When Kindle first came out, I thought it was a cool little gadget. I love to read and I blast through a lot of books. After sitting in front of a computer for 9 plus hours a day, my eyes are tired and reading is sometimes difficult in the evening. Yea, I am getting old.

I tried audio books, but it’s just not the same. So, I am thinking maybe this new Kindle is the way to go.

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Well, I have not written much in the past couple of weeks. I guess you could say I have been busy! We are in the middle of corporate site reviews and it is taking up most of my time. If you don’t believe me, take a look at this picture of my desk. Yes, I am a neat freak!

It wasn’t too long ago that our mobile web numbers meant nothing. The users numbered in the dozens and did not impact ournumbers for web visits or ad impressions at all. I am all about our numbers here at WPRI.com!

Things are different today!

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OK, so the 3.0 update for iPhone is scheduled for release TODAY. It is now after 9AM and no sign of the update! I got up at 5:30 this morning to get ready for work. The first thing I did was check for the update, but I was not surprised it was not there. But now I want my update!

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This from iLounge.com:

AT&T has announced that the upgrade prices for iPhone 3G S will be $399 (16GB) or $499 (32GB) for customers who are still under contract after purchasing the prior-generation iPhone 3G, a $200 premium over the “standard” iPhone 3G S prices of $199 and $299. Using a pricing configurator found on Apple’s BuyiPhone.Apple.com web site, users can find out their individual upgrade prices based on the remaining length of their AT&T contracts, which may be higher or lower depending on the date of their prior upgrades. Users must commit to a new two-year contract; an $18 Activation fee and a $18 Early Upgrade fee are also assessed. More details to come.

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I just watched the guided tour. Yes, it is VERY cool. Although, the phone looks exactly the same, so at least I won’t have that coolness envy! The base 3G(S) is $199, and the 3G drops to $99. This from Apple:

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The keynote address is going on right now. I thought I would give you all a look at some of the more notable parts of the speach having to do with iPhone. These notes are provided by ilounge.com.

***As I type this, the new iPhones have not been announced yet. I will post a new article tomorrow detailing whatever comes out of the speach. Rumors are the new phones will be faster, with twice the RAM, and twice the storage. Oh…and a video camera, 3 mp lens…

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I have always loved photography. Years ago I had a Pentax SLR. I would shoot a roll of photos, then take the roll to a camera store and wait for the call saying my pictures were finished. Some were good, lots were OK, many were terrible. I had to pay for them even if they were out of focus and horrible.  I went through a few more portable, but traditional cameras until one day I decided to go digital.

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OK, everybody loves Twitter. All I hear about is Twitter this, Tweet that..Ashton Kutcher this, Oprah that. Weird this Twitter trend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I was hoping to write about the new WPRI iPhone app today, but it still has not hit the App Store yet.

Instead, I am going to go over the apps that I use for news every day. Here is my first screen on my iPhone:

I use my iPhone to keep up with news no matter where I am. The news apps that I have were almost all free. I think I may have paid .99 for Feeds and maybe one other.

First up- USA Today. I love this one. It looks great, and the McPaper style is perfectly suited for the iPhone. Short stories, great graphics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This next one is called 1Cast. This is new, and I haven’t had a chance to play with it that much. What it does is aggregate news video from several sources- CNBC, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, BBC, etc.  The video loads fast and looks terrific. It updates constantly and seems to be very up to date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one is simply called Feeds. All it does is provide RSS feeds that you input. There are a lot of different RSS Readers out there, but this one is very simple and does exactly what it is supposed to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AP Mobile News is another app that I use constantly. The app provides stories from AP. They cover Top News, Local, Sports, Showbiz, and so much more. I use this a lot to make sure we have the latest wire copy and stories on WPRI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I get most of my local weather info from the WPRI mobile site, but I also use this app from The Weather Channel quite a bit. It is quite accurate, and it allows you to add multiple locations. I can check the forecast for Keene, NH and Bradenton Beach in an instant!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SportsTap claims to be “The Ultimate Mobile Sports Portal”. I do use it a lot for scores and schedules. Sometimes it doesn’t seem quite ultimate, however. This morning there is no Red Sox story in the MLB section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WPRI is a CBS station, so I downloaded this app called CBS EyeMobile. This is not what you might think it is. Basically this app allows iPhone users to upload photos directly to the application for others to see and comment on. There are several categories- Newsworthy, Human Interest, Politics, Weather, and Sports. Although not a standard network news app, it is pretty fun to see what people upload. Good time waster!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly, here is TwitterFon. Of course this not really a news application, but it is handy to keep up with friends, broadcast tweets, etc. There are a ton of Twitter apps in the App Store, but this one just seemed to do everything I needed it to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefuly this week I will be able to add this to my news arsenal: