Archive for category iPhone Websites

Test the 3G Network Speed of Your iPhone 3G

Jul 14

Posted by Alan in Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone Tips, iPhone Tricks, iPhone Webapps, iPhone Websites | 1 Comment

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

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

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.

iPhone Wallpaper Site for the Ladies

Jun 23

Posted by Alan in iPhone Wallpapers, iPhone Websites, iPod Touch | No Comments

For female iPhone owners, it can be tough to find the right wallpaper amongst a plethora of pictures of Megan Fox and sports cars. PixelGirlPresents.com is a cool girl-centric wallpaper website. The wallpapers are not exclusive to the iPhone though, there are desktop wallpapers as well. Although the site is girl-centric, there are other cool bizarre, hip, and artsy styles that make it worth flipping through if you’re guy too.

Link:

PixelGirlPresents iPhone Wallpapers.

Update to the A World of iPhone Links Page

Jun 18

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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.

Update to A World of iPhone Links

Jun 1

Posted by Alan in iPhone Webapps, iPhone Websites | 1 Comment

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.

Baseball Wallpapers for iPhone

May 23

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Ah, the crack of the bat. The smell of spilled beer. The glow of your iPhone. Show your support for your beloved baseball or other sports team with an iPhone wallpaper. There are tons of wallpapers for sports teams at Theme My iPhone, including baseball wallpapers. Actually, it’s one of the best sites to find iPhone wallpapers, period. Cubs fan? You may never win the World Series, but at least you’ve got a sexy iPhone wallpaper. Cheer up.

Link:

Theme My Phone iPhone Wallpapers.

More Webapps Added to A World of iPhone Links

May 21

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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.

Time to Update Your Google Reader for iPhone Bookmark

May 13

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Our favorite iPhone-optimized RSS reader, Google Reader, just got a nice update. The first thing you have to know is that it has a new address. ~~Because it’s still in beta, it’s not currently the default Reader that shows up when you navigate to reader.google.com. So, it’s time to tap some glass. The new address is:~~

http://www.google.com/reader/i/

*Update* Going to the normal Google Reader address on your iPhone now takes you to the mobile version by default.

The coolest feature is that each story now expands on the same page–there is no more navigating to another view to read the story and then hitting the back button to go back to the list view. Now, you tap to expand the story, then tap to contract when your finished reading.

Also, now the stars show up right next to the story and are much more easily selected. This is much easier than the old method, which required journeying to the end of the article and selecting a tiny star at the bottom of the screen.

New placement for stars.

Previous method for starring an article. Yuck.

Another update is that they have removed the Tags link. There now only two selections at the top of the landing page: Feeds and Refresh. In fact, it appears the ability to view your tagged articles has completely disappeared.

Tags for Google Reader for the iPhone Have Gone Bye Bye

Tags go to the land of no return

Regular Google Reader (for the regular Internets) also recently added the Notes feature. You can now view those notes on your iPhone along with the original source material in the Feeds view. However, you can’t write notes for stories on your iPhone. Durn it.

I highly recommend using Google Reader on your iPhone. If you aren’t using an RSS reader to read websites you frequent, it’s time to start, especially with your iPhone. Even with the smaller loading times 3G will bring, it can save you lots of time by bringing all your news sources into one place. And the iPhone-optimized auto- formatting makes reading much, much more pleasant. Thanks again to the Google Reader team for keeping up the hustle. Glad to see they are big iPhone users as well. They also have a version optimized for the Nintendo Wii that utilizes the Wiimote’s unique functionality.

Links:

Official Google Reader Blog.

Muxtape: Share Your Mixtape, Listen on Your iPhone

May 10

Posted by Alan in iPhone Webapps, iPhone Websites | 1 Comment

Ever created a mixtape to introduce new artists to your friends? Muxtape.com is one of those beautiful minimalist websites that makes it very simple to share a mixtape of your favorite songs.

Muxtape lists are playable on the iPhone. The site streams mp3s, so a strong Internet connection is recommended. Muxtape also offers RSS feeds for your mixtapes, so when songs are added, friends can be notified if they are subscribed.

The question you’re probably asking is: Is this legal? Well, here are Muxtape’s terms of service:

Muxtape is a service for creating mixtapes. Users may not upload multiple songs from the same album or artist, or songs they do not have permission to let Muxtape use. Individual users may not create multiple muxtapes. Accounts not meeting these restrictions are subject to termination without notice. Muxtape will never reveal your email address to a third party. Muxtape is alive.

For an example of a Muxtape, check out Art of the iPhone‘s Muxtape, or Digg.com founder Kevin Rose’s, or just head on over to Muxtape.com and start discovering and creating your own.

Collection of iPhone-Friendly News Sites

May 8

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Whether 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.

Chicago 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.

Update to A World of iPhone Links

Apr 27

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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.

AOL 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.