December 13th, 2010 by admin

A lot of readers to this blog are seeking to find where they can get hold of iPhone moves. Let’s face it, iTunes pretty much has it wrapped up - and its expensive wrapping.

All the same we have managed to find several great free sources of free iPhone movies - you can find them using search in the right hand side bar! But this post is about a recently discovered new source of movies for our iPhone. And depending on how many movies you download, you are looking at paying cents not $$!! And that includes masses of TV shows as well.

Check it out (You need to scroll down to see all the info about movies - but its worth it!):

This is the best LEGAL alternative source for (almost free) movies and TV shows we have found.

Merry Christmas !!

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December 9th, 2010 by admin

As promised this post we show you how to find great free iPhone apps to stuff the Christmas stocking with. Now at first glance, you might think that giving free apps is a bit cheap. But, that is because you have not seen what we are suggesting. Because whilst the apps you give might be light on $$ they are heavy on time, care and value.

How so? Because we are going to show you how to find apps that will be of value and interest to the person you are gifting.

1)  Consider what your loved one is passionate about? For example, my sister is mad keen on fitness and health but does not have the time or inclination to find apps that might be of value for her. So fitness is going to be the theme of this demonstration.

2)  Open iTunes and begin your search using the topic you have selected. Click on “store” located at the top left of iTunes and select “search”:

2) Select for the area in iTunes you want to search - in this case we are looking for “apps”:

3) Once the app search box has opened, type in your keyword (in our demo we are using the keyword -”fitness”), select the device you are seeking an app for and check “search only for free apps”:

4)A small selection of apps for  this keyword will then be displayed. To see all the apps results for your keyword simply click on “see all”. For the keyword “fitness” the result is over 400 apps:

OK so that is the easy part. Now for the blood, sweat and tears:

5) You have to find which of these 400 hundred apps are actually useful!! Awww, we hear you say! Check through four hundred apps!!No way hosay.

Well, there are some tips you can follow to make this easier.

a)For starters its a good idea to only consider those apps that have received good reviews. We recommend only considering those apps that have a 3+star rating. That means that any app that has been recently added is not going to be considered because they will not have received enough ratings yet.

b)  Tighten your search term. For example, instead of looking for fitness,look for “calorie counter”. There are only 23 “calorie counter” apps to review.

The end result will be some apps that will be of great value for your friend or family member. For example, the two apps I will be sending to my sister are: Body Fitness Free Ultimate (left icon) - which has received a 3 star rating from over 12,000 raters; and Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker (right icon) - which has received an amazing 4.5 star rating from over 40,000 raters.

The fact is that Apple have made the finding of good apps ridiculously hard.  In fact, we believe that they are running the risk of squandering their technological lead. At present Google’s android phone is a serious competitior for the iPhone.The only thing holding back many people are the apps we can get for the iPhone. But Google’s expertise is in search engine technology. Google is going to make finding apps - once they are built - super easy to find. And the best apps will automatically get ranked at the top of the search results. That’s just how it will be.

So unless Apple pulls their finger out and  starts making it possible to search for apps, they are going to get pipped at the post (AGAIN). Last time by Microsoft, this time by Google.

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November 30th, 2010 by admin

Overdrive is making it possible for us to enjoy books for free on our iPads as well as our iPhones. That is because Overdrive provides us with free software that is also used by hundreds of libraries around the world, and allows us to borrow books and enjoy on our mobile devices.

Now lots of libraries offer the service and while only some books are available in this format, many libraries now have hundreds of books that can be “read” on our iPhones. A quick check at overdrive will tell you whether there is a library near you that offers this service. And remember, its free! Potentially hundreds of books  can be enjoyed this way!For example, I am a Vince Flynn fan - and 5 of his books have been published in the MP3 format, including “Extreme Measures” which I am currently reading (again) in anticipation of his latest release, American Assassin. Overdrive shows that this title is available at dozens of libraries around the US. When I click the link to the South Jersey Regional Library,  for example, there it is!

So long as we are (or become) a member of the library, we can borrow this book for free - and enjoy it on our iPhone. For details of how to get the software, just visit the overdrive site. You can also download the free Overdrive Media Console App, which provides access to over 10,000 libraries world wide. Apart from the freeness, and the extraordinary ease of access, these audiobooks automatically expire when the borrowing time is up - so no late fees!!

A final note - at this stage music and videos cannot be borrowed this way from libraries (and very few mobile devices are able to do this) but:

  “Apple Devices - Special Considerations

(many) OverDrive WMA Music titles can be transferred to Apple devices on a title-by-title basis (where permitted by the publisher or record label) using the Transfer Wizard in OverDrive Media Console v3.2.0.5 (or newer) for Windows®.”

