http://iphone.daveandki.com Ideas for Ways to Improve the iPhone Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:52:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ever want to access the Internet while driving without risking your life? I have been working all week on an application that does that. I'm still working on cleaning it up but look to see the key component, a port of espeak (voice synthesis) released to an installer.app ... http://iphone.daveandki.com/2008/01/26/driving-safe-internet-access/ Practically anyone who has hacked their iPhone is going to lose their keychain and photos when performing an upgrade.  It seems quite straight forward to create an application to back this information up as well. The keychain information seems to be stored in /var/root/Library/Keychains, the photos would seem to be stored ... http://iphone.daveandki.com/2007/08/22/application-idea-keychainphoto-backup-and-restore/ Following up on the random ringtone idea from last week, I came up with another idea that could be useful if you're out there setting up your custom ringtones -- the silent ringtone. When I first got my cell phone number I was getting calls for the previous owner for months.  ... http://iphone.daveandki.com/2007/07/31/idea-silent-ringtone/ Everyone's heard about Sudoku by now -- it's that Japanese game based on a 3x3 grid of 3x3 boxes that vaguely resembles a magic square.  Shinro appears to be a game in its infancy that might be the next craze.  I first saw Shinro when riding Southwest Airlines through their ... http://iphone.daveandki.com/2007/07/30/application-idea-shinro/ If you're like me, you like a little variety in your life. Sure ringtones are supposed to be the same so you can tell who's calling, but I like the surprise to hear what new tune pops out (and I have a lot of great ringtones). So this idea is ... http://iphone.daveandki.com/2007/07/26/application-random-ringtones/ July 13, 2007 One of the applications I've been loving on my Treo before I got an iPhone was Sudoku by Andrew Gregory. So when Arcadiusz came out with Sudoku for the iPhone, I rejoiced. For a web application, it's quite well implemented. It's major lack of feature is persistence ... http://iphone.daveandki.com/2007/07/13/review-sudoku-for-the-iphone/ A simple application that allowed you to schedule shows and movies on your TiVo. Extra points if the application allows you to see what's showing and to delete shows you don't need (say if you're on vacation). You can already do this via a Safari bookmark to the TiVo website, ... http://iphone.daveandki.com/2007/07/13/application-idea-tivo-scheduler/ This blog is about ways to improve the iPhone. I'll talk about application ideas, features, bugs, and much more! http://iphone.daveandki.com/2007/07/13/welcome-to-iphone-ideals/