One of my friends came over to me yesterday, very excited that Opera had released a version of their Opera Mini program for the iPhone. Unlike some of the other browser apps out there, Opera Mini is a free app, which is a nice start. It downloads quickly, too. Continue reading
Since the iPhone came out I wondered how long it would take for someone to come out with some good birding apps. Longer than I had expected, it turns out. A few small apps with limited usefulness appeared early on but none had the two main rings I was looking for: a mini field guide and a checklist. Then one day I came across something new, and very promising: the iBird Explorer Plus software. Continue reading
Okay – after a few weeks of using my iPhone 1st-gen with the iPhone 2.0 software, I have to say that I like it for the most part. There are still some glitches that annoy me, but overall it was a sound improvement. And the biggest part of that improvement was the ability to download applications to the iPhone. Previously, everything was a ‘web app’ – i.e. requiring access to the web to use it. Since I spend about half of my commute underground, that wasn’t really helpful; essentially, half of my trip I was left to play with Alarm, Calendar or Calc. Yippee!! But with downloadable apps, there are whole new worlds of possibilities. Continue reading
