Weber his month posted a i-phone app (weber"s on the grill) it has 300 recipies 'a timer ,a cooking guide some instructional video"s & will make a shopping list. it's pricy for an i-phone app ($4.99) but probably cheap for a weber cook book Any one with any experience ?

i just got an iphone and love some of the applications i can use it for, but the last thing i'm doing or thinking about when cooking and/or bbqing is my phone. i wouldn't want to be on my phone near the bbq and/or searching for recipes on a 3" screen.

i would stick to the hardcopy of the weber cookbook or better yet, just use the recipies found on this site or find them thru google.

So how are you suppose to cook, drink a beer, follow a recipie and hold a hone all at the same time and with only two hands.
You would be much better served using the Weber card deck , which is around the same price and has washable receipie cards with ictures of the finished meal and a grill guide to boot.
Of course nothing takes the lace of there cookbook.
This ihone a sounds more like a conversation piece than something usefull

the iPhone is a nice phone with some very useful applications, but everything else you said, I agree.

PS... thaet iz sum crasy speling

As soon as Verizon strikes a deal with Apple, I'll be first in line for an iPhone! But I can't bring myself to switch over to AT&T just to use the phone... Around here Verizon (service) rules!

Recipes? Heck - get yourself any decent and cheap (or free download) recipe program (I wrote my own using an old version of Appleworks Database - ver.6.2.4) and just keep printing your favorites onto index cards. The most commonly used ones I laminated to keep them from getting messed up. The program was free, the cardstock virtually pennies, and the effort to maintain the recipe book is nil. Plus - I can just keep printing as many copies as I need forever! Don't need no stinkin' iPhone! Well - at least not fer recipes!

Good idea though, just bad execution. The tiny screen is the deal loser, and with my EVOO greased up fingers - I'd fer sure drop the dang thing into my grill and burn it up! But - if you can get the app for just a fin, and load it onto your computer - then I'd say it's a steal with all the great options it has!

Now, on the other hand, someone like Bluesin, who has a big LCD screen out on his patio - well that takes the cake! Sync the iPhone with the TV, and follow the recipe and videos in big screen splendor! With surround sound to boot!

Mike

I wish I had an iphone just for this app.

So many times I'm at the store, away from my cookbooks wondering what the hell it is I want to buy for dinners. Or I'm at work where everything is blocked and I just want to look for something new for that evening.

Nifty!

Well, I'm sure your cellphone has a camera. Start taking pictures of your meals, then when you are at work - salivate away!

Mike

Yea brucered
I just found out the keyboard was sticking and the letter (p) works when it wants to
Im going to try and see if i can save the keyboard thou because a latop keyboard is $$$$

For now I will copy and paste the letter (p)

My wife just got an Iphone and loves it so I had to get one. I really hate Apple computers! but I love the Iphone! I found out that AT&T has Refurbished Iphones for $49.00 with a 2 year contract. Refurbished by them means that it was returned to AT&T before the 30 day trial period was over. My refurbished Iphone didn't have one scratch and it came with all the perifials as the new one.

$49.00 AT&T IPHONE

i had to sign 3y year (which kind of sucks), got the phone for $99 and only had to pay $15/mth for a voice plan, no data, but i still get WIFI, which is almost everywhere you go. so i can surf and d/l for free. i figure for $15/mth (no extra fees), it's pretty good, and if after 2y i don't like it any more, i just get a used phone and ride out the contract with that one or stick it out with the iphone.

That's alot cheaper than we have here in Georgia. The basic (cheapest) plan is $39.99 a month plus a required $30.00 a month data plan for unlimited internet.

Nation 450 w/Rollover® Minutes $39.99/month

Never pay domestic long distance or roaming charges with an AT&T Nation plan! Travel America on the GSM Network and pay the same low rate for all your calls. With a Nation plan, enjoy free Mobile to Mobile calling to other AT&T wireless customers, free Nights and Weekends calling from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., and save your unused minutes with Rollover.

Rate Plan Details
Anytime Minutes 450
Night & Weekend minutes* 5000
Mobile to Mobile minutes Unlimited
AT&T Unity Minutes Not Included
Long Distance $0.00
Roaming Charges $0.00
Additional minutes $.45 per minute
One-time activation fee $36.00
Contract length 2 years

Data Plan for iPhone $30.00/month

Data Plan for iPhone includes unlimited data in the U.S. Access rich HTML email and desktop-level web browsing, as well as Visual Voicemail to listen to voicemail messages in any order you choose.


Please note: AT&T is Apple's exclusive carrier partner for iPhone in the United States. An eligible data plan for iPhone is required. This data plan covers data usage in the United States and does not cover international data usage and charges. If AT&T determines that you are using an iPhone on your account without an eligible data plan, AT&T reserves the right to add an eligible data plan to your account and bill you the appropriate monthly fee.


Is your service with a different carrier than AT&T in Canada? We are currently stuck With AT&T.

i'm with FIDO in canada, which is owned by ROGERS.

i'm on the BASIC BASIC plan. like 50min (billed by the second which is nice), 50 out text, unlimited in text and NO OTHER FEES, except tax. bill is $16.10 a month. i don't use it much, just for emergencies and now i basically have an iPod, PDA and phone that i can put apps on.

i have NO DATA PLAN, i have data block from the carrier, so i can't accidentally connect when i'm out, but i can use all the WIfi i want for free. so i can use it outside in my yard, or anywhere in my house (with my router), at mcdonalds, starbucks, colleges etc, pretty much everywhere i go. as nice as the DATA would have been, the $30/mth for 5GB of data couldn't be justified, i mean it's 200% more than the cost of my voice plan and when i'm at work if i want wifi, i just go outside and stand outside the college etc.

http://fido.ca/web/page/portal/Fido/Monthl...To=monthlyPlans

I'm with Verizon, and it really bugs me that an iPhone (which I lust for - my daughter has one) is not an option with my carrier. I've heard rumors that this may be an option for 2010. Hopefully it will be more than an rumor. I stay with Verizon rather than switch to AT&T because of the excellent service here in my area. AT&T cannot come close to the coverage Verizon has, who dominates our area. Which is good as most of my friends, family, clients and shop suppliers are also with Verizon. No charged minutes when talking in-house with Verizon.

Here is an article on this subject. I hope it precipitates opening the market to other carriers such as Verizon. http://www.macrumors.com/2009/07/06/u-s-de...ity-agreements/

I'm a big Apple fan - I've used their computers since 1984 exclusively. And have gone through the growing family of iPods. And want to grow with the iPhone - but not through AT&T!

Mike