I love thunderstorms.
I am sitting on my deck in WV. It's pouring down rain and my wife is on my laptop. I have decided to take this opportunity to use one of the best features of the new iPhone, a true web browser. So, I can just write a post right from the iPhone.
Of course ActiveRain does not support wysiwyg editing in the Safari browser, so I have to use the HTML editor. That is a bit of a pain, but it does give me a chance to practice my two thumb typing. :)
I have a comprehensive review of the iPhone coming
It is partially written, but I want to test it more before publishing. I could just say it's great, but that wouldn't serve anyone well. This is the first chance I've had to try typing with both thumbs and already, after just these few sentences, it is coming very quickly.
My wife has been using this feature more than me. When I've been on the laptop, has been on the iPhone updating her CafeMom comments. She has become quite proficient already, and now I can see why. The keys are very sensitive, but predictable. And it guessed I was spelling predictable before I completed the word, so that helps as well.
If I could use the wysiwyg features right now, this would actually be very easy to use. Even as it is, my biggest issues right now are shifting to get HTML tags and these darned Mosquitos! I think they are attracted to the iPhone light. And the ithch of the poison oak on my legs and arms.
Would I do this again?
Yes. Even without the wysiwyg editor. But with it, I wouldn't hesitate for a second. The iPhone gives me a full browser, not a watered down .mobi version. I've saved this to draft a couple of times already to check my coding. I can see exactly how it's going to look. I have also entered my tags and chosen the groups. I love the dial the iPhone gives you for pull down menus.
It's been a night of testing for me. Earlier I tested the new blog editing features of the Flock browser update. I was able to publish to our self-hosted blog at RealEstateShows.com, but not to my CA2WV blog on Blogger. I considered it a failed test.
I consider this one a success.
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EDIT: I've come back to add this video to answer the comments about typing speed. This is video I shot of my wife the other night. She's actually faster now. It took me only a few sentences to get to this speed as well. (And this should deal with Bob's "wall of words" issue.) :) And I added a photo... in case you've been living under a rock and haven't seen the iPhone yet.
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Ooohhh, I'm so jealous. My son just got one, and it makes my Treo look like a dinosaur!
I'm stuck in my Sprint contract for several more months, unfortunately. So, I'll just sit back and drool over all the fun everyone else will be having with their brand new i-Phones.