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“Killer” (or just) “Basic” Instinct

“The Clone Wars Continue”

Instinct

iPhone

Does anyone else get bored with all the hype? Being forced to watch 30 second infomercials for the Samsung Instinct on NBC.com, in-between episodes of 30 rock, is practically trivial on the basis that the likely hood of an “iPhone Killer” or comparable is far from being created.

A year ago, Verizon claimed to have an iPhone killer in the works with their bland LG Voyager “Yawn” touchscreen bust; it quickly faded. Even with the LG Prada KE “Nerd” 850 project, Verizon is far from closing the gap.

(I bet every failed “iPhone killer” must make that wound of being Apple’s first choice as an iPhone distributor sting a little more. Don’t beat yourself up Verizon, Apple will most likely hunger to have their iPhone take on the Blackberry on all carriers, sooner rather than later.)

LG “Yawn”

LG “Nerd”

“Who are the ad wizards that came up with this one?”

SwirlyMeSS 1.0: Trojan App Trend

“Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Upgrade”

SwirlyMMS 1.0*, not only marks the release of a fully-featured and expansive MMS app, but also sets the iPhone developer trend to trojan horse their upgrades with a price tag.

SwirlyMMS evolved from an app that only sent picture messages (v0.1), to one that sent and received** (v0.38), to one that could send and receive virtually any type of multimedia***(v1.0).

The Swirly Team has pioneered MMS on the iPhone with many well-received updates that improved functionality and MMS capabilities. The latest update, though, adds a new and somewhat disappointing feature, a trial period.

There is no forewarning that your upgrade will turn a free application into a two-week trial app requiring $8 to unlock. After the trial period ends, your MMS capabilities will return to their originally intended Apple state. There is no workable method to downgrade v1.0 without an original copy of v0.38****.

It is no longer a question of whether v1.0 is worth the $8 price tag (for all the hard work that went into SwirlyMMS, that price is overly reasonable), but a question of methodology as to whether or not that was the best way to assess this upgrade. Is deceptive app upgrades becoming a new trend among developers?

Putting these issues aside, SwirlyMMS continues to exceed expectations with it’s latest release. The interface is clean, though slightly cluttered, offering many more options and features for sending MMS (including pictures-on-the-fly). The biggest feature deterrent to upgrading is it’s lack of compatibility with IMMESS MMS Viewer.

Viewing a picture message on v1.0 within the SwirlyMMS App displays a photo no larger than an icon on your home screen (much like the MobilePreview solution). The benefit to IMMESS MMS Viewer is that the picture is enlarged across a third of your screen.

For a picture (and now multimedia) messaging app, this is where it continues to fall short. Being the only provider of MMS on the iPhone will continue to leave you no other options.

*1.0 and on
**using MobileFinder/Mobile Preview or on 1.1.4 IMMESS to view
***as well as deliver it to numerous recipients
****if you need a copy of SwirlyMMS 0.3.8, contact me

“An iPhone Star Wars Pseudo Parody”

Guest Starring Pat Benetar, John Williams and T-mobile.

Wallpaper from the Video

The App(le)s of my iPhone

“The Top Five Apps Compete for Your iPhone Screen Time”

Applications have existed on Apple’s mobile wonder long before the mention of the Apple App store. Of the top five, three of these applications are nothing more than options that have been a standard offering in the mobile market.

Feel free to submit your favorite apps below.

Swirly MMS

The first and only MMS application on the iPhone. Primarily used to make use of your mms plan by allowing you to send and receive pictures.*

iPhone Video Recorder

The first fully functional video recorder on the iPhone**. Records audio and video (15 fps), encodes and gives the option to upload to youtube or email out.

Ringtones

Bypasses the need to create ringtones on a computer. Encodes, cuts and transfers ringtones (from your songs library) directly on the iPhone.***

Agile Messenger

IM Everything. A well-developed program that skillfully brings together several chat clients (icq, msn, aol, yahoo, jabber, googletalk) under a colorful and ample-featured interface.

Wallpaper

A program to share and view wallpaper’s from around the iPhone world.**** The genius lies in it’s simplicity; making it the most well-received and beloved program among iPhone users.

—————————————–FOOTNOTES—————————————

*with Apple Firmware 1.1.4 use “IMMESS MMS Viewer”, a program (in beta) that serves as a superior alternative to the MobilePreview/MobileFinder combination that was required under previous firmwares.

**keep an eye out for uShow, a promising video recording app from Monster and Friends.

***Upgrading to 1.1.4, only to realize that Erica Sadun’s Sendsong is limited to functioning in earlier firmwares becomes a huge let down (as does the 30 second ringtone limit, which was not an issue in 1.1.2 and under).

****if you miss the option to send your wallpapers to your camera roll, install the Capture program and use it to snap a screen shot of your saved wallpaper.