Do I need an new iPhone? iPhone 7

Apple recently had their press conference and revealed to the world the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. I watched the conference and besides being awed by the new gadgets I was asking myself a single question.

Do I need a new iPhone?

Now that might not seem to be everyone else's question but it was mine and for the single reason that I've had my phone for two years and usually upgrade every two years, but...

Do I need a new iPhone?

I currently have the iPhone 6 and it does all I need it to do with good enough speed. Battery life is still reasonably good and Phone still looks great. Photos taken with camera are pretty good for a mobile device and processor is keeping up with application I currently have on it.

Still looks similar to iPhone 6, same style. If I were to upgrade, I think this time I would consider buying the new iPhone 7 Plus. Not only for the larger screen, but better battery life and dual camera. During the conference they emphasized  on the camera aspect quite a bit of time and for good reason. The dual camera add new features that no other phone has which is the ability to take great photos similar to an DSLR. No, we are  not quite there Apple, but it's a great start and photos look great.

Really liked the blurred background effect and focus on person, no need to buy DSLR or editing program to achieve them with nice quality for beginners in photography. Dual camera feature phone will be great for vacations and on the go. No need to carry a larger camera around. I'm own a Nikon DSLR camera and learning curve was a little tough for a beginner. That is one reason Apple products are so popular, they just work and are simple to use. All processes are made with it's software and hardware. All you have to do is point, wait a few milliseconds for it to focus, press the button to shoot the photo and voila. Done, great photo.

New wireless headphones a.k.a. Air Pods. To soon to jump into them and too pricey. It is a bold move to be made by Apple and someone has to start right? To new for me. It's like the original iPhone, perhaps 2nd or 3rd generation will be better, more battery life than 5 hrs. etc. of course they will. Why wouldn't they?

Back to the question at hand: do I need a new iPhone?

The answer is simply no.

I don't have a dual lens but I'm fine with it. I don't have a faster processor, more memory or larger screen and I'm fine with it. The reason is because every year a new phone is revealed, mainly because technology grows at such a rapid pace that there will always be something better and bigger. My current phone will support new iOS10, it will support the Air Pods in case I want to use them.

DO YOU NEED ONE? Read below then watch the link to video of new iPhone 7.


If you have never had one and plan to jump into Apple iPhone, the answer is YES, jump in, you will love it if you just want a phone that works. If you own an older iPhone and want to upgrade, I would recommend it for iPhone 5 users and bellow. It will be a huge upgrade from what you have in all aspects. If you have an iPhone 6, then ask you self the same question I have been asking myself, "Do I need a new iPhone?

In-case you haven't seen it here it is

iPhone 8? Anyone. Drastic changes are short coming to the phone. OMLED displays perhaps in near future. YES, YES, YES. All will be better and while my phone still has life in it, I will continue to use it until apps get drastically slower or when someone gives me one to review and keep. (wink)


Thank for reading, have great day.

2005 Honda Accord Aux input install

Hi everyone, just wanted to get a video out there on installing a new aftermarket auxiliary port to a 2005 Honda Accord.

In the video I show how to remove the center console since I wanted to have the auxiliary port connection inside the center compartment and not underneath the radio. I didn't show every single step but hope it helps out. Work good for me and wanted to stay away from the static you get with the FM transmitters.

Please feel free to ask any question or see how I can help. Thanks for watching, like if it helps you in any way guys. thanks again.

https://youtu.be/ObqnpE1flQk

Nintendo Wii: U went the wrong way

E3 Expo has ended and from several sources on the internet, investors are not that excited about Nintendo's Wii U system that has not been unveiled yet. The only thigh that was unveiled at E3 Nintendo conference was the controller which is to be used with the new Wii U system to be brought to light in 2012.

Even after the conference ended, G4 TV's Adam Sessler was confused along with the other hosts watching the press conference live.

I can't say that I blame them. In a way now I know why Steve Jobs did not announce the new iPhone 5 or any details regarding the new phone. It would be weird if he would just show us a phone case and said, " look at how incredible this iPhone 5 cover looks , you guys can only imagine the possibilities that the new iPhone will have."

