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Use Your iPhone to Stay Fit Over the Holidays

Jeanne Dupuis — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:04:21 +0000

There are so many good things about the holiday season – the gathering of family and friends, time away from work, fun and games and, of course, food. Turkey, stuffing and cranberries are delicious but it’s all the cakes, cookies and pies that can make you pack on the pounds. On top of that, there’s last minute shopping and a million other things to do so it can be hard to find time to work out.

Fortunately, if you’ve got an iPhone you might be able to use it (or an iPod Touch) to help keep you in shape. Most people will gain a few pounds during this time of year.

PumpOne’s FitnessBuilder app offers more than 400 workouts to help you maintain your weight. You can do the workouts anywhere and people with more advanced fitness levels can even customize their own programs. For more information, visit www.pumpone.com.

Additionally, there are some other things that you can do to be proactive about avoiding holiday weight gain.

Here are PumpOne’s Top Five Tips for Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain

Download iPumpOne application to your iPod/iPhone, and begin your journey to a healthier you with your own personal trainer. It’s convenient, and an iPod/iPhone is a small exercise item to pack away while traveling.
Sign up for a holiday race. Many cities usually host a Turkey Trot or Jingle Bell Run. Get the family involved and start an annual holiday tradition.
Admiring your neighbors’ Christmas lights is a fun holiday activity. Ditch the car at home, and walk or bike. Family included.
When serving meals, use smaller plates. Studies have shown that people eat more simply because more is on their plate. If smaller plate is used, the difference in hunger is minimal. This works with smaller bowls for soup, plates for dinner, appetizers and even deserts.
Holiday beverages such as alcohol and eggnog can add to your daily calorie intake. You can treat yourself to one glass and sip it slowly. Savor the taste and then go back to water.

images: PumpOne

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iPhone Sales in China Doing Poorly

Jeanne Dupuis — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:06:23 +0000

It was almost two months ago that Apple finally launched the iPhone in China, hoping to take advantage of the big market in the country.

However, what was hoping to be a successful beginning to the iPhone’s run in China, has now turned into a huge disappointment for the folks at Apple.

To date, sales in China for the iPhone have only gotten up to approximatel 100,000 units being sold. The second largest mobile operator, China Unicom, were chosen to carry the phone – a company who have about 140 million users.

South Korea’s main carrier, KT, already has 60, 000 pre-orders for the iPhone, which hasn’t even been launched there. To top it off, KT only has 14 million users compared to China Unicom’s 140 million subscribers.

Those are some really crappy sales in a country that holds about 1.3 billion residents. Hopefully, sales increase in the next few months.

Image: Amazon

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XM Online For iPhone and iPod Touch

Jeanne Dupuis — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:54:44 +0000

With the invention of satellite radio, a lot of people have stopped listening to local stations. I don’t mind hearing about holiday deals in my area but, ultimately, I’m annoyed by the commercials on both talk and music stations so I really do prefer satellite. XM online+ is here!

If you’re a fan of XM Online, you’ll love that it is now available on iPhone and iPod Touch with enhanced audio quality and a new easy to use web player.

In case you aren’t familiar with the service, XM Online offers:

Over 100 XM channels
100% commercial-free music
Sports, talk, comedy and exclusive entertainment

For more information, visit the XM website or check the AppStore.

image: XM Online via email

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Mophie Juice Pack Air Now at AT&T

Jeanne Dupuis — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:41:12 +0000

AT&T is now carrying the world’s thinnest iPhone compatible external battery/protective case. The Mophie Juice Pack Air is a rechargeable 1200 mAH battery which has been integrated into an ultra-thin case and currently retails for $79.95. It could make a great holiday gift!

Here are some quick product details:

Standby Time: Up to 270 hours
Talk Time: Up to 4.5 hours (3G) Up to 10 hours (2G)
Internet Use: Up to 4.5 hours (3G) Up to 8 Hours (Wi-Fi)
Audio Playback: Up to 27 hours
Video Playback: Up to 9 hours

The great thing about the Juice Pack Air is that it includes a “standby mode” feature that allows users to control how much additional battery support they use. It’s also cool that there’s a pass-through design that allows the simultaneous charging of the Juice Pack Air while syncing their iPhone 3G S with iTunes via the included USB cable.

http://www.mophie.com

image used with permission

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Meet 50 Cent With VitaminWater’s iPhone App

Jeanne Dupuis — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:42:59 +0000

If you’ve ever wanted the chance to hang out with 50 Cent, you might want to check out VitaminWater’s very first iPhone application. The cool app allows users to remix 50 Cent’s newest single “Baby by Me.”

