11:47a.m. The Top 5 iPhone Apps of 2008

A very short list of my top five iPhone applications of the year…

• Tweetie - Twitter was made for mobile interaction. There are many great Twitter iPhone apps out there. Twitteriffic is gorgeous. Tweetsville has a great UI. But Tweetie just beats theem all in speed and stability. After it gets a little makeover and fixes the UI of the direct messages… Tweetie will be set.

• Collapse! Chaos - When Apple first announced software development on the iPhone, Collapse was the first game I thought of. Man, I love the general concept of this game. Its a bit slower (in style) than it is normally, but, I’m still happy they brought it to the iPhone.

• BlocksClassic - It might be the simplest game on the planet, but I play it all the time. Its great for when you’re waiting around for five minutes.

• Tris (no longer available) - Tetris might just be the most perfect game ever for portable gaming (or for any platform). But of course the iPhone’s Tetris game is pricey and slow. Tris was perfect… simple, quick, free, and very pretty. Unfortunately Tris was forced to disappear. :(

• Klick - I find myself using Klick more and more. Klick makes Flickr viable for the iPhone. Period.

• Bonus - NetShare ( no longer available) - This should really be at the top. Those of us who were lucky enough to get it while it was available know why its so awesome. When you’re stuck without internet and your laptop, it is just priceless.

10:26a.m. Selling My Unlocked Original 8gb iPhone

I’m finally selling my mint condition unlocked 8gb iPhone. ! It is in extremely good condition, as it had a screen protector and a case on pretty much the entire time I owned it. Check out the auction! :)

10:35p.m. iPhone 3G, Baby

As you might have guessed, I got a 3G iPhone. There is no way around it, I love it. Is gorgeous, white and significantly faster than the old one.

Luckily though I didn’t wait on a three hour line. I called the two closest Apple Stores every couple of hours. I started around noon, getting reports of “three to four hours” of wait time for a phone. I started to get worried that they might sell out when I heard around 2 that there was still three-hour long wait times. When I called around four, I was told that around fifty people were only online. So I took my chances and headed to the store.

Altogether It took about an hour and a half to get my phone. Afterwards, though, seeing that the line was about same length I ended up waiting on the line once again to save a place for Matt who was still stuck at work.

Obviously not too much is different. I had installed the iPhone 2.0 firmware the day before, so even less is unique. Yet for some reason it really does feel sleeker, smoother, and faster.

6:06p.m. iPhone Screenshot!

I’m loving this theme, called Damino. Its gorgeous.

6:04p.m. New, Non-F*cked, iPhone

Apple was kind enough to replace my f*cked iPhone for a new one. They expressed that they had never seen that before, and my (very nice) assigned Apple Genius showed my fantastic psychedelic camera off to his colleagues. Yay for a new working iPhone!

7:43p.m. Oh, iPhone, You’re Beautiful, but You’re F*cked.

I am going to the Apple Store tomorrow. My iPhone’s camera is totally f*cked.

I also need my power adapter replaced, its been dead for like a week now.

They better friggin give a new phone and new adapter. Because this is just f*cked.

5:19a.m. Automatic iPhone Video Conversion with VisualHub

Everything I could possibly say about the iPhone has been said. Its an amazing phone and I am addicted to mine.

So the other night I made an automator workflow that can have the wonderful mac application VisualHub automatically convert any video files to iPhone compatible video.

Obviously, to use this, you’re going to have to have a mac with at least Tiger, and a copy of VisualHub.

I should also perhaps say that I have no experience writing tutorials, so this may or may not work for you. This is what worked for me… so hopefully it’ll work for you, too! :)

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