Macnewsworld.com: New iPhone Apps, A Tantalizing Taste of What’s Ahead

At Macworld last week, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs made the icons on his touch-screen iPhone jiggle. That’s right, jiggle. “They all get a little restless,” he said.
The jiggling comes courtesy of Apple‘s January 2008 iPhone Software Update, and it’s a feature that indicates a new mode of customization that lets you change the position of application icons on the iPhone‘s home screen. Plus, with a side flick of your finger, you can create up to nine additional screens — neighbor screens, so to speak.
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Imagination Sparks
If there’s one side-effect of the iPhone, it’s that it sparks the imagination of its users. The simple elegance of the phone‘s features and functionality seem to inspire users to hack it to make it even more functional. While most users won’t risk turning their iPhone into a paperweight by hacking it, they can definitely see potential for new and cool applications. The latest iPhone update offers new functionality — and hints of things to come.
In nutshell, Apple introduced the ability to customize the home screen, add Web page bookmark icons (called “Web Clips”) to the home screen and neighboring screens, automatically find their location using the redesigned Maps application, text-message multiple people in one message, and watch movies from iTunes Movie Rentals.
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