Aesthetics

What is it about certain iPhone app icons that catch our eye? I have definitely found myself wondering whether I need a particular application, based purely on how nifty it will look on my screen. Is this just insanity or good marketing? Well, I am a little crazy, but these app icons are designed to look great against the black background of the iPhone. I constantly arrange my applications to appear aesthetically pleasing. There are far too many blue icons and I find it challenging to space them apart and make the screen look good. I just went back and proof-read this blog and have decided I need an iPhone psychiatrist who is specialized in obsessive app-order disorder.

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Dusty 'ol iPhone

I have many large annoying particles of dust stuck between the front panel and LCD on my new-ish iPhone 3G. Apparently Apple is not aware of this issue and their genius bar employee wasn't terribly interested in doing anything about it. I was told to "come back if it got worse". Blech. I also noticed that one of the screws by the dock connector on my iPhone was loose and probably the culprit, letting in dust. I tightened the screw but that doesn't change the fact that my iPhone is now dusty.

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MMS

What is it good for? I have come to the sick realization that, as evil as Apple may seem at times, they are probably on the right track in regards to MMS. The truth is that more and more new handsets are Internet capable and most carriers are starting to offer affordable data plans. Emailing pictures makes a lot of sense because the pictures can be accessed from any computer or even printed at home. There is a really great app for the iPhone called Pixelpipe, which I highly recommend, that allows multiple photo uploads (from library or camera!) to a virtual smorgasbord of websites including; Facebook, Myspace and flickr just to name a few. So, I revert back to the question: what is MMS good for? absolutely nothing, or at least not much. In a few years MMS will be a page in mobile history and email will be standard on any mobile.

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