It’s really simple to get a Rails application to serve custom views to an iPhone or iPod touch: so simple, in fact, that in a spare half-an-hour I wrapped the necessary code up into a tiny plugin, which will do all the work for you!
Update: if you’re using the plugin, have questions, or have found this post useful, take a moment to send me a message on Github, or email me (james at this domain). It’s always great to know how people are using my work :)
O2 has published its iPhone tethering rates for the UK (tethering means connecting your laptop to the web using your iPhone’s internet connection). A 3GB connection costs £14.68/month — 10GB is £29.36/month.
The 3GB package is almost five times more expensive than what I pay for home broadband: O2 charges £5/GB, I pay just £1/GB at home.
I’m not saying this out of cynicism (I don’t know the costs involved in mobile phone networking), more out of curiosity. Are these reasonable rates? I’m not sure. I do image, though, that O2 will make a good profit here — and maybe the company is using higher rates to discourage casual users from overloading their network?