Presidential Race Poll on iPhone - Barack Obama vs John McCain

With only a few weeks away from the 2008 November elections, you can review results of US Presidential race poll that was captured on VoteOnPhone.com web site.

As of October 11th, 1292 responses were collected. 805 people picked Barack Obama, 410 - John McCain, 32 - Other candidate, 45 - will not vote. This gives 62% of votes to Barack Obama and 32% of votes to John McCain.

This poll also collected state statistics to determine which states are likely to vote Republican vs. Democrat.

Below is a partial list of states, where the most votes were collected. It also shows a lead of Barack Obama over John McCain in many states.

This poll result can also reflect political opinions of more technology savvy people that used iPhones to submit their votes

State	John McCain	Barack Obama
California	39	125
New York	17	88
Florida	35	72
Texas	32	57
Illinois	9	30
Alabama	11	27
Wisconsin	55	25
Georgia	15	18
Virginia	14	12
New Jersey	11	21
Pennsylvania	11	24

BSOD on iPhone - how long to wait for iPhone application approval

"The Blue Screen of Death (also known as a stop error, BSoD, bluescreen, or Blue Screen of Doom) is an error screen displayed by some operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down, to prevent damage." - Wikipedia

A joke application that simulates BSOD on iPhone was submitted to Apple for a review on September 22nd. Application does nothing, but display "Blue Screen of Death" on iPhone, so those, who used to see BSOD working with PC hardware can recall not so long ago memories of failing PC  hardware, and maybe make a joke to their friends.

Well... 17 days and counting, application is not yet approved. Will the BSOD on iPhone ever see the light of the day or stay in "In Review" status forever?

Rediscovering Handango

Apple's App Store is a big part of iPhone success for both iPhone users as well as a few individuals and companies that were able to develop popular products and sell them online. Let's not underestimate development of Microsoft technologies and availability of the software for the Windows Mobile powered devices. Quick look at the Handango web site shows almost 20,000 applications available for Windows Mobile and about 75,000 for all platforms. 

Handango site provides access not only to Windows Mobile applications but also Palm, BlackBerry, Symbian OS, PSP and Tablet PC. Site categorizes applications by their purpose: Games, Business Applications, Multimedia, Education and other. 

To make easier for a customer to make a selection, applications have screenshots, review rank, reviews as well as product recommendations. Customer can also select phone model to see applications that are supported on a specific device.

Despite all of this, one shocking fact is that most of the applications are priced way above of iPhone apps.  Prices between 19.99 and 39.99 are very common, however trial versions of applications are available for most of them.

Conclusion: If you are not an iPhone or G1 user and seeking to extend your phone abilities,  you may find Handango is worth to explore to find a new phone application.