Enabling Bluetooth Keyboards in iOS4: iPhone 3GS

[DetroitBORG]

@Penguin3366 Yes!

[SoCalApps]

This was a great tutorial w/o wasting time. Great job!

[Deaboy100]

AWESOME. I'm debating on getting an Apple bluetooth keyboard or a keyboard dock to take notes with my iPhone in College. I see no point on buying a whole new laptop if I already have an iMac at home and computer labs at the college!

Excellent demo!

[eldaguinio]

Can you send pics to other phones via bluetooth?

[DetroitBORG]

@eldaguinio I don't know of any, but I know apps such as Camera A and Camera B use bluetooth to transfer live snapshots taken on the iPhone to an iPad.

[eldaguinio]

@DetroitBORG mmm.. it looks like apple bluetooth sucks!! Why Apple put all that limitations to the iphone???

[DetroitBORG]

@eldaguinio It has more to do with the fact that the iOS has a very closed file system so it's not easy for devices to access files on any IOS device, no matter the connection type.

[pajass2002]

Great video Dude!! i liked the fact that you didn't just show the apple keyboard but any other alternative!! thank you very much...what would you suggest?? buying an expensive apple keyboard or any keyboard i find? i don't have a mac or wireless keyboard

[DetroitBORG]

@pajass2002 The Apple keyboard isn't that expensive at $69, I paid $120 for that Logitech with a mouse. There aren't many Bluetooth keyboards out there and they tend to be pricier. And since the iOS4 plays nicer with the Apple keyboard, I don't think you can go wrong with that purchase.

[ssjRangazee]

uve got a ton of apps! 0:19

[DetroitBORG]

@ssjRangazee That has since been reduced to two pages thanks to foldering ;)

[johnmonk66]

ever since the apps have updated to run on ios4, a lot of mine will not update. have you found this? also, my ipad now requires my apple password everytime i run itunes or the app store

[DetroitBORG]

@johnmonk66 What do you mean they won't update? You see updates are available but they won't instal? As for passwords, at what point are you prompted; when you open the iTunes/App store, or when you try to update the apps? I'm wondering if some of your apps came from a different iTunes account?

[johnmonk66]

@DetroitBORG I found the problem, some apps can not be updated with the 'update all' button, I have to enter my password with each update one at a time. But it is true that every time I start itunes ot the apps store on the ipad I now have to enter my password even just to browse, that is a weird change. But I have not synced it in a month, so that might be it too

[DetroitBORG]

@logeyDot93 What model keyboard are you using, are you sure it's Bluetooth?

[lilj0hn316]

great vid

[Awsm0down]

Awesome!

[Modview]

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[DetroitBORG]

@Modview Yep, that's me...just call me DB ;)

[Modview]

@DetroitBORG hey, Mike!

[liomessibarca10]

@DetroitBORG dragonball = DB ;-)

[DetroitBORG]

@liomessibarca10 Yeah, I'm too old to have made that connection ;).

[UNO785]

 sweeet!

[dagamelord]

How exactly do you have an app like Pandora for example run in the background? Do you just press home or double click?

[DetroitBORG]

@dagamelord Yes, press the home key and Pandora continues in the background. To invoke it again, double tap the home key and you can either go back to the Pandora app, or swipe to the right to bring up the media player widget which allows you to control it.

[iVolkswagen]

"has given up on the iPhone 4!"

Hahah. Perfect timing.

[DetroitBORG]

@iVolkswagen Yeah, that wasn't planned ;) The podcast was referring to the iPhone pre-ordering headache.

[DavesReviewsandHelp]

Does the escape key close app like on iPad>?

[DetroitBORG]

@DavesReviewsandHelp No, that was surprising ;)

[MacintoshUser1986]

Not a very useful thing but it is very cool to be able to do so, it worked amazingly for myself.

When and if they release iWork for iPhone i'll use it.

[DetroitBORG]

@MacintoshUser1986 Yeah, I can't imagine using this much at all...but it's nice to have I suppose.

[COD4fanboi]

Awesome !