On my 2nd wedding anniversary Apple decided to give this fanboy a nice gift: the next iPhone hardware announcement. Unfortunately I was at work, so I could only get the little bits from the live blog, but I have since downloaded and watched the keynote. Here is an overview of the noteworthy things I liked:

New Look

I love the sleek new look of the iPhone. The fact that they made it slimmer is amazing and hard to believe, but it’s true, 24% thinner than the previous generation. I still see this thing being easily scratchable, but adding a case or the Apple “bumper” cases should do the trick, although it hides the coolness of the device. Being flat is a nice design evolution. I like the two button volume control rather than the rocker which I often find I hit the wrong direction while the phone is in the case.

I do worry that the Marware case that I have will no longer fit this phone. It’s very loose now with my 3G due to the wear, that means I’ll have to find a replacement. I also purchased the charging doc for my 3G, and it looks like the new form factor will make that device obsolete. I guess it gets passed down to my wife’s 3Gs.

From the pictures the changes are drastic yet similar (depending on the viewing angle) and I’m pretty impressed. Apple loves to change the design to make the old product look old.

New Hardware

Inside Apple has added their new A4 chip that powers the iPad. Not a surprise here. It will be a welcome update for me given that I have the 3G which I find very slow compared to the 3Gs. 802.11N for the new wireless standard was an obvious update too. I was really excited to hear bigger battery. I can get my phone down pretty far without doing a ton of work on it. Now with the new battery you can get up to 10 hours of video, that is like 4 movies! 300 hours of stand by time and 6 hours of browser time is awesome too.

Adding the gyroscope to allow better movement tracking is very “Wii-esque” and should open up some interesting games and map navigation apps.

New Display

It was hard to tell on the downloaded keynote sometimes, but you could see the much more richer display. It’s incredible with the same screen size they were able to get the resolution they did (960 x 480) which has over 70% of the pixels the much larger iPad has. All the icons and pictures taken with the iPhone did look way better. I’m sure this helps too with the new OS feature to have wall paper on the home screen, should make it easier to see the icons and text. I was a bit disappointed because I was thinking iPad since it came out, now it seems likely if I wait a year I’ll get a better display (and maybe a camera!).

New Camera(s)

It’s been long rumoured that Apple would catch up to other phones and add a front facing camera. While I don’t know for sure what pixel quality is on the front, it is exciting that video conference calls through Skype are now possible, although won’t be available at launch. The video that Apple showed of a Dad keeping in touch with his family through the new FaceTime feature is exactly how I picture this feature working. You can quickly hit a button and it will switch to using the rear camera, a neat way to show somebody on a call something really quick. Unfortunately it’s Wi-Fi only which I think will change once the carriers allow it, and the other limitation is that you will have to have an iPhone 4 to make it work. So that means no other iPhone or the iPad can take advantage of it. I would hope that the iMac and Macbooks could through the iSight, but that would likely only mean through something like Skype.

The beefed up 5 megapixel camera on the back with an LED flash is great. My iPhone is pretty much useless in low light situations and offers grainy photos (the 3GS seems much better) but having this kind of quality at your finger tips is amazing. Add a digital zoom and you have everything you need to capture moments when your DSLR is not at hand.

iOS4

At first I groaned at this, but when you see the demos that Steve Jobs did it actually made the idea of an ad being entertaining and informative a reality. Everything goes through Apple, so the iAd program will likely demand a level of quality to them. Apparently there are tons of ads ready to go and the product hasn’t even shipped, so that has to be great news.

Multi-tasking is something I can’t wait to try. I won’t be able to use it on my 3G, but for sure I will on the 3GS. I think Skype is a cool prospect to now be able to receive calls and keep chat windows (I think?) and calls active while I switched in and out of apps. It works as you expect and appears very fluid, but I would like to understand the limits to how many apps you can have open. We will have to wait to see people fully take advantage of the new background API’s, watch out for location based services and apps that update where you are at all times!

Adding folders will be nice so that I can keep most of my frequently used apps on the home page rather than swiping through or using Spotlight all the time. What I think is missing is add contacts to the home screen.

I love that you can add wallpaper to the home screen, but I need to see if they conflict with the icons and text.

A feature I will use all the time is the unified inbox. I have a lot of IMAP email accounts and having one single inbox to check them all will be crucial to saving me time.

