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A Fix for Flaky Touch Screen Behavior, Let My Fingers Guide You

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So here I am fiddling with my iPhone, when a rare yet not entirely uncommon problem rears itself.

Every now and again my iPhone’s touchscreen exhibits a rather strange behavior. When I tap to select a specific item in various applications, the touchscreen misidentifies my tap and executes it in a completely different area code. The [...]

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Gizmodo’s How To Guide for Installing Apps on iPhone, No Rubber Chicken Required

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For those who want to dabble in the dark world of iPhone hacking, but are driven off from fear of complexity, Gizmodo has posted a great How To guide that explains how to install third party software on iPhone. The process is so easy you don’t need to be a l33t hAx0R to make it [...]

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Apple Acknowledges Problems with iPhone’s Touchscreen, Offers Repair

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A growing number of iPhone users have reported what could be a serious manufacturing flaw affecting some units. After an indeterminate period of use the touchscreen may lose sensitivity in specific locations on the screen. These “dead spots” will be no longer respond to user input. For a device that depends entirely on touch input [...]

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Humiliate Yourself, And Others, With Smooshed Photos

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Want a great way to create goofy custom photos of friends and family in your address book, trapping their contorted faces inside your iPhone like a prehistoric fly encased in amber every time they call you? Now you can!

Of course the real trick will be convincing your companions to submit their disfigured mugs for your [...]

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