So, it’s been awhile, but fidgeting.net is back. It’s been almost 3 years since I had the ghastly orange and green layout, so I thought it would be time to put something new in this empty space. I’ve learned a lot in the last 3 years, so hopefully this time around fidgeting.net will turn out to be a much more interesting site to visit. I have a few goals for the new incarnation:

1. Write quality posts. In fidgeting.net’s previous lives, it was dominated by poor writing about nonsense topics. I intend to try to make interesting observations about the world, and also let you, the reader, have an interesting look into my life (yeah, that means no more nonsense posts, hopefully).
2. Share my thoughts on technology, the internet, and the college life. Yes, I am in college now; I’m a freshmen at Lehigh University. I’ll be sharing my experiences there as well as some of my views on the current state of technology and the internet (take for example my first post about the iPhone). I’ve always had an interest in technology, and I like to think I know a thing or two about the internet, so hopefully my thoughts will interest others as well. I’m sure I’ll be posting about many other subjects as well, but I’m going to try and keep the majority of the site to the above three topics.
3. Have fun. I’m going to try as hard as I can to not worry too much about who’s actually reading fidgeting.net. It would be nice to have lots of people coming by, but really I’m doing this for me. But, don’t let that stop you from joining in! I love comments and discussion, so if you have anything to say about a certain post, say it!

So, this is the new fidgeting.net! Yes, I know, I’m still using a default WordPress theme, but I’ll be (hopefully) designing my own soon, once I get the chance. Once again, welcome and enjoy the site!

So, yesterday Apple released the iPhone, which stands to revolutionize the phone industry. It runs OSX, acts as an iPod, and has an incredible touchscreen. But, Apple fell a little short of making it the ultimate phone.

I’m talking about the lack of Skype integration. This phone seems like it can do just about anything, so why not make it a VOIP phone as well? With the built in WiFi, iPhone could detect when you’re in a hotspot, switch to Skype, and make all your calls run through that. That way, you wouldn’t waste minutes, and you’d get all the benefits of an Internet call.

Apple’s mistake, then, was locking iPhone with Cingular. No way will Cingular allow Apple to make a phone that lets users bypass the Cingular network. This is unfortunate—I was really hoping Apple would make their phone usable across multiple carriers. Unfortunately, Apple believed it needed a specific carrier to fully utilize the new features iPhone brings to the cellular phone market.

But there is hope for Skype integration! Thanks to the fact that the iPhone runs OSX, it stands to reason that many other apps can run on it, so why not Skype? The iPhone already has Wi-Fi built in, so it has everything Skype needs. I just hope that a developer out there figures out a way to hook into the phone part of iPhone and is able to turn this amazing device into an even more revolutionary utility.

UPDATE: It looks like what John said in the comments is true: there will be no 3rd party apps on the iPhone. Disappointing for sure.