Perivision's Blog : Written first, edited later.

Shut up woman and get on my horse!

perivision — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:07:14 +0000

Careful, this tune will get stuck in your head.

Arnold’s coded Veto message

perivision — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:03:09 +0000

If you have not see it, here it is..

Bionic Eye: Another AR app for the iphone

perivision — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:24:16 +0000

I just posted a few hours ago that we are going to see a rush of new augmented reality apps soon, and then I get an email for a new app that does the basics you would expect, and it looks pretty nice. This one will work on 3GS phones, but without the fancy AR bits of course. Its a buck in the Apple store.

Here are some details about how the application works:

- Vertical position: 360-degree view of all POI nearby your location, updated in real time as you walk in the streets.

- Horizontal position: List of all nearest POI. When a POI is selected, a blue arrow (compass) is displayed to show the direction and the distance to that POI.

Video on the Palm Pre! Root = jailbreak

perivision — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:24:19 +0000

It always seem to be the way with smart phones isnt it? Just read in Gizmodo of a hack that will give you 320×480 resolution video at 30fps. Sweeet. And have a look at the video below. Nice. So what does this mean? Well, depending on the GPS abilities of the Pre we could (perhaps) see a few AR apps.

You need to root (jailbreak) your Palm Pre for this.

Sync the iPhone to MS OneNote with MobileNoter

perivision — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:47:19 +0000

I’ve been waiting for this!! Yes, as a hard core Microsoft OneNote user (remember, I’m all about tablets) I have been wishing there was a way to view my OneNote files on the iphone. Although still in Alpha, and believe me, as a tester it’s in Alpha, we finally have it. But wait! there’s more..

..more here…

Into Scrabble? Got iPhone? Well check this app.

perivision — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:54:46 +0000

I like Scrabble even though I’m not very good at it. However, I have a few friends that are just NUTS for the game. So when this press release came in my email today I thought I would share it out. Oh, and wonder why they cannot call it ‘Scrabble” Trademarked my friend!

“From Newtoy, creators of the smash hit Chess With Friends, comes the next handheld gaming sensation: Words With Friends! Featuring the phenomenal ‘turn-based’ multiplayer gameplay that made Chess With Friends so popular, Words With Friends is the ultimate crossword game for your iPhone or iPod Touch.”

more here…

How to tether your iphone without jailbreaking

perivision — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:04:21 +0000

I just read this today on ismashiphone (link).. The posts describe the steps required to tether your iphone 3g(s) IF you are updated to the new 3.0 firmware. Since I use PDANet (paid for it too) I have not tried it personally, but I’m sure there are a few readers who love to have this capability.

I read through the post and the notes; so a few words of warning…

First off, like anything READ ALL THE STEPS!

What could multi threading ‘run in background’ support in iphone 3.0 look like?

perivision — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:02:42 +0000

I was writing a post on the best way to use Pandora on the iphone (link to article) and it struck me that THIS is how we may see ‘run in background’ support working on the iphone and why we want it.

First a few words on the Pro’s and Con’s of running an app in the background. Pro’s. As I first mentioned, playing music NOT from the ipod. That means Pandora, AOL radio, last.FM, Stitcher, etc… Quite often when I’m driving, which is when I listen to iphone digital radio the most, I need to look at the map on occasion to check traffic or for directions. Also if I get an email, I use intelliscreen to look at the email header.. ( I do not read or write emails when I drive and neither should you). Its quite annoying, and a distraction to reselect the radio app again. How about text chat? or at some point having a VoiP conversation and not dropping the call because you need to look something up? Keep your game going while taking a phone call.. There are plenty more examples, but you get the idea, being able to let one app continue to function as you invoke another app has many benefits.. {more here}

Remote contollers with the iphone 3.0 update. I hope.

perivision — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:50:12 +0000

At GDC yesterday, I walked past a display showing the ‘Zeemote’. They had it working with a verity of phones (from the site: major manufacturers like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG, Motorola, and, Samsung). Missing of course? The iPhone! Why? Because it uses Bluetooth which the iPhone VERY poorly supports.

However, times.. they are a chang’in..

The iPhone 3.0 update is suppose to significantly improve Bluetooth compatibility. When I talked with the guys at Zeemote, they said they have already started looking into it.

What I expect to see very soon is iControlPad’s device gaining greater support. Here is the video if you have not seen it..

More Here…

NPR on the iphone

perivision — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:35:59 +0000

I have been a iphone radio user since AOL radio first came out. I tend to use the digital radio just as often as I use the iPod feature. Missing however was public radio from AOL. Well, that has been sorted. Now, NPR Mobile has been out for a bit, but it lacked live streaming. Recently PublicRadio came out that gives not only live streaming, but MANY

… more here