I’m not likely to be asked by First&20 to appear on his iPhone site, so I’ve taken matters into my own hands.…and it’s proven successful with lots of you getting involved!
First&20 had a great idea of showing off your iPhone home page — I find it dead interesting as either I get some app ideas or get inspiration to move all my apps about. It might just be that I’m nosey I suppose.….
On the basis that I’m not likely to be asked by First&20, I thought I’d survey less “famous” web developers, designers and geeks as well as the my Twitter followers as I know most use the iPhone.
So take a screenshot of your iPhone home page and send it to me at james@jamesgreenwood.co.uk and I’ll upload them here.
To take a screenshot on your iPhone, simply press the home button and the sleep button on the top at the same time. The screen will flash white and the image appears in your camera roll. As the meerkat says, “simples”!
Here’s mine to get you started:
Here’s Mike Hudson’s Home Screen:
Here’s Pete Lambert’s Home Screen:
Pete kindly wrote the following in the style of First&20:
“The top line is pretty standard, although the calendar has only just made a reappearance as I’ve become pretty busy at the beginning ofthis year. I shunted all the rarely used default apps off to the back
screen as soon as I got the phone, and others (such as Weather) have been bumped back as I’ve found good replacements.”
“Which brings me to the second line. I use Maps infrequently but it still deserves a homescreen space. I replaced Weather with Outside, which is just the most aesthetically pleasing weather forcast in the
app store. I don’t care that it’s not particularly accurate.”
“Google Mobile app deserves a homescreen spot. I use the voice search quite alot and find it has few problems recognising my broad Yorkshire accent. Settings just has to be there too just so I can switch
Airplane mode on and off when data crashes.”
“Line three of my homescreen is by far the most used. Tweetie 2 (sometimes replaced by Birdfeed if the mood takes me) to fuel my Twitter addiction. Reeder is a great and gorgeous feed reader that
syncs seamlessly with Google Reader (I’m a slave to Google Apps).”
“AwesomeNote took some getting to. I try to keep organised and productive and I’ve tried so many apps and offline methods for keeping on top of tasks and notes-to-self. I tried Things, which I really
wanted to love but it just didn’t fit me. AwesomeNote let’s me keep todo lists (with shedules), wishlists, shopping lists, little notes with photos attached and even a password protected list of things I’m
going to get The Wife for Christmas. At last I’ve got a task management app that I enjoy using and don’t feel like I’m wrestling all the time.”
“Finally there’s Simplenote which is a great alternative to Notes app. It’s just a simple notes app (nach) that keeps everything out of the way and just let’s you write. The best thing about it thou is that it
syncs with the Simplenote web app, meaning that my notes are acessible from any browser. I use the web app on my Mac at home and my PC at the office and it’s a great way of getting text to and from my phone and/or computers without having to email to myself.”
“The fourth row, you’ll notice, is empty. It’s like that on every screen. I don’t know why but it’s just the way I like it. I think it might be so that I’m enforcing limits for myself on each screen (I have 7 screens, each with12 apps on. Each screen pretty much has a theme or a purpose).”
“And apart from the dock, which is standard, that’s my first screen.”
Thanks Pete!
Here’s Carl Crawley’s Home Screen:
Here’s Dave Foy’s Home Screen:
Dave adds: “Nothing very exciting I’m afraid. I do keep my screens organised so I only keep stuff on the home screen that I access on a daily basis. I have other screens dedicated variously to music, games, photography, etc. That makes me a bit sad doesn’t it? The NEDi 2.0 app’s icon does rather mess up the aesthetics!”
Not sad Dave at all — although you’ve got a bit of email to get through ;)
Here’s Stu Greenham’s Home Screen:
Stu adds “Phone / Tweetie / Mail / SMS always stay at the bottom so I have them on every page! RTM and Things Keep my life in order whilst Ego is great for keeping up with my Feed / Analytic Stats. Fever is to view my Feeds and the rest is pretty straight forward :)”
Here’s Darren Read’s Home Screen:
Darren adds “Nothing special here I’m afraid. I only have a grand total of 3 screens of apps. I use Spotify all the time as I love it (And need to justify my premium account fees). WhatTheFont and Palettes are nice apps for picking up font/colour inspiration when I’m out and about. I’m addicted to doodling so I use FlipBook to cutdown on the amount of post-it notes I was using.”
Here’s Jamie Wright’s Home Screen:
Jamie adds “Here’s my home screen, pretty standard affair if a little more musically weighted than the others! Love Last.fm, BBC iPlayer (web bookmark for the radio streams) and Shazam. One worthy of note is ‘Simplify Media’” which streams my music from home to my phone over both Wifi and 3G (although at a lower quality).”
Here’s Ben McKenna’s Home Screen:
Here’s Chris Bolton’s Home Screen:
Take a screenshot of your iPhone home page and send it to me at james@jamesgreenwood.co.uk.
About the Author
James is director of web agency Strawberry and has been working as web developer since he left University in 1999. Born and based in Kingston-Upon-Hull in the UK, when not at work, you'll find him supporting Hull City, watching or playing Cricket or spending time with his wife and family.
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