Every time I try to load Google Reader on my iPhone:

Or just sucking? I’ve been experiencing “server not responding” errors all weekend when surfing the web on my iPhone.

I’m seriously considering bailing on AT&T and jumping to T-Mobile for the first Android phone. I figure then I’ll jailbreak my iPhone so it works on T-Mobile’s network as well.

This article got me a little closer to being sold on the G1.

Sandwiches and Apples is now optimized for the iPhone.

How I did it: (continue reading…)

iPhone jailbreak with Quickpwn doesn’t need iTunes based restore. Whatever that means.

Check this out:

Apple has apparently included a blacklisting mechanism in iPhone OS 2.x through which the device can phone home, check for unauthorized applications, and disable them. The OS includes a URL that points to a page containing a list of unauthorized applications, specifically those listed here.

According to Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the book iPhone Open Application Development and an iPhone forensics manual:

This suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while to find out what applications it should turn off. At the moment, no apps have been blacklisted, but by all appearances, this has been added to disable applications that the user has already downloaded and paid for, if Apple so chooses to shut them down.

I discovered this doing a forensic examination of an iPhone 3G. It appears to be tucked away in a configuration file deep inside CoreLocation.

If true, this really goes beyond being simple anti-choice and into some weird authoritarian realm. Why shouldn’t a consumer be allowed to modify a product he paid for?

Apple = Microsoft with better UI

COOLER HEADS PREVAIL: CNET follows up with some legitimate reasons for a kill-switch.

Just updated the WordPress app for iPhone. A couple of bugs:
1) it deleted the blog information I’d set before so I have to re-add my blogs to it

2) some graphic issues

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RE: iPhone apps:
I found the WordPress app invaluable at ComicCon. I loved standing in line for something and writing a blog post. Likewise, the Facebook and MySpace apps which kept me in touch with out-of-town friends while I was stuck in traffic on Thursday or just hanging out at the Con. But MySpace, really… Facebook’s app kicks their ass. MySpace uses a tiny version of frames when viewing a profile so that the top of the page stays put and the bottom scrolls. This is incredibly annoying on an iPhone where vertical space is a premium.

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Just added the new wordpress app for the iPhone and I’m stoked to start mobile blogging. This should make the comiccon reports way more fun.

So I’ve been going a little app happy with the iPhone. The Facebook and MySpace apps are way better than connecting to those services through Safari. I also quite like YPmobile, BoxOffice, and Pandora. Those were all free. The only one I’ve bought so far is Texas Hold ‘Em. It’s pretty slick and fun. Mostly, I’m eagerly awaiting this one.

Do you have any favorites?