I’m interested in iBooks, the e-book store that Apple has created. I’ve heard that it is very limited for the Canadian market but I assume that will change over time. I don’t know if I would use my iPhone for reading very much, I picture the iBook store being best for me like it was intended: on the iPad. I do like that if I had an iPad and ready a few chapters, that (I guess through my Apple ID) my progress would sync to my iPhone and I could pick up where I left off.  Also, if I bought a book on either device I have access to it on both.

Price and Availability

In Canada we have to wait until July before we even have a shot at this phone. All the big carriers are getting the phones. No details yet on upgrade pricing or how someone like me, who has had a 3G for 18 months or so can get an iPhone 4. One interesting way would be from Apple themselves. They announced in Canada that they are selling unlocked iPhones. That is an interesting option given the advantages of having an unlocked phone: no contract, can switch from carrier to carrier, etc. I’ll wait to find out what the pricing is, and if it’s possible to get a micro SIM from Rogers to pop into the iPhone 4.

I suspect the unlocked phone price to be upwards of $700 and the subsidized version similar to the US prices. I’ll wait and see what Rogers has to say in July!

Leave a comment with your thoughts on the next iPhone, would love to read them!

This post originally appeared on DavidRStorms.com on June 17, 2010.

Otterbox’s recent follow up to the Defender line of cases is the Commuter series. Think of it as a scaled down version of the Defender but not as specialized in purpose. It’s more designed for the everyday “commuter” who wants a case that protects their device yet remains understated. If you’ve been looking for something like this for your iPhone 3G/3GS then read on as this just might be the perfect case for you.

In typical Defender series fashion the Commuter case is a 3-part system that acts as one. First, is the included screen protector. A simple plastic film that helps to keep the iPhone’s screen from being scratched and marred. It’s not as high-end as individually purchased screen protectors but it does the job it’s built for. Next, up is the case itself which is divided into two parts. Starting with the rubber casing which doesn’t immediately appear like anything more than a seemingly flimsly rubber case cut to fit the iPhone 3G/3GS. A closer examination though, reveals that the cutouts and molding seem very precise and well made. Once you put it on the iPhone, you begin to see the amount of thought that went into designing this case. Besides the front face there are 4 always open areas for easy access to the ringer switch, speaker, mic, camera, and a cutout to show off that Apple logo. The headphone jack and dock connector are both covered by flaps that are precision cut which fit perfectly into position when closed sealing out dust, dirt and grime. The power and volume buttons are both permenantly protected by well designed moldings that look just like the actual iPhone buttons. The second part is the ridgid plastic shell that fits on top of the rubber casing. Also engineered with precision to fit snuggly into the molded area of the rubber case without adding more bulk to the overall package. Applying the shell takes some manipulation of both pieces as it is an exact fit. But once on, it’s in no danger of accidentally coming off. With all the pieces in place you now have a complete protective system that allows full use of the iPhone while still maintaining a low profile.

I have found no flaws in the design or anything not to like about the Commuter case. It offers protection that is on par to the Defender considering the open face design and thinner form factor. It’s excellently crafted to fit the iPhone 3G/3GS perfectly without developing buldges or gaps around the bezel unlike some rubber cases I’ve used and seen. Although this is an open face design dust protection is still very good. This is in part due to the tight fit and the well crafted protective flaps which stay in place at all times and remaining invisible to the user until needed. The open access points of the case are not over done either. They are designed to be just large enough for easy access and use and nothing more. This reduces the possibility of dirt getting between the the case and the iPhone and reduces the risk of that area being damaged in an accident. This is something very welcome which many case designers still don’t get. Add in the pemenantly covered molded button design which not only protects those moving parts but allows you to forget about the case entirely and use the iPhone as if it wasn’t ina case and you’ve got a excellent user experience.

After several months of use I find myself very impressed with this case. The attention to detail is outstanding and the craftsmanship is exceptional. Everyday use has been fantastic as I don’t even think about the case at all. It feels good in the the hand without restricting one-handed use while still offereing good protection under most circumstances. A big plus to this form fitting case is that it works with my Zagg full-body InvisibleShield without any problems which actually gives this case an even tighter fit. As with most cases some adapters may not work if they are larger than the one that comes with the iPhone. I highly recommend the Commuter case to anyone who wants their iPhone 3G/3GS well protected and still have full access to all it’s functions as if there was not a case on it to begin with. You can get it for $34.95 (direct from Otterbox) which is an excellent value that will do nothing but pay for itself over time.

In case no one noticed, the battery on the 3G S could be better. While it does seem to be lasting longer for me after a breaking-in period, it still is hard for me to make it through the day without rationing how much I use it or recharging through the day.

