Smartphones: Page 61

This video shows you how to replace the housing faceplate for the Blackberry 8800 cell phone. Be sure you have the right tools to take your Blackberry apart. This tutorial demonstrates for you, step-by-step, how to replace the entire faceplate.

If you own a Blackberry Pearl, you know that the trackball can be one of the best and one of the worst things about the phone. It's great for navigating your phone, but sometimes it can get very sticky. This tutorial will show you how to change or repair the Blackberry Pearl trackball. Only attempt this if you're willing to take apart your phone.

If you're a klutz with a really expensive cell phone like an iPhone, there's still hope for you. Lee Waterman shows us how to repair the broken glass and digitizer on an iPhone 3G. With a couple of special tools, you'll have that iPhone looking like new in no time!

Ever need to text someone, but don't want to use up your texting limits? Or you want to text someone, but your phone doesn't have texting capabilities? As long as you're near a computer, this video has you covered.

There's a lot more to the new iPhone MMS than simply taking a picture and sending it to someone. This video blogger shows you how to make the most of the new MMS feature. If you haven't updated your iPhone yet to get MMS, you can do so simply by plugging your iPhone into iTunes and downloading the update.

On 9/25/09, Apple finally released MMS (multimedia messaging) for the iPhone. It's extraordinarily easy to get MMS now that Apple has released it in their firmware upgrade. All you have to do is plug your iPhone into the computer and install the update in iTunes.

If you've been wondering how to get internet tethering working on your iphone 3G 3.0 or 3.0.1, check out this video! Jailbreaking your phone is optional for this.

This video shows you how to enable internet tethering on your iPhone 3GS. What are the perks to internet tethering? Well, for starters, it allows you to log into the internet from just about anywhere by sharing your laptop's internet connection. This will also allow for faster browsing speeds if you don't have the fastest cell service at the time.

If you have T-Mobile and haven't quite figured out how to get MMS working with it on the iPhone, check out this video. This tutorial will cover activating the iPhones original MMS feature to work with t-mobile. This feature also allows you to share your iphones internet connection with other computers.

Most people find the default SMS background for the iPhone fairly dull, so why not spice things up? Thanks to Cydia and some clever hackers, there is now a way to modify the background of your text messages!

Check out this video to learn how to get MMS on iPhone 3G for T-Mobile on 3.0 firmware.This works on T-Mobile's Network only!

Take a look at this video if you've ever been curious on how people send video messages via the iPhone.

Have you ever been using your iPhone, gotten a text, and had to exit what you were doing to respond to it? Well, there's a solution to this problem! Check out this video to learn how to configure QuickReply for the iPhone.

This is a step by step tutorial on how to update and jailbreak/unlock your iPhone on 3.0.1 firmware. The firmware is almost the same as 3.0 except for fixing up the SMS vulnerability. The following files are needed:

What happens if your jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch gets destroyed? What happens if it merely malfunctions and poof—all of your applications are gone? You're screwed—unless you backed up your apps.

Many videos out there tell you about how you need to SSH into your iPod touch or iPhone in order to do certain things. But what does this mean? This video explains how to SSH into the iPhone or iPod Touch using WinSCP.

This video shows you how to use Skype on your iPhone 3G or 3GS. As you know, Skype (from app store) can only be used on wifi. This video shows you how to use 3G Unrestrictor (from Cydia) so that you can make calls using Skype on 3G. Combine this with Backgrounder (Cydia app) and you can now make and receive calls anytime and anywhere.

There are many ways to jailbreak the iPhone, found all over the internet. This method explains how to jailbreak the iPhone or iPod touch using Quickfreedom 2.0 BETA on a machine running Windows Vista.

If you've already jailbroken your iPhone, but noticed that you are missing your cellular data network tab, check out this video. You will need Cydia, Winterboard, and be jailbroken on 3.0 of course.

