Pocket gadgets now include a paper clip, for swapping SIM between iPhone and Nexus One
Love the company name (“Massively Overrated”) so much that I splurged $1.99 (gasp) for their Fontwars iPhone game http://bit.ly/5lEu6f
iPhone’s Missing Feed Reader shawnblanc.net/?p=1925 … all this talk about RSS, but I can’t stand chromeless content. I like web pages.
Meat stylus for the iPhone
“That’s why Apple’s entire developer ecosystem is different, because believe it or not, Apple’s developers are amazing designers that make beautiful things, and they happen to know how to code. That’s entirely different from someone who’s the best coder in the world and trying to create something that looks, works, and feels great.”
Google Android Personal Thoughts « Boy Genius Report
Don’t necessarily agree with the entire article, but that quote is spot-on.
Now available: Create with Context launches Windspire Me, an iPhone app to measure wind and promote wind energy http://bit.ly/7YJzVl
And with a *POP*, the iPhone is no more
Man, this just isn’t the week for consumer electronics. First the digital camera went through the washer, and now my son’s iPhone is no more.
It all started out innocently enough: I had connected the iPhone to my MacBook to sync and charge, and was sitting there working away. A slightly over-zealous mouse movement bumped the phone, which moved all of half of an inch to tap the base of the nearby antique (read: dangerous! loose wires!) desk lamp.
Then, through the magic of electricity, there was a quick *POP* sound, and a tiny wisp of smoke. The aluminum case of the iPhone (original 8GB, purchased Day 1) tapped the metal of the lamp, and a nice circuit was made: wall outlet > lamp > iPhone > USB cable > MacBook > power adapter > wall outlet. Real nifty.
End result?
- Nice arc weld marks on both products
- Lamp is headed for the trash bin
- iPhone is DOA
- Left USB port on MacBook is dead
- Son is minus one phone
What’s next this week?
Why isn’t anyone selling a snap-on iPhone accessory that’s a joystick, D-pad, and a bunch of buttons, then providing an open API to devs?
The Original Palm Mirror … for the iPhone?
As you might have noticed in the sidebar, utilware.com is the home of the Original Palm Mirror, for what that’s worth. Of course, there have been several dozen other Palm mirrors - and iPhone mirrors - since the halcyon green-tinted days of the original Palm.
But have you ever been sitting there, looking longingly at your iPhone, nostalgic for the days of seeing your mug in the reflection of a Palm III? Or perhaps a sleek Palm V? Or maybe even for the outlines of your visage bathed in the softly glowing rays of a setting August sun, reflected in the screen of a Palm VII?
Well, you might just be in luck again sometime soon, for The Mirror has been built, and may just be submitted to the App Store in the next few days.
Create with Context in CIO Magazine on the Five Qualities of a Great iPhone App: http://bit.ly/4eSEY5
Virgin Atlantic Flying without Fear app
So Virgin Atlantic has an interesting app that helps people overcome their fears of flying. I was researching the app for an upcoming media discussion, and thought it was pretty interesting: what are all the onboard sounds, what happens if the engines fail, etc. But then the “What’s new in this version” caught my eye: “Minor crashes fixed”. Priceless.
Some favorite iPhone apps
Just writing this up for someone, and thought I’d put it here as well. Some of my personal favorite iPhone apps:
- reQall - record a to-do using voice, it converts it into text and emails to you
- Nike + iPod - if you’re into running, talks to your shoe
- NYTimes - news
- CameraBag - great photo manipulation tool
- PS Mobile - mobile Photoshop, pretty nice
- TweetDeck - multi-account Twitter client
- Kindle - ebook reader, doesn’t require that you own a physical Kindle
- AroundMe - what stores are nearby
- Seasons - what fruits and veggies are in season nearby
- Cities - timezone calculator
- Amazon.com - easy to spend too much!
- Shazam - record a snippet of a song (like on Muzak at the pharmacy, not that it would ever induce a case of munchies-run-fueled late-night purchase of a song, say “The Sign of Fire” by The Fixx) and it determines which song it is
- Air Hockey - fun!
- FlightControl - also fun!
- Pocket God - also fun!
Nice job Mike! … RT @rohdesign: #Sketchnotes of SXSW Interactive ‘09 iPhone Tapstack app from @SixVoices for FREE: http://bit.ly/3FziOh