I got the Just Mobile Gum Pro from Amazon along with two extra iPhone charging cables for around $75 total with shipping. It retails for about $60.

The packaging was only notable for the picture of this guy. It was really strange and I got a laugh from him.

The battery pack is about the size of a pager or a large pack of chewing gum (think , and relatively heavy. That being said, once you connect it to the phone, you can put it in your pocket and not really notice it. There is an On/Off switch used for switching between the charging of the battery pack and charging of the phone, three LEDs that tell you the approximate charge of the Gum Pro, and two places to plug in various cables. There is the standard female USB port, and a female mini-USB port for charging the unit.

Here are the notes that I took while using the Gum Pro-

First charge of the Gum Pro-
8/10-2.10-4.30 USB from computer
4.40-5.15 charged from Apple wall charger

8/10-10.30 pm plugged phone in with 23% left 12.00am 100% charged
8/12-11.05pm plugged phone in with 29% left
8/13- 3.01am plugged phone in with 29% left

Second Gum Pro Charge-
8/14- 6:50pm plugged phone in with 33% left 100% by 8:30
8/15 1:00am plugged in with 23% left 100% by 3:00am
8/17 2.22pm plugged in with 31% left

So for the first charge, I got about 2.2 full charges from the Gum Pro, while I got about 2.1 full charges. Both times, the battery was drained to under 5% judging by the fact that no LEDs were lit on the battery pack. I should be getting closer to 4 charges, but it is important to remember that modern batteries need a break-in period. Overall, I got 3 extra days of charge of 6 hour/day usage. I didn’t plug the phone into anything except the Gum Pro for a week while charging the battery pack once.

Overall, if you are a heavy user of your phone or just want the extra juice I would recommend this unequivocally. It has a much larger capacity than all battery/case combinations and I have only found one battery pack that stores more than 4400mAh. Personally, I won’t be using it everyday but it will be great for flights, subway trips, and any sort of travel where you can sit down for a while. If you need something to charge on the go I would go with something along the lines of the Mophie Juice Pack Air, because the Gum Pro does not really lend itself to being carried around in the pocket while walking around because of the need for an extra cable. Public transport commuters, frequent fliers, and people who have access to electricity only rarely should pick this up immediately!

Sling media, the guys behind the application SlingPlayer, have submitted the latest version of their application to Apple. Sadly this new version does NOT include 3G support, but does offer 16×9 viewing and some overall speed increases.

To add insult to injury, they have submitted a 3G capable version for use outside the United States. Only time will tell if it will get approved or not, but for us in the good ol’ US of A, were strictly WiFi only.

Via: Engadget

Like many millions of people I downloaded on June 17th the highly anticipated 3.0 software update from Apple for the iPhone. Since I’m not even a year into my contract with Rogers, this review will be based on my 3G. I think this will make a more accurate review of the software itself without confusing 3.0 features that work only with the 3GS.

Please note that this is from the “Canadian perspective” and I apologize if any current AT&T customers feel jealous about MMS!

For the most part I will revisit the highlighted items from my post back in March on the iPhone OS 3.0 Update. (note this link goes back to my personal web site)

Installing

Installation was a breeze. I have to admit that I was caught up in the excitment for this one and got up bright and early and started scanning for updates in iTunes but none were to be had. At work through TweetDeck I setup a search feed to watch Twitter for #iPhone3.0 and saw a lot of people waiting. I checked again at lunch time and nothing (I’m in EST by the way). Around mid afternoon, say around 3-4 pm I saw notes all over the place of people downloading. There was also reports of time outs, iTunes activation problems, delays, peoples phones not coming back, etc. Needless to say I was a bit aprehensive. But I know I would try anyway.

I was home around 5 ish that night and wondered if the servers would still be bogged. I plugged in my iPhone, gave it one last glace at 2.x, then proceeded with the upgrade. The download of a couple hundred megabytes took about 17 minutes or so. The backup of the phone took place, then the firm ware was installed. This was probably about 10 minutes. During installation my phone went black and I saw the normal silver Apple logo with a progress bar underneath. I thought I would see that progress bar each time the phone started as a new feedback feature, but alas not the case.

Before it was done iTunes alerted me that there was a software update from my carrier (Rogers) and if I wanted to download this. I can only assume that it had something to do with the MMS and tethering capabilities. I agreed and it downloaded and installed in no time.

