Despite Apple's restrictive API and general grumbling about the platform, cool iPhone apps keep showing up every week. Two notable resent releases include Google Earth and CoolIris. These are both apps that are very slick and useful on the desktop, and promise to be even more handy in your pocket. Google earth on a device with GPS and other location services will be a near killer app for some even in its first release. CoolIris, while already pretty functional, will get better with time as they add location based services as well.
It looks like Microsoft will release a Blu-Ray drive for the 360 after all.
Netflix has just moved to add Starz Play to its growing line up of 'Watch Instantly' titles. This brings about 2,500 feature movies and concerts to the service. This is a big deal. The biggest complaint with the service previously has been the lack of recent titles. No longer. The new content is included with your Netflix subscription price.
I am really excited by this. We are already using this service regularly and now I expect to use it even more. This totally justifies my Roku purchase, and adds tremendous value to the upcoming 360 dashboard update. Go Netflix go.
I installed Google Earth for iPhone last night and it is unbelievably cool. It's so sci-fi, I swear the hover cars are just around the corner.
I just want a frickin Video Phone like Dick Tracy had. Is that too much to ask? Oh wait, they have them in Europe and Japan, but not in the US.
Thank you so much for writing about us! I'm so glad that you are enjoying Cooliris for the iPhone, and I hope that you and your readers will continue to enjoy using it!
Also, just wanted to let you know that we have just released new content in our Discover feature in the Cooliris web client that includes full-length movies and TV episodes (courtesy of Hulu), edgier gossip in "Entertainment News," a finance focus in the "Business" channel, full-reel tech shows in "Sci-Tech," and more viral videos in "Around the Web." Check it out at www.cooliris.com, and get back to us with any feedback you have!
Warmest regards,
Jenny & The Cooliris Team