With the recent release of the film version of The Surrogates, I thought it would be cool to read the graphic novel first. So I downloaded The Surrogates application for my iPhone and it is beautiful. This is a great way to turn newbies onto the five-part series. The application translates the art work magnificently and there is an option to buy the print edition right from the app. Here are some more screen shots of the application.
The Sirius XM satellite radio is coming to your iPhone on June 18th. It seems like the app itself will be free to download, but if you have a free account for the online service, you’ll have to pay $2.99 to subscribe to the mobile service. Not a bad price to have Stern in your pants. More details at Engadget.
I stole this screen shot from kevinrose.com. But here you you Tweeps. Yet another App to add to your phone. I’m not currently using TweetDeck, so I don’t know yet if I’ll switch over. I don’t have a desktop Twitter App and I’m using TwitterFon on my iPhone. But Mr. Rose seems to be sold, so I’m guessing millions of fanboys an girls will follow suit. On a personal note, I like how KR takes a screen shot at 11:11AM… superstious?
More stolen screen shots…
That’s right. I’ve turned this baby into a Newspaper/Feed on Stanza for the iPhone via Feedbooks. It’s a semi-long process to start from scratch, but it’s worth it because you’ll get your start on Stanza. Full disclosure: The video links and some image links don’t come through, thus leaving behind the html code in the text. It’s not too bad, though. I hardly notice.
So, What is Stanza?
Stanza is an awesome, free eBook reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It lets you download and read all types of book–many for free. You may know Stanza’s competitor, eReader.
Great. How do I get effinnerds on Stanza?
1. You need to have an iPhone or iPod Touch.
2. Get the Stanza Application (free).
3. Create an account on Feedbooks.
4. Launch Stanza
5. Click on “Online Catalog”
6. Click on “Newspapers & Magazines”
7. Search for effinnerds.com
8. Download (free)
9. Win!
FYI. They survived, but the detangling will be a pain in the you know what.
Over my Thanksgiving break, I experienced a lot of great things: I had great meals, went to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, and I experienced Awesome 3G. That’s right. There I was in a basement in Akron, OH when it occured to me and my boyfriend that we were getting amazingly fast 3G. It didn’t matter if we were traveling from town to town or if we were in the basement, we always had good 3G action.
So, this made me wonder why it is that in our apartment in San Mateo, CA–in the heart of the dot coms, the hardware companies, and tech publishing–can only get the Edge Network. And why in some places in San Francisco, San Jose, Los Gatos, Mt. View, etc, we were experiencing such slow speeds.
I don’t mean to be a snob about it, but when you are the heart of the tech industry, you need to have the best technology. And it’s up to AT&T and Apple to ensure that the people who are building the technology and most likely to report about these things are not getting screwed.
I will definitely be following-up on this topic from time to time because it just irks me that we’re paying for a service that is sub-par. Especially now that I’ve experienced what it can be.
The new update for the iPhone is out. The main highlight that I’m interested in is the Google Street View. That is something that the the T-mobile G1 had, right out the gate. It does not, however, include compass mode, which was one of the coolest things about the G1, but it’s an improvement. Now, let’s see if I can use Safari once without crashing. In depth reviews at ars technica and engadget.
This is my first post from WordPress for the iPhone, and it is a pretty awesome app. I’ve posted things to Blogger from iPhone in the past, and it was a pretty average experience. Although, that was via email and not an actual application.
The WP app has an easy user interface and allows tags and categories… Not bad for a totally free service.
The one downfall that the WordPress app has is that there is no option to post a picture–at least not one that I’ve found yet. I’ll be spending more time exploring this app in the days to come.
