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The App Store is Going to Bankrupt Me...

App Store Apple’s App Store, which allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to purchase, download, and install applications, makes it super-easy to get new apps for my iPhone. In fact, now that the “long backups” and “long installs” issues have been resolved in firmware 2.1, installing...

First Post Using iBlogger...

Fish on My iPhone This is a test post from the iBlogger app on my iPhone. I’m posting to a Drupal blog, and it supports adding categories, free-form tags, links, images (one per entry), and even a link to a map of my current location. The software supports many other blogging platforms as well,...

How Far Have We Come?...

Sometimes, it is necessary to go back and listen to those who came before us in order to get an idea about where we are, where we are going, and how far we have come. United States President Dwight David Eisenhower said: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies...

iPhone Firmware 2.1 Update Solves My Pro...

Apple released iPhone firmware version 2.1, the third update to the iPhone 2.0 software, this past Friday. I updated my iPhone in the afternoon, and hoped for the best. I was not disappointed. The update corrected several security bugs, including a nasty one that allowed anyone to bypass the iPhone’s...

Spore Coming in 9 Hours...

Spore, the new game from Maxis where players can create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers, is due to be released today. According to Spore Illustrated, it will be released in about nine hours (10:00 AM Eastern Time...

Twittelator Pro for iPhone Getting Even ...

Last week, I purchased Twittelator Pro, the mobile Twitter app for iPhone, from Apple’s App Store. There were several features that Twitteriffic and Twinkle simply did not have, and I figured that the $4.99 price tag was worth the risk. Since then, I have not used either Twitteriffic or Twinkle...