The remixes can be submitted to a nationwide contest and 50 Cent will then choose a grand prize winner based on the submission he likes best. The winner will be flown to NYC to meet the rapper. I can only imagine how much fun 50 Cent would be in person!

The app is called “50’s Sound Lab” and the remixes can be posted on VitaminWater’s Facebook fan page, user’s personal profiles or forwarded to friends (you’ll want to brag about your skills, won’t you?!).

iPhone and iPod Touch users can download the app for free from the iTunes store http://appsto.re/50soundlab and, in the meantime, you can check out this funny video of 50 Cent talking about the cool app.

images used with permission

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“Reverb” Solar-Powered iPhone Dock Is Huge

Jeanne Dupuis — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:14:00 +0000

Have you seen the Reverb solar-powered iPhone/iPod dock? It’s massive! Seriously, at three feet tall, this thing is really cool but it’s also a bit puzzling. First of all, many of us like our iPods since they are relatively tiny but can store a lot of music. They’re convenient. When you attach it to something that is the size of a pre-schooler, it becomes a lot less practical, I would think.

Still, there’s no price on being friendly to the environment, right? Unfortunately, it takes a whole 20 hours outside/40 hours indoors of sun exposure to get this bad baby up to full charge.

The one thing that irks me about my iPod is that I can’t put some batteries into it to get it to work, I’ve got to wait for it to charge and I think that having to wait for my dock to charge would drive me nuts and I’m really environmentally-conscious. Apparently, Gizmodo says that you can buy a regular power adapter for the Reverb so that could work, I guess.

The Reverb will be released in April, 2010 at a retail price of $2,229.

image: Regen

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Bejeweled Blitz Now on iPhone!

Jeanne Dupuis — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:21:38 +0000

Need more applications to help you become more addicted to your iPhone? If so, you might be interested in knowing that Bejeweled Blitz is available for iPhone and iPod touch! Now you can take the one-minute gem-matching game anywhere you go. It’s part of Bejeweled 2 for iPhone and iPod touch and you can get it today at the App Store!

If you’ve never played any of the Bejeweled games, I feel that I should warn you – they are highly addictive. The good news is that Bejeweled Blitz is just one minute per challenge so there is a time limit if you find it hard to turn the app off.

Visit the PopCap Games website for more information!

image: PopCap.com

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iPhone Helps With Fear of Flying

Jeanne Dupuis — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:31:42 +0000

A lot of people miss out on traveling since they suffer from a fear of flying but a new iPhone application might be able to help them calm their nerves and get on a plane. I honestly never thought of a phone being used for something like this but I think it’s a great idea.

Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched an app for its Flying Without Fear course proving yet again that Virgin Atlantic president, Richard Branson, is on a mission to accomplish just about everything he possibly can in life.

“Our first iPhone app will bring the benefits of our successful Flying Without Fear course to millions of people around the world who are now using mobile technology to make their lives better,” Branson said. “The app will put many travelers at ease and enable them to prepare for their first Virgin Atlantic flight.”

The app features an introduction by Branson and then offers a number of resources to users including relaxation exercises and an in-flight explanation of a flight. I’d love to see what this looks like even though I’m not really afraid of flying.

The Flying Without Fear course boasts a 98 percent success rate which is pretty flipping impressive. The app was developed in collaboration with Mental Workout, “a company developing software to help people resolve issues and increase mental performance.”

Would you consider using this program and an iPhone application to get over your fear of flying?

image: Bell.ca

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Deposit checks using the iPhone’s camera

Jayvee Fernandez — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:44:22 +0000

Depositing checks … or cheques has gotten much easier. A US-based bank has developed an iPhone app that allows you to deposit checks by merely taking a photo of the front and back of that rectangular piece of paper and sending it into their system. The application scans the front and back of the check using the camera and the digital imprint is sent to the bank’s system.

This is rather scary for the technologically-appalled as the physical check you have in your hands will never have to go through the bank again. Call it peace of mind but I’m a little old school when it comes to these things but I can’t deny the fact that this is really cool.

This is really the future of mobile banking!

[photo c/o Apple Media Gallery]

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RingtoneStudio2 goes to Terri!

Jayvee Fernandez — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:05:09 +0000

Big congratulations to Terri, one of my readers who participated in our contest. We gave away one copy of RingtoneStudio2 for the iPhone, a nifty little app that allows you to rip off a segment of a song from your iTunes library and convert, mix and edit them to your heart’s desire.

Be sure to stay tuned for future contests. I’ll be holding another one in the following week. I’d like to thank the 20+ people who have left comments and participated. There’s always a next time, and that time is coming up very soon!

[image c/o Tim Goggin from Pocketmac]

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