Using an iPhone app called Brushes, artist Jorge Colombo turned his phone into an easel.  He used finger strokes and taps to create the cover of this week’s edition of The New Yorker.  Check out the cover story to see how he did it.

That’s pretty impressive, no?  Every week, Colombo is going to post a new Brushes/iPhone picture to The New Yorker’s website.  Like the PC World writer, I’m not sure how much you can get out of the program, but I’m definitely interested in seeing what next week’s image is like (and if the Brushes app folks will beef up their application to add more choices for budding iPhone artists everywhere).

What can’t you do with cellphones these days?  They do math, play music, surf the Internet, keep appointments, allow you to play games, provide you with an outlet for your art, and even store your favorite recipes.  About the only thing the iPhone can’t do is make a decent phone call (so I hear).