Thought Clouds
The Digital Bender

I was just looking at the announcement of Windows Phone 7. I remembered a conversation I had with a Microsoft Project Director a while back. She protested jokingly on my using the iPhone, to which I replied seriously that if they give me a Zune HD type device that also does phone, then I would not use the iPhone. I am quite certain that it is this conversation that lead to the development of Windows Phone 7. :-D .. just kidding. What I want to say is Microsoft really delivered. Can't wait to get my hands on one of these devices.

I just found this out and thought it may be useful for iPhone users. Most of us already know of the blogger.com feature where you can setup an email address @blogger.com where you can send an email to that address and blogger would either publish it immediately or save it as a draft post for further review. This can be found under Settings>Email>Mail-To-Blogger Address. I found out that if you use your Yahoo email account on your iPhone as your default sending account you cannot properly post images. You will get a tag that says "img src="cid:" and blogger fails to display the image you attached. I solved this by using gmail as my default sending account. To do this, go to mail>sending>default account, and choose your gmail account. From this point I could just click a photo, send it as email and add my text, hit send and I find it on my blogger. This this post was done through sending an email in the manner described above.

I take it back. The iPhone is an amazing device, and is a reinvention of the telephone. Why the sudden change of heart you ask? Well, I used one. And let me tell you, I am definitely getting one soon. I mean the interface doesn't make you wait, it does what you want, and when you want it. Everything is easy, quick, fun and beautiful. Why cant other OSs do that? WHY MUST I HAVE TO WAIT TO GO TO PHONE?! And why do I have to worry about rotating the screen or setting the brightness or turning off the screen when I am not using it?!!!! Get the phone to do that for you. Am I finding my self aligned with the Apple way of thinking? Seem so. I read this in the iPhone User Guide. And it struck me that Steve Jobs understands why I want. Check if you can spot the epiphany-triggering-words. iPhone User Guide excerpt "Use the polishing cloth that came with iPhone to gently wipe the glass screen and the case. You can also use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth."

MATURE!

I saw the Apple key note in CES 2007. I must say, it seems Mr. Jobs has never used Windows Mobile 5.0 device. I mean the guy was all on reinventing the phone, and getting excited about synchronizing your contacts with your PC and typing with your finger and getting a little picture of whoever is calling, all of which the WM5 devices have been doing out of the box for a while now. Infact, my 3 yearold Pocket PC 2003 Phone Edition has been doing it for 3 years. The only thing I can see that is really cool is the pinching thing for zooming in, and the accurate typing with the fingers on the tiny on-screen keyboard. And I am just assuming the latter. It could be that Steve Jobs has an accurate finger.