Thought you couldn’t read PDF’s on the iPhone? Thanks to the data:URI feature in Safari, converting PDF’s to URI’s to read in Safari on your iPhone is easy. Create a bookmark with the URI in Safari, sync with iTunes and you’re all set.
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Technorati introduces Topics. The hunt for a revenue stream continues. There are at least three people pitching better blog categorization last night.
Another reason to buy an iPhone, Edit your Movable Type blog from your iPhone.
Before you rush out and buy an iPhone tomorrow, think about the MacBookPro launch. Bad screens, fans, batteries and don’t forget the problems with the motherboard. Owning version 1.0 of any electronic product is a dicey proposition.
Apple just increased the battery life and went from a plastic to a glass screen. Think about that.
If you already own a Treo, the jump to a $600 phone may not seem so bad. For many, it’s a huge jump from the free Razr to half a month’s rent.
People argue it’s a phone and an M3 player. Try going jogging with the iPhone. Not to be a naysayer, I’m sure the user interface and navigation will be intuitive and brilliant, as most Apple products are.
Speaking of getting something right, have you heard about the activation process?
Apple also said today that iPhone buyers will be able to activate the device using its popular iTunes program on either Macs or Windows PCs, a move that should cut down on the time people spend in stores this weekend. “Users will be able to activate their new iPhone in the comfort and privacy of their own home or office, without having to wait in a store,” said Steve Jobs.
I’m excited to see the iPhone, and I’m looking forward to owning the next version.
 John Heilemann has written about Steve Jobs in New York Magazine. Regarding his “fourth act”, the iPhone:
Apple’s competitors, by contrast, find the prospect of the iPhone terrifying. “The entire fucking Western world hopes that it’s a case of imperial overstretch,� says the CEO of one of the planet’s largest communications companies. “But everybody is quietly saying, er, what if people want to buy a $500 phone? What if, er, people have been waiting for a device that does all these things? What if this thing works as advertised? I mean, my God, what then?�
I’m not buying an iPhone last week, I know too many people with broken MacBook’s to take a chance on a $500 phone that had it’s case and battery replaced a week before launch.
But what if Jobs is right and everyone forks over $300-$500? What will handset makes like Nokia do?