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Yeah, so I got one. I don't need to flood the internet with any more stories about how great it is, but this really is the best piece of tech I've ever used. And this is just version 1.0. Once the software upgrades and enhancements start rolling in, it'll be really fun to see how it evolves.
Anyhow, I discovered a feature while surfing around in Safari this morning. I went to Google Documents to see how well they work on the iPhone, since that site became an indispensible storehouse of all of my wedding planning information a few months ago. Apparently Google Docs is supposed to work on the iPhone, but at this point I can just view, but not edit, the docs in their standard view. Apparently Safari 2 (not specifically iPhone) is not supported by Google Docs, but it works well in version 3. So, I tried the "Edit HTML" tab in a document and found that I can type and edit there. The "wow" feature that I found here relates to moving around the document. As anyone who has a recent Apple laptop knows, you can use the trackpad with two fingers to scroll around the page or document that you're in. Out of habit, I dropped two fingers onto the iPhone screen and saw that it started to do the same thing in the editing window! This isn't just the standard drag-and-scroll on the iPhone, though. One-finger scrolling moves around the entire page, but two-finger motions just move the text within the HTML editing window on the page.
Now I don't assume that this is a Google Docs-specific feature, but it's just the first webpage where I've seen it work. Come to think of it, I could probably do this same thing within my Movable Type window if I were typing this post on the iPhone now. I plan also to submit this tip over at iphonehints, so hopefully a few more people will see it.
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