That is kind of dumb which is what Nintendo did during their press conference. We can't just go by what a controller looks like. Not even details or specs where given on the new Nintendo U coming next year. Making us just speculate on what it will be like. The bad news is that soon after the conference, several online articles where noted saying that the graphic demos used for Nintendo, where actual game demos of games being developed for PS3 and XBOX 360. Not only did Nintendo not show an actual Nintendo U system, but lied of what its games in production look like.

I myself, believe it was a mistake to show what their system was going to be capable of doing. Some quick demos that they showed during the conference still showed the same round miis used in the Wii, just at higher resolution.

This year their where no new major update of the current consoles shown or specs given. Only Sony brought forward the new PSVita which will definitely get some gamers attention with beautiful graphics, front and back touch abilities. In all Sony came up on top with their overall conference, Microsoft , then Nintendo last.

iOS 5 new features

During the conference at WWDC 2011 they discussed 10 top features of iOS 5 being introduced. Here they are below:

1	Notification Center
2	Newsstand
3	Twitter full integration
4	Reader
5	Reminders
6	Camera update
7	Mail update
8	PC Free
9	Game Center Update
10	iMessage

Notification center – lets you get all notifications from top of phone by swiping down , sort of like android phones today.

Newsstand – gives  you access to lots of magazines directly from the app store.

Twitter -  now has full integration with the iPhone / iPad giving you the ability to insert photos, and much more with single sign in.

Reader – gives you a better reading experience with your devices, which now includes a reading list as well.

Reminders – It is a better way to organize your reminders, with alarms, own integrated reminder app.

Camera – A new lock screen short cut to the camera app, so it can get easier to get to faster. Zoom in directly by just holding a place you want to zoom. ow you can edit them directly on your iPhone with camera integrated editor to crop/ cut/paste, change exposure.

Mail - Rich text formatting, adding indentations, you can drag addresses, you can flag and unflag, and you can search the entire contents of your messages. Plus keyboard now appears to be split for better typing while holding the iPad and iPhone.

PC FREE – Wireless Syncing, updates are now over the air, no more PC sync needed. (it’s about time)

Game Center – Photo update and game recommendations

iMessage – text, photos, video, contacts, group messages. Now you can see if someone is typing with Typing indication, delivery receipts, read receipts, works with both 3G and Wi-Fi now. These features will be available on your iPad, iTouch, and iPhone

This iOS5 update coming in fall 2011.

iOS 5 introducing Over-The-Air Firmware updates

Apple might have a new update up their sleeves with iOS 5 which reports show might bring Over-The-Air Firmware update.

If they decide to use over the air update with 3G then more compresses packages are needed or they should only use Wi-Fi as a source of update download for huge files over 600 megs.

We will see what happens, but all the new technology on the rise it does not surprise me that this will actually be implemented for convenience and the fact that more and more people on the go are using tablets and handhelds than PC's these days for ease of use.

iOS 4.3 Mobile Hotspot upgrade

So with new iOS 4.3 update coming soon on March 11,2011, iPhone 4 users will have the capability to use their phones as a mobile hotspot in order to allow other devices to  connect to the internet. Cool right?, not so cool a price.

Thinking this upgrade would be free, the service would be free according to your monthly allowance of data that you pay for. Unfortunately that is not the case. AT&T will charge an extra 20 dollars a month to use it and you must be under a 2 gig a month data cap to use it.

Leaving grandfathered unlimited data plans in the dark with, we add this new feature but you pay for it cause it does not matter how much data you have. Not cool at all. Let’s see once it comes out to all what they end up with.

iOS 4.2 update for iPhone and iPad delayed

So new update was suppose to be issue through iTunes this past Friday 11/12/10, but no luck. 

Apple has delayed it until after thanksgiving right before thanksgiving weekend.

Looking forward to new editions, specially the ability to print any document or web page that you are on, it will help out a lot, including e-mails. I'm pretty sure several people have just stay with iPhone and not even purchased a laptop/notebook because they just check e-mail or search something online. iPhone just is the fastest and convenient way to do it.

We will see, it's about time for some more improvements in software. Looking forward to it, are you?

