![]() There are also several Twitter apps, though none officially from Twitter itself. The MySpace app is actually nicer than MySpace itself has ever been. Facebook’s app works pretty much just like their iPhone-specific web page application. Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr and others are represented so far. Given one of the iPhone’s functions (er…its a phone!), it makes sense to have a few applications that take advantage of the its built in microphone and provide us with voice recording capabilities (yes – shockingly missing from the original iPhone software). Voice Recording: This one is for the iPhone only (since the iPod Touch doesn’t have a microphone built into it). Instead of provided a play by play on all the ‘apps’, I’m going to just hit on some of the overall themes or apps that I think might end up being useful for higher ed more specifically. I’ve downloaded or tried about thirty so far. At launch (available in the newest version of iTunes), there’s supposedly over 500 new applications available. I’ve been waiting for opportunity to try out some 3rd party applications for a long, long time. ![]() While that’s just great, what about folks that have already bought an iPhone, or have an iPod Touch? What do we get? We get version 2.0 of the operating software, which gives us the Apple-sanctioned ability to install ‘apps’. What’s the big deal? If you need to know, here’s a handy ‘review matrix’ from Gizmodo that should help bring you up to speed. The big news today is that Apple’s 3G iPhone is finally available to purchase.
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