That was it. My iPhone came back all loaded. I normally reseve the home page for the factory apps, and in 2.x I had 1 spare space where I put Tweetie. After 3.0 the Voice Memos app was added which pushed Tweetie to the next page. However what it did was put it on a blank page just to the right of the home screen all by itself. I was startled at first but fine with it. I believe you can go up to 10 pages now and I find that I now want to still reserve factory apps for the home screen, then frequently used ones on a more or less empty page.

Later on I’ll talk about Spotlight which kind of antiquates this.

App Store & iTunes (from iPhone)

I find these 2 apps now slower for me. Maybe I’m crazy but I get the loading screen a bit longer than I normally do. Even slower when not on Wi-fi.

First time I started the App Store I had 2 apps that had updates now that I was on 3.0. However each of them failed repeatedly. They would sit on the waiting stage for a while and then I would try again and from the App Store and I would get 2 failures. Finally I was in either the App Store or iTunes and I got prompted to accept the license agreement.

Finally on the App Store, when you look at the details of an app, you no longer have to click through the images, they all load on the detail page and you just swipe left and right to look at them. This is great for me beause I like to see all the screens but I don’t want to have to click one, then go back, click one then go back.

I did that and lo and behold I could update those apps. Only hiccup I’ve had there.

While I haven’t done it, I think it’s neat you can get TV shows and movies from iTunes right on the phone. I beleive you will need Wi-fi to download them because my 1 GB cap just won’t handle it!

Touted Features

Apple says over 100 new features, and I found this site that lists them all. Here is my personal experience with each of them.

Cut, Copy & Paste

Another feature that I think it’s great that it is there and extremely useful, but I just don’t do that much copy pasting on the phone to begin with. When I do use it though, it works as expected. And the shake to undo and redo blows a lot of people away and was a very nice touch on Apple’s part. I’m used to double tapping to zoom things and often the bubble pops up with text selected but its easily dimissed.

It’s just the way it is, but without a mouse it is a bit slower to narrow down to select the text you want, and I do find that the feature is smart about finding a word, then paragraph and then page.

The fact that the feature works across all apps is expected and works great. Copying images (up to 5 I believe) from the Photos app to an email works well (although you can send via email right from the Photos app), but grabbing an image from a web page and mailing it off is great too.

I don’t use this a lot, but I sure am glad it’s there!

Landscape Keyboard

I sort of got used to typing in portrait mode so it is a conscious reminder to flip to this form. Primarily I would use it in Email and Messages. I don’t take notes very often but I’m sure I would use this there as well.

Text Messaging & MMS

As mentioned above, the landscape keyboard is now in text messages which marginally helps me type. I do find it can take up a lot of room and leave me little area to see what is there:

One of the first things I did was try to send pictures over MMS. This worked like a charm. The small camera next to the text line makes it easy to snap a new shot or choose an existing one. I was told by my friend that pictures with text came out weird on his phone, but I love how they appear in speach bubbles on my end.

Last week though I tried to send him some shots of our basement project and all of them failed. Failed messages have a little red exclamation point beside them that you can click and retry. I did this many times but they still failed and I just gave up.

As I found out tonight (June 24) my friend also sent me pics last Friday (June 19th) and Sunday (June 21) and I didn’t get them until tonight. I then replied back with a picture and it worked. Best guess is that Rogers was overwhelmed or had to work on something last minute to make MMS work better. No idea. Haven’t seen any word on this.

You can now selectively forward and delete individual messages which I like rather than clearing the whole conversation.

Sadly I can’t take video because I don’t have the 3GS so I don’t think I can MMS any either.

A great change to the Messages app is now that when you send you are not locked out of the app while it sends but your message bubble pops up and at the top the app you have the “sending” note with the progress bar. That made a lot of sense to me.

I don’t find the app opens any faster but in fact seems slower to me.

Spotlight

This is a great idea addition to the phone. However I keep forgetting that it is there and often find myself locating apps and contacts the old fashioned pre-3.0 days.

I know its there I just need to remember to use it. The number 1 reason I would use this is quick access to my contacts. I don’t have pages and pages of apps and I organize them a bit so it’s not such a big deal to flip through the pages. I think it’s great that it will look into my email and calendar events, not to mention the iPod library.

Other

I have noticed modest speed boosts in web site rendering but I don’t tax things that greatly. I do know that JavaScript heavy sites like the Google services work quickly. I use the mobile version of Google Reader and its fantastic.

Another feature I use often is the landscape support in Email. Not so much for flipping through the list of messages, but opening emails I find it very useful. I still get the delay while the app tries to adjust the font size so it is readible, but that is mitigated a bit by the landscape support. I find that I type faster in SMS using portrait mode but from time to time I will use the messages app in landscape mode too.

