Close Call iPhone / iPod Touch App

I was browsing the iTunes App store yesterday evening and I came accross this application called ‘Close Call’ which allows you to put an emergency contact number and a short message such as any allergies, health conditions, medication etc on your wallpaper.

Hope this helps

App Information
Name: Close Call
Price: Free
Category: Health & Fitness
Requirements: iPhone / iPod Touch

iPhone / iPod Touch Carrier Logo Change

I recently found out how to change the ‘Carrier’ logo on the top left hand corner on the iPhone / iPod Touch. To do this you will need a jailbroken iPhone / iPod Touch.

Once you have jail broken the device you need to

1. Open the ‘Cydia’ app
2. Search for ‘Make it Mine’ app and install it.
3. Load the app ‘MIM’
4. Type your selected phrase in the box
5. Tap ‘Carrier’ or ‘Banner’ to set.

Enjoy =]

App Information
Name: Make it Mine
Price: Free
Category: Utilities
Requirements: Jailbroken iPhone / iPod Touch

Download From Cydia

Add a new mail, contacts, calendars account

iPhone 3.0 firmware came out yesterday and I noticed they now support CalDAV so we can Sync our calendars to the device. You can make events on the iPhone/iPod and it will add the event to the Google Calendar and vice versa.

I was trying to figgure out how to get Google Calendar working on the iPhone 3.0 firmware and it was a little bit of a struggle but I manage to find out how to do it.

1. Go to Settings > Mail / Contacts / Calendars
2. Touch ‘Add Account’ > Other
3. Touch ‘Add CalDAV Account’
4. Enter the following information:

Server: www.google.com
Username: Google Username
Password: Google Password
Description: [Calendar Name]

Once done touch ‘Next’ and your done

Hope that helps

Lots of coverrage this week on WWDC I’ve put together a few links mainly for my own benafit but thought I would share.

Live Streams
Cali Lewis
Leo Laporte (TWiT)

Live Blogs
CNET
Gizmodo

Be sure to join @CaliLewis on uStream at 10am PST.

TWiT Netcast Player

This weekend Houdini7 updated the new TWiT.am application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

The updated application now has a built in bookmark features so you can browse the TWiT, ODTV and other various related websites.

I found it rather hard to browse the ODTV site so I asked Kiwinerd to install the WP-Touch plugin for WordPress. This made the ODTV website look like an iPhone App.

I also had the idea to build a web application to browse and listen to the TWiT Netcasts. I know there are already applications for the iPhone that will do something like it but I wanted to make my own and hopefully Houdini7 will implement it into the next version of the TWiT.am application.

If you would like to check the app out goto http://iStorm.tv/twit/tai/ on your iPhone / iPod Touch. If you have any feedback please let me know via email storm@odtv.me

Download the TWiT.am app in iTunes

Apparently O2 have partnerd with BT OpenZone to provide free hotspots for iPhone 3G customers. iPhone 3G customers will now be able to use BT OepnZone and The Cloud.

Today I installed a wordpress plugin so my blog can now be viewed on a iPhone / iPod Touch. There is two modes a iPhone view and a standard view. I’ll post some screnshots tomorrow

[UPDATE] Photo here

When the new iPhone comes out on July 11th some carriers will take back the old iPhone and give you a brand new one for free. Some carriers like 02 will allow you to buy the new iPhone but you need to sign a new 18 month contract and they will cancel the old one free of charge. The iPhone is also avalabe on Pay as You Go with 02 but the price for that is unspecified.

Today I joined Cali Lewis on her uStream.tv stream to watch Apple’s founder Steve Jobs’ present at the World Wide Developers Confrance 2008.

Steve Jobs’ announced Apple’s new web service Mobile Me The service runs on Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch. Mobile Me is the new version of .Mac and it allows you to upload all your files online and retrieve them on any device. So if I add a new event in iCal it will show up on my PC and iPod Touch within seconds. The service costs $99 per year and allows you to store up to 20GB worth of files. You can also get a 60 day trial.

Steve also announced the second version of the iPhone which will be coming July 11th. The iPhone allows you to download applications onto your phone they will also appear in the iTunes store. The iPhone also has a scientific calculator and a update maps with GPS, and last but not least a fast 3G connection what we’ve all be waiting for! Apparently some of the current owners of the old iPhone will be able to trade it in and get the new version for free of charge.

[UPDATE] You can now watch the WWDC Key Notes on Apple iTunes and on the Apple website.