iPhone Theme Store

Sure there are many applications in the App Store that allow you to use your iPhone as a mass storage device, but all of them require an internet connection to allow the data transfer to happen over wifi.

To this date, there is no application approved by Apple that lets you use your iPhone as a USB flash drive, and that’s a shame because I’d like to be able to access my iPhone’s drive without having to be connected to the internet.

Developer Dmytro came up with an interesting solution to this problem by creating the USB Drive application:

USB Drive let you create one or more virtual disks for use as USB Mass Storage volume, thus you can allocate some of your iPhone space to carry desktop files with you.

How to use your iPhone as a USB stick / USB flash drive:

Step 1. Add the following repo to Cydia sources: http://apt.dmytro.me

Step 2. After installing the repo, look for the USB Drive application in Cydia and install it.

Step 3. Launch USB Drive and “Create Disk”.

Step 4. Select your USB Mode (default is suggested).

Step 5. Reboot your iPhone and plug it in you computer USB port.

Done! You should now be able to access the drive you just created.

To delete a virtual disk, simply swipe your finger from left to right, just as you would do to delete an email.

The USB Drive app is still in beta so be careful…

Let us know what you think about this app in the comments.

Source:
How to Use Your iPhone as a USB Drive

Yes, it’s the dreaded year 2012 9atleast for some) in the news today and it’s not about the movie.

Gartner, the research firm has just released a list of top 10 mobile applications for the year 2012.

Gartner listed applications based on their impact on consumers and industry players, considering revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration.

[image: billychick]

The top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012 include:

1. Money Transfer
2. Location based services
3. Mobile search
4. Mobile browsing
5. Mobile health monitoring
6. Mobile payment
7. Near Field Communication services
8. Mobile advertising
9. Mobile instant messaging
10. Mobile music

If you were looking for something revolutionary, then you are probably feeling like how I feel – ‘meh’.

Yes, it’s true we are just getting started with some of these technologies (as Gartner points out) which are already available to iPhone users.

But, there is definitely a glaring omission – Augmented Reality. iPhone users have already started seeing AR apps that are totally revolutionary and I think it will be a big player by 2012.

Gartner’s list is not just for existing smartphone platforms but I believe they are addressing the general mobile phone market which is still ways behind the curve.

What do you find missing in this prediction?

Source:
Top 10 Mobile Applications for 2012

You have probably heard of the paid iPhone app, RedLaser, that has been in the top 10 paid apps list for a while.

But, there is an app that could be called the original barcode scanner for mobile phones that was very popular with Android – ShopSavvy.

ShopSavvy lets you point the red laser like line on a barcode. It uses the iPhone’s camera to scan the bar code and look up the product online. It shows a picture of the product and shows their online prices.

Plus, it uses your location via GPS to show the local stores that carry the product with their prices.

Now, you have a powerful product scanner while you are out shopping to instantly see if you are paying the right price. A deal hunter’s dream weapon.

ShopSavvy lets you save products you look up so you can refer to them later. It also has another cool feature – setup Price Alert.

I tried scanning a book I had near me and it instantly popped up in ShopSavvy as you can see in the screenshots.

Did I mention ShopSavvy is Free? RedLaser costs $1.99 and is No.3 in the top paid apps today.

With the Black Friday deals just a week away, we are bring more apps that can help you find great deals this Christmas shopping season. If you have a good app recommendation, sound off in the comments.

Screenshots

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Availability: App Store [iTunes link]

Price: Free

Source:
Free Barcode Scanner iPhone App – ShopSavvy

Source:
Resident Evil 5

Source:
Fisherman