Enable Emoji on the iPhone 4

iPhone 4: Settings, General, Keyboard, Add New Keyboard, Emoji.

The 4th Gen iPhone very soon now

Tiltshift app

Taken with Tiltshift Generator

Quick iTunes 9 first impressions

iTunes 9 was just released. You can go to any number of sites for the press release, so just my first impressions.

The look is now softer, more subtle, maybe a little more “plastic”. The maximize (green) button no longer puts iTunes into mini mode on the Mac. You have to hit Shift--M to switch, which follows the Windows behavior. The Application tab and the Store both have a new, lighter look.

The Applications management tab is going to be a hit with people who have a lot of apps.

Management of Playlists, Photos, TV shows, and Podcasts similarly got refinements, albeit not as dramatic as the Applications. It would be nice if Aperture and iTunes could both pull CoreData links and show quick thumbnails of the albums.

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I don’t recall a full screen Coverflow option. I may just have missed it previously.

The “Automatically fill free space with songs” is new for the iPhone. I like this.

New iPhone wallpaper

My new iPhone wallpaper, taken with the iPhone.

Yojimbo still needs an iPhone sync

Downloading Yojimbo 2.0 today on a clean build of Snow Leopard. Type Yojimbo into the search box on Safari, and the autofill:
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People want their sync.

Civilization Revolution for the iPhone

Civilization Revolution
Civilization Revolution Lite – free, 3 civilizations

Only found out about this due to the Macworld tweet about their review. This is going to be perfect for the flights!

Mobile Armory for the iPhone

When Blizzard issued the takedown requests for the Armory application on the iTunes App Store, we all knew it was a matter of time before Blizzard released their own application. The wait is over. The World of Warcraft Mobile Armory was released last night and I’ve given it a spin.

If you want the TL;DR version – The application is polished and should be in any WoW-playing iPhone owner’s library.
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After the rain

Taken with the iPhone 3GS.

Age verification for iPhone app

It appears age restricted application warnings are active on the iTunes App Store. I’ll assume that the notification was for Shazam due to possible profanity on tagging music.