Linked List: July 12, 2008

Saturday, 12 July 2008

Where Should iPhone App Settings Go? ★

Lukas Mathis on the question of whether third-party iPhone apps should use the system-wide Setting app for their preferences.

Shawn Blanc’s iPhone 2.0 Observations ★

Good list of new and updated features in the 2.0 OS.

MobileMe Is up, Sort Of ★

It’s up, mostly, but slow as molasses for me. The UI looks great, and there are some very thoughtful touches, but the overall experience is miserable because of the performance. Update: 15 minutes later, and now it feels very zippy. Seems like they’re working out the kinks.

Jason Snell’s iPhone 3G Review Notes ★

Best coverage of the new phone I’ve seen anywhere. Looks like 3G performance is a solid win: web pages loading about 2-3 times faster. Also, Snell has a video here, with great side-by-side comparisons to the original.

iPhone Customer Calls Jackass TV Reporter a ‘Jackass’ ★

“This is not smart. This is journalism to you?”

Bravo.

Activating Your iPhone 3G ★

Macworld’s Jonathan Seff on the Apple Store activation experience.

Indie Mac Software Summer Sale ★

My thanks to the developers behind the Indie Mac Software Summer Sale for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. The promoted apps include:

You Control (customizable menu utility)
ShoveBox (text/image/web clippings utility)
Code Collector Pro (source code snippet organizer)
Horizon (personal finance)
Exces (easy-to-use encryption tool)

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