To add to the iPhone blog mayhem, I thought I’d write down some thoughts about my first week using iPhone’s firmware v2.0. I’m using 2.0 on the original iPhone; I have driven by Apple and AT&T stores numerous times in futile attempts to procure a 3G model, but I’m simply unwilling to wait in line to get a phone. I did, however, get a chance to play with Kenny’s phone while I was in Oregon, and it is indeed much faster in side-by-side tests when compared to my EDGE model (although Kenny complained about battery life on 3G and also said that subjectively, it didn’t feel very fast). (read more »)

Here are the iPhone firmware 2.0 applications that I have installed and think are useful.

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UPDATE: This works for the iPad as well.

A friend gave me a tip today about how to take a screenshot on any iPhone running firmware 2.0. Press the sleep and home buttons simultaneously. The screen will flash white, and a screenshot will be saved into your Camera Roll as a .png image. (read more »)