In layman's terms, mobile phone "activation" refers to the process a service provider goes through when it electronically authenticates your device to make phone calls on its network. Although some service providers provide their own Internet service to subscribers, it's not necessary that your phon......[Read More]

One thing people don't realize about their iPods is that their computer essentially treats it as an external hard drive. It even has the option to "Enable disc use" and be treated exactly like an external drive. Like any external drive or flash drive, sometimes through small glitches in use and file......[Read More]

You can listen to music saved on your hard drive using audio software programs such as iTunes, which is the same software program you need to move the music from your hard drive to an iPod.......[Read More]

Just because iTunes doesn't let you transfer music from your iPod back to your computer doesn't mean this task is impossible. All of your music is stored in one specific folder on your iPod, which means that you can simply click on a song and drag it back into your iTunes library to copy it to your ......[Read More]

Father's Day: It's not just about ties and fishing equipment. If you have an iPad-loving dad in your life, you can always go with a cool iPad accessory like a wireless speaker or a gadget that puts live TV on the iPad.......[Read More]

Extensive guides and manuals are available for the iPhone direct from Apple, which cover the set up and operation of the device in detail. But the iPhone also features a lot of shortcuts and hidden functions that can vastly improve your use of the device, and make a lot of tasks much easier to perfo......[Read More]

The Apple iPod Touch is a portable media player and personal digital assistant that offers a touchscreen interface and Wi-Fi connectivity. It can also record video and take digital photos. The iPod Touch supports several music formats, including protected AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF and ALAC. It is designed......[Read More]

You can import audio books purchased from the Audible online bookstore to your iPhone using the iTunes software. Once you have added the Audible audio books to your iTunes collection, transferring them to your iPhone is a simple process. The iPhone includes built-in support for Audible and the audio......[Read More]

The iTouch is hardware that allows users to access games, software, and the internet. As in all pieces of complicated technology, the iTouch occasionally suffers problems that may cause it to freeze or act unusual. In these instances, it may be necessary to reset the device.......[Read More]

Apple's iPod Touch is capable of viewing several different file formats. In particular, one of its best features is its ability to read Microsoft Office files. In particular, you can read Excel files from within the iPod Touch itself. This means that you can take the iPod Touch with you and have you......[Read More]

You'll need to back up two things on your iPod: your user settings and your media files. No matter which iPod you have, iTunes creates an automatic backup of your user settings each time you sync with your computer. Manually copy the user settings backup folder from your hard drive and use the "back......[Read More]

Has your iPod nano just stopped working? Will it not respond to any combination of button pressing? Will it just not turn on? Before you thrash it against the wall or shove it in a drawer, you may want to try restarting it.......[Read More]

Restoring your iPhone resets your device to its approximate condition when it left the factory in hopes of remedying any problems it's developed over the course of using and modifying the device. In addition to resetting any custom settings you've set on your iPhone, restoring deletes all music, pic......[Read More]

Upload your voice memos to your computer with an iTunes sync; iTunes will create a Voice Memos playlist in your library and then store your voice memos within it. After syncing, you will be able to listen to your voice memos on your computer even after you delete them from your iPhone. The process o......[Read More]

Using an alternative to iTunes for iPod transfers can offer more flexibility.ear buds 02 image by Darrell Sharpe from Fotolia.comWhether you're on a Windows- or Mac-based computer, the default software program you will use with your iPod is iTunes. Although it is optimized to work with.........[Read More]

In most cases, using a new iPhone with the SIM card you used with an old iPhone isn't a problem. If you receive an error message when you insert the old SIM into the new iPhone, determine the root cause of the error in question, and then troubleshoot it to regain use of the new iPhone.......[Read More]

Apple periodically releases firmware updates to fix problems and add new features to the iPhone operating system. Each firmware update receives a number that corresponds to the problems it fixes. On your iPhone, the Settings application houses your firmware version. ITunes also provides your softwar......[Read More]

The Samsung WEP490 is a Bluetooth headset that you can use with your iPhone. Once you complete an initial pairing process, your iPhone should automatically communicate with the Samsung WEP490 and make a connection. When this connection fails, you should uninstall the Bluetooth headset from your iPho......[Read More]

Portable CD players have decreased in popularity thanks to the rise of the digital music player such as Apple's iPod, which can store entire collections of CDs on a single hard drive. If you own stacks of old CDs currently collecting dust on a shelf you can transfer their audio content directly onto......[Read More]

The Apple iPhone 3GS originally came with the iOS 3.0 operating system. This version of the phone uses a GSM network, requiring an inserted SIM card to function correctly. T-Mobile and AT&T are two of the main mobile providers in the United States that use GSM technology, but only AT&T provides the ......[Read More]