2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 67,000 times in 2010. If it were a concert at Madison Square Garden, it would have performed about 3 times.

The busiest day of the year was June 22nd with 537 views. The most popular post that day was Wallpapers.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were answers.yahoo.com, forum.fok.nl, theiphonewiki.com, google.com, and mactechnews.de.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for iphone 2g, softball, difference between iphone 2g and 3g, apple logo, and difference between 2g and 3g iphone.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Wallpapers October 2008

2

Detailed differences between iPhone 2G and 3G October 2008
83 comments

3

Main differences between iPhone 2G and 3G September 2008
6 comments

4

iPhone (short) description September 2008
1 comment

5

Differences between iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS October 2009

AntonioWilson93′s YouTube Channel

A good friend of me, Antonio, asked me to promote his “new” YouTube channel. He hasn’t uploaded many videos yet, but the ones he did upload are really cool! So, check out his channel (and, why not, subscribe)! www.youtube.com/AntonioWilson93

Differences between iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS

	iPhone 2G	iPhone 3G	iPhone 3GS
1. Case	Aluminum Back Case	Plastic Back Case	Plastic Back Case
2. Case Colors	Standard Aluminum	Black or White	Black or White
3. Memory	4/8Gb (later 8/16Gb)	8/16 Gb	16/32 Gb
4. Network	Edge Network	3G Network	3G Network
5. GPS	No GPS Antenna	GPS Antenna	Improved GPS
6. Audio Output	4 mm minijack	3.5 mm minijack	3.5 mm minijack
7. Camera	2 mpxls	2 mpxls	3.2 mpxls
8. Display	Worse colors	Better colors	Better colors
9. WiFi Antenna	More Powerful Wi-Fi	Less Powerful Wi-Fi	More Powerful Wi-Fi
10. Extra	-	-	Improved
			performance
			(Processor and RAM),
			Compass, Voice
			Control, Videocamera.

Explanation of some points.

1. Case:  This makes the iPhone 2G heavier than the 3G or 3GS.

4. Network:  3G Network makes data downloads 3-4 times better than Edge Network and the audio quality of phone calls is better.

5. GPS:  GPS Antenna of the iPhone 3G and 3GS is for being used with Google Maps or with other tracking apps downloadable from the App Store, like “GPS Tracker”, “Take me to my car” and “Speed”).

6. Audio Output:  2G iPhone is compatible only with Apple’s original jacks (or you have to buy an audio converter).

iPhoneItalia: [Cydia] VXL Theme 0.2-1

FROM:  iPhoneItalia

http://www.iphoneitalia.com/cydia-vxl-theme-02-1-20769.html

Oggi vi presentiamo un nuovo tema molto bello per personalizzare il vostro iPhone. Si tratta del VXL Theme, creazione del nostro utente Antonio Wilson.

Today we introduce you a new very nice theme to customize your iPhone. It’s the VXL Theme, a creation of our user Antonio Wilson.

VXL Theme - HomeScreen

Questo tema, da usare con Winterboard, personalizza lockscreen, dock, status bar, wallpaper e icone. Si tratta di uno dei migliori temi che abbiamo inserito, quindi vi invito a provarlo subito.

This theme, which needs to be used with Winterboard, customizes the lockscreen, the dock, the status bar, the wallpaper and some icons. It’s one of the best themes we’ve inserted, so I invite you to try it immediately.

VXL Theme - HomeScreen

Come di consueto, lo trovate nella nostra repository Cydia, che potete aggiungere con l’indirizzo http://apt.iphoneitalia.com.

As usually, you find this theme in our Cydia repository, that you can add with the following address: http://apt.iphoneitalia.com.

Also visit these two posts for VXL Theme instructions: Part 1 & Part 2.

Spore – Review

Spore Icon

Spore is one of the most downloaded paid games developed by EA Games not only for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but also for computer and Nintendo DS.

In this game you create a primitive creature (similar to a cell organism) that you guide trough the world making it evolve until his specie gets a real civilation and then starts conquesting the universe.

Unfortunately, in the iPhone version you can only guide your creature in the underwater world. I just finished the last level, the 30th (so if you have any questions on how to do any difficult levels, ask me).

The last 2 levels are pretty challenging and I could finish the last one only by choosing a different way from what the game reccomanded.

Google Earth – Review

   Google Earth Icon

We’ve all been waiting for months for an app like this one, and now it’s here. I’m talking about Google Earth.

This app uses the same graphic of the computers and the multi-touch technologies and the accelerometer of Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch.

