Want to hear people's real opinions?

Honestly Now is a new web/iOS app that you can use to ask your friends or the whole Honestly Now community for their anonymous opinion.  MSNBC

iOS 4.3 Coming

iOS 4.3 is set to release March 11, 2011 and will be featuring Apple AirPlay enhancements, Safari updates that will allow faster JavaScript, and the capability of a personal hotspot for iPhone 4. http://www.apple.com/ios/

How to completely uninstall iTunes

iTunes isn't one of the easiest programs to uninstall but when it needs to be done, you can use the following directions.

Use the Control Panel to uninstall iTunes and related software components in the following order:

1. iTunes
2. QuickTime
3. Apple Software Update
4. Apple Mobile Device Support
5. Bonjour 
6. Apple Application Support (iTunes 9 or later)

Then you may want to verify iTunes and related components are completely uninstalled

1. Restart your computer.
2. After the computer restarts, open Local Disk (C:) located in Computer or whichever hard disk your programs are installed on.
3. Open the Program Files folder.
4. Right-click the iTunes folder, choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Note: This folder may have already been deleted if iTunes was successfully removed.
5. Right-click the iPod folder, choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
6. Right-click the QuickTime folder (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
7. Right-click the Bonjour folder (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
8. Open the Common Files folder.
9. Right-click the Apple folder (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
10. Open Local Disk (C:) located in Computer or whichever hard disk your operating system is installed on.
11. Open the Windows folder.
12. Open the System32 folder.
13. Right-click the QuickTime file (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
14. Right-click the QuickTimeVR file (if it exists), choose Delete, and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue.
15. Right-click the Recycle Bin and choose Empty Recycle Bin 

You can then reinstall or leave it uninstalled.

5 hilarious face transforming apps for the iPhone

They are:

1.)    Fat Booth – See what someone would look like weighing 300+ lbs.

2.)    Aging Booth – See what someone would look like 50 years from now.

3.)    Bald Booth – See what someone would look like bald.

4.)    Zombie Booth – See what someone would look like as a zombie (and it’s not pretty).

5.)    iSwap Faces – Face swap!

 

Detailed descriptions and screen captures of the apps are at: [iphoneappcafe]

iPhone 5 could have slide-out keyboard

An Apple blog states that there are three models being considered for the iPhone 5 and one of them has a slide-out keyboard.  It’s certainly a possibility that the iPhone 5 could have one.  Would you prefer an iPhone with a slide out keyboard? [cnet]

AT&T 1,000 free rollover minutes

AT&T is handing out 1,000 free rollover minutes to anyone that texts 'yes' to 11113020.  See the article [free minutes].

Best apps for iPhone, iPod, and Android

Gizmodo came up with a best of list for the iPhone, iPod, Android.  Check it out: [gizmodo]

Last.fm to charge for mobile app

Starting February 15, 2011, Last.fm is introducing a charge for the streaming functions in its mobile app. The Web and desktop versions of the radio will still be free. It will also be free on Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7 phones.

Read more: [cnet]

Verizon iPhone faster than AT&T

For most of the tests AT&T is slower than Verizon although some of the time it was close.  Check out the CNET video:

 

http://cnettv.cnet.com/battle-networks-iphone-verizon/9742-1_53-50099685.html?tag=api

 

Dude, drop the Twinkie

Fooducate has released a new iPhone app that you can scan the barcodes of food and it will give you the product highlights (good and bad) and alternative products.  You can even compare products.

 

fooducate

 

Don't want to take up an outlet just to charge your phone? Here's an idea

iPhone surge protector

AT&T may allow some users to get their unlimited data back

With the coming of the new Verizon iPhone AT&T is now allowing some customers to revert back to their unlimited plan. The loophole doesn’t include customers who didn't previously have an unlimited data plan.
[The Wall Street Journal]