Linked List: July 3, 2007

Tuesday, 3 July 2007

No Bonjour on the iPhone 

James Duncan Davidson:

But what is surprising is that you can’t use the .local domain to browse websites in Safari on the iPhone. Instead, if you want to surf a website running off a server on your local network, you have to enter in the IP address.

When I encountered this, I found it shocking. It’s been years since I needed to note my Mac’s local IP address.

Pogue’s Awesome iPhone Period-Typing Shortcut 

Best iPhone tip ever? At the very least, best so far. (Via Larry Angell.)

ADC: Web Development for iPhone 

Finally outside the WWDC NDA bubble.

The iPhone Dev Wiki 

The latest news on hacking the iPhone. (Via Andy Baio.)

Episode 2 of The Talk Show 

Me and Dan Benjamin, talking about our initial iPhone impressions. This entire endeavor breaks all of my perfectionist instincts — e.g. the super-simple unbranded web site — but I’m enjoying it.

Helpful ‘Tip’ for Ryan Block 

From page 3 of Engadget’s massive iPhone review, regarding the Calculator:

Missing from the iPhone, though, are dedicated tip and scientific / graphing calculators, or, perhaps more usefully, a tip calculator.

If you know enough math to even know what a scientific calculator is, why would you need a “dedicated tip calculator” mode? Take the total and multiply by 1.2 for a 20 percent tip.

Delicious Monster Shirts 

Every time I see Delicious Monster employees out in public, like at WWDC, or in this picture from the iPhone launch day when they waited in line together, they’re always wearing Delicious Monster t-shirts. Except for Shipley, who’s always wearing one of his patented tailored jobbies.

Bloomberg: 700,000 iPhones Sold So Far; More than Razr Sold in Entire First Month 

Connie Guglielmo, reporting for Bloomberg:

The iPhone broke AT&T’s opening-weekend records, selling more in three days than phones such as Motorola Inc.’s Razr did in their first month, according to [AT&T] spokesman Michael Coe. Siegel declined to give specific sales figures for any of the devices.

FCC Documents Reveal iPhone Innards 

High quality cutaway photos of the iPhone innards from Apple’s FCC filings. (Thanks to Chris Pepper .)

Jackass of the Week: Scott Moritz 

Scott Moritz, for TheStreet.com:

The sales goal — or so-called whisper number — both internally at Apple and on Wall Street was a nice round 1 million phones.

Who said this before the iPhone went on sale?

Missing this hugely ambitious target is hardly a failure, but competitors in the wireless sector are certainly breathing a little easier.

“There’s a lot of rejoicing at Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile,” says IAG Research’s Roger Entner. “By not selling out, it is still a solid success, but it also proved that not everyone in the country is willing to drop $600 on a new phone.”

Sure, that’s right — some people thought maybe everyone in the country was going to buy one on opening weekend. This iPhone thing couldn’t be going any better for Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon.

(Via Gedeon Maheux.)

Using iPhone Without AT&T Service 

Alex King:

I canceled the AT&T service for my iPhone as planned and the iPhone seems to work just fine as a wifi-only device. Excellent! […]

Per AT&T’s terms of service: If you cancel your AT&T service within 30 days you do not have to pay an early termination fee; and if you cancel within 3 days you get a refund of your activation fee.

I have a feeling you’ll be able to buy an iPod that works like this later this year.

Nice Touch on the iPhone Box 

The Home button on the box is indented, just like the real button on the iPhone.