I know, I know, I’ve been babbling a lot about WordPress recently. Oh well.
I previously mentioned the WordPress app for iPhone, allowing easy posting to my blog from my iPhone. Welp, now I’ve done the other side as well, I have installed an iPhone compatible theme, so if you have an iPhone/iPod Touch, hit my blog and let me know what you think?
I also upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1, as always, please report bugs.
I’m almost ashamed to admit it, but I did it. I bought an iPhone.
So far, the experience had been mixed. I’m already familiar with the iPod Touch, so the OS as a whole isn’t new to me, but having the phone and camera is nice. The App Store is a mixed bag, with applications ranging from cute to pathetic.
One thing I didn’t expect is that as far as I can tell, none of the annoying interface bugs from the first version of the OS were fixed.
Safari still crashes several times daily, the music/iPod mode crashes easily too, as do many of the third party apps. Worse, there is complaint after complaint from app developers about Apple’s often excessive delays approving new app store app versions.
On the plus side, despite the instability, there are some neat applications. For example, WordPress had released an app to make it east to blog from the iPhone. Neat.
All in all, it makes a nice phone, but the iPhone is still a bit mediocre as a PDA.
But, it is fun!
This wouldn’t be a real blog without something about the new iPhone 3G coming out… So here goes.
I thought Apple was gonna change the face of wireless here? Remember when Steve Jobs was a genius for insisting on no subsidies and revenue sharing?
Fast forward to the present: Our little iPhone has grown up to become just another cell phone. And not a real functional one at that. The 3G model is a giant yawn, GPS (most modern smartphones have some form of GPS), a faster data connection, and not really much else new.
Oh, and pricing? Well, as it turns out, this baby is even more expensive then the last one, despite the marketing spew.
iPhone 8GB $399.00
iPhone 3G 8GB $199.00
However, the AT&T iPhone data plan went up $10/month, and lost the previously included SMS, so you’re looking at a minimum of $240/year more, which quickly eats up that $200 price drop.
So for those of you feeling bad about your first generation iPhone, feel better.
