Yes, that’s right. It is much earlier than expected, the software update for the iPhone’s Operating Systems is only ten more days away. According to the reliable source “iPhone Hellas”. So sometime on the 21st of November. I think there is much anticipation leading to this update as so many iPhone users have been asking Apple to include the “Copy and Paste” feature in the new Software. Will apple listen to its customers? The update will also come with all the features that were available in the BETA version of 2.2.

You can never predict what Apple comes up with these days. They could release some sort of last minute surprise that will be included in the OS update. As last time (iPhone OS 2.2 beta 2) there were some major additions. I suppose only time will tell, only ten more days to wait! Hopefully we will see some cool new features with better stability included in this OS update.

I think this was bound to come sooner or later, the apple iPhone and iPod Touch has now adopted Google Earth as an application. If you didn’t know already, Google Earth allows you to fly to the far reaches of the world! And now from the palm of your hand. Google Earth has been very successful in its three year life. It has had over 400 million unique downloads so far. It is free to download from the iTunes App Store. Its rather cool how smooth Google Earth runs on the iPhone/Pod and everything is almost exactly the same as if you were using Google Earth on a PC. Here’s a 2 minute example of how well the app runs and some of its main features: (Most of Google’s advertisements are strange/cheesy)

You can see in the video that the touch interface is made for your convenience, everything is at a fingers reach and feels natural, this is what you would expect from Google and Apple combined making the App. “Just swipe your finger across the screen and you fly to the other side of the globe; tilt your phone and your view tilts as well (motion sensor). You can pinch to zoom in or out, or just double tap with one finger to zoom in and two fingers to zoom out.”

If only Google could release a version of Earth to the Nokia Symbian OS3! For now I’m stuck with my oldish 6120. I will probably update to at least an iPod touch when I can afford it. Will Definitely get the Google Earth App once I do. It really is pretty cool. For those of you lucky people that have the iPhone/Pod you can download Google Earth here (you will need iTunes).

iPhone: The Missing Manual - Written by David Pogue

Description
The new iPhone 3G is here, and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is on top of it with a thoroughly updated edition of iPhone: The Missing Manual. With its faster downloads, touch-screen iPod, and best-ever mobile Web browser, the new affordable iPhone is packed with possibilities. But without an objective guide like this one, you’ll never unlock all it can do for you. In this new edition, there are new chapters on the App Store, with special troubleshooting and sycning issues with iTunes; Apple’s new MobileMe service, and what it means to the iPhone; and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync compatibility. Each custom designed page in iPhone: The Missing Manual helps you accomplish specific tasks with complete step-by-step instructions for everything from scheduling to web browsing to watching videos.

There was a time when everything under the sun came with large manuals, sometimes more than one, that nobody read. Then we entered the era of sticking the boring manuals on a CD — and nobody read them. Today, we are lucky if we get a slip of paper telling us how to turn a product on. Thank heavens for people like David Pogue who has finally written a manual that is useful, entertaining and should have been in the box with the iPhone!

You are going to learn so much about your iPhone that if you don’t buy this book you are actually going to get less of a value out of your new toy than you could if you did buy the book. So just go ahead and buy it already!

Everything from the basics, such as managing your contact list, to the most advanced, such as setting up a Virtual Private Network (VPN), is covered. Every page will have you holding the book in one and your iPhone in the other trying new things out. What makes this book so darn good, outside of the material covered, is the sense of humor and ease of reading. The author knows how to keep your attention and knows how to present technical details in an entertaining way. RLS

A very nice user friendly manual that everyone with an iPhone should have!

Website | About the Book

I found these beautiful wallpapers for Mac Computers. I hope you like it and would love to see you share your favorites.

After Apple’s successful launch of iPod Touch and iPhone Touch, our stevie might be planning to build a new Macbook Touch.

Lately we have gone through a lot of rumors on the web saying that Apple is soon going to launch a Tablet computer which we all love to see. Lets not forget that fact the steve has been successful in almost all of their releases. Combine it with the rumors that we are soon to expect a new version of the Macbook and the result is a Macbook Touch.

Some sources claim that Apple is planning to launch its new Macbook Touch on an event that is to be held on October 14. There is no official word on it and it could be anything.

The Macbook Touch has been an anticipation all long after the iPhone, especially since a Mac Fan-boy published some mockups of the Macbook Touch at SlashGear earlier this year.

CoolLittleThings Studio has produced its own application to the mix of blogging applications for the iPhone in the shape of Blog Press. Some features include:

• Rich Text Editor: write your blog with mixed text and photo.
• Supporting many blog providers: Blogger, MSN Live Spaces, Wordpress, MovableType , TypePad
• Photo publishing: you can upload your photo to BlogPress Public Album or your own Picasa Web Album.
• Multiple blogs post: post your article blog to multiple blogs in one time.
• Manage your blogs: full access to your blogs, edit, delete your draft or post
• Writing Safely: BlogPress will automate save your draft when you are answering a phone call.

The developers claim this application runs well with all the most common players — that’s Blogger, Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, Movable Type, and TypePad. It alos supports photo uploading from a Picasa Web Album or BlogPress Public Album. It’s not yet clear whether you can also grab photos from the iPhone’s albums, as you would with most other applications.

Apple’s new iTunes 8 is likely to feature this pretty cool new visualizer called Magnetosphere. It was created by Robert Hodgin. Of course, nothing is confirmed, but it all points in the right direction. Personally, I’d love to see Magnetosphere on every iTunes user’s screen. The world just needs stuff this cool-looking everywhere.

Google has released its new Google Translate for iPhone. Google Translate not only allows you to translate single words across 24 different languages, but it also allows you to translate arbitrary phrases.

Google Translate for the iPhone has been specially optimized for speed so you don’t have to wait a long time on uncertain wireless connectivity in front of the waiter who speaks nothing else but German. In addition to the speed Google Translate also supports all existing language pairs that are supported on the web based version of the translator.

The web app is cleanly laid out just as the new chrome browser, with selector menus for the source and target languages, a field for entering your phrase, and an arrow that lets you toggle which direction the translation goes. Best of all, the Google Translate web app stores your recent queries, so you can load it up with a few handy phrases and not worry about erasing the earlier ones when you add more.

You can try Google Translate for iPhone, by point your iPhone web browser to translate.google.com.

References:

http://iphone.blogvasion.com/2008/08/google-translate-for-iphone.html