Biggest bugbear though, is that I cant insert text into the middle of an existing line, I have to delete everything right back to the correction point.

Yes, you can (grawk taught me and he doesn't even own one)! Just press down and hold over the area that you want to edit. It gets larger and you can move the little line thingy where you want it to go. I was hating the keyboard. Now I'm just disliking it.

I've got the in-line editing now

I'm also getting better with the keyboard, but still find it difficult to use in portrait mode, I have fingers like black puddings.

Thankfully for v. 3.0 we will have a choice soon.

Thankfully for v. 3.0 we will have a choice soon.

and copy/paste

and blood glucose monitoring. Which would be cool if I was diabetic, but I am not.

I'm also getting better with the keyboard, but still find it difficult to use in portrait mode, I have fingers like black puddings.

The key is not to try to hit the desired letter with pinpoint accuracy, but to aim for the general area and drag the finger along the screen surface until the desired character is highlighted -- then lift to select it. It takes a while to train the brain to accept that input is accomplished by breaking, rather than making, contact but once you do you'll type both faster and better.

and blood glucose monitoring. Which would be cool if I was diabetic, but I am not.

It would have to be more accurate than the +/- 10% of today's consumer monitors.

The key is not to try to hit the desired letter with pinpoint accuracy, but to aim for the general area and drag the finger along the screen surface until the desired character is highlighted -- then lift to select it. It takes a while to train the brain to accept that input is accomplished by breaking, rather than making, contact but once you do you'll type both faster and better.

I'm rather hoping that this much rumoured portable bluetooth keyboard will materialise soon. Those fold up keyboards for the Palm PDAs were great.

It would have to be more accurate than the +/- 10% of today's consumer monitors.

It won't actually be a blood glucose meter. Apple is opening up hardware tethering with OS 3.0. So you could own a blood glucose meter that has a usb port....you could then plug the meter into your iPhone and download the meter readings into an app that would allow you to track all the pertinent data.

Apple - QuickTime - iPhone OS 3.0 Preview Presentation

That's the keynote for the OS 3.0 preview. A gal from Lifescan comes up to demo an upcoming app that features this kind of functionality.

the cool thing is that now people will be able to program apps that can be paired with additional add-one hardware.

Thankfully for v. 3.0 we will have a choice soon.

Is that a promise? I don't remember anything about that. Source?

Is that a promise? I don't remember anything about that. Source?

Source is Apple - landscape view in their standard text input applications (mail, notes...)

I thought Landscape was already a choice (as long as the app is in landscape before you invoke the keyboard)?

That said, landscape is hardly a choice -- I thought he meant Bluetooth.

I thought Landscape was already a choice (as long as the app is in landscape before you invoke the keyboard)?

That said, landscape is hardly a choice -- I thought he meant Bluetooth.

E-mail and SMS are only in portrait. With the new software you can switch back and forth.

What about bluetooth?

I want a bluetooth keyboard!

I think there is a good possibility one will be available when 3.0 comes out.

So back to my question: confirmation? Source? I've been following, I've seen nothing.

I have a bluetooth laser keyboard I'd like to give a try when 3.0 supports it.

How well do those work? I've been tempted

When? If.

Grawk -- on the iPhone? Not so much at all, ackshully.

Seeing as bluetooth peer-peer and two way data is already confirmed I don't think having a keyboard is to much of a stretch.

We'll see -- I remain skeptical. I would think that they would have singled it out if it was in the plan.

First Look: Airfoil Speakers Touch

I can think of at least one person here who would find this interesting.

My fucking new iphone just died. It was fully charged. I used it once at work and now it won't turn on. Tried to plug it in and nothing. Tried it with the computer, and it does even show up on itunes. Tried calling it and got vm. Due to work schedule, I can't even get to an AT&T place until late on Monday. This really stinks.

you tried rebooting the iphone?

Apple - Support - Contact Apple Support

If it's pretty new you get phone support.