Just trying out Wordpress for iPhone

Love your Pocket PC? Not willing to wait 6 months? Can’t afford to shell out $600 or probably a $1000 for the non-subsidized version? Well you can install the iPhone skin for Windows Mobile. No mutlitouch, ipod or coolness included. However, you’ll get two extra soft buttons that won’t ship with the final iPhone
And since we’re talking about the two, here’s a little side by side comparison.

After years of waiting Apple’s iPhone is finally out. Following is a summary of the iPhone (not to be confused with Linksys) features:

• Quadband GSM + EDGE
• Wifi Capability
• Thin form factor (11.6 mm)
• 3.5″ Touch screen with Multitouch capability, and a proximity sensor that disables the touch functionality when the phone is near your face.
• Runs a version of Mac OS X
• Features a full version of Safari browser (with Java capability) as well as iMail (with HTML editing ability)
• 2 Megapixel Camera
• Orientation sensor (tilts the screen depending on how you’re holding your phone)
• Visual on screen keyboard.

The iPhone also doubles as an iPod with a bigger screen and is capable of playing music, tv shows and movies. And just like any other Apple product; the interface is very intuitive. Here’s what we like

• Finger navigation and auto rotation of photos
• iChat like SMS Messaging
• Visual Contact List
• The ability to use Desktop Widgets!
• Internet software is capable of deciding whether to connect via EDGE or WiFi

What Impressed Us Most:
Google Earth running on the iPhone

What we didn’t like

• Battery life (5 hours)
• Available exclusively through Cingular
• No word on whether it would be able to sync with Windows/Office or not.
• Lack of built in GPS

Pricing:

• 8GB model - $599
• 4GB model - $499

Clearly iPhone sets the bar for everyone else. The fact that you can run Google Earth on your mobile now can open up a whole new world of possibilities, and unless HTC comes up with something better, my next phone will most probably be an iPhone. It’s a shame that it won’t be available right after the keynote (Submitted now to FCC Takes two months to clear, ships in June).

Original, addictive and creative is how I would describe “Oceans”, a song by former Catherine Wheel’s lead singer Rob Dickinson.

Despite all that, this song wouldn’t have made the pages of techhash if it wasn’t for the fact that it was shot entirely using a Nokia N93 phone cam. Directed by Mike Hodgkinson, it proves that a great video is all about the idea not the fancy equipment (or half a dozen half naked dancers in the background).

“3o2bal ma il 3arab iytal3oo video zay il 3alam bi kamira 3adyeh” - G

Check out the music video.