If you want, here is forum documenting user found features you may not even know about yet!

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=715629

Note: this article has been edited from the original and first appeared on my site: www.davidrstorms.com on July 5th, 2009

A follow up focusing on MMS and Tethering will be coming soon!

DataViz has put out their popular Documents To Go. This mobile software suite made its name on Windows Mobile (who?) They a have now set their eyes on the iPhone and look to make a solid companion to your desktop word processor.  To attest to how easy this is to use, I typed the whole review in this app.

Landscape and portrait mode

First and foremost when you buy an app like this with hopes it will have a landscape mode, I can confirm it does. It is a little slow in the transition, but after it transitions works great.

Toolbar

All of the features in Documents To Go are accessible by a slick toolbar that holds 5 icons in portrait mode and 7 in landscape. The next set of icons are just a swipe away. Much like the pages of the iPhone the toolbars many icons can be accessed by a swipe left or right. It is very responsive and slick. Great choice for a mobile device. To get to the individual options just click an icon and your choices will pop up. If you are confused as to what an icon stands for just hold that icon for a few seconds and the descriptive text will pop up

SAVE

docs to go gives you standard save features. Save and Save As. Save lets you name and save a previously unamed and unsaved file or just save a current draft. Save as lets you save and name a previously unnamed and unsaved file, or save a copy of the current draft.

Clipboard

The clipboard let’s you choose from:

• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Select All

The method to select appears to need improvement. To select you tap and hold, the magnifying glass will pulse, then slide your finger through the text you want to select. I would have liked them to have implemented Apples cut and paste or at least the selection method…and imagine they will once 3.0 is official. Once selected, you touch the copy and paste icon and select your option. Cut and Copy work as you would imagine. The text is copied to the clipboard waiting to be used via the paste function. Each function has a dedicated button.

Send

I thought it was great to see the send button front and center, until I pressed it. I got this message: “To send a file as an attatchment, you must set up an Exchange ActiveSync account in Documents To Go” Well that lost it’s charm fast. According to a Tweet I read they do plan on supporting MobileMe, but what about the people in between?

Character Formating

I guess you expect to see character formatting but cor some reason it was a nice surprise to see it in this first release. With options like :
Bold
Italics
Underline
Text Color
Background (see picture above)

I would like to see the option for choice of font and font size, but again, not a bad set of options for a first release.

Paragraph Formatting

These options are pretty straight forward. Left, right, center, alignment, justified, and distributed .  The features so far really make this a must have mobile document creator, but wouldn’t replace Word…obviously

Bullets and Numbering

You have two choices. Bullet points or numbers.

• a
• b
• c
• d

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

I really enjoy taking notes in a outline format. When using both bullets and indents you can develope a full outline. However it isn’t as fast or intuitive as I would have liked. So I hope to see this improved in the future. At this point custom bullet points are not supported but would be a welcomed addition.  What can I say, I like pretty bullets.

Indent

Documents To Go provides both increase and decrease indent. Like I said earlier. You can use these in combination with bullets for outlines. Other than that the use is as you would expect.

Search & Replace

Now let’s talk about icing on the cake. DataViz did a great job adding and implementing search and replace. When you click the search icon you are greeted with a clean little search window. Type in your word or phrase and hit search on the keyboard. Be careful not to hit Done, it sits where you would expect to see search, right beside the search input.

Tap the arrow below the search field and you are presented with Replace and the option to toggle Case Sensitivity and to search Whole Words. This again works and works well. If I could change anything, it would be the option for live search. Like in Firefox, I enjoy watching my results appear as I type.

Zoom

The older I get, the worse my eyes get. I find myself squinting and straining to read. Next thing you know I have the text inches from my face. Enter Zoom. Zoom allows you to increase and decrease the percieved text size from 50% to 200%. Great for those of us whole might be a little (lot) blind.

Go To

Have you ever been writing a doent and had to go back to the begining, middle or end quickly? The Go To is for you. That is exactly what it does. Ordainarily this would be a nice touch, but is actually a needed feature. From the begining I noticed that scrolling was an issue in this release of Documents To Go. It lacks that same fluid movement that you are use to in most apps. Where as Go To doesn’t fix it, it does provide a quick way to get to major parts of the document. The flaw I found in the document I was working on would indicate it was much longer in the scroll bar than it actually was. This made the Go To Middle button not work right. It would take me to a blank section of the page, way under the typed text.

