Waiting on the iPhone software update to become available for download, thought it would be available early in the morning, but its not posted yet, I guess with the new iPhones already having it installed they arent so keen to have us old iPhone owners having a glimpse of the new toys before the ones shelling out $ for the new ones ;) Well I will just have to wait I guess. I just noticed they changed the site in the last few minutes, Apple – iPhone – Software Update , so maybe its getting close. they opened the Apps store yesterday and I had a look through the many that are available in a lot of areas. Was still disappointed there is no video recording for the iPhone, or MMS either. I do see a few things look interesting, for one a voice recorder. Hard to believe this being a phone and it not having audio recording capabilities in the original. I see a few games that I have used in the web apps format are going to be available so that should be nice to not have to wait for the game to load in the browser each time I want to play it.
I haven’t seen much in the way of utilities yet that appear to be of much interest to me in the apps store but I know one is in the works, just waiting first for the phone release at 8 A.M. this morning I guess. Its WordPress for iPhone (nonworking link now? :( site is gone?!), and I really want that one! To be able to post to the blog from my iPhone without a lot of redirection through plugins and the safari browser is just what I want, and especially being able to post photos straight from the phone, Excellent!! Thanks in advance for what I know is going to be my favourite App! :)
Well let me go check iTunes to see if the update is there yet… nope :( well I will just have to have another coffee and wait to try at 8.. hope this isn’t part of a lot of hype, I have heard people have got it somehow, whether by mistake or through a staggered release.. who knows.. I know I shouldn’t get so excited about something like this but i love my tech toys! lol like a kid I am in so many ways sometimes.. Updates to follow…
UPDATE: OK here i am over three hours later finally getting my phone working and updated to 2.0 :( must have been a hell of a lot of users trying to activate the phones, and for some unknown reason the software update had to be finished by accessing the iTunes store ? Well a million others are trying to activate their new 3G phones and then the old iPhone owners are trying to get the software at the same time, sort of ridiculous to me to not expect chaos on the servers.. Well my phones working again and I can get to the apps store from it but not through iTunes .. anyway I cant see but a few improvements so far, still cant find a simple audio recorder that allows you to email the audio either.. Well long as I can get the WordPress app soon I will be happy :) UPDATE: the WordPress site linked to above is not online at some times, still hope the WordPress app is coming soon
In regards to the update I have to report as just 5 minutes ago I finally managed to get the iPhone completely synced with iTunes. Guess traffic to the servers is finally clearing up now. Only took me from 8:00 am this morning until 3:30 this afternoon to be completely set up and getting the update installed. I have a feeling this wont be a source of pride for Apple on the much hyped release of the new 3G iPhone. Still boggles my mind how they would have the release of the 2.0 software to existing phone users and activation of new phones all on the same day. I think they would have been better severed to give the old iPhone users the update a day or two ago, or even a day or two after the new phones went on sale. How can they can say it was more traffic than they anticipated. Many places were reporting low inventories of phones for sale to begin with, and Apple had to know how many phones were out there, and then the existing users, well you know each of them was going to want to update as soon as possible.. well they didn’t ask me did they?! ;) All in all as far as the actual update itself it went smoothly and the phone even seems to be working faster to me on the regular apps as far as loading and use. maybe its just being without it all day that I think its faster now! ;) I can’t really say I am overwhelmed with the quality of the apps that are available, and some seem way overpriced, as many appear to be just slightly enhanced bits of sample codes form the SDK. Still disappointed at what seems a ack of genuine productivity Apps. I’m not a coder by any means, but how hard can it be to be able to attach an audio voice note to an email?? Seems something basic to me, but then again I am just an end user with little coding experience. Perhaps there are still some good apps in development and I wouldn’t mind paying for any that worth their salt, most I see are just fluff and glitter.. the ones I have tired and pleased with are the Facebook App, the Google App, AOL radio, and one of the simplest yet most useful is a flashlight App from http://ericasadun.com/ and its free :) , in fact all of these i have listed are. Now I don’t mind a bit to pay for one that is superior, but these free ones are superior to many or all that are being charged for IMHO
Lets hope this isnt the shape of things to be for this App Store as it hasn’t impressed me in the least bit. the only thing so far I have noticed form the update is as I mentioned , maybe a bit more of the core speed of the OS, and the fact I can delete multiple mails at once now. What could and should have been a great show for Apple has been a complete disaster as far as public relations and the image of the iPhone it seems at the moment, but once this is passed and developement of the apps begin in earnest, I see good things ahead. love my iPhone!
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