I’ve upgraded my iPhone (EDGE) to v2 firmware and updated iTunes to 7.7 and then checked out the App Store. Thoughts so far on the firmware and the apps:
Push email from MobileMe is great. I may have to forward mail from my usual address to the .Mac account.
Multiple email deletion and moving is very nice. [...]
I know there are sites like Don’t Forget the Milk and TaDa List. The problem with those is you are dependent on connectivity. 3G iPhone or not, there is no getting to your list if you are stuck with no signal in the metal box monstrosities of a supermarket. Syncing notes to your notes may [...]
One of the very few annoyances I have about my über-reliant, safe and sporty car is the lack of AUX in for my iPods and iPhone. I am relegated to using FM transmitters which can be touch-and-go in the radio-saturated DC/NoVA/MD metro area. I used the Kensington Digital FM transmitter which mostly positive results. This [...]
With yesterday’s news about the iPhone SDK several companies have immediately stepped forward to announce they are working on iPhone apps. Six Apart has announced their plans for an app to go along with their already solid iPhone-centric tools.
I use Wordpress and MobileAdmin works rather well. I still would like to see an iPhone/iPod [...]
I tried out the Macbook Air for nearly 2 hours today.
The thinness of the laptop is even more stunning in person than photos can convey. I’ve used Sony and Fujitsu übersmall laptops before and the MBA just has a better, more organic feel.
There is absolutely no flex in the screen/lid. Taking it up a [...]
Pownce has finally released a mobile version at http://m.pownce.com bringing it to some sort of parity with Jaiku and Twitter. It will be interesting to see if they can get an app out after the iPhone SDK is released that will allow hooking into the filesystem for posting of photos from the phone’s camera.
An interesting thought - why rip movies and put them on the iPhone, eating up valuable storage, when I can put them on a Web server and stream them? I took a game trailer (Ninja Gaiden 2, coming to XBOX 360) and converted to MPEG4 and 3GP. The original 960×540 weighed in at 24.3MB; the [...]
Engadget Mobile has posted their hands-on (p)review of the US-HSDPA-band-capable N95. It’s a monster of a phone with WiFi, touch screen, Symbian OS, and now HSDPA in the USA. Nokia also announced a new music store with OTA purchases possible in the EU.
This is good for the consumer - more competition means more innovation. [...]
I flashed my HTC TyTN aka Cingular 8525 to Windows Mobile 6. The ROM installed was an optimized version from the XDA site, and it’s definitely snappier than the default Windows Mobile 5 ROM. There are some nice touches from HTC and Microsoft in making settings and task management easier for the end user, and [...]
There’s been a lot of criticism about the recessed earbud/headphone jack on the iPhone. I believe that it’s not a matter of aesthetics, as some assume, but engineering a solution to relieve strain on the port and the internals. While this does render my Shure E2Cs useless without an extender, I’d rather pick up an [...]
