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Tap and Hold an Image to Save It to Your iPhone

nobody@vox.com(Atlanta iPhone Blog) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:23:01 -0700

Tap and Hold an Image to Save It to Your iPhone

iPhone owner Jason Kottke offers a handy tip for getting images onto your phone (or iPod touch): On any page in Mobile Safari, tap and hold an image to save it to your device. As Kottke points out, this is very useful for assigning images to your contacts or getting new wallpaper (as useful as the new ability to save email attachments, methinks). Hit up Facebook, for example, to grab photos of your pals to add to your address book. You'll need the updated iPhone 2.0 software to do this. Here's our rundown of all the features it adds.

iPhone 2.0 tip

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iPhone 3G shortages causing major delays for AT&T, businesses

nobody@vox.com(Atlanta iPhone Blog) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:06:26 -0700

iPhone 3G shortages causing major delays for AT&T, businesses
By Aidan Malley
Jul-17-2008
07:45 PM Apple promised that iPhone 3G and its iPhone 2.0 software would be more suited to business, but a severe shortage of the device could force companies to wait as long as two weeks before they see their orders, and is forcing many home customers to go without at the same time.

Memos circulating around AT&T and obtained by AppleInsider are warning AT&T business sales consultants that any workplace-related orders placed from Sunday the 13th onwards won't be fulfilled for at least another 10 to 14 days.

The telecoms company isn't asking orders to be halted but says new orders will immediately appear as backordered.

And while both AT&T and its corporate clients are aware that sheer demand is the cause, the delay is severe enough to frustrate corporate buyers, few of whom are used to seeing unexpected shipping delays.

"I have an enterprise account and could not get an iPhone for any price," one such buyer tells AppleInsider. "I thought Apple had finally figured out the whole business thing but alas it seems not."

The situation is little better for AT&T's bread-and-butter personal customers. An informal poll of 50 AT&T stores nationwide by CNET reveals that not one of the locations has any iPhone models to sell, and none of these stores can promise new shipments within the week.

These stores are receiving short term shipments but can't guarantee a minimum amount. As little as 10 may ship one day, while 100 ship the next.

For its part, AT&T spokesperson Jenny Parker says the carrier is delivering "tens of thousands" of the new iPhone per day but will only add that it hopes to restock stores as quickly as possible.

Apple, by contrast, still has at least some of its own stores that claim to have iPhones, though these are also running low with multi-hour lineups a frequent sight.

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AT&T Finally Announces Free Wi-Fi For iPhone Users - techmeme.com

nobody@vox.com(Atlanta iPhone Blog) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:00:30 -0700

Edward Kirk / iPhone Alley - RSS:

AT&T Finally Announces Free Wi-Fi For iPhone Users — in - news - AT&T - free stuff - Wi-Fi — Fantastic news from a friend with sharp eyes. AT&T has finally done something great for iPhone owners. No, they're not unlocking the iPhone. They're not giving it away for free, although it does involve “free”.

Discussion: GigaOM, TechBlog, Gear Diary, Mark Evans, AppleInsider, The Mobile Gadgeteer, Gearlog, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and O'Grady's PowerPage

Karl Bode / DSLreports:

AT&T (Re-)Offers Free iPhone Wi-Fi - Sloppy launch much? — In May, AT&T briefly gave all iPhone users free Wi-Fi for a short period. The free Wi-Fi party ended quickly after the company realized that by simply switching the browser user agent to mobile Safari, anyone could get free access.

Discussion: DailyTech, Infinite Loop, Gadget Lab, Boy Genius Report and Podcasting News

Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:10 minutes ago

AT&T mistakenly announces free Wi-Fi for iPhone users...again — AT&T iPhone users will not be getting free Wi-Fi access, afterall. — For the second time in less than six months, AT&T has mistakenly published a notice on its Web site indicating that Apple iPhone users would get free access …

Discussion: Today @ PC World, jkOnTheRun and iLounge

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Spotlight-like search toolkit for the iPhone to debut

nobody@vox.com(Atlanta iPhone Blog) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:10:36 -0700

Spotlight-like search toolkit for the iPhone to debut

Posted By benwilson On July 17, 2008 @ 12:06 pm In Development, News | 2 Comments

kannuu says it’s planning to debut a search SDK for iPhone OS X next week. The tookit will include prebuilt search/look-up functionality that can be integrated into iPhone applications, as well as “references” to incorporate a prebuilt GUI (up, down, left, right, and center navigation).

Sarah Duckett, kannuu’s Vice President of Communications said “Eventually we will also have an iPhone contacts application ready as a proof of concept of how one could use the SDK. Obviously the contacts application won’t be available to the public until we get the OK from Apple that we are excepted. This download will be free and is compatible in native applications as well as web-based.”

The SDK, available on July 22, will include an SDK search toolkit for developers building applications for the iPhone that can be incorporated into “any application in need of a search function. I.E.: weather application, phone book, local, movie, etc.”

More importantly, it will include a component indexes the device database by all fields. Such indexing will need to be incorporated an utilized by individual developers, but should provide enhanced search capabilities for extant user-accesible data on the iPhone.

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Sluggish iPhone 3G interface, text input reported

nobody@vox.com(Atlanta iPhone Blog) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:08:15 -0700

Sluggish iPhone 3G interface, text input reported

Posted By benwilson On July 17, 2008 @ 10:15 am In Troubleshooting | 6 Comments

Several users are reporting inordinately sluggish system performance from the iPhone 3G, particularly with regard to scrolling, text input, and return to the home screen. The issue appears to be endemic to iPhone OS 2.0, as users of first-generation phones who have updated to the new software are also experiencing lag.

A sampling of reports from this Apple Discussions [1] thread:

“I did a […] side by side test and yes the new operating system on the iPhone 3G is much slower for every application…typing is a pain because of the obvious response delay”
“Both my wife and I are having the same problem. We both have 1st Gen iPhones which have been upgraded with the v2.0 software release.”
“Same problems here. Sometimes the typing goes quick, but most of the times right after startup of the phone. Afterwards it goes slow.”

A series of YouTube videos, embedded below, demonstrate the issues:

Slow SMS text input:

Slowness in various interface elements:

In many cases, the lag can be eliminated by resetting the iPhone: Turn the iPhone off completely, by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button (on top of the device) for a few seconds then slide the red slider. Turn it back on by holding the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.

Unfortunately, poor performance generally returns after a period of normal operation post-reset.

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Lightning Review: Texas Hold ‘Em by Apple, Inc

nobody@vox.com(Atlanta iPhone Blog) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:01:02 -0700

Lightning Review: Texas Hold ‘Em by Apple, Inc

Posted on Friday, Jul 18, 2008 by Dieter Bohn

No Comments » File Under:Reviews, Software Reviews; Tags: Games, lightning reviews, poker, texas hold 'em

Next up: a review from iPhoneMilk: Texas Hold ‘Em. It’s a very well made game and (surprise!) it’s developed by none other than Apple, Inc. You can but it on iTunes for just $4.99.

Hello everyone this will be my first review of an iPhone app, More reviews are to come to stay tuned =)

First off, What’s the App?- Texas Hold’em!

This is a must buy for you poker fans! I myself often love to go out and play poker in real person and I always try out the occasional poker game for any device/pc just to see what it’s like, but this game has me coming back for more!

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