I tried to throw it a curveball by entering Dengue Fever, my favorite Cambodian Psychadelic Surf-Pop band, thinking, OK Pandora, what are you going to do with that? Pandora came through, not only identifying Dengue Fever, but serving up The Concretes, The Dials, and others - a bunch of bands I hadn’t heard before, but liked quite a bit.
Music you like, but haven’t heard before? It doesn’t get much better than that.
What’s at the top of my list for the next round of features and upgrades to the iPhone?
I don’t think it is cut and paste. I’ve had a few instances when a little cutting and pasting would be useful, but not too many. I like how the iPhone integrates its apps in such a way that cut and paste isn’t always necessary. For example, I recently went into Google maps to search for the local REI. From there, I was able to instantly pop over to Safari to visit REI’s website and look up their hours. Had I wanted to, I could have popped the address right into my contacts. I much prefer this integrated functionality to having to cut and paste each piece of information between apps.
I’m more looking forward to Notes syncing on the iPhone, or the option to have a landscape keyboard in mail and instant messaging. How about you? What are your hopes and dreams for the next set of updates?
Turns out it costs $199 to fix a 4GB iPhone screen and $249 to fix an 8GB iPhone screen. Why the price disparity? Who knows?
Want to see more iPhone owies? Watch flickr’s broken iPhone slideshow, and despair.
I’ve been pretty happy with my Incase, but I’m suddenly thinking about getting a more substantial case…. maybe something like this new case from GizMac?
You knew it already, your iPhone is amazing: a phone, a video iPod, a web browser. You’ve read the news on the bus, replied to email in line for a movie, taken pictures, made phone calls, and recently, even sent text messages to many friends at once.
But wait, there’s more! Now, thanks to Pettitte Mallette’s iPhone ruler, our Safari web app of the week, you can measure things with it too! (as long as the things you want to measure are somewhat small).
I haven’t actually used the ruler yet, but I like the idea enough that I’m keeping it on my home screen. Well, for now, on page 2 of my home screen.
If you haven’t guessed already, the iPhone ruler does only one thing - it puts a 2 1/2 inch (or 6 1/2 centimeter) ruler on your screen. The developers promise this is just the beginning:
In spring 2008 we will replace this ruler with a new one that will transform your iPhone or iPod Touch into an amazing device.
Don’t try this at home - I accidentally ran my earbuds through the washing machine - and fortunately, they survived! They were a bit ragged afterwards, but they still worked - even the inline mic/button.
Still yet - I don’t suggest it. I did the same thing once with a pair of iPod earbuds, and they never played a sound again.
For me, the most exciting thing about the recent set of updates announced yesterday at MacWorld was that they were, in fact, updates! This never happened on my MotoRazr! If there are any lingering doubts, these announcements prove that the iPhone’s evolving feature set make it much more like your computer than a cellphone or portable music player. This set of updates, Apple’s future updates, plus the additions of third party development starting next month, will add up to one exciting year for the iPhone!
My favorite new features - WebClips, which will add quick access to any Safari Apps, and multiple recipient text-messaging, which will make it easier than ever before to bring people together at your favorite burrito shop.
What are your favorite updates? What are you looking forward to in future updates from Apple and third party developers?
I knew that I wanted something slim, something svelte, something that wouldn’t add bulk to my trim and elegant iPhone. After looking at quite a few options, I went for the Incase, in black. At first, I wasn’t so keen on the topo-lines on the back, but they’ve grown on me. I’ve been impressed with how easy it is to grip the phone, and use the buttons. It doesn’t obstruct the camera in any way. It is slightly more difficult to use the “mute” button on the side of the phone, but it isn’t a big nuisance. I also like how the case helps the phone “stick” to flat surfaces. I’m in the habit of putting it on the dashboard of the car during a speaker-phone call, and so far this has worked out just fine.
If you do go with this case, you’ll need something to protect the iPhone’s screen. I went with three simple “matte” screen protectors they had at the Apple store. I’ve been real happy with them so far, and they’ve saved the screen from at least one nasty scrape.
For music lovers, this has to be the iPhone’s first killer app. You give Pandora Radio an artist you like, and it dishes up a personal radio station, based on a particularly sophisticated analysis of the music.
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