iPhone

Phil Herzegovitch (aka ‘philthegreek’ if you see him in the Journal of Light Contracution Online Forums) is a Macintosh contractor in Danbury CT (Daedalus Design – Remodeling – Renovation – Additions – Danbury CT) and in a discussion regarding smart phones in general he posted this great set of tips in the JLC Business Technology forum the other day…

Here are some tips for the iPhone that may be of benefit to some of you iPhone owners;

25 Awesome iPhone tips and tricks | Digital Crave – Yahoo!If any of you guys are close to an Apple Store, you should make sure that you register with them as a business customer. They have specials services only for businesses, including tech workshops and seminars. Also, you can call them if you need an item (such as an iPad) or peripheral, and if they have it in stock you can put a hold on it so you can pick it up at the end of the business day or even the next day (but that is the limit). They are really trying to push their business side.

Phil

The ’25 Awesome iPhone tips’ link is great but perhaps just as important is the second part he mentions there about making sure the folks in the Apple Store know You Are A Business Customer is an important one so many contractors fail to pick up on when they’re in their purchasing their tools like a new Mac, iPhone or iPad.

The Jan/Feb issue of Electronic House magazine has an article iPhone Takes Control: The ubiquitous mobile device can control your home that covers some of the applications already available and takes a look at the direction iPhone application development will probably go in in the near future. The article appears online as:

Let Your iPhone Take Full Control:

Many manufacturers are developing apps that make Apple’s ubiquitous mobile device a touchpanel controller for automation, lighting, distributed audio and more.

Apple has already sold more than 6 million iPhones, and many home control companies are capitalizing on that trend by engineering their systems to communicate directly with the ubiquitous mobile device, as well as with Apple’s iPod and iPod touch products.

“People depend on their mobile devices for communication and entertainment. Now those same devices can be used to control the home,” says Chuck Hudson, co-founder of Control UI, a software development firm that collaborated with home control systems manufacturer Control4 to develop a software application for the iPhone and iPod touch.

[read the full article]