At only 2 megapixels and with no zoom capability, the iPhone could never really be considered a respectable tool for a photographer, right? From a conventional standpoint, I'd agree, but the host of apps available through iTunes allows amateurs and professionals the opportunity to get creative.
Apps like Camerabag and Fisheye should appeal to all the casual Lomographers, or at least those not looking to incur the cost of developing actual film. With modes including Helga, Instant, Lolo, and "1962", these post-capture effects transform an otherwise boring image into something possibly more interesting. If nothing else, they're certainly more fun.
A novel new free app called iSteam (App Store link) is now available in the App Store. iSteam will create the effect of steam on your iPhone, without the steam room. iSteam works with photos in your library. You blow into the microphone to create the steam. From there you can draw as if it were real steam. Although there is not save option, you can simply use the iPhone's built-in screenshot to save your masterpieces. To do so, just press the power button and the home button at the same time. Be careful not to move your iPhone, as iSteam has accelerometer support and you will see water droplets flowing across your screen.
If you are a FriendFeed user, then you might want to check out Webfeedr from Pine Street Enterprises. Webfeedr syncs with your FriendFeed account, allowing you to keep up to date with all your favorite websites from your iPhone.
Since the inception of the iPhone in June of 2007, people have been asking how to use the Copy and Paste function of the iPhone. When these people ask this question on a discussion board, or a forum post, they are stunned when they find out there is no Copy and Paste function on the iPhone. How can such a basic feature, that most computer users use several times daily, be excluded? Even Apple employees don't have the answers to this question. They just tell you where and how to leave feedback! (I believe they are just as perplxed as the consumers!) Even the official Apple discussion board has over 250 topics on C&P.
Some people are so desperate for Copy and Paste that they have created photoshopped pictures, showing how this missing feature can be seamlessly integrated into the iPhone interface. Other people have created concepts of how they would incorporate C&P into the iPhone. Companies have created applications in the App Store, that include C&P within the application. Why does it seem like everyone is interested in getting C&P on the iPhone except Apple?
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Apple has recently updated MobileMe with a host of fixes and improvements, a number of which affect iPhone and iPod touch users.
Sync: Resolved an issue that could cause some contacts to temporarily disappear on iPhone or iPod touch when syncing with MobileMe over an intermittent network connection; iPhone Software 2.2 is required to take full advantage of this
Mail: Improves reliability of new email notifications on an iPhone/iPod touch
Mail: Messages just deleted on iPhone, iPod touch, or a desktop mail application now update more quickly on webmail
With over 10,000 applications in the App Store, it's getting harder and harder for developers to get their app noticed. Clearly, the name of the game is to get your application among the Top Paid Apps list. Making the list is not enough and many are looking for new ways to get you to their application. Developers are now using their icons to promote discounts or accomplishments. One fifth of the Top Paid apps now contain promotional language such "On Sale" or "Game of the Year".
A few weeks back we reported on a member of the iPhone Dev Team porting a version of Linux to the iPhone and mentioned the effects of this could be far reaching including the ability to run multiple operating systems including Google's Android OS. Over the past week or so, a major topic of discussion in our iPhone forums has been the subject of whether or not there was an interest in running the Android OS on iPhone hardware.
According to a report over at MacRumors, Apple is revisiting their approval policy and now allowing "limited utility" applications. The once bannished app "Pull My Finger" is back and this time even Santa getting in on the act. Apple reportedly contacted Sam Magdalein of Air-O-Matic to let him know of the approval and the new stance on App Store approvals.
At only 2 megapixels and with no zoom capability, the iPhone could never really be considered a respectable tool for a photographer, right? From a conventional standpoint, I'd agree, but the host of apps available through iTunes allows amateurs and professionals the opportunity to get creative. 
