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michel v — intraordinaire.com posted a photo:

Before the flight back from Bali, at Denpasar airport, september 2008.
(First time I really tried using my iPhone as a camera: so much noise, it’s only usable for snapshots…)

I’m trying out the iPhone 2.0.1 firmware along with WP App 1.1. Both were released today. 2.0.1 seems to fix the keyboard lag that was coaxing expletives out of me. WP 1.1 is solid so far. We’ve been working on extending the WP XML-RPC API to allow the iPhone App (and other XML-RPC clients) to do some cool new stuff.

Okay Lazyweb, help me find what I’m lookin’ fer. I want a mobile shoppin’/todo list app that me lady and I can both use t’ keep shared lists. I’ve got an iPhone, Susan has a Blackberry Curve — it should be easy t’ use on either o’ those devices. And o’ course, we’d want t’ be able t’ edit our lists via our desktop web browsers, as well.

It should:

• support multiple lists
• support sharin’ lists betwixt multiple scallywags
• make it super easy t’ check off items
• be able t’ sync th’ latest list updates from anywhere
• be easy t’ use on iPhone, Blackberry, or any web browser
• be inexpensive

It doesn’t have t’ have (but could):

• support store-specific lists
• be aware o’ what aisle items are on
• support recipe ingredient lists or meal plannin’ functions
• support item categories within lists

I looked at a few list applications fer th’ iPhone in th’ App Store, and I did some searches on th’ general intarwebs, but th’ apps I found all fell down in some way. The usual failin’ were that they didn’t support (or at least didn’t make it clear that it would support) sharin’ lists betwixt scallywags, or weren’t cross-platform.

Is anybody out there aware o’ such an app? Given me failure t’ locate one meself, I’m inclined t’ think that either 1) me Google-fu were weak that day, 2) th’ app I’m lookin’ fer exists but needs better SEO (this is what I suspect), 3) developers o’ th’ existin’ list apps aren’t doin’ a good job o’ highlightin’ all o’ their features (which I also suspect), or 4) there is an openin’ in that market space that would be pretty easy t’ fill. If I thought I could spare th’ time, I’d try t’ develop a service like that, meself.

I’m writing this on the WordPress app for the iPhone, which is now available. Now if only the iPhone had cut-and-paste.

Here’s a quick tip for those who have the iPhone or the iPod Touch. Check out this flexible stand by NAJA King. Its a flexible stand perfect for your portable media devices. It rotates for wide screen viewing and is designed with a 3 foot soft flexible coil that is slender yet durable.

Its secure and sturdy design can be folded and compact enough to bring with you as you travel from place to place.

Here are additional specifications for this stand:
-For all iPhones or iPod Touch (select type at checkout)
-6 inch flexible coil*
-Rotating head 360 degrees
-Secure grip holding power (device stays put)
-Anti scratch grips
-All steel construction
-Made in the USA
Source: NAJA King

Well, one more iPhone clone and this one teaches us to think different. The phone has a 3.5-inch touchscreen and the motion sensor allows users to answer phone calls by simply shaking the phone.

Watch the video after the jump.

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GearLive shows us a video walkthrough of the latest iPhone firmware version 1.1.3. In the video, new features that demoed include:
- Drag home screen icons around, into and out of the dock, and onto other pages
- the Firmware crashes once during the demo
- SMS to multiple people
- Google maps Drop Pin, Locate Me (pseudo GPS), Hybrid Map
- Safari Add Bookmark to Homescreen.

Watch the video after the jump.

[MacRumors]

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Expected to ship in February, the locoGPS module adds the GPS functionality to iPhone as well as the iPod Touch. The locoGPS is powered by the SiRF Start III GPS chipset. The device works with iPhone’s integrated Google Maps.

The locoGPS module gives you the ability to explore all the benefits of GPS from a device that is small enough to put on a keychain.

You can see the video demo after the jump.

[PartFoundry]

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We have seen quite a lot of iPhone clone before, this, this ,this and this. Now we have BTL M2801, an iPhone-like / iPod Touch-like media player. BTL M2801 has a 2.8-inch LCD touchscreen with 320×240 resolution, integrated memory of from 128MB to 4GB, a 2 Megapixel camera and a miniSD card slot for expansion.

The player supports playback of MP3, WMA, WAV music and AVI, WMV videos. It measures 105(L)*58(W)*12.8(H)mm. It can also e used as a miniSD card reader.

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It looks like Apple is going to launch its 3G version of the iPhone next year as the CEO of Randall Stephenson said “You’ll have it next year,’’ in response to a question about when the 3G iPhone would debut.

Jobs plans to sell 10 million iPhones worldwide in 2008, which would give Cupertino, California-based Apple 1 percent of the mobile-phone market. Apple had sold 1.4 million handsets through the end of September.

What about the copycat Meizu MiniOne.

[Bloomberg]

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