3G iPhone and Mountain Biking
So what does the 3G iPhone from Apple have to do with mountain biking? More than I even imagined thanks to Milliron.
On our recent ride at Raccoon Mountain, Jason had his brand new iPhone along for the trip. During the ride, he was able to take pictures, upload them to flickr.com and post them on his Twitter account with ease. Now, I thought I was ahead of the curve with the Blackberry Curve and all of its capabilities, but the new iPhone looks like it has a lot of benefits for internet junkies of all disciplines. The way he was able to easily update his web life on the go was very intriguing. He was even able to show pictures of a build I am working on with other riders! Maybe one day soon I will be able to upload posts, video and pictures to the blog while on the trail. That would be a true web 2.0 experience.
Apple sold over 1 million 3G iPhones in the first weekend. That is unheard of for a cell phone. It took 74 days to achieve that same feat on the first generation. I have been using Macs for as long as I can remember. I have actually never owned a Windows based computer (I have company owned ones), so it is really exciting to see the iPhone break what we consider normal cell phone usage.
How many of you made the switch to the new 3G iPhone over the weekend?
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I made the switch.
I love it so far, but I don’t do all the automatic-posting-of-pictures-immediately-when-taken. But I dig it, anyway.
There is a way to write a blog post on your iPhone and have it automatically publish to your blog…among other cool things…
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@Carl Martens: My Blackberry has the capability too…but some of the custom options that my blog requires aren’t on there.
Hmmm…depending on what you are referring to you might still be able to do that. I’ve had the iPhone since last year and have found ways to make all sorts of things possible…perhaps we should continue this conversation in an email or over the phone? Email me with what you are wanting to do and I’ll ask my Russian friend if it is possible. The Russians can make the iPhone do just about anything…
Carl Martenss last blog post..First Ride On My Fully Rigid Singular Swift SS Mountain Bike
phone on the trail? are you retarded. so help me god if I see someone updated his blog on a trail
I made the switch.
I’m hoping that someone comes out with some good mapping software for it. Google maps is great but it doesn’t do so well at showing trails. I’m in the UK and what I’d really like to see is something with the OS maps.
@Carl Marenss: Most blog software allows you to send an email which posts immediately to the blog. There are also a few software specific apps launched for the iphone that allow you to post from it on the fly. There is a wordpress and a typepad one if I remember right .
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This is a little bit off topic but i found a really cool application on the app store called Trailguru that let’s you capture your rideand then upload it to view it on Google Earth/Google Maps. Its in the Health and Fitness section — really cool, check it out …