So we all remember Clippy, right? It hasn’t been that long since OS 3.0′s been out. But already so many people have forgotten about Ryan’s groundbreaking app, Clippy, that allowed us to do copy-and-pasting of text.

I feel for Ryan. Here’s a dude who creates something great and releases it for free to the world. Everybody’s all talkin’ great things about it, then, once Apple decides to include copy-and-paste in their OS update, everyone (including myself) drops Clippy like a bad habit.

Does anyone remember that he worked hard on releasing something to us for free? Na… they couldn’t care less. I bet he was thinkin’ “I do all this hard work, ask only for donations, which no one gives, and now… all that hard work was for nothing. I should have charges those ungrateful people for Clippy if I knew they would do this.”.

Well it looks like he’s not goin’ out like that, and this time, he’s not takin’ the same crap from people like us. Just like he did with Clippy, he’s done it again. He’s released a much, much needed feature to iPhones; spell check. But not some cheesy-*** app you type in words to… an actual “system” integrated into iPhone 3.0′s system.

I’m sure he thought “Darn that Apple, they copied my system for copying-and-pasting with OS 3.0, and then added functionality to enhance something I created from scratch…” and thought “Since you built on an idea I created, I’m gonna’ built an add-on from the text selection system you created…” and came up with Inspell.

Inspell is a spell checking system that’s integrated into OS 3.0′s text selection system. When you select text, your presented with your usual copy, paste, cut, ect… but if your word is misspelled or a unique word (i.e. “funkalisious”) you get an extra option now, “Correct”. Correct brings up a pop-up that gives you a list of words it could be, or gives you the option to add it to the directory. But it’s not just that… it also adds a red underline under all words that are misspelled. That’s the best part of all. Bring able to see, instantly, as as you type if you’ve misspelled a word, just like your computer.

Ryan’s done it again. And this time, it’s not free. I hate apps that cost money, but I totally understand him charging for this app. It’s like, screw giving it for free, if people want it, this time they’re going to make a donation… a donation of $2.99, the actual price of the app. This time he’s makin’ sure he gets compensated for his tine and work.

I wanted to try it out, but there’s no trial. I’m not buying anything if I can’t tell if it works or if it’s even worth it. Mama didn’t raise no fool, so I installed a cracked version.

It worked, didn’t slow down the system… Cydia said there was an update for Inspell… I updated it and it was actually a patch by Ryan to display pop-ups every now and then to my cracked version, sayin’ somethin’ like “Please pay for my app”. Yeah, I’ll get to that later…

So from what I could tell, it worked perfectly. Flawless in fact. It functions as if it were built right into the OS by Apple. I tried it out for less than an hour and I was hooked. ‘Ight Ryan, you got my $3.24 (Paypal). I wondered “Hmm, will this work over the cracked version?”. Sure ‘nough, it did.

I really hate the idea of spending money on apps, but the day I’ve had Inspell, that measly $3.24 is so worth it. I mean, I spent $1.89 on a soda today at a Chinese joint today, so $3.24 ain’t nothin’.

I’m so freakin’ impressed with this app. I think it’s even more important than Clippy was. This is just as important as Backgrounder, if not more important. Speed seems good with Inspell, like I’m typin’ in the WordPress app while playing net radio via WunderRadio in the background (from Backgrounder) and Inspell is of course running with the system. System speed doesn’t seem to be affected by it.

So, I’m extremely impressed. Hopefully it won’t have a negative impact on system speed later on. I’m freakin’ thrilled to have this baby.

Nice job Ryan, but my advice is to offer a five day trail of Inspell (like Adblock does) ‘cuz expecting people to pay for something without trying it is kinda’ nuts and’ll drive people to piracy.

Peace, J

Well Adblock’s safe to buy for OS 3.0 now. It took the developers weeks to update their product for OS 3.0, and worst, they didn’t even offer up any explanation and people were complaining that they weren’t even responding to emails. So I told people not to buy from them until they got their **** straightened out.

They have now, and they’ve updated Adblock so it’s safe to buy it again if you use OS 3.0. And if you bought it before OS 3.0, like I did, your license will work for the 3.0 version.

Ahh… enjoy ad-less browsin’ again.

Peace, J

Before the OS 3.0 jailbreak, I was on the 2.2 jailbreak. The jailbreak wasn’t cracked fully or something so that Winterboard would never run, so I never got the chance to try it. But with this jailbreak, Winterboard works. And, even though there are tons of sources online that talk about how Winterboard slows down performance, I can share my experience.

Winterboard does, for a fact, make your iPhone sluggish to a degree. The more crap you have on, the more sluggish it’ll make your iPhone. But even having Winterboard change just your springboard background, or having it just change your sounds, will make a tiny difference.

In a nut shell, Winterbaord will make your iPhone sluggish… Like the new iPhone 3GS? Like the speed and fast response of it? Well then don’t install and use Winterboard ‘cuz it’ll make your iPhone that much further from it.

My advice, if you want to change your sounds… use Winterboard, create a theme or modify one yourself and play around with sounds without messing with the system UI sounds themselves. Then, once your cool with what you have, back up and replace your system sounds with the ones from the theme. Then, uninstall Winterboard. And do the same if you want to replace certain images of the operating system.

But, if you want an image background on your springboard, that can’t be done without something like Winterboard.

Peace, J

Just a little heads up to anyone who may have read previous posts about how I use Adblock. We’re on OS 3.0 and Adblock doesn’t work. But rather than the developer putting out a statement on the app, saying “Only works for…”, the developer is keeping the app up, not saying anything about it not working for the current OS.

The developer hopefully (and should) create a version for OS 3.0, considering all the people who bought the license for it. From comments, the lazy ****** isn’t even returning emails. Until the developer creates an updated version, don’t send this person one **** dime.

Peace, J