They are not angry with 2 million downloads

Angry Birds has been release on android and it was downloaded 2 million times in less than 3 days. WOW! Incredible. The developers sure have nothing to be angry about with great results.

It is currently available for android devices for free with add support but developer promises new add free version soon. iPhone has surpassed 8 million downloads for Angry Birds. It is a great game that is perfect for mobile devices.

It is even being developed for PS3 and Xbox 360. To make things better, it only costs one US dollar to download for iPhone. Very nice price, graphics, gameplay and very entertaining.

I played the light version and full version and both offer same gameplay just less levels on light version(free) for the iPhone. It’s a great game and you won’t be disappointed, so head over and download it. It’s a must have for mobile downloads.

Verizon iPhone and Google TV SOON

Part 1:
Verizon iPhone to be available early next year, as soon as January 2011.

For full story visit this link:Verizon iPhone

Verizon owners will know the strain AT&T network gets from the traffic. Well at least others will have the opportunity to have it on their own network. The information is solid even if Verizon has not confirmed it yet. Check out the link above from wall street journal for full story.

Part 2: Google TV

Google TV soon to be in competition with Apple TV and others want to make the TV/ Internet integration better for all. Looks great and from the looks of it, Pre-Orders are sold out.

They have partnered up with Sony and Logitech to bring the best of TV and Internet to your living room. Now before I go own, this has been tried before in the past with little success, but know that computers and TV are more a part of life, Technology in general. It is making it's comeback, no more keeping a computer next to your TV to view emails or surf the web. This is definitely a nice new touch to all the consumers that want to show others stuff on the web without having to connect the computer in the living room. This is going to be big, and Google looks to have a better outlook on how to integrate it than Apple.

Surfing the web is only one thing you can do, check out the link below to see what I'm writing about.

Click here: GOOGLE TV

That's all for now folks, leave your comments below.

iPhone 4 firmware update: Sensor issue slightly got better and HDR pictures that help out with quality.

This is just a quick update on Sensor and HDR pictures with new iPhone Update 4.1

Part 1:

Now, starting with sensor problem. I was so happy to be reading several articles that the sensor was fixed. Fixed? hmm, yeah fixed according to many apple users that had GM final software. Before I go on, is it me or newer hardware is always suppose to be the same or better with certain functions/ updates?

My iPhone 3G’s proximity sensor is far superior to iPhone 4’s proximity sensor by 1 inch in distance and I’m able to move it up and down, side to side while speaking on phone.  So here is the story, I went ahead and updated my iPhone 4’s firmware to 4.1 the morning it got released. At first glance the phone proximity sensor testing was doing great. I made a call and started testing distances, movement and lighting. I was getting 2 to over 2 inches of distance with it not turning back on, I was impressed.

Then all went down hill that night after work. I was sitting in my car, pretty dark. Made a phone call and noticed red proximity light bright. Then I continued the conversation and noticed screen flashing. It would do it when phone was next head, it started warming. Getting hot, perhaps it kept flashing the screen often. I stopped the conversation and decided to test it at home. I got home made a call to other cell phone and screen would keep on turning on and off when it was next to my ear. Several times I had it pressed against my ear and it would not turn off and I would end up pressing facetime or mute with my cheek. I could not believe that with the firmware update my phone had gotten worst

I stopped testing and got my wife’s iPhone 3G to test same number to call and same distances. WOW! what a difference, proximity sensor was working great. It can be moved back and forth a few inches, and moved around quite a bit with no interference. iPhone 3G was over 2 years old and had better proximity sensitivity than iPhone 4. I was frustrated, so took it in the next morning to Apple to get it replaced. Before I did , I called apple and tech said that iPhone 4 cannot be compared to iPhone 3G’s proximity sensor because they are in different places. Yes, that is true. IPhone 4 proximity sensor is right above ear speaker and iPhone 3G’s proximity sensor is to the left of ear speaker. IPhone 4, had to make that change for camera, fair enough, but why did it get worst than iPhone 3G’s sensor.

