Keeping an Eye Out for the iPhone

I have an iPhone. And what happens to this guy once happened to me (I wrote about it a long while ago). I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this.

It's Fun When a Friend's Idea Goes Viral

I wrote about Mock Dock a couple of days ago. And what a fun 24 hours it's been. Charlie's iPhone web tool (it makes booksmarks work like an iPhone desktop) has gone viral.

Scott McNulty wrote about it on TUAW. Robert Scoble tried it out while walking around a store and did a complimentary writeup. MacWorld did a story. The press is calling. Lots of press.

And thousands of people have signed up to use the application in the first 24 hours. I mean, it's amazing. And it's fun to see an idea move from concept to completion so quickly.

Charlie is improving the app on the fly. First mover, baby! And it's nice to have friends who help along the way.

iPhone Shortcuts with Mock Dock

If you're an iPhone user, you have to check out Mock Dock. This bad boy is really a time saver, and a great way to access iPhone-ready apps using the world's best "phone."

Here's the writeup on the site:

Mock Dock
by Charlie Chambers

Developers cannot make true iPhone applications. Instead, 3rd-party iPhone applications are web-apps. While native iPhone apps, like Calendar and Weather, have spiffy icons on the home screen, web-apps are relegated to the bookmarks where they look plain and get mixed in with all kinds of other sites.
Enter Mock Dock.

Mock Dock makes your iPhone apps look more like apps. You get a home screen that looks familiar, and works like the rest of your phone. You also get a handy way to find new apps as they become available.

Mock Dock is free. If your app is in our list (or isn't), and there is anything you'd like to change about the listing, please send a note to charlie.chambers@mockdock.com.

iPhone: The Musical

I'm thinking that The Divine Ms. Jimmi and the New Dumpsta Players could have a field day with this one. iPhone: The Musical by NYT technology writer David Pogue is just brilliant!

iPhone Mania, It's Running Wild!

Yep, I got an iPhone. And I have to say, I'm delighted. It's better than I thought it would be. It was a fun event waiting for the phone at AT&T in Philadelphia, even though we ended up Numbers 117 and 118 and they only had 90 iPhones that day. Here's a few pix from that event.

Mayor Street and Charlie

This picture was taken just before 6pm on Friday. I sorta kinda interrupted the Mayor to ask if he'd pose for a picture. I was like the thousandth person to do that on iDay. He was really gracious.

Mayor John Street Lets John Q. Public Hold His New iPhone

This was really cool. Mayor Street was third in line to get an iPhone, and as soon as he came out of the store he let people hold his new iPhone. I have to say that was pretty generous. It's a new toy, and who wants something like that to get smudged by someone else first?

Contrary to What You Might Have Heard, Mayor Street Was Working the Whole Time He Was in Line

I know people were riding Mayor Street for waiting in line for an iPhone while there's some pretty serious city business to attend to. The funny part: He was working the whole time. When the mayor wasn't talking to members of the public he was talking to aides or working his Blackberry. You can see that he was working in this shot. I mean, yeah, there's a horrific murder rate in the city. But what in the hell is the guy going to do, create a new crime initiative on a Friday afternoon? And it's not like he's Superman and can just go out and stop crime himself if he just wouldn't have been standing in line.

So, I Got iPhones at King of Prussia
Well, no iPhones at AT&T. So at about 8pm I went to KOP, where I scored two 8Gig iPhones. They really are better than I expected, and being a Mac user, I expected a lot. The funny thing is now I want one of those touch screens on my MacBook Pro. Wouldn't that be sweet?

Two iPhones, Baby!

Yep, I bought two, and neither of them is mine. I have some really great pix from downtown Philadelphia with the mayor. I'll get them up later. At this point, I'm just jazzed.

It's iPhone Eve!

"Tomorrow is iPhone Eve!" Charlie said as he left our office yesterday.

Kids have holidays. Summer vacation. Recess. Adults have the iPhone.

We're going to be at the AT&T store in Center City tomorrow if you want to look for us. We'll be the excited ones.

iPhone Does It All

Conan had a funny commercial about the iPhone. I wanted one before, but now I HAVE to have one. Look at all it can do!

My Phone...the iPhone

Steve Jobs introduced Apple's iPhone today at MacWorld. I will have one the day they are introduced in June. That thing is a piece of beauty.