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Update to the A World of iPhone Links Page

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Art of the iPhone

Native apps are coming to the iPhone next month. The iPhone is becoming a platform, but that doesn’t mean the Internet, the greatest platform of all, is going anywhere.  And so, here are the latest webapp additions to the A World of iPhone Links page. I rummage through the hundreds of  iPhone webapps released every month to deliver you only the most choice morsels. All are optimized for use on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

iWhois - Simple domain lookup for the iPhone. Want to register a name like DaringFireball.net? Check to see if it’s taken, or see who owns it.

Moviephone for iPhone - Movie times on your iPhone. Enter your zip code and you can begin browsing by movies near you, theaters near you, top 20 movies, or even movie trailers.

NPR Mobile -  Get NPR news stories, or even listen to the hourly news via a downloadable mp3 that will play in your iPhone’s browser. Awesome for NPR junkies.

Pimp My News - Have the news and your favorite blogs read to you over the Internets. Free your eyeballs from the iPhone’s screen and have content read to you by a pleasant and only sometimes awkward computerized voice. Posts are played in a mp3 file inside your iPhone’s browser. Can be personalized so that news from multiple sites can be read together and turned into your own little podcast.

Powerset Wikipedia search - A search engine for Wikipedia articles that, supposedly, works better than Wikipedia’s own draconian search tool.

Pro Baseball - Baseball scores on your iPhone. Good looking, lots of information. Kind of buggy though–players do no appear in the correct order in box scores.

Yahoo! Maps for iPhone - Use Yahoo! Maps to find the dopest route to your destination. Google Maps is still the best. Double true.

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iPhone Headphone Roundup: Full-Featured Earphones

Sunday, May 25, 2008

VMODA iPhone with Microphone

Looking to replace your iPhone headphones? Do you also want a pair with a built-in microphone and play/pause/answer features? They may be tougher to find than you think. Third-party headphone makers have been slow to market with their full-featured earphones. Some sell extension-cord dongles that add the microphone/button control to regular earphones. But many people find that solution unsatisfactory. Here’s what your selection looks like right now for full-featured earphones:

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More Webapps Added to A World of iPhone Links

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Art of the iPhone

It’s that time again. More iPhone and iPod Touch webapps have been added to the A World of iPhone Links page. I scan through the hundreds of iPhone webapps so you don’t have to, presenting you with only the choice morsels, flambé style.

AOL Horoscopes - iPhone-optimized horoscopes. Interface is very quick and clean.

Deviantart - The Internet’s best art site now with an iPhone interface. Browse and become inspired. This site will be especially cool with 2.0’s upcoming feature to save pictures.

GravitySwarm - Asteroids for the iPhone. Neat feature that tracks where you tapped in order to direct your fire.

Modguitars - Guitar chord reference guide. Very cool site. Features a graphic of a fretboard with blue dots to show you where to put your fingers to form guitar chords. Very quick to select and show new chords. Slick.

Revision3 Mobile - Revision3 brings its online video content to the iPhone with very highly compressed video designed for transmitting wirelessly. It’s even Edge friendly.

Tankbuster - Game. Drop bombs from a great height on tanks below. Get your timing right, or your ordnance has been wasted.

Wordfind - Classic word-finding game. Find the words among a grid of letters. Words can appear horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.

ZooVision CBS Mobile News -  CBS News video clips highly compressed for mobile viewing.

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Collection of iPhone-Friendly News Sites

Thursday, May 8, 2008

iPhone AP News 2Whether you’re waiting in a dentist’s office or standing in line for Hannah Montana tickets, you need to stay in touch with the world around you. I suppose you could ask another human being what’s the latest news, but come on, this is the 21st century. This is where your iPhone comes in.

Here are the best news sites that have been optimized for your iPhone:

AP News - Legendary news service gets optimized for the iPhone. Get the latest news, or customize for local news and other categories such as Sports, Business, and Entertainment.

CBS News - All the news that’s fit to print…err…view on your 480X320 dpi screen with high-grade optical glass.

Chicago Sun Times -  All of Chicago’s news on your iPhone.

SmallStarChicago Tribune - Chicago’s greatest newspaper in an iPhone-optimized format. Very well done. Read about the Cubs losing the pennant, again.

CNN.com - World’s most popular online news site now in mobile form.

Fox News - Fair. Balanced. Use the iPhone’s accelerometer to balance the news.

