Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’

iPhone Apps

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

There are some pretty neat iPhone apps out there now.  The google app with voice search comes to mind.  I can picture my daughter growing up, never knowing what it is like to not have a little device with her at all times that she can ask questions and expect to get answers… The Pandora app is another great little application.

A friend of mine from way back published a little app called Urbanspoon that I’d been using even before I realized it was his company.  There’s a good interview on Techcrunch with Ethan, one of the founders of Urbanspoon.  I like that it re-introduces the randomness of a restaurant choice rather than just presenting a list.  Invaluable application for the frequent traveler!

I haven’t seen any good BPM iPhone apps but surely its only a matter of time now!

BP3 Blog for the iPhone

Friday, November 14th, 2008

I’d like to take credit for it, but it is all the magic of WPTouch, a great Wordpress plugin that Sandy Kelmsey turned us onto in this post.  The homepage for the plugin is here.  Literally half of our team has switched from blackberries to iPhones since the 3G model came out.  I’m still the only one using a Mac, but don’t be surprised if that changes too…

Meanwhile, if you have an iPhone, feel free to check out our blog in its new iPhone mode.  I was pretty impressed by the folks at BraveNewCode-  the WPTouch theme/plugin is pretty ingenious and it doesn’t interfere with the normal browsing experience.  I wish all the blogs had this kind of theme for reading from the iPhone.

Incidentally, if you’re wondering how our team feels about the iPhones, we love ‘em.  Being able to read websites or html email on your phone is actually useful.  Typing is marginally harder after using a blackberry for 4-5 years, but getting easier.  And some of the apps we’ve found are pretty entertaining (when you travel a lot for work, the iPhone apps for Yelp! and Urban Spoon are invaluable for finding a quick foodie fix… and the directions/mapping are great too).