Purplesn0w and Purplera1n are both very powerful tools for jailbreaking an iPhone, and this video will show you how to use them! Before you begin, it's important to know that this tutorial will only work if you have 3.0 firmware. If not, download it, or check out another video that covers 3.0.1.

If you've got an iPhone with firmware version 3.0 and you want to figure out how to use Cydia on it, check out this video. You are shown how to download and update your Cydia sources.

Cydia sources are a great way to download tons of sweet iPhone applications absolutely free. Check out this video to learn how you can download all of the Cydia sources for the iPod touch and iPhone.

Worried about not being able to get Cydia on the 3.0 firmware? Never fear! Hackers are here! Check out this video to learn how to jailbreak your iPhone using redsnow to get Cydia. With Cydia, a whole world of iPhone and iTouch hacks and cracks are at your fingertips!

If you've been using Cydia and you noticed that there's a lot of loading and waiting, check out this video to learn how to install Icy. Icy is very much like Cydia except less loading and waiting. It's much faster and you don't lose any of your sources you've added from Cydia or Installer; they are synced into icy.

Using your iPhone is cool, but why not take it to a whole new level and use your iPhone on the computer? This video shows you how to install an application called ScreenSplitr to allow you the ability to operate your iPhone from your computer. This is especially great if your iPhone screen is broken, and you still need to use it.

If you want to transfer files to or from your iPhone at ease, check out this video on how to SSH / SFTP into your iPhone. SSH (Secure Shell) and SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) all can be used to safely transfer files to your iPhone!

Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects. We will help you avoid pitfalls and get your project up and running fast.

What will they think of next? iDriver is an incredible iPhone application that enables the user to  remote control a car (essentially drive an unmanned vehicle with your iPhone). The project is a collaboration between Spirit of Berlin and Appirion.

Thinking of buying the new Apple iPhone 3GS? This video tutorial straight from Apple is an iPhone 3GS guided tour, which takes you through a demo of the features of the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. iPhone 3GS features video recording, video editing, voice control, up to 32GB of storage, a digital compass, mms messaging, internet tethering, voice memos, and more.

Check out this video iPhone tutorial and learn how to enable MMS pciture messaging on your 3G/GS.

This video tutorial demonstrates an easy way to activate MMS on iPhone 3G or 3Gs Firmware 3.1 o.

This video tutorial shows how to get MMS on iPhone 3G for Tmobile on 3.0 or 3.0.1. Not that this works on T-Mobile's Network ONLY

We assumed the novelty of the Apple iPhone would have worn off by now. We were wrong. It could get better than TapTapRevolution and Shazam.

Finally! Counting down the days to a paperless (and errand free) banking system. Both no-hassle and eco-friendly, USAA bank has released an iPhone application that allows its customers to deposit their checks via iPhone. The process is simple: photograph both sides of the check, hit send, and void, file or discard the paper trail.

If you're tired of the boring old ringtones on your iPhone but don't want to shell out extra dough to buy a new one, here's an easy way to make your own.

Need a new iPhone app? Check out Comets and Craters, a new iPhone tower defense strategy game.

Cell phones have been developed to the point that they can do much more than just make calls. May can do email, web browsing, music playing, videos, photos, and other media. This guide will help you get the most from your phone.

Verizon Wireless has introduced a new phone called the "Blackberry Storm", which is said to be better than the iPhone, even an "iPhone killer". However, is this really true? Some people think so, and some people do not. This one topic that is wreaking havoc on the minds on prospective phone buyers, who are about to get one of those phones on their birthday, Christmas, end of their 2 year contract, or any other occasion. However, the question remains, "Which one is better?"

Getting a perfect deal on cheap Nextel phone can be a great feeling. However some sellers outright liars. We always get to the bottom line before buying with any seller because we have a reputation to hold. In the following article, we tell you exactly what to look for when looking for a Nextel phone.

Floola is an iPod Manager that allows you to add music and videos from any Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computer.