iPhone 4 at WalMart on June 24th

New iPhone 4 at WalMart

If you wish to avoid the expected lines at the Apple and AT&T stores when the new iPhone 4 is released on June 24th, you have some options this year.

WalMart has announced that they will have the iPhone 4 on that date too. While WalMart has carried previous versions of the iPhone, this is the first time that they have had a new iPhone product on the official launch date.

WalMart is not the only retail alternative for the new iPhone however. It's rumored that Best Buy and Radio Shack will also have the new phone on June 24th too.

Apple has already announced that pre-orders for the iPhone 4 will start on June 15th.

Cool Apps - Now a Vision Test on the iPhone

There's an App for That!

iPhone owners in need of a vision test might want to look at a neat little app called Eye Test for iPhone. Very useful for people who need to do visual acuity testing routinely, this iPhone app is a portable vision testing tool for visual illusion, accuity, and color testing. Yes, you read correctly... there is now an iPhone application that will run a routine eye examination.

The test is surprisingly similar to what you get when you go to the eye doctor. You can set the testing distance to 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5 meters to measure your visual acuity and you can test to see if you're color blind. Then, the app lets you  record the results directly on the iPhone so you can see how they have changed over time.

I found Eye Test for iPhone interesting, but I'm not sure that everyone will find it helpful. It does work well if you're colorblind and the images that you get to go through to find patterns are pretty fun too. All in all it's a pretty slick little app that will do about everything you need - except for writing the prescription if it says you need glasses!

If you need eyeglasses, Eric Hammer's Blog suggests buying them from Zenni Optical. They sell top quality prescription zzz for 8 bucks a pair!

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