I recently had to replace the screen on my wife’s iPhone 3GS and I thought this was a perfect opportunity to show you guys how its done. It’s really a very simple process, and very inexpensive. I would think that most anyone could do this repair even if you have never worked on any computer equipment in the past. All it takes is some patience, a few tools, and a $7 kit from Amazon.com.

This is the second screen I’ve replace, so I was able to do it quite a bit faster than the first time. You should definitely take your time if this is your first shot at it, but if you’ve done this before, then you’ll know the ropes and be able to breeze through this pretty easily without any issues or mishaps.

The kit I purchased cost me $7 — yes, $7. Its amazing that having your screen replaced at an Apple store or somewhere like MacAuthority will cost you close to $100 if not more, and you can do the same thing yourself for a near $7 (and that includes shipping and tax!!).

Lets get started:

If you’re like me, you enjoy listening to podcasts and you probably have a long list of podcasts that you subscribe to. That means you probably don’t have time to listen to all of them as much as you’d like. Well, Apple’s iOS makes it easy to listen to more podcasts in a shorter amount of time. With a feature in the Music  app (formerly the iPod app on the iPhone) called “2X”, you can listen to podcasts in half the time. Here’s how:

Apple’s newest operating system, OSX Lion, makes it easier than ever to add your email account, calendars, contacts, and even screen names for iChat. You no longer have to go into each application and enter your account information. It can now all be done in the System Preferences screen and in this tutorial, we show you how to do exactly that. So lets dive in!