The new iPhone 7 announced by Apple doesn't have a headphone port, as we all know. You're supposed to plug your headphones into the Lightning port. (Unless you want to pay an exorbitant amount for the wireless headphones...) So what happens if you want to charge your phone AND listen to music at ...
Find My AirPods
Apple's new AirPods are a wireless version of their Earpods, meaning they're two independent little things that hang in your ears with no cord. It would be easier than easy to lose one or both of them. One of their features is that they are self-configuring, via iCloud, rather than having to much ...
iPhone Keyboard of the Future?
A new portable keyboard, to be used with the iPhone, iPad, or any other Bluetooth-enabled device, has just been announced. It has a totally new design from anything we’ve seen before. It’s called the TextBlade. It’s made of 3 pieces, which fold together into a case (and the case doubles as an ...
Tile and iPhone, to Track Your Belongings
A friend of ours sent us Tiles as a gift for the holidays. Here’s what it is, and how we’re using it. Tile is a little piece of plastic, about 1-1/2” square, with technology inside. And there’s an iPhone app to go with it (there’s an Android app too). You link the white plastic tile to the app ...
The most beautiful app I’ve ever seen is a game
We don't usually recommend iOS games here at IvanExpert, but we wanted to make an exception for Monument Valley. It's beautiful, both visually and aurally. It's mildly challenging, but by no means impossible, and there's no time pressure, no score, no way to die, and no way to get stuck. It just ...
Simple, Inexpensive Home Camera Monitoring with your iPhone
Are you interested in setting up a simple camera monitoring system at home (or at a small office)? Here are a few options. Nest Nest, the company that brought you the “smart” thermostat (and is now owned by Google), has a new product that we’re interested to learn more about. It’s called ...