iPhone

Dailymotion, a European competitor to YouTube, has come up with an excellent app that finally brings video content to the iPhone all via the Safari browser (YouTube videos can only be accessed via the onboard YouTube application). The iPhone-friendly portal page looks a lot like the YouTube app, and when a video is selected, a small information page pops up with the video thumbnail on the upper-left corner. There's a tiny Play icon on the thumbnail, and when that's tapped, the video blows up to full size and looks almost exactly like a video from the iPod video … Read more

If you do a lot of driving for your job, you probably have some system for recording miles that involves writing down your mileage regularly. The only problem is, those little papers and notepads get lost and nobody likes frantically searching through their glove box when it comes time to report their travel expenses. This little app for iPhone lets you record your mileage easily with touch controls that let you list the job, the distance, the date, and more. You'll need to register to use this free app.

iPhone link: http://iphonemiles.com

Take the Bible with you wherever you go with this app for iPhone. The Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Book of Mormon are available for your perusal with easy-to-use navigation.

iPhone link: http://readscriptures.com/

Got a question? This app for iPhone lets you put your question to the masses at the Fluther.com Web site. Whether you want third-party advice on where to buy children's clothing or the best recipes for chicken cacciatore, someone out there probably has the answers you need. You'll need to register at Fluther.com to start asking and reading the latest questions.

iPhone link: http://iphone.fluther.com

Web site link: http://fluther.com

One of the largest classified ad spaces on the Web is now available on your iPhone. Whether you're looking for a used car, a job, real estate, or other items, EPage offers easy navigation and photos of items for sale. The interface for browsing classified listings is excellent and a search feature makes it easy to find what you want quickly.

iPhone link: http://epage.com/js/iphone/index.jsp

Web site link: http://epage.com

At last year's Office 2.0 Conference (which CNET sponsored), attendees were delighted to discover that the price of admission included an iPod Nano, cleverly preloaded with the conference schedule.

This year, organizer Ismael Ghalimi is raising the ante. All conference attendees get iPhones.

The phones will be part of experiment at the conference in Web-based group collaboration (the iPhones being, as we've said before, hardware for Webware), which Ghalimi explains on his site. Also, the logistics of ordering and shipping the phones to attendees is being done with Web 2.0 products and services, a Webware experiment … Read more

Tom Krazit has an informative piece up about the "disagreement" between AT&T and Apple on the iPhone numbers.

Apple reported 270,000 units (to clarify, that's all iPhones -- accessories were included in the revenue number but not the units) shipped in the first 30 hours while AT&T says only 146,000 were activated.

Of the potential reasons Krazit lists, the Macalope suspects the lion's share of the discrepancy between the two numbers is due to the activation woes and the fact that Apple is including units that it shipped to AT&… Read more

If you have ever wondered just how much to tip your server after a restaurant meal, this iPhone app is for you. Simply enter the total cost, use a five-star rating system to rate your service, then select the number of people (if you're splitting the cost). We like this app, but question whether people will pony up $1.95 for a 3-month subscription to use it. Register with Kudit to get a 15-minute free trial.

iPhone Link: http://www.kudit.com/applications/tipcalculator/

Web site link http://www.kudit.com/

The Q2 financial results that Apple reported today once again show how unstoppable the iPod/iTunes (and now iPhone) juggernaut has become.

Recall that Apple hasn't released a major new update to its portable music player since the iPod video and Nano models debuted in 2005. The 2006 updates were fairly minor, adding capacity but no significant new features. Even so, and with the iPhone getting most of the press and garnering the most excitement among the Apple hardcore, the company sold 9.8 million iPods in Q2, up from 8.1 million in the previous year. Add to … Read more