iFixit has their iPhone safely disassembled, complete with parts identification and photos that will help you through the process. Why disassemble your iPhone? DIY repairs such as changing the battery immediately come to mind. As nice as Lithium Polymer cells are, my own experience is that they tend to die and not hold a charge […]
If I’m not the only person in the world using WEP, some of you might find this useful (I’d prefer to run a wide open network, but use WEP to keep random people from accidentally connecting to my network). I had a heck of a time typing in my password because the iPhone defaults to […]
Nokia recently launched MyMobileSite, which features a small Python-based web server that you download to your Nokia smartphone. It runs over your data connection, so of course it’s pretty darn slow. Nokia gives you a host name in the mymobilesite.net domain, and it’s password-protected. You can access the camera, phone log, contacts, and more through […]
I’ve got a seat (#5) out in front of the Warwick, RI AT&T store. There are 7 people here right now, so my chances look pretty good. If you’re in the area, come by and say howdy! With any luck, I’ll get one of these today, and I’ll be poking and prodding it and writing […]
The ability to create multiple-hop routes was recently added to Google Maps. Not only does this let you plan a trip to New York by way of San Francisco and Tampa Florida, but you can also use the feature to adjust a more conventional route. You might do this to manually avoid road construction or […]
The Arduino platform is an affordable way to start monkeying around with microcontrollers, embedded programming, and physical computing. Hackszine reader scjohannes sent us this link to a Arduino “getting started” guide on Instructables: Do you wish to earn your geek card – pronto? Lets get started! This guide will start you on the path to […]
Kevin C. Tofel posts some big news+a great photo (shown above) for N800 fans: Skype support for the Nokia N800 is right around the corner. I got a chance to see it, but it won’t be available as a download until some time in July. The Nokia N800 already supports Gizmo for VoIP, but the […]
