Darren Rowse from ProBlogger posted what is perhaps the most thorough review of blogging using your iPhone I’ve come across. As with all good blog posts, the comments in this particular post have great value.

I’ve been Tweeting a little about my initial experience of the iPhone and quite a few of my Twitter buddies have asked me to write a review of the iPhone as a blogging tool. I am not writing a general review here of the iPhone as a phone - but want to focus this upon it as a tool for bloggers.

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/05/the-iphone-3g-as-a-blogging-tool-my-review/

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Did you know that the iPhone keyboard does have a CAPS Lock function? Just go into Settings > General > Keyboard and you will see the option there hiding, switched off by default. Just switch it on and enjoy having the ability to type in capitals buy double tapping the Shift key.

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Yet another iPhone application has been released that seems to be getting quite a bit of attention. It’s interesting to see how many people pay attention to a mobile application released by someone other than Google, MySpace or YouTube - that is someone whose core business isn’t technology.

British Airways iPhone App

The app provides real-time information on all of the British Airways flights’ arrivals and departure times, and a full interface to current timetables.

You can download the British Airways app for free from the App Store. You can also check out the official British Airways site for more information.

Those watching the iPhone app space have seen lots of these sorts of applications popping up over the past few weeks, and as many predicted, it’s evidence of the start of a true mobile wave.

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It’s a question I’ve been asked quite a few times, usually related to questions about what sort of iPhone case or iPhone protector screen is the best. If you’d like to see what happens to an iPhone after it’s been thoroughly abused (dropped and scratched), check out the original iPhone Stress Test at PCWorld.com.

This video is a classic and should give all new iPhone owners a little more confidence handling their new gadget.

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QuickSend is a simple app that lets you send quick email messages from your iPhone. It’s interface is extremely simple, and for what it does, that’s all it needs to be. You simply select the recipient and a predefined message, such as “I love you” or “I’m running late”.

For a mobile application, it’s simplicity nails it, however it would be good if you could add to these messages. Another useful feature would be the ability to select “favorite” recipients. I’d also like to see this have “Email it!” as well as “SMS it!”, that would really rock.

All in all, worth installing if you use your iPhone for sending email and frequently find yourself sending simple messages to people.

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Following on from the post on creating your own iPhone wallpaper, if you’d prefer to check out a gallery of iPhone wallpaper that others have already created, check out the massive collection at the Flickr iPhone Wallpapers pool. Get yourself a cup of coffee, it’s real big. Actually, 6,437 items at the time of writing to be exact.

NOTE: Remember, once you have an image in your photo collection on your iPhone, you can click the icon with the arrow (bottom right hand corner) and select the option “Use As Wallpaper”.

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Here’s everything you need to know if you want to make your own iPhone Wallpaper. There are hundreds of tutorials on creating iPhone Wallpaper with gradients or reflective text, but if you already have a grip on creating custom images and know what you want to do, all you really need are the dimensions.

• Dimensions: 320 px Width x 480 px Height
• Resolution: 72 dpi (although you can increase this)

Save your image as a JPG and transfer it to your iPhone using iTunes (add it to your Photos). Once it’s transferred, you will be able to view it as a regular photo and set is as your Wallpaper (by hitting the bottom right hand icon and selecting “Use As Wallpaper”).

As you’d expect this also works for the iPod Touch as well.

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Want to squeeze a little extra juice out of your iPhone battery? Follow this simple points taken from intomobile.com and tuaw.com.

1) Turn off “Ask to Join Networks” in Settings > Wi-Fi. Unless you really need this feature, it’s going to be prompting you to join networks as you move from place to place.

2) Set “Fetch New Data” to Manual. Of course you will have to manually request a refresh, but it will cut down on automated fetching.

3) Kill all applications by holding down the Home button. You will notice s light fade effect when it’s complete.

4) Turn off “Location Services” under General > Location Services. This is used in “Locate Me” type of applications (i.e. Maps), however it depends who you ask if this is actually a battery drain. Some say it is, so I’m listing it here.

This list is a work-in-progress so I will add to this and adjust it if necessary!

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Kudos to BittBox.com for creating some nice iPhone style graphics and making the Photoshop files available to all. These will definitely save time if you’re working on a project and need this sort of thing.

iPhone Style Graphics

They are available for Photoshop CS1, CS3 and PNG here. If you end up using them, give the folks at BittBox.com a yell, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.

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Here’s a neat tip if you haven’t come across it already.

To take a screenshot, simply hold the Home button and press the power button. You will notice the screen flash, which means the screenshot has been taken. You should now find the image in Camera > Photo Roll.

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