Called it.

Oh, and the deal with Carphone Warehouse is mentioned in the article, too. Like I mentioned last month.

Booyah!

I just realized I have about 75 applications installed on my iPhone... and, on a good day, I use 4. Maybe. At best.

So, starting next week, I will be eliminating a few apps a week in something I call...

I'll likely eliminate applications randomly, until I get 'em down to a manageable size. I will also be only going through my free apps, which is everything but Super Monkey Ball. I will relinquish Super Monkey Ball after I am beaten to death with a wooden cooking spoon.

After the break, the iPhone App Survivor! scorecard. Follow along at home, and bask in the super-nerdism!
Read On!

Ice-cold glass of iced tea? Check. Quicktime stream available? Check.

Looks like it's time for a dead-blog!

In less than a half-hour, Steve Jobs will take the stage at the World Wide Developer's Conference and unleash all sorts of new goodies onto the world, including (most likely) the 3G iPhone, the iPhone App Store, iPhone 2.0 firmware, and, maybe, a new Mac mini replacement.

If you wanna get up-to-the-minute updates about the thing, you're at the wrong site. You'd likely wanna hit up MacRumorsLive.com, or follow TUAW on Twitter (for as long as their servers can hold up). If the video of the keynote is up when I get home, I'll be dead blogging it tonight.

AT&T's Mobility CEO said in a press conference today that all the company's smart phones will be 3G within the next few months. When asked if this included the iPhone, he said, and I quote, "Fool, I said all my smart phones. I pity da foo' who don't listen to what I say!"

Well, that's what he woulda said, if the AT&T Mobility CEO was Mr. T. Sadly, that is not the case.

Anyway, it looks like the 3G iPhone will be coming soon, as I Twittered (and the rest of the world actually posted about) when it became apparent that Apple stores all over the place were out of stock on the current generation iPhone. But, I suppose it's nice to have some confirmation of some sort, none the less.

Just over two weeks ago, everyone's favorite Mac Daddy spoke to Apple shareholders about how Adobe Flash, which is used in some form on about 70% of the internet, will not be coming to the iPhone any time soon, as the mobile version isn't "real Flash" and the desktop version is too much of a resource hog to run effectively on a phone without killing the battery power. Of course, what with a majority of sites using Flash, and the iPhone as being advertised as "not the mobile internet; the real internet in your pocket," how Flash can continue to be missing escapes me.

However, Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen, said that they're actively working on a Flash client for the iPhone with the recently-released software developer kit, and will distribute it through Apple iPhone App Store.

"We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone," Narayen said. "We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves."

Of course, all Apps in the iPhone App Store must be certified by Apple, and if El Jobso doesn't want Flash on the iPhone, I'm sure they'll find a way to deny Adobe's application access. Whether or not this will begin a massive nerd war has yet to be seen.

UPDATE: Adobe has issued a statement saying, in effect, "We're sorry Mr. Jobs, we don't wanna mess with you. Please forgive us, and let us make our unimportant software for your all-important iPhone. We love you." Wieners.

MacRumors reported yesterday that a UK website is claiming knowledge of some new software updates coming to the iPhone, allowing for video recording (with direct uploading to YouTube), among other things.

This mirrors what El Jobso said when the iPhone was announced back in January, claiming that other functionality would be unlocked over time through updates. That being said, we're already two updates in, and the only feature that's been added is the iTunes Wi-Fi store, which, although nifty, would be much farther down my list of "must have" features than a mobile iChat client or picture messaging or being able to send the same text to multiple people without having to retype the damn thing over and over or... well, you get the idea. There's a lot of stuff that free phones can do that this $400 pocket computer can't do, and that's starting to irritate me a bit.

Basically, although an actual update that added a feature that the phone should have had from day one would be cool, I won't be holding my breath for it, and recommend you do the same. Unless you have super breath control, in which case, game on.