Test Post from iPhone

Here’s my first iPhone post it’s pretty good and much better than the mobile WordPress site. Oh and adding pictures is a breeze. Approved!

WordPress for iPhone

Hurrah!  I’m just downloading this from the App Store (which is taking forever!) so I can’t review it as yet but check out the new WordPress App - info and screen shots are here

iPhone software update

I’m just upgrading my iPhone software to version 2……wish me luck.  Will post back and let you know how it’s going……

*update 10 mins later*

Ok it’s now backed up and has loaded the software, we’re on the restart and it’s waiting for activation…..

FUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKK!!  It’s now saying no signal detected - need for activation…..of course there is a signal or how was I using it 20 mins ago……please let google be my friend and get me an answer on this!!!

Ok just found a blog on it, it looks like I maybe somewhat stuffed. So I’m ignoring the no signal message for now and I’m letting the restore from backup run and then I’ll see what happens….

HUZZAR!!!!  My theory was right,  if you ignore the ‘no signal detected’ message and let it run the restore then eventually (about 10-15 minutes) it finally works - PHEW!!!  My life flashed before my eyes there!

Hmmmm

The new iPhone…..

3G, hmmm whatever - The Edge is actually quite fast as there is never anyone on it!  But I can see the attraction.

GPS - excellent news and it looks very cool

New Apps - woo hoo! And I can get those on mine.

Lower price - good news so more people can escape the crap that is all the other phones

Oh and it comes in white?!?!  :)  But still it kicks ass in any incarnation, so check it out if you couldn’t afford it before, they really are wonderful.

But where is the Apple TV news?……

Apple Keynote Speech Today

Here are the things I’d spend our family’s ‘Jobs Tax’ on:

1. Apple TV with a huge hard drive for the new Apple Movie Content -  a terra or two would be good as more HD movies come online.
2. More TV and Movie Content - it’s not bad but needs to be expanded and rapidily.  Doing a deal with the BBC’s iplayer in the UK would be fabby!
3. iPhone….I actually not that arsed about upgrading, I love my iPhone to death and I don’t live in a 3G area, so unless it’s got lots of interesting and new features…naaaa don’t care.
4. iPhone software from iTunes - YES, YES,YES - can’t wait
5. iPods…again not that bothered but it’s always interesting to see what they do with them next.
6. New MacBook - I want to see how sexy it’s going to be and then cry, I still want the Air….

Roll on this evening to see what’s announced.

o2 iPhone contract and other stuff

Yes I’ve changed the blog again, I just couldn’t stand seeing that daft picture of me and my lovely baby everytime I logged in!

Anyhoo…..o2 have bettered the iPhone deal considerably. I received an sms this morning telling me that as of February the tariff will increase from 200 talktime minutes to 600 minutes and 200 texts to 500 texts! Throw in the unlimited data and I am a very happy girl.

I still love my iPhone lots it’s certainly the best phone I’ve ever had. I tried to use and having tried to use my friends Sony Erickson yesterday and I was like an old lady who needed instructions (and bear in mind I had one a year ago!).

In with the other stuff, my resignation seems to have lasted about 3 weeks. They’re going to hire me back at an hourly rate to complete the network move and other migration issues. Part of me is delighted as I’ve just had my credit card bill in - eek! But the other part of me that was looking forward to sitting on my arse for a couple of months is quite pissed I know I could have said no…but it’s money in the bank ::SIGH:: Still maybe it’ll only be for a couple of months…

iPhone Software Update

It’s good, really good…

The being able to customize your ‘desktop’ is very very cool, the wiggling icons are a very nice touch, and I’ve finally got rid of stocks and shares (who uses that?!?)

The ‘GPS’ triangulation is absolutely bloody fabulous!  It got me within about 3 streets, which will come in very handy next time I get lost driving across the fens or Norfolk.  I’ve tried to get the ‘Show Traffic/Hide Traffic’ information working but it doesn’t seem to but maybe that’s just o2 being crap?  I’ll play with it more tomorrow and see if that’s working better then.

Finally they have added group sms, which I’ve been whinging about since I got my iPhone.  I’d still like to be able to sms out my photos as well as e-mail them, but that is a minor gripe.

One word of warning, when it’s finished upgrading and has re-booted, it loses the o2 network.  So you then have to manually reboot it and reconnect it to your mac or pc and it finds the network again (phew!)

iPhone is coming..

Although I’m back to work this week and I’m horribly depressed at the thought, this is the week the iPhone is released (6.02pm on Friday to be exact!).   It turns out that although I can break my contract it means I’ll lose my phone number, which is such a pain in the ass

So, I’m going to get my iPhone on Friday, move everything over from my Nokia and then cancel my contract after I’m sure everyone has gotten my new number and I don’t get calls on it anymore.  Back in the day (sometime in the late 90’s) you used to be able to buy a phone number and port it wherever you like.  I laughed at my friend who spent 70 quid on a number..I’m really wishing I’d done the same!

iPhone in the UK

As you’ve probably read the iphone is going to be launched in the UK on the 9th November. I’ve already contacted Carphone Warehouse about breaking my contract from Vodaphone and moving over to O2

I know there isn’t any 3G on the phone, but where I live you can’t get 3G anyway and I’ve never actually found it to be that fast when I’ve been in London or Cambridge.   But you can get onto Cloud in my home town and I really want it for the wireless round the house and at friends.

However the main reason for getting it is the price of the contract.  At the moment I’m paying for my N73 (which is constantly blue screening and dropping calls) £35 a month for 300 minutes, 100 texts plus £7.50 a month for the data package and about £1.50 for voice mail on Vodaphone.

O2 is offering  a £35 package for 20 minutes talk time, 20 texts and Unlimited data!! oh and free voice mail.  So it’ll save me about £9 a month and at least the bloody phone won’t crash every 3rd hour.

The only thing that really puts me off is the resolution of the camera, but I think I can live with it.  The pictures  I took on Vero’s pre-release phone were pretty good and much quicker than the Nokia.  And the rest of the functionality I think is worth it.

Wish me luck on breaking my contract!

ipod Touch

I’m beginning to think that maybe I should just have done and buy one of these little beauties.

The iphone isn’t going to be out here in the UK for a while and god knows how much it’ll be or on what network? If the information was more forthcoming it would be much easier to make a decision!

Where we live the only real option for coverage is Vodafone not much else works, so I’ll be stuffed if the iphone is on O2. If that turns out to be the case then an ipod touch will be mine!