There’s a trend of people buying intentionally dumb phones. Sometimes it’s for a kid who needs a way to call home but not a portal to the whole internet. Sometimes it’s an adult trying to claw back their own attention. I understand the impulse.…
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Widgetsmith Wallpaper Shine Through
Widgetsmith 8.2 just shipped, and it brings a feature I’ve been wanting. Your widgets can now go clear or frosted, letting your wallpaper show through. Old-school Widgetsmith users will remember the trick. You’d screenshot your wallpaper, feed it into the app, and Widgetsmith would…
Continue reading →Home Screens: Dave Myhre
Today I’m featuring the home screen of my pal Dave Myhre. Dave, a former jet pilot and current Christmas Tree farmer, is one of the most thoughtful technology users I know. He’s the kind of guy who actually thinks about why he sets things…
Continue reading →Apple’s Big Hardware Week
Apple kicked things off today with the iPhone 17e and a refreshed iPad Air powered by M4. Both look like solid updates. The iPhone 17e brings the A19 chip and doubles the base storage to 256GB while keeping the same $599 starting price. The…
Continue reading →Nobody Can Make Fun of Phone Cameras Anymore
I was sitting in the dark of my backyard last night, admiring the planets, as you do, when I noticed a blob of something in the tree looking down at me. My distance vision is 20/20, yet I still could not make it out.…
Continue reading →The Red Badge Won
When it comes to my home screen, I don’t like to show too many apps. I prefer to work in context instead of apps. So those context shortcuts in my dock do a lot of the heavy lifting. While on this quest to banish…
Continue reading →iPhone 17 Camera Review
Today is iPhone review release day. Hooray! Tyler Stalman’s iPhone Camera review was most interesting to me. He’s a fan. It was interesting how much he talked about the improvement to the selfie camera. For typical users, this may be the biggest win. The…
Continue reading →Why The iPhone is Getting Interesting
Apple dropped their latest batch of iPhones this week, along with new Apple Watches and an AirPods Pro update. Here’s what you need to know. The iPhone 17 lineup brings the usual suspects with some interesting twists. The standard 17 gets some nice upgrades…
Continue reading →Tyler Stalman on Photography with iPhone 17
One of the big selling points for the new iPhone every year is camera improvements. Tyler Stalman is a professional photographer/videographer. He has an insightful look at exactly what this year’s improvements mean for iPhone photographers.
Continue reading →About that Rumored Orange iPhone Pro
Image: MacRumors For years I’ve been bemoaning Apple’s failure to use interesting non-muted colors on the iPhone Pro. It appears this year Apple may be calling my bluff with an orange iPhone Pro. Orange! If true, it will be hard to put that beauty in a case.
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