The new iPhone 3G and iPod Touch with the 2.0 software upgrade include much new functionality. You can now run embedded YouTube videos from Safari. When you are browsing a web site that has an embedded video and click on it to play it, the video is passed to the YouTube player on the device. This is a welcome improvement.
Another improvement is that when you are entering a URL like: http://www.alonso.com into the Safari browser, you can now enter the “.com” or other extensions like “.net” and “.edu” by pressing and holding down the “.com” button at the bottom of the on screen keyboard. It will present you with a menu that allows you to make the correct selection. This is an improvement over the previous software that only had the “.com” shortcut. I consider this a great time saver.
You can now save pictures that you see on a web site by touching the picture and holding your finger on it. An option for saving the picture is displayed. If you press it, the picture is saved to a folder called, “Saved Photos.” You can later copy it from the device when you connect to your PC using a USB cable. Your computer will now treat your iPhone or iPod Touch as a hard drive. Unfortunately, Apple does not allow two way copies. You cannot write to the drive with the photos–only read from it and copy the pictures to your PC.
You may also find the ability to take screen shots of the device useful. Let’s say you are on a web site with some graph or news that you want to capture. You can do so by pressing the “Home” key followed by the “Sleep/Wake” button on the top of the screen. This will save an image of the screen to the “Saved Pictures” folder.
This is great software. Enjoy!
Robert Alonso
Alonso Consulting
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Keep up the good work!
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