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My updated GeoMapLookup — a website to geolocate a host, domain or IP address with Google Maps integration — now sports a newly created iPhone and iPod touch version which was chosen as Apple.com’s Staff Pick and featured web app for February 26th 2008.

GeoMapLookup is a web app to display information about the geographical location of your current IP address or any hostname or IP you enter. It provides a link to show the location using the native Maps application on your iPhone or iPod touch.

You can also visit GeoMapLookup on your Mac or PC to get a version with an integrated Google Map or from your iPhone or iPod touch to get the mobile version.

To use GeoMapLookup point your mobile Safari (or standard desktop browser) to: http://geomaplookup.cinnamonthoughts.org/
GeoMapLookup on apple.com

mobileLife is an iPhone/iPod touch version of Conway’s cellular automaton “Game of Life“, a zero-player game needing no input from human players with its evolution determined by the initial state.

To use mobileLife point your mobile Safari to: http://mobilelife.cinnamonthoughts.org/
mobileLife on apple.com

iCountr is an iPhone/iPod touch web app to count everything from the cups of coffee you had to the number of people attending a meeting. It provides a convenient way of counting everything you like using a familiar interface. It supports multiple counters with custom names, counter value manipulation and of course one-tap counting.

To use iCountr point your mobile Safari to: http://icountr.cinnamonthoughts.org/
iCountr on apple.com

Mark text

1. Use the magnifying glass to position the cursor on one end of the text to be selected
2. Hold the finger down and tap with a second one (multi touch is great!) to start the selection mode
3. Lift the finger of off the display
4. Press and hold again to enter the magnifying glass mode and select the end of your text selection
5. Lift finger off of the display to complete selecting the text

Move text

1. Touch and holde the selected text and move it to a different position in your current document/input field
2. Lift finger to insert the text there

Copy text

1. Touch the selected text, hold and tap with a second finger
2. Lift fingers, text is copied
3. (Text stays selected until tapped elsewhere to easily delete it; practically a cut operation)

Paste text

1. Copy text
2. Move to a different document and position the cursor
3. Lift the finger
4. A translucent icon stays where the magnifying glass was (like a speech bubble pointing to the cursor position) and shows a preview of the text in the clipboard
5. Touching the icon inserts the text; touching elsewhere or starting to type dismisses the icon

Apple, I hope my implementation idea shows how badly I want copy/cut/paste on the iPhone.

Apple’s iPhone started a new era of mobile internet usage:

Google on Wednesday said it had seen 50 times more searches on Apple‘s iPhone than any other mobile handset […]

Financial Times link