A quick, very cheap, easy-to-undo and safe way of making the iPhone 4 work with the TomTom car kit / mount from the 3G/3GS. All it takes is a tiny strip of foam rubber about 2mm thick and the iPhone 4 fits into the mount perfectly.

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Whether you’ve taken to the iPhone’s touchscreen keyboard like a duck to water, or are more of a one-finger-at-a-time typist, there are plenty of shortcuts, tips and tricks that can improve your iTyping experience.

Here, we’ve rounded up ten useful ways to be faster and more productive with your iPhone’s keyboard. We hope these tricks are handy for anyone new to the platform, or those who have not had the time to really experiment.

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In this tutorial, we will see how to downgrade the iPhone from 4.0.2 to 4.0.1 but the steps are the same if you want to downgrade to iOS 4 or even 3.1.3.

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It seems as if Apple dodged a bullet. Ever since the Steve Jobs press conference a couple of weeks ago, in which Apple offered free carrying-case bumpers (or full refunds) to anyone whose iPhone 4 exhibited the “signal drops when you hold the phone a certain way” problem, the jeering and mockery online seems to have gone into hibernation.

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A new, free little Windows app by Matthew Allen called PhoneAble does exactly one thing for iPhone owners: it enables them to manage the music on their device from any Windows computer with iTunes installed.

It does this by changing the computer’s iTunes key—which is unique to each installation of iTunes—to match the key of your iPhone. This tricks iTunes into thinking that the phone plugged in via USB is one it’s allowed to edit. It’s simple, and that’s why it’s good.

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If you’re shooting professional video, you probably already have a pretty nice camera, but if you’re just messing around with the iPhone 4, you can make up for shaky video with an easy, cheap DIY stabilizer.

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It turns out it may be possible to fix a major bug afflicting the iPhone 4 with a common household item.
Many iPhone 4 buyers have reported that Apple’s new smartphone drops its signal if the bottom left corner of the device is covered by the palm of the user’s hand—a situation that’s common when the phone is wielded by lefties.

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Did you get your iPhone 4, but don’t know how to make FaceTime calls? Before you can make or take FaceTime calls you first need to enable the feature in your iPhone. The how-to below will show you how to enable the FaceTime feature so that you can start making FaceTime phone calls.

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Apple’s newest iCandy promises everything but lower taxes. Video calling, multitasking, and spiffier hardware: a sharper screen, sturdier body and stronger battery. Features aside, what matters most is how you customize it. Here’s a recipe for making the most of your first days with the new device.

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Few days back Apple released iOS4 which is compatible with the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch iPod Touch 2G and 3G. Most users updated their iPhone to OS intentionally or accidentally and now finding way to downgrade back to previous iPhone firmware. If for any reason, you upgraded it to iOS 4.0 and would go back to 3.1.3, follow the steps listed below.

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Mostly. Kinda-sorta.

The fact is, if you upgrade your iPhone 3GS to iOS 4.0 and then slap it into an iPad Keyboard Dock, the keyboard (well, I’ll be damned) actually works. You can write emails and notes with it; it works everywhere I’ve tried it.

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Many have asked if the square on the centre of the dashboard can be used to mount a SatNav or TV screen. While this mod doesn’t exactly do that, it shows you what you can potentially do around that area! I ended up mounting closer to the vents as I can’t see the small screen that well mounting on the flat square part.

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The DIY Suction-Cup iPhone Stand is so simple it doesn’t really need a one-and-a-half-minute video to show you how to make it. Heck, it probably doesn’t even need a picture: the thing is so simple the name alone is description enough. But because the inventor, Max Rudberg, has such a great accent, we’re running it anyway:

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Apple’s iTunes may be fine for managing and playing music, but it isn’t exactly up to snuff as an application manager for the iPhone, iPod touch, and the recently released iPad. There are, however, a couple of tricks that make managing your App Store purchases just a little easier.

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Last year everyone talked about the iPhone app that you could use to stream videos from your iPhone to the web so other could watch while you were recording. Today, the new fad that will definitely be at the top of the most popular list of iPhone apps quickly is the TwitCasting Live app. This awesome app is going to blow your mind. Basically this app is a live streaming app and a Twitter client combined into one amazing app.

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Are you having problems with apps that close unexpectedly on your iPhone or iPod Touch, returning you repeatedly to the device’s Home screen? Apple has detailed both the cause and the suggested cures in a new knowledge base article.

According to Apple, the primary cause for apps closing unexpectedly is a device running low on memory allocated for applications—a bigger problem on the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G, since each had only 128MB of application memory.

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Last week, a new iPhone app called Tiger Text hit the App Store. The app lets users send text messages to a server that could be read by the recipient via an app reader. The text message would then be wiped from the face of the earth (i.e. both the texter and recipient’s iPhones, and the server) after a pre-determined amount of time.

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Horrified at Apple’s recent lawsuit against HTC, and refuse to flaunt the company’s brand on your iPhone any more?  We think you’re probably taking the patent litigation a little too seriously – Mommy and Daddy still love each other, they just choose to show it via the ITC – but just at the right time comes Hack N Mod’s gadget polishing tutorial, showing you how to take a battered iPhone.

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The iPhone accelerometer is, for all practical purposes, a good addition to a handheld device. However, sometimes it can be annoying, especially when trying to show off your favorite picture. The picture can flip between portrait and landscape modes over and over again as you move the phone or hand it off to a friend. The orientation change is enough to make you dizzy, but not if you use this tip.

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Our guide to your life: this week, a few tech tips can quickly reunite you with your BlackBerry or iPhone. You’ve lost your most prized possession: your mobile device. Don’t write it off just yet. We explain what to do when your cellphone goes missing.

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