Reminder: iPhone 2.5G like new again.

So I felt the joy and excitement of a new iPhone today.  When I should have been resting my weary eyes I was playing on my Mac Pro last night and decided to take a gander at the App store.  I went to the free section and went wild.  I question with so many quality free apps out there, who would ever need to pay?  Don't get me wrong, there are a few that I would gladly pay for, they are however few and far between.  

With so many free apps to keep me busy for a very long time, I'm content for now at least with my iPhone 2.5G.  It felt very new to me this morning, with the apps adding depth and life to at this point, my 1yr+ iPhone.  Next time I find myself pining for the 3G, I will take a trip back to iTunes, and visit my friends, the free apps.

Next big thing...

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Apple's next big thing.  Where were the rumors?

Updated to 2.0!!!

Having the first free moment of the entire day, I finally updated to iPhone firmware 2.0.  I will post an impression of the app store in the morning as well as overall impressions.  Hope your un authorized updated was a success.

We Are Apple!

Ok...just to concrete in our minds Apple is corporate.  Check out this spectacular piece of corporate genius released at the 1984 Macintosh rollout in Manhattan.  I'm not going to lie, the tune is catchy.  How about those leg warmers?

A brief commentary on the 3g.

I was speaking to a coworker this morning about the iPhone 3g, and we discussed some of the missing features of the 3g.  Some of which sure to disappoint many.  One of the most prominent omissions has to be the lack of video with the Phone.  I recall having a phone 4+ years ago, an old Nokia with a radialesque keypad.  That phone had video capabilities.  How could 4 years later, "the most advanced handset on the market" not have this feature.  The first version was ok without this, there were so many other revolutionary features, but the second iteration?  Inexcusable.  

Whether it's a hardware or software limitation is unknown.  My suspicion however is that it is something which can be remedied through software.  There is at least two options available to the jailbreak community, but where is the official app.  For a device this advanced?  What main functions was iPhone 1.0 missing?  GPS, and a faster network.  Both of which are being fixed this time around.  What about some of the other most requested features?(Flash anyone?)  Is Apple getting into the habit of delivering only what they have too to keep the masses content?  One piece at a time in order to make us pay yearly for the next piece of Apple pie.  

No Podcast tonight!

I know I promised a podcast tonight.  I've been thinking all weekend of something I could talk about.  Something completely unrelated to WWDC since we are talking about that on Wednesday.  Frankly, I couldn't come up with anything.  Instead of me giving you 5, 10, or 15+ minutes of me sitting here talking to myself, I'm going to forgo any sort of podcast.    It's ok though, you will hear the sound of my sultry voice on Wednesday.  I'm sure you will be ok until then.

Friday the 13th.

It's Friday the 13th.  Friday of WWDC 2008.  Friday without a fresh new Apple product in hand.  I was hoping at least for an update or something.  Oh well.  The fact that I didn't have to purchase anything immediately this year was a nice change.  So it's been a while.  A while without a post.  Here at Eple Sauce, we want to ramp back up and start putting up some new content.  Things have changed quite a bit for us here.  Two of us working at an Apple store, and one actively participating in the iPhone beta program.  We should have some pretty good stuff coming to our readers in the near future (both of them).  We are also going to start the Podcast up again.  Expect a roundtable next week, a recap and opinion driven WWDC podcast.  We are recording on Wednesday, posting shortly after.  I'm going to try and go solo this weekend to give you guys something to do while you wait for the round table.  Anyway look for the come back, bringin' it back old school.  ES fo'life.