iPhone Evolution
Better and Better
I am amazed by the continued development of Apple’s iPhone capabilities. I bought my first one a year or so ago because of its intuitive nature and large number of uses. They continue to issue updates which I download via iTunes, and each time it gets better. I held off getting the 3G, thinking I didn’t need the increased speed or GPS, but once I got it I was blown away by the improvements.
More and More
Then came the Applications. In January, just a couple of short months ago, Jerry Kohl asked me if I have some cool applications on my iPhone. I didn’t even know they existed. Now I have more than 20 of them; most of which I find myself using a lot. Many are free, others cost as little as 99 cents, and I haven’t paid more than $4 for any of them. With a touch of my finger I can find restauraunts, movies, stores or just about anything else around where I happen to be. The iPhone will listen to music and tell me what the tune is and all about the artist. With Pandora I can tell it which musicians I like and it will search the world finding radio stations playing their songs and send them through my ear buds endlessly. Excercising has never been so easy. I can locate recipes and books. iTalk turns my iphone into a recorder and allows me to label and then save and or e-mail what I have recorded. There is a MobileFiles application that synchs and sends selected files from my computer to the iPhone. And if I ever need a laugh there’s iFart. That’s one you need to hear to appreciate.
Twitter Tie In
Just yesterday I downloaded TwitterFon which lets me (or you) make live Twitter posts on the move, and even attach photographs stored in the iPhone, or take a picture with the iPhone and and attach either of them.
Multiply This X $400 to $500
Apple sold 13.7 million iPhones in 2008, and they are not finished yet. This article just published yesterday announces the new iPhone 3.0 which will allow you to sell or buy goods and services via the iPhone. What can be next?
March 18th, 2009 at 2:42 am
The first I-phone was the one they used on Star Trek. The gizmo that read frequencies used by Doctor McCoy is also available now to screen and zap our illnesses. The science of radiowaves is amazing. They can even treat depression with frequencies, radiowaves, microwaves, whatever it is called.
Pretty soon we’ll be able to transport ourselves, you know, beam down.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:12 am
I’m waiting for the iWantYou application. You point the phone at someone in a bar that you are attracted to, it sends the iWantYou message and solicits a reply. This will save lot’s of embarrassing rejection for me.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Hi Ron, The iPhone IS amazing and we enjoy the features everyday…. Just yesterday I got to discover that there is a really good video recorder program available for the iPhone now, which I always thought was missing. You should download it and start taking videos for your albums. I am sure we would all enjoy a video taken by you for your category of “People at work” (or NOT working….) Cheers, Peter