A Gemini's Tips and Tricks

iPad

2010-04-19T18:59:00.000-07:00

If you are just looking at it, you could easily say that the presumption is correct. iPad is just a bigger version of an iPhone/iTouch. It has the same OS of an iPhone/iTouch and same design (only bigger!). So what is the difference?

Multi-Touch
The Multi-Touch screen on iPad is based on the same revolutionary technology on iPhone. But the technology has been completely reengineered for the larger iPad surface, making it extremely precise and responsive. So whether you’re zooming in on a map, flicking through your photos, or deleting an email, iPad responds with incredible accuracy. And it does just what you want it to.

Up to 10 Hours of Battery Life
To maximize battery life, Apple engineers took the same lithium-polymer battery technology they developed for Mac notebook computers and applied it to the iPad. As a result, you can use iPad for up to 10 hours while surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching videos, or listening to music. While surfing the web on a 3G data network, you can get up to 9 hours of battery life.

Performance
The A4 chip inside iPad was custom-designed by Apple engineers to be extremely powerful yet extremely power efficient. The performance is unlike anything you’ve ever seen on a touch-based device. Which makes iPad fantastic for everything from productivity apps to games. At the same time, the A4 chip is so power efficient that it helps iPad get up to 10 hours of battery life on a single charge. And iPad is available with a choice of 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of flash storage, giving you lots of room for your photos, movies, music, apps, and more.

That's just some of the difference if you are comparing iPad over the iTouch.

So, imagine if you are going gaga over the games and applications on your iTouch! Playing Plants vs. Zombies or Fieldrunners on the iPad will be great!

Game: Plants vs. Zombies

2010-01-11T23:29:00.000-08:00

This is one addicting game! The objective of the game is simple; do not let the zombies eat your brains!

Get ready to soil your plants in an all-new action-strategy game from PopCap! A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home, and your only defense is an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants. Use peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they can reach your front door.

Each zombie has its own special skills, so you’ll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all. But be careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds… as you battle the fun-dead, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge. And with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies!

    * Play five game modes: Adventure, Mini-Games, Puzzle, Survival, plus the stress-free Zen Garden
    * Conquer all 50 levels of Adventure mode -- through day, night and fog, in a swimming pool and on the rooftop
    * Battle 26 types of zombies including pole-vaulters, snorkelers and “Zomboni” drivers
    * Earn 49 powerful perennials and collect coins to buy a pet snail, power-ups and more!
(source: http://www.popcap.com/games/pvz/)

This game is not hard to play. Even if you're not used to playing computer games, you will absolutely learn how to play this game. The early stages of the games serves as a tutorial and soon enough you'll be surprised that you are not in the 'tutorial mode' because you are now actually playing it and making strategies how to beat those zombies!

Game Rating: 5 out of 5!

Download the portable game here.

AppStore: iPhone Game - Fieldrunners

2009-11-26T16:11:00.000-08:00

Fieldrunners may seem to be a very simple and boring game but believe me it's not! The objective of the game is to build towers to defend your base.

There are 4 different types of towers and each can be upgraded multiple times.

* Gatling Tower ($5) – offers a continuously firing attack, but is weak and has a short range
* Goo Tower ($10) – slows enemies for a limited period of time.
* Missile Tower ($20)– is a splash damage tower and has the longest range.
* Lightning Tower ($70) – capable of incinerating multiple fieldrunners in a single fiery swoop.

When you advance to the Medium difficulty stage, two more additional towers can be built.
* Flame Tower ($50) - medium range, but it has the most nearby damage.
* Mortar Tower ($120)- long range attack, but can't attack nearby. Highest damage.

There are 3 maps to choose from:

GRASSLANDS

open field in which enemies cross the screen from left to right

CROSSROADS

set indoors where the player must also defend enemies going from top to the bottom of the screen

DRYLANDS
has three entry points, top to bottom, and one each at the top and bottom of the screen going left to right

Earn $100 - PayPal Wishlist on Facebook

2009-11-23T23:57:00.000-08:00

Just make a wishlist and invite other friends to make theirs too!

FACEBOOK - PayPal WishList

iPhoneHack: iRealQuickSMS 1.0.3.1 Cracked

2009-11-09T22:47:00.000-08:00

How to install the cracked version of iRealQuickSMS 1.0.3.1

1. Download the Full DEB here.

2. SSH the DEB into your iPhone and install it using the command:
dpkg -i iRealQuickSMS.1.0.3.1.cracked.sg1.deb
(or download iPhoneCake from the Repo: http://iphonecake.com/src/all)

3. Download the Windows Keygen. Save it on your desktop.

4. When downloading is finished. Go to Start>Run and type cmd. [Hit the ENTER key]

5. Type irealkeygen 12345679A (but replace the 123456789A with you iPhone's Serial Number) [Hit the ENTER key]
- you can find your iPhone's Serial in Settings>General>About
- or find it at the back of your iPhone.

6. A Serial number will be generated. Remember this code, write it on a paper or just leave the window open.

7. Launch iRealQuickSMS.

8. Click Purchase.

9. Click Activate.

10. Enter any email address.

11. Enter the Serial Number (case sensitive).

12. Dance! You now have a cracked iRealQuickSMS.

OR

1. Install iRealQuickSMS from Cydia. Respring when asked.

2. Download the Windows Keygen. Save it on your desktop.

3. When downloading is finished. Go to Start>Run and type cmd. [Hit the ENTER key]

4. Type irealkeygen 12345679A (but replace the 123456789A with you iPhone's Serial Number) [Hit the ENTER key]
- you can find your iPhone's Serial in Settings.General>About
- or find it at the back of your iPhone.

