design nerd iPhone apps

With the big hoopla over the iPhone and how great it is I feel for the apple "cool." I recently bought a iPhone for myself only to be disappointed and in-like with it. It is so easy to use and navigate but without a jailbreak there are a bunch of very simple things that you cannot do.

iPhone shortcoming's:

• Forwarding a txt msg
  
• Sending multimedia messages
  
• Video recording
  
• Bluetooth data transfer
  

There are more but you get the idea. You would think AT&T would tell you this when selling you the phone, no, they do not. I took my phone to the AT&T store and got my $200 back and the same day (I am not surprised with my luck) I found out about iPhone OS 3.0 coming in the summer of 09. I was pissed! I played with that phone fell in-like (almost love) with it and not being able to do what I wanted took it back and then I find this out. You would not believe the number of AT&T tech support, customer service reps, and sales people I talked to and not one, NOT ONE was aware nor did they bring up OS 3.0 coming in the summer. How sad is that?

I can honestly tell you I have never had a good experience with AT&T and this is one experience to add to the list. I will go and buy the iPhone when the new OS comes out but come on AT&T. Train your people. They should have knowledge of not only the products but how to do basic troubleshooting on all phones. At first I was mad at apple but by the end of it all my anger shifted right back to AT&T, as usual.

With that all out of me system, :) I want to get into designer friendly iPhone apps and wallpapers.
First up, wallpapers:




For more iPhone wallpaper like the ones above, visit typenuts.com

For more iPhone wallpaper like the ones above, visit poolga.com


Now for the good stuff. APPS!

MyFonts’ What The Font for iPhone, FREE. Just take a image of a character and let the app do the rest.


Kern @ $.99. Self explanatory I guess. It is a kerning game. I personally haven't tried it yet but it looks well designed. I would have to say you have to be a real design nerd to play this game. I will for sure buy it when I get another iPhone. This game is developed by FORMation Alliance.

CameraBag @ $1.99. Easily enhance photos from your built-in iPhone camera or iPhone/iPod Touch photo library using CameraBag's. It has advanced filters that emulate several different camera and film styles, giving your photos an old-school, cinematic appeal.

I will continue to update this list as I come across cool stuff.
Stay tuned.

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