I love it when I learn new tips about my iPhone. I have to credit this one to Murman. I have forgotten to turn off the ringer sometimes. At other times I just don’t like that it is going to vibrate for a while before it hits the voicemail. There is a quick and easy [...]
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Karthik is your geek next door and loves technology especially his iPhone 4 and iPad 2. Besides posting pics on Instagram as topiphone, he writes on iPhone here and on his tech blog ShanKrila. Twitter: @KIntheHouse Want to find out what else he is upto? About meRecent Posts
Apple Posts Differences between GSM and CDMA iPhone
by karthik on February 17, 2011 in AT&T, iPhone 4, iPhone News, iPhone Tips, Verizon
This is a common question for many considering either buying their first iPhone or someone considering switching from AT&T’s GSM network to Verizon’s CDMA network. What is the difference between a GSM iPhone and a CDMA iPhone? Apple has posted a support note explaining the difference between the GSM and CDMA iPhone 4 models. The [...]
N.O.V.A. 2 Valentine’s Day Sale – Just $0.99
by karthik on February 14, 2011 in App Reviews, Games, Games, Paid Apps
N.O.V.A. 2 is one of my favorite games to play on my iPhone 4 and iPad. This is one of the awesome games from Gameloft. The game usually sells for $6.99 for the iPhone/iPod Touch version. Gameloft has dropped the price of N.O.V.A. 2 to just $0.99 for 24 hours celebrating Valentine’s day. If you [...]
WSJ: Half-Sized Half-Priced iPhone is in the Making
by karthik on February 14, 2011 in iPhone News
Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is working on a new less-pricey version of the iPhone. Apple has sold the current iPhone at around $624 to carriers making it one of the expensive smartphones to purchase without carrier subsidies. With Android growing significantly in the smartphone market, it is natural for Apple to be [...]
iCamera HDR iPhone App Review + Promo Code Giveaway
by karthik on February 11, 2011 in App Reviews, Contests, Paid Apps, Photography
I haven’t tried any new photography iPhone apps in a while since we have our new guest author, Antonis, posting some awesome reviews. He suggested we try a new HDR iPhone app by EverImaging called the iCamera HDR. And I did. Even though the iPhone 4 and iOS 4.x natively supports HDR, I still like [...]
Mint iPhone App Adds Transaction Search and Account Addition
by karthik on February 10, 2011 in App Reviews, Finance, Free Apps
Mint iPhone app is one of my daily use apps. I have set up Mint.com to track all my financial accounts. It gives me a unified view of all my spending and account balances. While the Mint.com has been very useful it has been a little slow to add new features. But, they have just [...]
Verizon’s Free iPhone Apps Available Now
by karthik on February 10, 2011 in App Reviews, Free Apps, iPhone 4, iPhone News, Verizon
If you just got a Verizon iPhone, congratulations and welcome to the iPhone user community. We would like to hear about your purchase experience in the comments here or ping us on twitter @TopiPhone or the TiR facebook page. Verizon has 3 prominent iPhone apps available for the CDMA iPhones – My Verizon Mobile, VZ [...]
DoodleBoy – The Violence Park iPhone Game Review
by karthik on February 9, 2011 in App Reviews, Games, Games, Paid Apps
The Violence Park is a game that fulfills all your blood lust desires in a cute cartoon kind of way. The point of the game is pretty straightforward: to kill anything and everything that moves. You will be unleashing your rage on zombies, hell-bound creatures and my ultimate favorite, those creepy clowns. You will begin [...]
Pre-Order Your Verizon iPhone 4 Now
by karthik on February 9, 2011 in iPhone News, Verizon
Verizon iPhone 4 is now available for pre-order on both Apple and Verizon websites. Verizon customers were able to pre-order ahead of everyone on Feb 3rd but not everyone was lucky to do that as they saw record number of pre-orders. Today, both new and existing customers can pre-order the Apple iPhone 4 on both [...]
Mobile Safari Gets Gmail Priority Inbox
by karthik on February 8, 2011 in iPhone News, WebApps
Ever since Google introduced a feature called Priority Inbox on the web main interface, I have been addicted to it. This feature intelligently separates ‘important’ mails and mails that hardly grab your attention. They work this out in the background by looking at trends of email contacts you regularly open and reply, your own signals [...]
Verizon iPhone Gets TeleNav GPS At a Lower Price
by karthik on February 7, 2011 in AT&T, iPhone 4, iPhone News, Navigation, Paid Apps, Verizon
If you have heard or used AT&T Navigator GPS iPhone app, then you probably know that the company TeleNav builds and powers it. TeleNav has just announced a Verizon iPhone version of their TeleNav GPS. The app is not available in the App Store yet but will soon be there after the Verizon iPhone 4 [...]
AT&T Answers With a New iPhone Ad
by karthik on February 5, 2011 in iPhone 4, iPhone Ads, iPhone News, iPhone Videos
It is a great time for the Apple iPhone. Verizon came out with their first commercial just counting down to the announcement. Then they just released a second iPhone commercial taking a jab at AT&T saying ‘Yes, we can talk now’. Now, AT&T has just launched their own ad attacking Verizon. This new a takes [...]
Verizon’s New ‘Yes, I Can Hear You Now’ iPhone Ad
by karthik on February 5, 2011 in iPhone 4, iPhone Ads, iPhone News, Verizon
Verizon’s first iPhone commercial was cool but it never showed the iPhone 4 at all. It just showed a countdown to the launch day. In fact, they even sold-out their iPhone 4 pre-orders. Now, Verizon has released a new TV commercial for Verizon iPhone 4. This ad shows the iPhone 4 in its full glory. [...]
Verizon iPhone Pre-Orders Sell Out. Next Chance on Feb 9
by karthik on February 4, 2011 in iPhone 4, iPhone News, Verizon
This may come as no surprise. Verizon iPhone 4 is not available for pre-orders anymore since last night. Verizon opened up pre-orders of their iPhone 4 for their existing customers yesterday. And the allocated iPhone 4s sold out on the same day. No word on how many were on sale for existing customers. If you [...]
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