Find my iPhone or iPad for- free service

We all have been there at least once, yes that big moment that we understand that we are missing something very important, in the old days it was our home / car keys, then it was our laptop and today its our iPhone or iPad.
I just came from my friend house after spending more then 1 hour trying to help him find his iPhone (the phone was set to vibrate only).. after we spent 1 hour with no luck, my friend remembered he installed the "find my iPhone" service.
2 min after that we have been able to find his iPhone :)


Apple has decided to come to the help and "give away" freely their find my iPhone or iPad service.
With the new service (that off course you need to register first to use it) you can

• Locate your iPhone or iPad and see it on a map on Apple web site (mobile me)
• "Ask" your device to play a sound - even if the device is set on Vibrate
• Send your device a message that will show on the screen , even if the screen is locked
• Wipe your device remotely
• Set a Pass code remotely

One request based on Apple web site, is that you have iOS 4.2 running on your device and off course have an iDevice with a built in GPS.

To see this working, check this video


Here is a step by step guide from Apple web site describing how to set this up.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/find-my-iphone-setup/

Have a nice weekend,
Haim Chibotero
iPhone in Israel & more

Change your iPhone fonts

Hi,
Let me start with an oppolgy of not updating the blog for awhile now (any case not in the same frequency I have been used to)  - I got tied with new projects at work , new Android phone that I got and upgraded to last OS version 2.2 (this wasn't easy as doing a jailbreak on unlock !!)

Any case, I have seen that an application I am using today named FontSwap (@ Cydia) that is allowing me to use other fonts on my old iPhone running OS 3.x will not work on iOS 4.x .

You can see an example on what I am talking about in this video.


Looking on this fact that I should get my iPhone 4 any day now, I was disappointend I can't change its fonts.
While browsing and looking around I came across this web site, that is explaining you what you should do in order to change the fonts on your iOS 4.x device. :)



This site is full of fonts you can use for your iPhone.
http://www.iphoneruler.net/category/fonts

Enjoy,
Haim Chibotero
iPhones in Israel & more

Google goggles is now available for iPhone

Hi,
Seems everyone is having fun using the new application from google on their iPhone (its up and running on Android for 11 months already).
The application (that can be downloaded on AppStore for free) is named google goggles and it let you do a online search by taking a photo of the object you want to get more information on.
The tool is very easy to use , as you can see in the movie, and I am sure the database will growth from minute to minute , so it will be a real nice addition to the way we can learn...

The application can run only on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 - as this are the iDevices that have a camera with auto-focus feature.
The iPhone must run iOS 4.x.
Based on google, it works well for things such as landmarks, logos, and the covers of books, DVDs and games. However, it doesn't yet work for some things as animals, plants or food.

The application is really fun to use, I have been using it on my other cell phone that is running android for couple of weeks now.

More info can be found here
http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text

also check out the movie


Have a nice weekend,
Haim Chibotero
iPhones in Israel & more

FreeApps for your iPhone / iPad

Hi All,
Hope you had nice time in your holiday (this is for our Israeli readers).
I just came across this nice web site http://www.ifreeware.net/ - it has a big collection that updates daily with apps for your iPhone / iPad

It's really recommended to register to this website and check all the free goodies you get.

Have a great week,
Haim Chibotero
iPhones in Israel & more