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/

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.

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

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.

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”.

• 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.

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!

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.

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.