Twenty-five years ago today, I had just graduated from university and found myself boarding a plane for the first time in my life. I was with other trainees, and we were flying from Manila to Nagoya in central Japan, where we would begin our training as software engineers. I didn’t know it at the time,…
Tag: iPhone
Do I Really Need a Pro iPhone? The 16e Has Me Questioning My Choices
The iPhone 16e, the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE series, just came out, and it got me thinking—maybe this is the phone for me. I currently have the iPhone 15 Pro, but to be honest, I don’t really need all the “Pro” features. I don’t need three cameras on the back. I don’t need…
Why I’m not Upgrading to the iPhone XS
Ever since I got my first iPhone, the 3G, I’ve been very religious in upgrading my iPhone at least every two years. What can you say? I was an Apple fan boy. I still am. This year, however, even if my iPhone 7 is already 2 years old, and the new iPhone XS just came…
Living with the Apple Watch in Tokyo
After a couple of years trying very hard to stop myself from buying it, I finally gave in and got me an Apple Watch (Series 3 GPS + cellular version). I guess I cannot forever use my strategy of telling myself next year’s model is going to be better. It also helps believing the LTE…
Search for the creamy bokeh
My wife recently got the iPhone 7 Plus and one feature it had that my non-Plus iPhone didn’t have was the portrait camera mode, made possible by those dual lens at the back. Using this, the iPhone 7 Plus could take portrait shots that digitally blur the background, i.e. bokeh, making it look like it…
From iOS 4 to iOS 7
I’ve just renewed my iPhone developer account (¥8400 per year) and am current updating my old app from when I developed them in 2010 to now. Many things have changed for the better and I was able to migrate my app in just one weekend. First, the price. I remember it to be much more expensive…
iPhone Supported Fonts
Here is an interesting blog/article, with code example, on how to list all supported fonts on the iPhone. Click here.
Orientation Lock For The iPhone
Finally! Apple is working on orientation locks and it looks like it’s going to be a feature for iPhone 4.0, which is due this summer. This feature first arrived in Beta 3. This has been a common problem for people who like reading news and articles while in bed (me! me!). More details here.
iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3 Again
It appears Beta 3 is out again! The guys at Apple HQ in the US must have stayed up the whole night trying to fix the problem with the Beta they released earlier today and now it’s ready. I’m currently downloading it as I write this. It’s a good thing most of the western world…
iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3
Was so excited to hear it was out today, but when I checked the Developer site to download it, it wasn’t there. Looks like it was pulled by Apple because of some issues. More details here, including a hack to download the Beta 3 firmware if you really really want it, although personally, I wouldn’t…
Hello OS4
After much contemplation, I decided to update my iPhone OS from version 3.1.3 to 4.0 Beta. The process seems to be pretty straightforward and I can easily restore my everything (except the firmware) using iTunes. Hopefully, there are not that many bugs in the firmware as it appears we cannot restore back to an earlier…
Enrico in Tokyo 