Nice. Going to put it up against Photogene and see who wins
I have to say that I’m at a loss about the whole photoshop-on-the-iPhone thing. You take pictures with your phone. You edit them on a proper computer, dagnabit!
Someone fetch me an onion for my belt!
iPhone is a computer, and mine has more horsepower than my desktop machine of a few years ago. Why not do real stuff on it too if there’s an interface that works with the physical hardware?
There’s all sorts of stuff I do out in the field with mine, why be tied to my computer if it’s not needed?
As was the custom of the time. 
Oh, it will never be a substitute, it is simply for making fixes on the fly before getting home.
I swear by Photogene. New update out there for iOS 4 finally, too.
Getting the iPhone 3GS later today, should be interesting. Any advice for what to do with it as soon as I get it?
Get Tapatalk to go on the forum on the run. It’s a great apps and great way to stay up to date on the Gwc forum :).
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Assuming this is your first iPhone here are your key first apps:
Free
Shazaam: Ability to identify songs that they hears. Awesome
Pandora: Internet radio that creates channels based on music you tell it you enjoy
NetNewsWire: Best RSS reader out there, syncs with Google reader
Yelp: Dominant force in this space. If you know a special trick you can even turn on augmented reality to pan around and see floating reviews on top of restaurants
Flixter: Local movie theater info.
IMDB: IMDB standard app
NASA: Another app I wish I used more. Beautifully done, great content.
YPmobile: On the rare occasion Aroundme doesn’t fill my need YPmovile steps in. ATT standard app. Search by every category in the phone book. Nice unexpected touch is that it also will tell you about local events. Initially very clunky they have been updating the interface recently. This may unseat my favorite Aroundme soon.
Bing: Bing standard app. I keep wanting to use this more and don’t. Also now has ability to scan bar codes and cover art.
Zippo lighter: Seriously, a must have. Great for pulling out in one of those moments where you would have once raised a zippo out of respect or irony.
Galcon: This is my goto game. Reminds me of old BBS games
Paid
Hipstamatic: Turns your iPhone into a 70s camera including options to swap film types, lenses and flashes with beautiful results
Wolfram: Wolfram Alpha standard app. Incredibly cool and different from Google. More of a science and analytical tool plus awesome facts. A must have which I wish I used more.
To Solai’s great list I’ll add
FREE
Weather Bug (good local weather info)
CardStar (replaces all those barcoded shopping discount keychain tags)
Twitterrific (Read tweets bottom to top. There’s also a paid version, IIRC)
QuickMark (Reads those square barcodes. A bit esoteric at the moment, but may be more useful as we go forward.)
PAID
Civ Rev (aka Civilization Revolution. Civilization for the iPhone)
Plants vs. Zombies (The Citizen Kane of plants and zombies games)
I just updated Facebook on my iPhone 4 (4.0.1) and it can no longer connect. I see a number of other people online having the same problem. Anyone else here have anything like this happen?
Thanks for the help guys! Just got it, and it is going to take some playing around with.
Ok, two questions I got from just playing with it for a little while.
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Sim PIN vs. Passcode Lock
Is it worth bothering with both? Which is more secure? One fear I’ve had in the past was that someone could just take the SIM out of your phone, put it in a new phone and make calls on your account. However with the iPhone it is a lot harder to get the SIM out, and it would only work on certain carriers. Also, in this case unlike my old phones, the phone it self is worth stealing even if you can’t make calls with it. -
Turning off completely vs. Sleep mode, or whatever its called.
I ususlly turn my phone off at night, what do you guys do? Turning the screen of, and the ring to silent with the switch on the side makes sense, but what is the advantage?
If they replace your SIM, then they are no longer making calls on your account. The SIM is how the phone ties your phone number etc to the hardware.
For #2, I leave mine on all the time and just let it ‘sleep’ in silent mode. I put it on a charger next to my bed so it’s at 100% in the morning when I wake up. Added benefit beyond sitting through the bootup: you can use it as a flashlight in the middle of the night. 
Passcode is probably a better bet.
- Turning off completely vs. Sleep mode, or whatever its called.
I ususlly turn my phone off at night, what do you guys do? Turning the screen of, and the ring to silent with the switch on the side makes sense, but what is the advantage?
Unless you’re out in the woods or something, just let it sleep. The power demands are trivial.
[quote]One fear I’ve had in the past was that someone could just take the SIM out of your phone, put it in a new phone and make calls on your account.
If they replace your SIM, then they are no longer making calls on your account. The SIM is how the phone ties your phone number etc to the hardware.
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Ah, I wrote ambigiously. If someone takes Your SIM and puts it in their phone, and makes calls with it, it would still be charged to you, yes? At least until you report it stolen.
Yeah, it would, although you might be able to use that info to find the thief. As long as they don’t call “time” in Australia and leave it ‘off the hook’ it shouldn’t be all that much money anyway.
Netflix has an app for the iPhone! It’s free, and after filling in your email and password you’re set to watch everything on Netflix Instant just like your TV or computer. Sweet.
My wife tried it last night while we were also streaming on the Wii. Is there a device limit or can we just go hog wild on PC, Wii, 360, and iPhone all at once, I wonder?
Just snagged that puppy yesterday too! Quickie review: 3G performance is iffy, you need a strong signal and a tailwind. Wifi performance is very good. Picture quality on the retina display of iPhone 4 is fabulous!
Officially, it goes like this: if you have the “one disc at a time” plan, you can stream to one of your six authorized devices at a time. If you have the “two discs at a time plan”, two devices, etc. In reality, I’ve had no problem streaming to three devices at the same time. I hope this is policy that simply hasn’t been reflected on their website, and not just a “glitch.”
Another interesting app is “Ringtone Generator”. There is a free one and a $2 one (the pay app allows you to go up to 30 seconds in length and specifically choose how long up to 30 seconds you want to go). It’s a little clumsy, but watch the video once and you’ll see how to do it.
Basically, you choose the song, set up where you want to stop and start the clip for the ringtone, then save it. Connect your phone to iTunes (yes, you have to use iTunes), click on your phone in iTunes, then the “Apps” tab. You’ll see a “File Sharing” section at the bottom. Click on “Ringtone Generator”, then you’ll see the ringtone file you saved on your phone. Save it to your computer, then double-click it on your computer to suck it in to iTunes. Sync your phone.
To use the ringtone, you can assign it to any contact, or go into “Settings” on your iPhone and use it as your generic ringtone.
Caveats: some quirky programming that needs to be cleaned up, and you cannot use protected files as ringtones (Apple restricts that). Overall, it’s still handy, something you might enjoy. There are certainly other methods for creating iPhone ringtones, but once you get past the clutzy interface (hint, tap on the actual start / stop times for the ability to EXACTLY set them without the sliders), it’s not bad.