Useful iPhone/iPad apps

I found a really useful app for the iphone last week.Have you ever had to send a very long message or long complicated URL by text?With 'MyPhoneDesktop' it makes it much easier.You set up the software on your computer and iphone then you type your message on your computer and it will be sent across to your iphone.The message is placed in iPhones clipboard.So press new sms message on iPhone, tap the insertion point and tap paste.The data you've sent from your 'MyPhoneDesktop' will be inserted here.Some might find it slightly inconvenient to do it this way but Apple does not support 3rd party applications so SMS messages cannot be sent directly.

I also found it great for pasting journey info from my desktop to my notes on my iphone.

I had to go to London on Friday for work and got to use 'the tube planner' app which was really great for telling me how long my tube journey was going to take and where to change.

I also downloaded 'thetrainline.com' app which I found very useful as it told me the times of 5 trains leaving Harlow Mill around the time i wanted to leave, Time the journey would take and the same for the return journey.

Zinio is a great app if you want to be able to read magazines on your iphone or ipad.I downloaded it on both and so far I have a free sample of 3 different magazines on my iPad and 2 different ones again on my iPhone. It certainly saves on space to read them online – I've always got too many magazines hanging around the house.

mSecure is an app that I have had on my iphone for quite a while as it is really useful to keep all your passwords and usernames together.Only thing is you need a password to access the information so make sure that you use one that you will definitely remember.

I also downloaded the new ios4 software update to my iPhone 3GS last week which has some really good features.If you haven't done it yet and you have a 3G or a 3GS then it is definitely worth doing.

The multitasking is only available to the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS

I particularly like the fact that I can organise apps into folders which makes them quicker and easier to find.The 5x digital zoom makes the camera worth using now. Tap to focus video is very clever and it's much easier now that I can see messages from all my accounts in a unified inbox.

Issues with the iPhone 4

As some of you may know I love my iPhone and iPad so when the iPhone 4 was launched last week I considered selling my iPhone 3GS which still has 6 months of its contract to run to put towards purchasing the new iPhone 4.But since the launch of the iPhone 4, there have been many issues reported so I've decided to wait a while until they are all resolved.I've listed some of the issues that I've heard of below:

The main problem seems to be with its reception issues when you touch its antenna band.If you hold the iPhone 4 in a way that the bottom left side of the antenna band is covered, the reception takes a sudden dip as evident from fewer signal bars.The iPhone 3GS suffers from this too especially after the iOS upgrade.The problem seems to lie in the OS which doesn't report the signal strength correctly.A fix to solve this is expected to be released Monday.

Display discolouration – some iPhone 4 displays have yellow tints, bands and spots on the screen.

Some can't get the camera to work because the shutter is staying closed in some instances.

The glass shatters if the iPhone falls from an average height.

Proximity sensor issues which are causing calls to hang up.

Swopped Sound Buttons.The volume 'up' and volume 'down' buttons are the wrong way round.