OK, here’s something that really surprised me: Comcast has released an actual iPhone app and it’s actually quite good!

With it you can check your Comcast email, manage Comcast digital voicemail, forward your Comcast voice line to your iPhone, browse the TV schedule and also check out schedules and trailers for On-Demand movies. All this in a fairly attractively designed app (other than the gratuitous use of the flip animation instead of a standard slide when you bring up program details.)

They could convert this into a killer app if they allow actual channel selection and DVR programming right from the app.

It’s free and available here from the iTunes App Store.

Oh, and in a related note I just got an email from Comcast that they were boosting their default download speeds but you have to cycle power on your cable modem to make use if it. Just unplug the AC cord on it, count to 10 and plug it back in and you should be all set (if you’ve got Comcast Digital Voice you’ll have to remove the cable modem’s backup battery, unplug the AC then plug both back in.)