Google Earth Screenshot

You can zoom by pinching in and out and you can look around (like in the EarthScape app) in a similar method of Street View in the new Google Phone (HTC G1): tilting the phone will change the perspective.  Loading the map is pretty fast with the Wi-Fi.

In this mobile version of Google Earth you can read Wikipedia articles related to a precise location or watch images from Panoramio. The ground is in 3D.

Another nice feature is that you can use this app also when you’re offline, using the images you loaded up the last times you were connected.

There will be soon an update for this app because some people reported crashes when trying to search for a location.

Detailed differences between iPhone 2G and 3G

   

iPhone 2G and 3G

 

              iPhone 3G                                                     iPhone 2G

1	Plastic Back Case	Aluminum Back Case
2	Memory: 8/16 Gb	Memory: 4/8 Gb (later 8/16 Gb)
3	3G Network	Edge network
4	Colors: Black White	Color: Standard Aluminum
5	GPS Tracking	No GPS Antenna
6	3.55 mm headphone minijack	4 mm headphone minijack
7	Larger body	Thinner body
8	Better colors in the display	Worse colors in the display
9	Less powerful Wi-Fi antenna	More powerful Wi-Fi antenna

 

Explanation of some points.

1: This makes the iPhone 2G heavier than the 3G. 

3: 3G Network makes data downloads 3 times faster than 2G and the audio quality of the phone calls is better.

4: For 3G, only the 16Gb version is available in black and white (8Gb is only black).

5: GPS Antenna of the 3G is for being used with Google Maps (or with other tracking apps downloadable from the App Store, like “GPS Tracker”, “Take Me To My Car” and “Speed”).

6: 2G iPhone is compatible only with Apple’s original iPhone 2G jacks (or you have to buy a converter).

 

See also the short Main differences between iPhone 2G and 3G

iPhone Best Free Utilities

Like the Best Free Apps post, here’s a list of the best utilities downloadable for free from the App Store and from Cydia.

1. Cycorder.           Donwlaod: Cydia.

Cycorder allows to record videos with the iPhone, putting in it a “must have” feature.

See Cycorder Review for more details.

Cycorder Icon

2. Flashlight.          Download: Cydia.

Flashlight let’s you use your iPhone as a torch by showing a white screen and by putting the brightness to the maximum (when you close the app, brightness goes back to your settings).

Flashlight Icon

3. Fring.                 Donwlaod: App Store.

Fring allows you to chat, with MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ,…, and to talk with a Skype account.

See Fring Review for more details.

Fring Icon

4. MxTube.             Donwload: Cydia.

MxTube is a simple program that let’s you download videos from YouTube and watch them offline.

MxTube Icon

5. Units.                 Donwload: App Store.

Units is a useful app that allows you to convert from various units into lots of others.

Units Icon

6. Birthday List.     Download: App Store.

Birthday List let’s you scroll trough a calendar that shows only the birthdays of your Address Book contacts.

Birthday List Icon

7. ShopShop          Donwload: App Store.

ShopShop is a simply to use shopping list.

ShopShop Icon

Create the “VXL Theme” – Part 1

This is an easy and short guide that lets you create the VXL Theme, which is a new nice colorful theme.

VXL Theme Screenshot

 

To use it in your iPhone, you’ll need a few things:

• WinterBoard (you can download it from Cydia)

 

• A program that manages files of the iPhone (I suggest to use iPhone Broswer, which uses the USB cable and doesn’t need any SSH procedures)

 

First of all, create a new folder… let’s say VXL 1. Inside this folder, create another folder called “Icons”.

 

Inside VXL 1 put these pictures:

Wallpaper.png

Dock.png

 

StatusBar.png

Be careful to give them the right name, otherwise they won’t work. So: Wallpaper.png; Dock.png; StatusBar.png.

Create the “VXL Theme” – Part 2

Now let’s put these files into the Icons folder:

YouTube.png

Calculator.png

Calendar.png

Camera.png

Clock.png

Contacts.png

fring.png

iPod.png

Mail.png

Maps.png

Music.png

Notes.png

Phone.png

Photos.png

Safari.png

Settings.png

Stocks.png

Text.png

Videos.png

Weather.png

Again, be sure to give them the right name.

Now let’s put the whole VXL Theme folder inside the phone in this place: [root] / Library / Themes.

Now open Winterboard, select VXL Theme and deselect all other options or themes. Press the Home Button and wait until the phone restarts.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask me.