iPhone Discussion Forum

The ability to chat, or text back and forth in real time, is so ubiquitous that many offices keep employees connected through instant messaging. lt's a natural fit for the iPhone because your chats happen in real time without using minutes or bothering fellow train riders with audible ringtones or......

To view a photo and its location, register with Clowdy's site (www.clowdy.com). Open Clowdy on the iPhone and choose between All or Nearby photos. Scroll through until one strikes your fancy and tap on it. Now tap the arrow icon in the upper—right corner and choose Show On Map. You'll be whisked......

Since the iPhone keyboard is such a bear to get used to, we like to use pictures to say a thousand words. Plenty of apps will allow you to do that, and some have fun social-networking uses. Clowdy, for instance, has an uber-easy upload process and lets you view images that were taken near your......

To set your status, open CenceMe on the iPhone. Tap Settings, then Activate. CenceMe will open Facebook so you can log in there. When you've done that, tap the blue Activate button. Tap on Settings to give yourself a nickname. Then tap IconMe to choose a status and double-tap on the status. Tap OK......

CenceMe is the app with the best gimmick and the most potential for paranoid Cjeremiads. lt is a slightly creepy idea: Activate CenseMe on your phone, see where your friends are, and based on your phone's physical movement, CenseMe will announce to them what you seem to be doing. It's the......

To post an update on Loopt, sign up for an account on Loopt's site and log in. Sign in on the iPhone, and select Settings, then Link Up! Tap the Twitter icon and enter Twitter's login information to activate Twitter Link. Select What's Up in a talk-bubble icon at the bottom of the screen. Enter......

Friend trackers let you be a modern anthropologist, tagging and tracking your Fpals by location and activity. Loopt, the best of these apps, works by showing registered, connected users on a map. Tap each one for a status update and maybe even a photo they provide. Don't want to be trackable? Just......

To update a Google Blog from Shozu, register for a Shozu account at www.shozu.com. Click My Shozu, then Add Sites. Many blog services are supported: Google Blogger, Livedournal, MetaWebLog, MoBIog UK, Samsung Fun Club, TextAmerica, TypePad, Vox, Windows Live Spaces, and WordPress. Find yours and......

To upload a Google Blog from Cellspin, you first want to get yourself hooked up with the actual website. (This is true of all of these apps, actually). Register for an account, then click on your username at the top of the page, where it says "Signed in as." Click the Add Site tab, then the Add......

If you use more than one social network site on your computer- Facebook, Flickr, Google Blogger, Twitter, YouTube, or others—Cellspin and Shozu let you connect to them all. Make changes to those sites individually or broadcast the same update to many at once. The two apps subtly differ. Shozu......