Images from the web as iPhone wallpaper

Last week, we pointed out the good news that The Iconfactory had resized their entire collection of desktop images for use with the iPhone (how cool does Nibbler look on my iPhone at right? Very cool). The problem is that it's kind of a pain to get them onto your iPhone.

The method I came up with is the same process that's described on Gedblog:

Download the image to your desktop computer
Drop it into iPhoto
Sync your iPhone, making sure that it's going to synchronize pictures, including your new desktops
On the iPhone, go to Settings > Wallpaper. Select your library of images
Navigate to the image you're after and select "Set as wallpaper."

It's not the most difficult procedure in the world, but it would be nice to grab the image from Safari on the phone itself.

Update - Reader Michael writes, "...right click on the image in Safari and then select 'Add image to iPhoto library.'" Thanks, Michael!

Now that you know how, why not check out the iPhone Wallpapers Flickr group?

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ishcabittle

this trick worked for me, too: take any normal wallpaper and drop it into iphoto (or your designated sync folder). rotate the pic 90 or 270 degrees (or whichever you prefer) and sync your iPhone.

July 18 2007 at 11:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

philucerian

more great iPhone wallpapers at InterfaceLIFT

http://iphone.interfacelift.com/

July 11 2007 at 9:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

thememyphone

Below is another great site which offers the most iPhone wallpapers so far:

ThemeMyPhone -- Free iPhone Wallpapers

Cheers!

July 09 2007 at 5:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sam Katz

I am not understanding what the problem is. E-mail the photos.

--Sam
P.S CNET confirms it does support bluetooth file transfer.

July 02 2007 at 11:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ketsugi

Wait, so I can't send a file to the iPhone via Bluetooth? I'm very happy with my iPod being tied to iTunes, but a phone really needs to be seen as a standalone device and not something that needs to be tethered to a desktop. Not everyone who has a phone uses a computer as well...

July 02 2007 at 10:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Billy K, I think you can set iTunes to not launch on docking. I don't have an iPhone, but there is a checkbox to turn off "open iTunes when this iPod is connected" for my iPods.

July 02 2007 at 9:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Billy K

@13 holo -

I don't believe that's true. If so, I haven't seen that option. I'll check again when I get home, because that would great.

July 02 2007 at 4:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

MUTE MATT

You can also set the wallpaper while browsing your photo albums on the iPhone by clicking the icon in the lower left hand corner.

And I second the idea of making an iPhone album in iPhoto or Aperature so you're not having to sync all your photos.

July 02 2007 at 3:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

holo

you guys do know that you can sync the phone to a folder full of images instead right? Just like an ipod...

July 02 2007 at 3:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Padriac

The iPhone will also sync with Aperture or a random pictures folder of your choosing. The only 100% mandatory tie is iTunes... iPhoto is optional.

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