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Google Translate (iPhone Webapp)

Friday, August 15, 2008

 

Google Translate iPhone Translation App

Google Translate is another well-crafted iPhone-friendly website from Google. The webapp offers free translation for 26 languages (see list below). The translation is most accurate for short, common phrases like, “Where is the airport?”, so it’d be a perfect tool for traveling overseas (check your data roaming fees first) or if you ran into one of them strange devil-tongued foreigners you only see in the big city.

The list of languages Google Translate supports:

  • Arabic
  • Bulgarian
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hindi
  • Italian
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Spanish

For more iPhone-optimized websites, visit the A World of iPhone Links page.

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NBC’s Mobile Beijing Olympics 2008 Website (iPhone Webapp)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

 

2008 Olympics on the iPhone

The next best thing to being in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics is reading about it on your iPhone. Right? NBC has a mobile friendly site for their 2008 Beijing Olympics coverage. The site shows Beijing time in the banner along with US Eastern standard time for those keeping track of events. The site also offers the latest news, scores, medal count, results, schedules, TV listings, video (works fine on the iPhone), and info on Team America.

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It’s not the best put together mobile site I’ve seen, and the info is a little iffy. I tried to track down the TV time for the US vs China basketball game on Sunday, and there was no information. The medal count screen is pretty cool though.

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NBC’s Mobile 2008 Beijing Olympics website

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ESPN Podcenter (iPhone Webapp)

Saturday, August 9, 2008

ESPN Podcenter iPhone Webapp

There are still plenty of iPhone webapps that are just as good as any native app. An example is ESPN’s Podcenter. The Podcenter is simply an iPhone-friendly site that lets you listen to all of ESPN’s podcasts. Select any episode, and the mp3 will begin playing in the iPhone’s browser. It even works fine over EDGE if you give it a minute to cache.

Sure, you can subscribe to all of these podcasts in iTunes. But if you’re like me, sometimes you just end up with a bunch of podcasts building up in your library that you rarely listen to. Sometimes, you just want to hear what Mike & Mike are saying about recent news like the Brett Favre trade.

The only downside is that the podcasts are usually a day old, so you’re listening to yesterday’s news. But with a show as entertaining as Pardon the Interruption,  it doesn’t matter much.

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ESPN Podcenter iPhone webapp.

For more iPhone webapps, check out the A World of iPhone Links page.

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Test the 3G Network Speed of Your iPhone 3G

Monday, July 14, 2008

Here are two suggested bookmarks to add to your iPhone 3G home screen. These websites will test and report the download speed of your iPhone. Is the iPhone 3G really “Twice as fast. Half the price.”? Find out.

iNetwork Test for iPhone

iPhone iNetwork Speed Test

The iNetwork Test for iPhone is a very basic test of your iPhone’s download speeds. It measures your iPhone’s speed when you download a small graphic on the site’s webpage. Your speed will be shown, then you can choose to report how you’re connected (EDGE, 3G, WiFi), then check out what the global average speeds have been the last seven days. Click here for link to iNetwork (or click on image above).

Internet Speed Test

iPhone Internet Speed Test

The Internet Speed Test from Chiptune shows your iPhone’s download speed and compares it with the average speeds of various other Internet connections who connect to Chiptune. Click here for link to Internet Speed Test (or click on image above).

Check out the A World of iPhone Links page for more helpful iPhone-optimized websites. To browse through more of Art of the iPhone’s tips, click here.

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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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Update to A World of iPhone Links

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Art of the iPhone

The A World of iPhone Links page has been updated with another batch of webapps. I sort through the hundreds of webapps released each month so you don’t have to, delivering only the best.

Delta Airlines iPhone - Check your flight itinerary, book flights, check flight status and schedules, weekly fare specials, and even check in for your flight. Take the stress out of air travel with the magic built into the iPhone.

iDoodle Lite - Like to doodle while you diddle? Basic drawing program that lets you draw with your finger on your touchscreen.

IMDB Search Client - A basic IMDB search page that also features a smattering of Hollywood headlines.

iZillow - Search for real estate and prices or get a Zestimate on your property fromm Zillow. Database features information on over 80 million homes. Even shop for a mortgage to default on.

Stitcher Radio - Streaming radio on your iPhone. Features dozens of radio stations. Everything from sports radio to easy listening.

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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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