Its not difficult to borrow books this way and every library provides guidance to help get us setup. Check it out!

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November 27th, 2010 by admin

We love nothing better than to let our readers know about a cool FREE apps that are as yet undiscovered by the masses! We think that this app is a beauty. The app allows us to make business cards (including using photos) and to share simply by shaking our iPhone near another smart phone! Check out the demo:

The apps is called Card Shake  and is free. There is a great site to back the app - so go check it out.

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November 14th, 2010 by admin

Free music, free apps and lotsa love? Again we have a viral love-video made using iPhone apps. This one is a beauty  and has gotten over a million views in month since it was posted:

Now, we know you are all going to want to do your own romantic love video, so we thought you would all want to know which iPhone apps were used in the making.

First up, the skywriting was done with the Swakker skywriter app. (Side story: the viral promo for Swakker has been so good that the developer  is gonna give the happy couple free plane tickets to Hawaii for their honeymoon as a thank you to Chad!). The Swakker app is free.

Then there is the 3d drum kit which is also a free iPhone download. We have recommended this app in a previous post. This is used to play some of the beat for the song “Addicted to You” along with the - Nlog  Free Synth- a cool free synthesizer that makes a pretty good sound, don’t you agree?

Also recommended in a previous iPhonegizmo post, is the love calc - an essential guide for all romantics!

We could not find the Tetris app used in the video (side story: we suspect it may be an app called Tris that was forced out of the app store by the Tetris Company).

Chad WAS also offering his song - “Addicted to You” - as a free MP3 download but it must have been sufficiently popular for him to turn it into a pay-for song in the  iTunes store. :(  He is still offering A free song, but it does not really have the same appeal as the one from his video. Still, we can’t blame him for taking advantage of his windfall - kinda guess he did not expect to get an audience of over a million!

If you decide to have a go of making your own romantic video from iPhone apps, then let us know and if we like it, we will post it here to help it on its viral way!

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November 8th, 2010 by admin

If you know where to look you can get free, SAFE to download, legal free music by the TON! Here are nine super free songs to download to your iPhone. Be quick as some are only gonna be for free for a limited period. Maybe one day we will share our secret of how we fin d all the cool free music we share with you on this blog (use our search function to find the hundreds of others we have revealed on the site)

Our selection for today are:

1) Jann Wilde: Song for the Movie

2) Manuel Da Costa: Swimming

3) Get Set Radio: Talking in Circles

4) Heart Strings: Good Times Are Coming For To Get You (have to sign up to get  this one)

5) Uberbyte: Money Shot

6) Passionate People: Passionate People

7)  Half Way To Winter:   Tom Cruse Control

8 ) Tom Teasley: Sheba’s Dream

9) Cradle Of Filth: Lilith Immaculate

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November 5th, 2010 by admin

If you know how to look, you can get some neat freebies from Audible , even without being a member! Before we show you how to find them, we will just take a moment to explain what an audio book is, and why we think they are the best thing since the fizzy hop drink was invented!

An audio book is a digital audio edition of a book. So instead of reading it, you listen to it!! And at the end of a hard day, listening to an exciting audio of Vince Flynn’s latest (American Assassin) is my idea of a great way to unwind! Especially if I get it for free (as I did) instead of $27.99!

Audiobooks purchased from Audible do not get downloaded directly into iTunes. But its super easy to get them as there are just two easy steps:

1) Use Audible’s own download manager to automatically import these tracks into iTunes, (or they can be downloaded manually to PC or Mac and then import into iTunes like you do for any other audio file).

3) Enter your Audible username and password the first time you attempt to import or play an Audible audiobook.

Done!!

Note that while most of the audio books available from Audible are also available on iTunes, all the audiobooks in iTunes cost bucks (very few publishers will give their work away for free)! So because audiobook does offer free books and whopping discounts on future books, we reckon you should check it out.

The very best subscription option is the AudibleListener - Gold Free Trial Membership Plan, which offers a 14 Day FREE Trial, that includes:

  a) 1 free audiobook credit;

b) 30% discount on future purchases;

c) AND a Complimentary subscription to the New York Times or The Wall Street  Journal (worth it just for that alone! iPad owners will tell you these subscriptions cost a small fortune!

We were amazed to discover that Audible has over 75K titles including all the latest and greatest from the top writers. Whatever your genre, they have most likely got it (they are an Amazon company, we think, so its gonna have a heap of books).

To get freebies from Audible without becoming a member, click this link , then type “free” into the search bar. The results will be dozens of free books (you will have to scroll through some that are not free but have “free in their title).

Let us know how your free trial goes.

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