5. A Serial number will be generated. Remember this code, write it on a paper or just leave the window open.

6. Launch iRealQuickSMS.

7. Click Purchase.

8. Click Activate.

9. Enter any email address.

10. Enter the Serial Number (case sensitive).

11. Dance! You now have a cracked iRealQuickSMS.

iPhoneApp: iRealQuickSMS 1.0.3.1

2009-11-09T21:38:00.000-08:00

iRealQuickSMS lets you quickly reply to a text from any application while still using the default SMS application.

iRealQuickSMS is composed of two SMS apps. (1) QuickSend and (2)QuickReply.

QuickSend can be toggled by choosing any of the following Hotkeys.

QuickReply have the following options.

This is a must have until Apple decides to incorporate these features on their next update.

You can get this app on Cydia via the BogBoss repo.

This is not a free app. You can purchase a license for $10 Euros or $12.50 US Dollars or Php 600.00

OR

You can just install a hacked version of it. I will post a How-to installation of the hacked version.

iPhone App(Cydia): SMS Helper

2009-10-16T20:21:00.000-07:00

A character counter incorporated in the iPhone's native SMS app.

A simple yet very important application that Apple missed to include in the SMS app.

You can grab it thru Cydia.

SMS Helper
Repo: Bigboss (default respository)

How to Jailbreak your 3.1.2 iPhone

2009-10-16T18:17:00.000-07:00

1. Go to http://blackra1n.com/

2. Download blackra1n.exe (windows or mac)

3. Once downloaded, double click blackra1n.exe.

4. Make sure that your iPhone (or iTouch) is connected to the computer and click MAKE IT RA1N button.
5. Your iPhone will be in recovery mode. A picture of GeoHot will replace the regular recovery screen. That's normal!
6. Once done, your device will reboot and a pop-up message will appear. Just click OK.
7. After the reboot, you will see a blackra1n icon on your iPhone's desktop. Click it. (Make sure you have an internet connection.)

8. Choose what you would like to install, after choosing. Blackra1n will download and install it.

9. Once you checked that the installer application (cydia) is running, you can now uninstall blackra1n. Uninstalling blackra1n will not un-jailbreak your device.

That's it! You have now a jailbroken iPhone.

WARNING: (from GeoHot's Blog)
Warning 3g and 3gs unlockers, do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your unlock. Baseband cannot be downgraded. Check out the dev team's offerings. Also blackra1n doesn't hacktivate.

WARNING: (from iClarified Tutorial)
Even though the GeoHot jailbreak supports 3.1.2 do not update if you are on iPhone OS 3.0.1 or 3.0. You will lose your unlock. Use PwnageTool to safely update to 3.1 without performing a baseband update. If you really must have 3.1.2 then wait for the next version of PwnageTool. If you have already updated to 3.1 or 3.1.2 without using PwnageTool then you've lost the ability to unlock for the time being. You can now use BlackRa1n to at least regain your jailbreak

WARNING: (from Bigboss)
This is a jailbreak only. There is no hacktivation or unlock. If you have updated in itunes to 3.1.2 or have an out of box 3.1 iPhone 3g / 3gs, you cannot unlock due to the new baseband, you can only jailbreak. If you have a 3g / 3gs running an older iPhone software and want to update and unlock, wait for pwnage type exploit that lets you update without updating the baseband.

TROUBLESHOOTING: (from Bigboss)
1) Blackra1n just crashes - You don’t have itunes 9 installed or your apple mobile device service is not running. Install itunes 9 or reboot to solve.

2) Blackra1n says it’s missing QTCF.dll. Put QTCF.dll (http://thebigboss.org/hostedfiles/QTCF.dll) into the same folder with blackra1n.exe and run it again.

3) Blackra1n hangs on running… - You need to kill iTunes and iTunesHelper.exe. This step should only take a couple seconds and something should happen. If it hangs on running you have itunes helper still running.

How to: Make an SWF into a Stand-alone File

2009-09-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

Someone asked me how to make a swf file work on her computer. I thought that by simply downloading the flash player from adobe.com will solve the problem. But it didn't.

Here are the steps to make a .swf file work as a stand-alone file.

1. Download and install ABC Amber Flash Converter. You can download it here.

2. Run ABC Amber Flash Converter.

3. Open the .swf file.

4. Click Save As.

This will convert the .swf into an .exe file that will make your file available to use anytime!

Enjoy your converted swf file!

I want one!

2009-09-17T19:16:00.000-07:00

Here is a fun accessory for your iPhone, iPod or MP3 player, the MP3 Earphone Speaker.

The MP3 Earphone Speaker is shaped like a single headphone, and it can be plugged directly into your headphone jack on your iPhone or MP3 player.

It also comes with a key chain attachment, which makes it easy to carry around.

If you want one, the MP3 Earphone Speaker is available for $10.98 from Things You Never Knew Existed.

Source www.geeky-gadgets.com/mp3-earphone-speaker-14-09-2009/

Nano Shoots Video

2009-09-17T19:15:00.000-07:00

Meet the newest member of the iPod Family.

With Video Camera

with built in FM Tuner

with Voice Recorder.

Who wants one?

*pictures taken from apple.com