Articles Archive for April 2009
Tech, iPhone/Touch »
I purchased an iPhone about a month ago and thought I would write about my opinions of the phone to date. Hands down this is the best “smart phone” I have ever owned. My recent phone history: Palm Treo 650, Palm Treo 750, HTC Tilt, and now the iPhone. I have no experience with any of the Blackberry devices so I cannot make a comparision. I have 6 pages of apps so far. Lots of free and lots of pay ones….
What I like:
Safari browser – The best browser available for …
For Your Life »
We all know that commuting turns a “part-time” job into a “full-time” job. The site below should hopefully make your commute a little easier.
My favorite site for my phone to check flights is FlightLookup.Com. The mbile version loads quickly and will show you all flights between point A and point B on all airlines.
For Your Flightbag, Weather, iPhone/Touch »
This article is biased towards the iPhone but sites/links which will work on all platforms have a * next to them.
If you don’t want to pay for a weather application like Fizz Weather for your phone head to the internet for the next best thing. There are a variety of sites that have dedicated phone friendly data.
Weather Underground – offers great radar, metar, and general weather information. Looping radar works great on the iPhone.
iPhone – http://i.wund.com/auto/iphone/
* Any mobile phone – http://mobile.wunderground.com/
* PICBrief.com – offers a wide variety of information including …
Overnight Hotels »
Why re-invent the wheel when someone has already created a great list of hotels. Head to Aviation Interviews to check out this excellent reference.
Aviation Interviews Hotel Guide
Health & Fitness, iPhone/Touch »
Why pay for ringtones when you can make them yourself for free! If you want to convert a favorite mp3 to a ringtone visit the link below to learn how. It’s pretty easy. Once you do it a couple of times it will take a matter of minutes to create new ones. This is limited to the 1st 30 seconds of a song. If you want to choose a different section of a song I recommend downloading Audacity and creating a new Mp3 with the section you want.
How to Create …
For Your Flightbag, Tech, iPhone/Touch »
LogTen Mobile, in our opinion, is the best logbook application available for the iPhone and Touch devices. If you are a Windows Mobile user we recommend Airline Pilots Daily Logbook program (APDL) by Logbook Pro. Now on to the review!
LogTen offers a typical well rounded iPhone interface. (See screenshots) It is very easy to enter, edit and view data. Most of the limitations with the program are due to how Apple allows programs to run on the iPhone. The biggest wish list item I would like to see and is …
Travel »
By Christopher Kracht
My guides are slanted towards where to find a place to wash your underwear and where to find internet access. Why? Because I am not smart enough to write a real guide and you don’t want to smell like some of your fellow travelers do you? As for the internet it’s always nice to have email so you can brag to all your friends about what a great time you are having. Or you can do stuff like email your previous hotel and ask if you left your …
iPhone/Touch »
Here’s our list for the best aviation apps for the iphone. Some are free and some are pay. Just think though your next 3 hour taxi in Newark will more than pay for any of the pay apps!
Free Applications:
AeroWeather – Pull Metars and Tafs for your favorite airports.
Weather Channel – Self explanatory
Pay Applications:
FaaWait – $.99 A quick an easy way to see what delays are currently happening throughout the system. Links to Weather Underground and the Weather Channel.
Overnight Related:
Urbanspoon – Not sure what there is to eat within walking distance. …
Tech, iPhone/Touch »
Ok podcast peeps here are a couple of do-it-yourself stands for your iPhone/pod/iWhatever….Great for commuters wedged in the middle seat. Now if they could just create a iphone app that would give you more leg room, thinner passengers, meals, I digress….
Both ideas are from Instructables.com
Business Card Holder
Plastic Card Holder
Yet another holder made from a large paper clip
If you want something slightly more rugged create the same thing with a piece of wire coat hanger. You can use the same template but I would suggest making the back piece slightly taller.
Tech, iPhone/Touch »
There are many multi-IM (Instant Messenger) applications for the iPhone. Some are free and some are pay applications. Beejive is a pay application and is considered one of the best. If you are looking for a free application I would recommend, Nimbuzz. Nimbuzz is available for both the iPhone and as a Windows desktop application. The interface is clean and fast. With Nimbuzz you can connect to a variety of IM accounts.
Supports:
Skype, Yahoo! IM, AIM, GTalk, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, Facebook, MySpace, StudiVZ, Gadu Gadu, Hyves
If you want to chat with …


