people talking months in advance, and most of it is good.

Although other smartphones do have a large share of the market– they have nowhere near PR skills. I think I remember reading one article about the Galaxy coming out a while ago… It’s a Sony right?

Part of the PR genius is due to the cult following Apple has created within it’s customer base, and part of it is the huge amount of money riding on every new decision Apple makes. Part of it again is the mystery they shroud themselves in. Everyone has heard the stories about Apple software engineers not knowing what the hardware looks like, and visa versa. They create the idea that only very very few people actually have an idea of the overall product. And that makes us want to know even more.

There are also the tidbits given out at key moments to the chosen few members of the press/tech world from ‘sources close to Apple’ that keep people talking. Will the new release have a metal back? It will have a larger screen! They’ve started producing them! The dock will be a different shape! I’ve seen a mock-up! Will it be called iPhone 5? iPhone X? The new iPhone? How long do I have to wait to own one?!

As a business person, or a wannabe business person, there is a lot to learn from Apple. Look at the new pieces of information, but also look past them at when and how they are created, and how they in turn create excellent PR for the company. You can also look at ways you can benefit– always legally of course- Someone, somewhere registered the domain name TheIphone5.com, which is currently for sale for $5228.00… If you can use what you know to look into the future, and guess what domain might be worth that much or more in the future, take a risk and buy a domain that you might be able to make a big profit from sometime in the future.

There is much to be learned from Apple.

iphone 5 name still in the running.

There is still a chance that the new iPhone might be called ‘iPhone 5’.

Although this would be a great opportunity for them to change it up and to make the naming sequence more logical to it’s customers, Apple had earlier this month sought to gain ownership of the domain iPhone5.com with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The case has now been settled without the assistance of WIPO, making us think that Apple paid enough coin to gain ownership. This may lead some to jump to conclusions, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that the iPhone will be the ‘iPhone 5’, as they may just be trying to control sites so directly connected with their new baby… but it does make you think, which is great PR anyway you look at it.

Not All iPhone Cases Are Created Equal

The best way to cover up your precious iPhone, useful, protective, beautiful.

1.Pico Genie A100

All the tech heads I know are far more excited about projector technology over TV technology. Please step forward, the Pico Genie. This is an iPhone case, yes, but it also has a built in pico projector, extended battery and external speakers for your iPhone. Project your favorite movies, photos, anything on your iPhone onto an available wall and have yourself your own little cinema experience. Amazing. Seemingly only available for sale in the UK for the moment, you can order it online for around $392

2.Opena Case

The worlds first iPhone case with a slide out bottle opener. Get in. As their slogan says, ‘How about a beer with your iPhone?’ Uh, yes please? Free standard shipping, available in black or white. $39.95

3. Griffin Survivor Extreme Duty

This is if you are not only the ultimate clutz, but everyone around you is too. This case passed military endurance testing ( tested to meet or exceed US Department of Defense MIL-STD-810 and UK Department of Defense Def-Stan 00-35 through an independent testing procedure). This is some secure stuff. Drop your iPhone, throw it against a wall, leave it in the rain, sandstorm, duststorm, stamp on it in frustration- this case will protect it. $49.9

4.Knucklecase

Rihanna has one. Enough? No? This is an iPhone case that has a knuckleduster attached. To keep it attached to your fingers, mind. And look badass. Silver and shiny and pretty in a totally awesome way. $99.00

5. Proporta Amphibian iPhone Case

Lucky enough to be scuba diving? Snorkeling, in a pool? This is for you. Go on, make us all jealous. You can make and receive calls and take photos underwater, and it’s not some weird baggy thing, it’s a case. The Proporta Amphibian makes your iPhone 100% guaranteed waterproof to 3 metres (9 feet) underwater. $33.00

Honourable Mentions: There are two honourable mentions, for both being amazing technology, but also for not being available quite yet. The Nissan Scratch Shield and Magnifi. One is very useful and very cool, the other is very, very cool, but perhaps only useful to so many iPhone users.

The Nissan Scratch shield is a protective, self-healing iphone case. Nissan says that a small graze can heal within an hour while deeper cuts could take up to a week to fix. What?? The case is not on the market yet- but will be on sale in North America very soon.

Magnifi is another kickstarter project and is the world’s first universal photoadapter case for the iPhone. It connects the camera on your iPhone to your favorite optical instrument, allowing you to take pictures and video through the eyepiece. This includes binoculars, microscopes, telescopes and almost anything else with an eyepiece. Available soon.

App of the day – Rat Builder ( Game ) Free.

Careful kids, as innocent as this looks, this game app is very, very addictive. Prepare for one worded conversations and impatience with the world around you for distracting you and making you stuff up that one vital box landing.

An incredibly simple idea. A box swings on the end of a rope and you must tell it when to drop so that it will stack perfectly onto the box waiting below. Then comes another differently sized box. And another. The speed of the swinging rope increases as you move up the levels, gaining points. There are a few tricks ( seen as dropping icons that you must touch, making sure you catch them otherwise you will let a box go when you’re not ready- catastrophe!). Four bad landings and you’re out, and so sad. So you try again. And again, and again, and again…