As promised, I finished revamping my Christmas theme for WinterBoard! What do you think?
Also, check out my Shooting Star WinterBoard Theme!
For information on iPhone themes, check out modmyi.com!
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My sisters and I are going gaga over the iPhone Emoji app! Emoji is the Japanese term for small emoticon pictures. The word ‘e moji’ literally means ‘picture + letter’. It is a set of picture characters popularly used in Japan much in the same way as emoticons here in the US. Unlike emoticons, the Emoji pictographs offer a wider variety of images such as accessories, gems, animals, as well as holiday goodies like a Valentine chocolate box, Halloween pumpkin and Santa.
Emoji support was added to the iPhone in firmware 2.2 and can only be sent from an iPhone running OS 2.2 with a SoftBank email account and a SoftBank SIM. Viewing Emoji picture characters on an iPhone requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later and a SoftBank SIM. Emoji picture characters cannot be sent from an iPhone with a different SIM or an iPhone running OS 2.1 or earlier.
Emoji is available from the App Store for $0.99.
To install Emoji on your iPhone for free, check out Gizmodo.
Visit the developer’s website for more information on iPhone Emoji.
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I made this Shooting Star theme a couple years ago for my 2G iPhone back when everyone was still running SummerBoard on 1.0.2 firmware. I restructured it for WinterBoard now that I’ve upgraded to 3GS and it’s running great! In case you’re wondering, I’m running firmware version 3.1.2 with 05.11.07 modem firmware.
Here are some of my old SummerBoard themes. They took a very, very long time to make because I had to scour the Internet to find all the icons. The Little Mermaid and Winnie the Pooh themes are still available for download at modmyi.com. You can also find a couple versions of the Tinkerbell theme modified by other users there as well.
I’m working on a Christmas WinterBoard Theme right now so look for it around early December!
For information on iPhone themes, check out modmyi.com.
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iTunes makes it really easy to create your own iPhone ringtones with any music file. The following instructions are for Macs but I’m sure they are very similar for any PC.
Open iTunes and go to Preferences → General → Import Settings to make sure that you’ve selected “Import Using: AAC Encoder.”
Select the song that you want to make into a ringtone and listen to find the part that you want to use (I usually start with the chorus). Write down the start and stop times of the song while making sure it doesn’t exceed 40 seconds long.
Right-click the song and select “Get Info.” Click the “Options” tab and type in the start and stop times in minutes:seconds (ie 2:01) format, click “OK” when done.
Right-click your song again and select “Create AAC Version.” Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version and the ringtone file should be the one with the shorter time.
Delete the ringtone, making sure that you click “keep files” so you’re only removing the song from your playlist, not from your computer.
Find the file. It’s usually in your user folder under Music → iTunes → iTunes Music saved under the band’s name with an extension of m4a. Rename the m4a extension to m4r*
*For PCs: If you cannot view file extensions, go to your folder options in your windows explorer and change your view settings to uncheck the box for “Hide File Extensions for Known File Types.”
Double-click the ringtone file and iTunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library. Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtone!
If you want to use a more sophisticated program to trim your songs, check out Audacity.
For more information on making your own ringtones, check out IntoMobile.
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Fans of Scrabble will enjoy Words With Friends (WWF). Just like Scrabble, your goal is to outscore your opponent by using as many letters as possible to spell words, using rare letters and placing letters on top of premium squares to multiply your points.
One of the reasons why I love to play word games like WWF is for the educational value. It’s really nice to have a good time and also learn a thing or two. The other reason is purely because I have a competitive personality!
WWF lets players have dozens of games going simultaneously. You can add games with friends directly from their phone’s contact list, search via user name, or instantly find a random opponent to challenge. WWF also allows players to chat with one another, which is always a cool feature to have in any multi-player game. With the convenience of portable online play, you can play with your friends anywhere, anytime.
Available on iPhone and iPod Touch with 2.2.1 firmware or newer. WWF is free to download on the App Store with ads. This game is also available for $1.99 should you prefer the no-ads version.
To read more about Words with Friends, check out Apptism.
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