Since I mount my iPhone on my windshield for easy access to my music, I thought it would be appropriate to drill a hole in the plastic to let me take pictures and video while driving. It wasn’t difficult to do. If you have a dremel or a drill you can crank this out in 3 minutes. The plastic is durable enough to handle the pressure of the drill and there isn’t any cracking.

I have the Griffin WindowSeat which comes with adapters for ipod touch and the 1st gen iPhone. It’s a great deal/gift for someone who has an aux input in their car.

I took this video of my drive to work set to Animal Collective. The shot is a little high, but my windshield is angled awkwardly. Yours will probably be just right.

If you have a google voice account, you can make free VoIP calls on your iPhone. You’ll need to sign up for a Gizmo account and download Fring for your iPhone, but after you’re done you can make free 3 minute outgoing calls and have unlimited incoming calls through Google Voice.

Ingredients
To do this you’ll need the following:

• Gizmo account
• Google Voice Account
• Fring app for iPhone

The following are optional but will optimize your experience (though Apple will hate you for it):

• jailbroken iPhone
• Backgrounder
• 3g unrestrictor

Sign Up for Gizmo

All you need from Gizmo is the VoIP part of the puzzle. You don’t need to download the Gizmo desktop client, but you will need to change some of your settings.

When you’ve signed up for Gizmo, login to your account and turn Google Voice on. Add your google voice account number and you’re set. On your way out, be sure to grab your Gizmo number which is two headings below in the Account Overview section. You’ll see a heading called SIP Number. Copy it. We’ll need to add it as a phone in Google Voice.

Set up Google Voice

Navigate to your Google Voice settings and click on the phones tab. At the bottom of the tab is an add another phone link. Click it and select Gizmo as the phone type from the drop down menu.

Once you’ve added your gizmo number, it’s time to open up fring on the iPhone.

Set Up Fring

Open up your Fring app and click on the SIP selection in the Add Ons menu. Use the Gizmo option to login to your account.

Enter your Gizmo credentials and you’re set to make calls with Google Voice on your iPhone. Fring allows you to select contacts from your iPhone and hit SIP to dial. You’ll need to be on a wifi network to make outgoing calls, and you’re limited to 3 minutes, but you can receive incoming calls and talk for as long as you want. The incoming caller just needs to dial your google voice number and you need to make disable Google Voice from forwarding your calls to your iPhone phone number.

Always Available

Fring now has push notifications so you can be notified when someone is trying to reach you. It isn’t the most reliable way to take incoming phone calls, but it’s the only way for an un-jailbreaked iPhone to handle incoming calls without having the Fring app open constantly. So this system isn’t dependable for switching to VoIP just yet, but you can make 3 minute calls for free and have your friends call you back for unlimited interaction time.

Either Way, a Smart Move

Using this system of Google Voice->Gizmo->Fring will help you cut down on your minutes, and it’s just the thing to keep you connected when you’ve run out. Jailbreaking your phone allows you to keep fring open in the background to receive calls, and it also lets you wander off of wifi. Using the 3g network for VoIP means you can lower you minute plan to nil. All you need is data. Isn’t that a Beatles song?

Putting my money where my title is

Ok so I thought that I could at least start this post from my cell
phone. I wouldn’t suggest using your phone to blog tons of text, but
there are some quick and easy things you can do to create stickiness
(keep people coming back to your web sites).

Most phones are equipped with camera capabilities. Facebook and
wordpress allow a user to post these pictures as you take them. It’s
pretty convenient. Facebook just has great connectivity options in
general… from video messaging to cell phone management. You can set
up your facebook account to text message you when stuff happens.
Facebook texts you when… say, you get a new friend, and you can add
the friend, message them, or reject them just by replying. Very cool.

Check your mobile plan for hidden charges

As we all know, texting isn’t free, and if you’re popular (I wouldn’t
know) you can rack up texting charges. Unlimited texting and data
plans may be pricey, but if you use them they’ll be worth it.

I don’t know of many schools who do this stuff. You could be on the cutting edge
of College Recruiting!

My thumbs hurt. TTYL