Undo & Redo

Any word processing or document creation app worth anything has to have an way to Undo an action. Lucky for us we get both undo and redo. The undo and redo both work several steps forward and back, but I have yet to test how many steps that is.

Word Count & Info

Just to round out this incredibly rich mobile word processing app, DataViz adds Word Count. This will give you your word, character, and, paragraph count at a glance and…well that is all it really does. The feature set is simple but invaluable.

Lastly info provides a quick glance at the files info size, date modified, name, and file type.

Conclusion

DataViz has put out a solid first release of Documents To Go. Even though this is a great app it does have a few bugs and a major missing feature. Spell check! Surely I can’t be the only person in the world who spelling is atrotious. I doubt this is an oversight as much as a feature set in development. First I would imagine a spellcheck dictionary would be huge and the process to do so might make this first release unstable. I had a couple of crashes while writing this. Granted I didn’t restart the device after install. My initial impressions are that the app itself is a little slow. It isn’t completely unusable. Just has a little bit of a lag to it. I expect this to be addressed in the first update and don’t expect an issue at all on the iPhone 3Gs. I would like to give DataViz props for adding the ability to rescue a document after a crash. Nice touch. Currently only Excel viewing is available but DataViz does plan on adding Excel editing in the future via a free upgrade.
Documents To Go comes in two flavors.  With and without mail support.  You can grab the version without mail support for $4.99 (two weeks only) For only $5 more you might as well grab the the support for Exchange (MobileMe in the future) at $9.99. Documents To Go is a steal. Once they add Excel editing I would easily pay $20-$30. If you haven’t picked this app up then hurry. You only have 2 weeks to take advantage of the $9.99 price. After that it is going to go up. Based off of the feature set I imagine it will go up quite a bit.

Buy Documents To Go with Exchange (MobileMe soon)  support here $9.99 and without mail support here $4.99

Long ago HP made it easy to print your favorite photos directly from the printer without the need of a PC. So how could it get any easier now. Well, HP went along and created iPrint Photo for the iPhone.
What this little app allows you to do is print out 4×6 inch photos straight off your iPhone via WiFi to a network connected HP printer just like their Windows Mobile version.

IPrint Photo is as easy to use as the built-in Photo app. There is no configuration necessary from the iPhone side except for turning on WiFi and connecting to the proper WiFi network. Then all you have to do is run iPrint Photo. Once the printer is recognized by iPrint Photo simply select a picture, press print and iPrint Photo handles the rest.

There’s nothing to it at all. This is a good app for quick photo printing and even even more so for creating postcards.

I think this is an excellent extention to the built-in Photo app. And with the added functionality of the new iPhone coming soon this app is a keeper. You can get HP iPrint Photo for absolutely free. So you have no reason not to at least check it out.

I jailbroke my iPhone about a week ago. I have been really suprised. I found quite a few apps that I could acutally use. While there are quite a few themes, enough to give ” those Bastards from Findland” ( thanks Edward @msmobiles) a run for their money.
The down side of this is that the iPhone becomes unstable.
An example of this is I installed winterboard which is basically a theme app. Winterboard is cool and has some sweet themes, which are very easy to install. But the app seems to reload the theme everytime you go back to the home screen or switch between apps. Since the iPhone wasn’t made to deal with that kind of transition, ocassionally the app will freeze up the iPhone.

Which brings me to the following speculation. I believe that the next Gen iPhone will be even better with jailbreaking. Why? More RAM. With all these memory intensive apps 3.0 and hopefully a new iPhone will be great.

www.Marware.com

There are tons of radio listening applications for the iPhone, such as Pandora and Last FM. While I like those this one is by far the best I think. I’ve been able to find radio stations from back home in Massachusetts. Plus other cities that I’ve lived in, and even though I don’t use Wunder Radio all that often it is a great application. It’s made by Weather Underground and can be found in the app store for $6.99.

Now I know what your thinking……$6.99 for a simple radio streaming app? uh noooooo…. well even though it is that price it’s still a good app. It’s probably my most used radio streaming application for the iPhone. I’ve tried the other ones I’ve mentioned, but they were just not to my liking. Wunder Radio is much easier to use I find. It’s also very easy for searching for a radio station you might remember from a long time ago.

Even though I don’t use it as much as my iPod on the iPhone it’s still a great app to have. For those of you who use radio apps you really should try this. It took me forever to get the screenshots though. Only because my thumb kept hitting the menu selections that you see at the bottom. grrrrrr. Anyways you radio streaming people go get this app!!