Comments on David Alison's Blog: Living with the iPhone

DavidAn iPhone and morning bike rides mean you sho...

2008-10-24T15:05:25.659-04:00

David

An iPhone and morning bike rides mean you should take a look at Trailguru. It's work in progress for sure but worth a look.

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/19/apple-recalls-...

2008-09-20T14:05:47.121-04:00

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/19/apple-recalls-iphone-3g-usb-power-adapter/

Sorry bad cut and paste

Recall for a power adapter for the iPhone. Was no...

2008-09-20T14:04:51.798-04:00

Recall for a power adapter for the iPhone. Was not sure if you heard.

com/2008/09/19/apple-recalls-iphone-3g-usb-power-adapter/

I was using NetNewsWire on my computer and the iPh...

2008-09-11T06:11:28.698-04:00

I was using NetNewsWire on my computer and the iPhone, but I found that when I synced the two.. they were never the same, so I finally gave up on it and went to Google Reader which I have been quite happy with so far.

Another game you might want to look into is Aurora Feint.. a most amazing game, and at the right price... Free!

A couple more apps that I use quite often are IM+, GoSkyWatch, Budget, 1Password, Twitterific, GrandDialer, Checklist, Pandora, BoxOffice, Instapaper, SportsTap and Voice Dialer.

you should try twinkle by far my favorite app for ...

2008-09-09T13:02:17.542-04:00

you should try twinkle by far my favorite app for twitter on the iphone

I like Evernote very much as well.....EXCEPT.....w...

2008-09-09T10:32:23.985-04:00

I like Evernote very much as well.....EXCEPT.....what happens when you need to retrieve one of your notes at a critical time and you can't get a signal or the network is down? This exact situation happened to me the other day when AT&T was down.

I'd like to have something that stores things locally and then syncs with the online version. Zenbe lists does exactly that, but it's strictly just that..for lists, no photos, recordings, etc.

I also tried Younote, which is very nice, can even save a note by drawing on the screen, but on the other side is local only.

Anyone know of an alternative that has what I'm looking for?

On the Twitter app side of things, I'd recommend t...

2008-09-08T09:27:35.073-04:00

On the Twitter app side of things, I'd recommend trying both Twittelator, which is a proper iPhone app, as well as Hahlo, which is a Safari iPhone app, but might just be my favorite way to access Twitter on the iPhone.

And yes, Hold 'Em is by far the best game I've found.

I also agree with Robert above. Definitely check out Evernote.

Dave for Newsweek. Great post.

2008-09-08T00:30:10.621-04:00

Dave for Newsweek. Great post.

I'm getting an iPhone in a few days and it's good ...

2008-09-07T17:18:03.050-04:00

I'm getting an iPhone in a few days and it's good to hear your positive results. Glad to hear that text messaging is easy as I text quite a lot. Definitely give EverNote a try if you are using Notes a lot, I hear it's very useful for keeping a note of absolutely everything!

I'm still looking for a Calling Card feature in th...

2008-09-07T15:36:40.294-04:00

I'm still looking for a Calling Card feature in the iPhone. I am not talking about going in and pasting a prefix to every number in my AddressBook - my Sony Ericsson P900 can store multiple calling cards and it gives me an option to dial any number through the selected calling card.
Has someone released a utility for iPhone that will allow all or some numbers to be dialed through predetermined calling card numbers? I save almost $100 to $300 every month due to this.
I (and many others) will simply not buy the iPhone without this feature.
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I've been very happy with MobileMe since they work...

2008-09-07T14:32:16.065-04:00

I've been very happy with MobileMe since they worked out the initial kinks. With three iPhones and a half a dozen or more Macs in the house, it is fantastic. The other day my wife made an appointment on my calendar from her iPhone. It popped up on my iPhone right away!

EverNote is a great companion for iPhone and MAC. ...

2008-09-07T11:54:30.365-04:00

EverNote is a great companion for iPhone and MAC. It keeps all my notes in sync between 2 MAC's, 1 PC and my iPhone 3G. I keep all of my development notes, voice notes, and just general stuff in various notebooks; and it's free.

On a side note, I honestly have to say that Mobile-Me has been great as well, although I don't use the email much, the sync between all my MAC's and iPhone is a god send. When I bought my iPhone 3G I walked out of the Apple Store and setup my Mobile-Me account and all my contacts, calendar, and bookmarks were synched to my phone before I could get to the truck. I only sync with my laptop for podcasts, music and photos.

Other than a few glitches like a slow UI and apps that crash on load every now and then I have been pretty happy. Glad to see you are liking yours as well.