http://iphonememe.com fresh & fast - iphone news, accessory reviews, and safari apps Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:38:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. I tried to throw it a curveball by entering Dengue Fever, my favorite Cambodian ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/08/02/iphone-app-of-the-week-pandora-radio/ Abilene Christian University is the first university to provide an iPhone or iPod touch to all incoming freshmen. They've produced a couple of YouTube videos showing the impact they hope the iPhones will have on campus. The videos include a few "imaginary" iPhone features that would make the iPhone more ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/03/04/quick-news-free-iphones-for-acu-students/ This one was new to me. When your iPhone  is locked, you can double click the home button to bring up a limited set of iPod controls. Very cool! http://iphonememe.com/2008/03/01/iphone-discovery-of-the-week/ You can pop on over to ilounge and enter to win a free iPhone case from PDO. http://iphonememe.com/2008/02/04/quick-meme-enter-to-win-a-free-case-from-ilounge-and-pdo/ Personally, I'm still pretty jazzed up about the features in the iPhone's most recent update, but nonetheless, Everything icafe's report that cut and paste just very well might be on the way for the iPhone got me wondering: What's at the top of my list for the next round of features ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/02/03/new-iphone-features-is-cut-and-paste-at-the-top-of-your-list/ Apple iPhone Review has this rather scary narrative about an iPhone drop that led to a cracked screen - ouch! 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 ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/01/24/what-happens-when-you-drop-your-iphone/ 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! ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/01/24/safari-app-of-the-week-ruler/ 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 ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/01/24/iphone-secret-of-the-week-washing-your-earbuds/ 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 ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/01/16/updates-signal-another-good-year-for-the-iphone/ So far, my favorite iPhone case is the Incase iPhone Protective Case. 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 ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/01/14/my-favorite-iphone-case/ The iPhone's touch-screen keyboard is certainly slick - but it takes some getting used to. The biggest adjustment for me has been the need to plow ahead through the inevitable typos and let the iPhone software guess what I'm typing and fix the spelling as I go. It has been pointed ... http://iphonememe.com/2008/01/06/tips-for-new-iphone-owners-unlearn-spelling/ I was very happy to see this note over on iPhone Alley saying that iPhone note syncing will arrive later this month with Leopard. I'll finally be able to put some fast loading bus schedules on my iPhone! They bring up one worry though: "This may or may not require ... http://iphonememe.com/2007/10/17/good-news-on-notes-in-leopard/ I was pretty bummed to see today's report from Greenpeace, confirming suspicions that the iPhone, despite the slick design, is not the greenest consumer electronics product out there. Greenpeace found that the iPhone "contains toxic brominated compounds (indicating the prescence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs)) and hazardous PVC." Earlier ... http://iphonememe.com/2007/10/16/green-iphone-in-2008/ The new Web apps directory at apple.com looks great! It currently lists over 200 web based iPhone friendly applications. I'm just getting started browsing the catalog, but my favorite so far is Tipr, a "specialized tup calculator [that] takes your check total and a specified tip percentage and generates a ... http://iphonememe.com/2007/10/11/web-apps-directory-at-applecom/ My iPhone is becoming the go-to gadget for the spaces between here and there. I love being able to get one or two things done on a walk between meetings, a short and crowded bus ride, or any other time I find myself away from my laptop with a few ... http://iphonememe.com/2007/10/10/google-on-the-go-reader/ Content Robot has made it easy to optimize WordPress blogs for the iPhone (and now the iPod touch). Their iWPhone WordPress theme and plug-in jump into action whenever an iPhone user visits your site. The iWPhone theme is clear, simple, and fast. Very cool! Ask your favorite WordPress blogger to ... http://iphonememe.com/2007/10/08/iphone-friendly-blogs-made-easy/ I'm really enjoying Leaflets, the suite of Safari applications that run fast and look great on an iPhone. Browsing NYTimes.com is much faster, they have handy integration with del.icio.us and flickr, and there's a growing catalog of great reviews of Safari based iPhone applications. Very cool! What's your favorite Leaflet? Let ... http://iphonememe.com/2007/10/07/leaflets-cool-iphone-apps-that-wont-brick-your-phone/