Google News - Google’s news site joins their suite of iPhone-optimized services. Only downside is Google News only presents a blurb from the source. Tapping on the stories more often than not lead to a site that is not iPhone optimized.

Los Angeles Times - The newspaper for the biggest city in California is now on the iPhone. I’m so stoked, dude.

New York Times Mobile - America’s greatest metropolitan newspaper in a friendly format for mobile phones.

NYTimesRiver.com - A twist on the New York Times site. News stories are presented based on the time they were published to NYTimes.com.

Reuters Mobile - Reuter’ news service available in a very simple mobile format.

Time - The classic Time Magazine on your iPhone. Beautiful photographs. Very well done.

Catch all of our iPhone-optimized links on the A World of iPhone Links page.

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Update to A World of iPhone Links

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Time for another update to A World of iPhone Links. I sort through the hundreds of iPhone-friendly sites so you don’t have to, giving you only the best. A star represents an Art of the iPhone favorite.

Small Earth

SmallStarAOL TV Listings - Terrific TV guide site for your iPhone. One time set up. Enter in your zip code and your cable company (or local broadcast), and whenever you revisit the site, it shows what’s on tonight. Very well done. A definite bookmark.

Astrotruth - Astrology romance compatibility site. Find out if your sign is compatible with your significant other’s. If not, break up. The iPhone commands it.

IMDb.com (unofficial) - Movie database optimized for the iPhone.

iNascar - Nascar race results, news, track stats, etc. Gentlemen, start your iPhones.

Internet Speed Test - Test your iPhone’s download speeds. Does it feel like you’re living in the days of dial up? Find out for sure.

Mineral Database - Got rocks on your brain? Turn your iPhone into the ultimate geology tool. Tons of information for geologists and students of the earth sciences.

MyNetDiary Food and Excercise Log - Keep a health diary. Track your calories and excercise with information stored in the cloud. Lose weight with your iPhone.

Pubget - Search engine for medical journal and science articles. Medical researchers know about Pubmed. Well, Pubget is a refined version of Pubmed’s search engine. Whereas Pubmed leads you through a maze to get to source material, Pubget leads you straight to a pdf of the article–if it’s publicly available. Very cool and useful for the medically inclined.

RiddlerX - Riddle me this: what website features random riddles and too many ads? Tap to find out.

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Update to A World of iPhone Links

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Small Earth

A small update to A World of iPhone Links page today. It’s good to see the major online news sites finally making mobile-friendly versions of their sites.

CNN.com - World’s most popular online news site now in mobile form.

Podcaster - Find and play podcasts (audio and video) straight from Safari mobile. Watch NBC Nightly News without synching to iTunes.

Rubik’s Cube - 3D puzzle game. The classic Rubik’s Cube mind puzzle is brought to the iPhone. Very clean interface. Neat.

SmallStarTime.com - Magazine journalism on your iPhone. Very well done.

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Update to A World of iPhone Links

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Small Earth

 

Another update to the A World of iPhone Links page. All links are iPhone- and iPod Touch-friendly or generally designed to be accessed on a mobile phone. Enjoy.

American Airlines - Check on your reservation, check-in status, or flight status. Book or change flights, find specials on fares, view your Miles, request upgrades. Basically, everything you’d need for traveling on AA in a well-done iPhone-friendly site.

The Beatles (fan site) - Anything and everything about the Beatles. They’re not on iTunes yet, but they’re on the iPhone.

CBS News - All the news that’s fit to print…err…view on your 480X320 dpi screen with high-grade optical glass.

Food Information Database - Food information site featuring calorie, fat, carbs, etc. Features all the major fast food chains and restaurants. Barebones site, but useful.

Fox News - Fair. Balanced. Use the iPhone’s accelerometer to balance the news.

iZodiac - Horoscopes for the iPhone inclined. Simple, sweet, good-looking site. Discover your tomorrow today. Will the iPhone be your Cassandra?

Tittr - Fun little photo microblogging site. It’s simple to use: snap a picture with your iPhone and email it to Tittr.com at geemail (as in Google), and it shows up on the site, tagged by whatever you enter in the subject line. Fun to see where people are using their iPhone. Important caveat: the name you use with your email shows up next to your photo, but your email address is hidden.

SmallStarWikipedia - The best iPhone Wikipedia site yet (there have been some bad ones). Features full Wikipedia posts. Definite bookmark.

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