I was not happy, but Apple likes their customers and likes to keep us happy. Their customer service is great, and they work with you. So I'm in the Apple store and show him pictures and take iPhone 3G to show difference between old device and new. They go ahead and swap out my phone. I am a happy camper, test the new phone in store with firmware update 4.02 and seems to be working better than the one I had but not as good as iPhone 3G.  I get home and begging upgrading to firmware 4.1, during that time thinking to myself (this is great! new firmware will surely give this proximity sensor more accuracy, can’t wait)

Update completed, says my ITunes screen, great. Get the phone and begging the testing.

Called another phone and began testing. HUH, mixed emotions came over me. Proximity sensor not working near as good as iPhone 3G, but much better. During the times I made calls it did not once hang up, accidently hit mute or begin FaceTime call with it.

The screen would still turn off and on but be dimmer, maybe it stops it from hitting keys on phone while in call. Overall it is working better. It could also be because I have a new phone and my old phone’s proximity sensor was not working correctly. Until now, it seems that it is not completely fixed. It is a great phone but still has does hick ups.  I know there are others out there with same problem, what do you guys have to say, write your comments below.

Part 2: HDR photos with iPhone 4

I recently attended a weeding was an official photographer, noticed I don’t say professional because I was using my iPhone 4. Those pictures looked pretty good, actually much better than others. Won’t post those but will post a few Star Wars Collectable photos I took indoors. You can defiantly tell the difference there.  See photos and read labels.

On this photo you see it bright and text on paper above helmet is to bright to tell what it is, check out right picture with HDR enabled.		On this photo you can see detail on paper above helmet. You can even see where I edited some private information.
NO HDR		HDR Enabled

 

 

 

NO HDR

HDR Enabled

I believe indoors in dark spaces it works good, makes the picture brighter and more detailed. Outdoors the pictures look a little to bright and colors kind of wash away. But it is a great option to have, definitely a great add-on to the iPhone camera. You can take HDR photos in landscape or portrait. When taking HDR photos you will notice a delay back the camera view because it takes a few seconds to store 2 images into you photo library but not an annoyance. Which you do you guys like better, leave you comments below.

iPhone 4.1 update now available for download on iTunes

UPDATE:  Still testing unit, had a few surprises that are not the good I expected. Will review soon.

So update was just recently released, I will review some of the new features and what it does for the proximity sensor.
The new iOS 4.1 will have:

Game Center: for all those gamers that love that competition be able to play multiplayer and view ranks, scores etc.

All new HDR photo like quality photos. Really? Can’t wait to see the photo difference. Let’s see if I will still need to carry my digital camera or not.

Plus, we will see if it fixed the iPhone 3G’s slow software navigation. Unfortunately for 3G owners, Game Center   will not be included.

iPhone 4: Software iOS 4.1 coming soon, will it fix proximity sensor?

So iPhone 4 iOS 4.1 is going to be available as soon as tomorrow 9/8/10 according to several sources on internet.

Will it fix the proximity sensor issue?, we will soon find out.

I will update and upload a video review on new software update, before and after tests. I will also cover new software update features.

Check back soon.

iPhone 4: New hard case scratch resistant cover

by:  NavasTech

So I was searching for an iPhone 4 cover to protect my new iPhone and at the same time allow me to use my aftermarket chargers. I had several chargers that just do not fit properly with new iPhone bumper. That is another blog all together. I'm just saying why is it they came out with the bumpers when iPhone came out, did they know about antenna problem? Just thinking out loud.

OK, back to the topic. I searched around and purchased and returned a few covers that I had purchased a major retail stores. Then I found one that just fit right, and made the phone look great. Plus easy to remove but not by mistake. Check out the photos below.

iPhone 4 cover back side upside down and front

iPhone / cover back / cover front facing backwards

iPhone  / back cover facing back / front cover facing front up

cover installed

Sim Card opening

Back side, very easy to clean

Top view, audio jack and power button.

Bottom speakers and power/data connection, nice amount of space, other chargers work great.

Phone turned ON, looks good

It's simple and easy to install, makes  phone look good, does not show iPhone logo, but it does the job it is needed for. Purchased it from the mall at a phone station, manufacturer: ZiZo wireless

Update:

If you purchase any of these covers at their stations, ask them for a discount, they will work with you. Normal price of $29.99, got mine half off.