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10 Reasons an iPhone 4 is a Great Business Tool

Having used a Mac since desktop publishing took over the graphic design industry I am a big fan of all things Apple. I consider my iPhone more as a mini-computer than a phone because it’s so versatile.

These are just some of my favorite business related apps. If you’re on the go a lot, an iPhone is a great way to keep productive. It’s also great while sitting on the sofa in front of the TV.

E-mail: The iPhone syncs with your iCal and MobileMe account seamlessly.
Facebook: Stay in touch with all your friends and clients.
Twitter: Set up your favorite list and keep up to date.
Bam Analytics: Set up your Google analytics and keep track of how your websites are doing wherever you are.
Lynda.com: If you have a spare moment you can watch a video lesson on the latest software applications. Check out a FreePass today.
iBooks: A great way to catch up on your business reading. Even load up your own pdf files and e-books to keep up to date.
Go Daddy: Find and purchase a domain name or check your mobile mail.
Lucy Phone: Never wait on hold again. Find a company, call it up, and your phone will ring you when the call goes through.
NetNewsWire: Keep up with the latest news feeds. Syncs with Google Reader. It’s my favorite news reader as it is quick and there’s a convenient Mac app too. Great on the iPad and iPhone.
Instapaper: Save a web page or newsfeed and read it later in Instapaper. A great way to catch up when you have a spare moment.

There are many more useful business related iPhone and iPad apps, but these are my favorite, so far. What are yours?

25 Jun

iPhone 4 Conflicts with iSteps Pedometer

Does your screen suddenly stay locked in the portrait position? Does your “iSteps” pedometer app suddenly stop working? If you’re lucky enough to have the new iPhone 4 running iOS4 you may have noticed this new issue after starting and stopping iSteps.

Although I love my new iPhone I was disappointed that, for the moment, pedometer apps do not run in the background. At best you can play music in the background while using the pedometer app. My biggest issue, aside from the left-handed antenna glitch, was that after starting and then stopping my pedometer my phone was stuck in the portrait position and wouldn’t change to landscape unless I restarted. And the pedometer stopped working.

After several calls to Apple, trying to figure out why my phone would lock up in the portrait position, without manually turning this feature on, I was instructed to reinstall the operating system and load everything from scratch. And if this didn’t work I was going to have to bring the phone in to Apple for repair or replacement.

By this time I was fairly convinced that the iSteps pedometer app was causing the problem since it was not updated to iOS4. I backed up my iPhone, did the reinstall and lost all my folders, data and passwords.

Before I started the long process of reconfiguring everything and entering all my data, I ran the iSteps app and what do you know, my iPhone was stuck in the portrait position and the app no longer worked after I quit it and restarted it.

So I deleted the app, restarted the iPhone and no problem. So I restored my backup giving me everything I had before I wiped it clean. I found a new “All-In” Pedometer, and haven’t had a problem since.

The lesson here is, back up your iPhone regularly and if you have an iOS operating issue and suspect it’s related to an app, delete the app and check again for the problem.

Update: iSteps has recently updated their app to be iOS4 compatible.

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