12:17am (Los Angeles time)
I bought my first iPhone app today. I've always only used the free ones. I know one can easily spend a fortune on micro-purchases like those $0.99 - $4.99 apps available all over the app store. So up until now, I've gotten by with only free ones. But I've been looking at blogpress for quite some time now. I've wanted a convenient app for writing on my blogspot blog, and although there are a few free blog writer apps out there, this one seems to be the most comprehensive--supposedly the picture support is good, it can upload and link videos to your YouTube account, and it even does automatic Twitter and facebook updates. So I figured I'd splurge and pay the $2.99 for this one app. I may not be willing to spend that kind of dough on games and the like, but what with this trip to Europe and all, I thought this might be the easiest way to keep my blog updated--complete with pictures and videos.
The main bummer, though, is that I won't be able to use the cell phone part of my iPhone in Europe--I had originally hoped to be able to just swap out the sim card with a local Europe-based one--but due to technical difficulties I was forced to upgrade to stock 3.1.3 firmware before the dev team had released a jailbreak and unlock. I'm hoping they'll release one soon--preferably by Wednesday--but I guess that largely depends on when the 4.0 firmware comes out. Chances are good the 4.0 firmware won't come out until right before the new iPhone is released, and that pobably won't be for at least another month. Sad face. But I suppose I can just turn off the cell part of my iPhone and use it like an iTouch--connecting to the Internet at wifi hotspots and using those times to update my blog. It isn't clear yet if this app allows me to create blog entries and save them for later posting. I hope to hell it does.
You can expect a few test blog entries like this one as I attempt to learn this new interface. In the meantime, enjoy this picture of me at the airport:
And this sample video:
-- Post From My iPhone
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