iPhone January Update - Hooray!
Apple have just released the January iPhone update, and it’s got some great new features. For me, the best on is the ability to add a direct link to a web page from the home screen… This is a great feature because the first thing I do in the morning is check my affiliate accounts and the BBC news pages. So, just add a quick icon to the home screen and it saves messing about opening bookmarks etc. Good stuff 
Now, if only it would remember passwords for web site logins, it would save even more time than having to re-type them every time you want to check the pennies!
Should you fill up your home screen, you can now have additional screens that you scroll between with your finger by swiping the screen… so you could have Safari links to Affiliate Window, Paid on Results, etc, etc. You can also rearrange the icons on each screen to suit your preference. I’ve moved SMS from the home screen to the dock at the bottom, because I use it more than iTunes which is there currently. To move an icon, just tap and hold until they all begin to “wiggle” - a cool effect 
Another useful feature (and one woefully lacking in previous iPhone software versions) is the ability to send SMS messages to multiple recipients - it pretty obvious how to do it when you go to send a text, and its a welcome addition to SMS functionality.
Maps has also been updated with a location finder facility - presumably it uses mobile phone masts somehow - anyway, it works but was only accurate to within half a mile or so of my location - useful but certainly not GPS or accurate enough for true navigation. Nifty none the less.
As usual the iPhone update is done via iTunes, and all went well. So, all in all a good update but there are still a few things need sorting in my eyes:
1. Finally release 3rd party applications rather than the largely useless “web apps” which are really just web sites as opposed to applications truly using the iPhone capabilities (and don’t make us have to crack the phone to get them!)
2. Release movie content on the UK version of iTunes - at the moment any video content redirects to the US version, and you can’t get an account on it unless you have a US credit card and billing address 
You can view Apple’s slick video for the iPhone update here.
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