Apple is now joining the phone war. This thing is part ipod, phone, internet browser, and picture/video viewer. At release will only be available with Cingular. Tight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW7or1TuFk
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
Its awsome but im not a fan of Cingular. I read Cisco is suing apple already because they owned the rights to the iPhone name.
it looks really cool and everything but my two biggest gripes are:
1. why tie yourself down to one wireless provider? im pretty sure eventually it will be available on most plans but to just have cingular seems really limited. although i have read that it has to do with what type of phone it is and t-mobile and cingular are the only ones who have the ability to handle it at this point? not sure.
2. why didn't they integrate ichat into it? this seems like a complete no-brainer to me. in fact i don't think there is any sort of IM. they made the text messaging interface like ichat though. i guess with the capability of the phone you will be able to download ichat for the iphone but it should just come with the damn thing, imo.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 11, 2007, 11:29:12 AM
Its awsome but im not a fan of Cingular. I read Cisco is suing apple already because they owned the rights to the iPhone name.
How is that possible? I thought Apple owned the lowercase "i" altogether.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 11, 2007, 11:29:12 AM
I read Cisco is suing apple already because they owned the rights to the iPhone name.
Yeah, Apple was negotiating for the rights, but Cisco wanted patent sharing or some shtein. Apple told them to bugger off - Cisco hasn't done a very good job at protecting the trademark anyway.
Quote from: Beef Rapp on January 11, 2007, 12:36:45 PM
1. why tie yourself down to one wireless provider? im pretty sure eventually it will be available on most plans but to just have cingular seems really limited. although i have read that it has to do with what type of phone it is and t-mobile and cingular are the only ones who have the ability to handle it at this point? not sure.
There are two issues here:
Phone network: the iPhone is currently a GSM device, which will only work on Cingular & TMobile in the US. Sprint & Verizon are CDMA - incompatible technology. Note that GSM is used throughout Europe and most of the rest of the world, but CDMA is used in Japan. If Apple wants to sell in Japan (and half of the US market) they will have to make a CDMA variant.
Deal with Cingular: Apple wanted to dictate the terms of the relationship, and there aren't many providers out there that are willing to do that. Look at all the crap and restrictions cell companies put on phones today - that is the provider's fault, not the phone manufacturer. Apple wanted to control the user experience, and needed the provider to change their infrastructure to support the new voicemail feature (voicemail looks like e-mail - you just pick the message you want to listen to, rather than using phone menus). Cingular was either the only one willing to cooperate, or was the one willing to come up with the most cash (this thing has been in development for 2 years with no revenue) to lock in the exclusive deal.
Of course, if it is successful, the other providers will be falling over themselves to buy in. This could change the landscape for phone providers big-time.
It will be interesting to see what happens when this thing starts shipping...
Quote2. why didn't they integrate ichat into it? this seems like a complete no-brainer to me. in fact i don't think there is any sort of IM. they made the text messaging interface like ichat though. i guess with the capability of the phone you will be able to download ichat for the iphone but it should just come with the damn thing, imo.
It probably will - the only reason they announced this thing was that they had to file with the FCC to get a license for it. Once that was done, details of the phone will be released to the public. I'm guessing there are quite a few features coming that they haven't talked about yet because they haven't been implemented yet.
^^^
I just reported that shtein to the mod. This message is far too intelligent, well informed (sounding at least), and downright grown-up for this cesspool mb.
I didn't watch the videos so this may or may not have been in them, but it has a lot of cool features. Load full web pages. Zoom on pages and scroll. The ability to flip the screen and also touch and stretch/shrink or touch and drag different pictures and things.
Very cool thing. They also have iTV which will be coming out as well, which basically loads up stuff from your computer to your TV like media, etc. Also does other things.
Thoughts from people when the iPod was first announced. (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=500)
Quote from: General_Failure on January 12, 2007, 05:53:47 AM
Thoughts from people when the iPod was first announced. (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=500)
:bow Steve Jobs
That was really entertaining.
I just bought one yesterday. It owns my soul now. I love it
I'm holding out for at least the 2nd but most likely 3rd generation iPhone. I'm curious to see how the phone holds up over time, especially the touch screen and the sensors that flip the screen according to how you're holding the phone.
From what I've heard there haven't really been any problems with functionality or anything which kind of surprised me. I figured there'd be a bug or 2 that would need to be worked out but so far the few people I know that have them, love them. I just gotta see how durable they are before I drop that much cheddar on one of them.
I dont want to switch from Verizon, love the network and those guys who follow me around
Maddox isn't a fan of the iPhone. (http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone)
Perhaps I'll go check out the E70 just to see what it's all about.
maddox can slurp my semen
ive been an apple customer since around 2000 I got my first computer with them. Since then I have not been disappointed. In fact Ive had exactly one problem since using apple...and I fixed it myself with another software program. That was the old OS9 operating system. Not one problem since the new OSX. I can't see anything going wrong with the phone. The only thing about it is it has an internal battery that you can't change yourself. It is amazing...monthly plan is only 59.99 and you get unlimited internet access, 450 minutes and 200 text messages.
if you don't have an apple computer though your not taking full advantage of it. it automatically sync'd with my address book...put everyones number, email and address in my phone in a matter of seconds. it runs through itunes...so you can create a iphone playlist...add remove music to that playlist and every time you dock it, it either will take away music or add it. same goes with photos and video. icalender...if you add a date on the road...it will update your computer when you dock it. if you have your own biz or travel with business...its worth the money and the tax write off.
apparently apple is opening it up to 3rd party software companies...so more and more things can be added to it like applications, games...etc...
Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 31, 2008, 05:23:13 PM
Perhaps I'll go check out the E70 just to see what it's all about.
I think that's the phone the nerd computer hacker uses in "Live Free or Die Hard".
typical...i buy the phone last week, this week the 16gb model is released for 100 bucks more. i might either ask for $ back if price drops or spend the extra 100 to get twice the storage
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/official-16gb-iphone-available/#comments
good thing is you can take it back within 14 days so I am hoping they arrive by next wednesday
From what I've read, most of the sync functionality works on the PC as well - it will sync your address book and calendar from Outlook.
They've actually ponied up for a glass screen, so it should be much less susceptible to wear-out than plastic touch-screens (also more resistant to scratching). Some worry that it is more fragile, but reports have been favorable.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4096981.ece
and i got this really schweet iphone cleaner...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQIZwwAE5lE
Just bought myself this for Xmas:
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/aircurve
Will make a better alarm clock and a small portable boom box for bathroom, out camping etc...
why get that garbage acoustic shtein when you can just get speakers.
Because I don't need speakers in my bedroom, bathroom or when I go camping etc...the point is its small portable and can make a decent amount of sound with no power needed. the iPhone speakers are really not loud at all...so this is a really easy, cheap and efficient way to amplify it.
that will be totally awesome for the hour and a half that the iphone keeps a charge.
hah yea well that is the only issue I see if your not around power, but if you are you can simply use your iPhone charger cord to give it a charge, not a problem.
maybe you and I define camping differently
when I camp, there is no power or music.
then how the hell are you going to shroom without listening to the Grateful Dead...impossible
you are clueless
if you had to pick a big mainstream band to pair with your camping shrooms comment, you couldn't even come up with Pink Floyd?
Quote from: Diomedes on December 23, 2008, 05:27:21 PM
maybe you and I define camping differently
when I camp, there is no power or music.
camping to me is like going some place and maybe hiking not far to camp, tunes are a must.
now hiking on the other hand is hiking and setting camp for a night and hiking and doing the same for however long. you don't want to carry much weight
Quote from: Diomedes on December 23, 2008, 05:27:21 PM
maybe you and I define camping differently
when I camp, there is no power or music.
Don't ya' luv it when people role into the camp grounds and unload their boom boxes and TV's?
my favorite camping is by canoe to sites that are not accessible to that set. the delaware river has some beautiful campsites that you can only get to by canoe. and since the only people who ever use them are people who go to the trouble of canoeing, the sites are beautiful, free of litter, and the few people you do run into are considerate
I really like Trap Pond (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_Pond_State_Park), a state park in Delaware. You can canoe through a big stand of baldcypress trees. It's really cool. It's the farthest north that the trees are found on the East Coast. They bleed red stuff and make the water look neat. It's loaded up with a lot of wildlife also.
yea i don't go to "campgrounds" if I am camping. I'm not 60. I'd rather go deep into the bush, if you know what I mean
Dio you should go to Ontario Canada, Canoer's paradise!
farg yes.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/03/live-sports-are.html (http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/03/live-sports-are.html)
well got the new iphone G3 today cause my old one was stolen.
Yeah, thanks man. It may not have 3G speed, but this thing is pretty sweet.
jesus im on top of things
Quote from: Diomedes on December 24, 2008, 10:54:15 AM
my favorite camping is by canoe to sites that are not accessible to that set. the delaware river has some beautiful campsites that you can only get to by canoe. and since the only people who ever use them are people who go to the trouble of canoeing, the sites are beautiful, free of litter, and the few people you do run into are considerate
Except for the ones who make you squeal like a pig then butt rape you!
Silly stillupfront. You're supposed to stay away when you get banned.
Quote from: phattymatty on March 12, 2009, 02:05:57 PM
farg yes.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/03/live-sports-are.html (http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/03/live-sports-are.html)
holy shtein this is sick.
new iphone is def. nicer than the old. the one thing i really like is how much louder it is than the 1st generation. also the new shaped back fits a lot better in your hand.
another reason iPhone is the coolest invention ever. i paid $9.99 for a lifetime subscription to mlb at bat, which streams live audio of every single mlb game, home or away feeds, right to my phone. has the live gametracker to like espn uses, and any big play is uploaded in little videos within minutes. it was awesome walking to the store last night and listening to harry calling the phils game through my headphones.
i almost got an iphone when i upgraded in january. instead i opted for a crackberry bold. i like it but i cant say that i love it like a lot of crackberry users do. i'm still learning how to use it though and it def kicks the crap out of my old phone, which was just a basic phone.
on the flip side though, the only people i've seen with an iphone so far are total douchebags. i have yet to see just your average joe rocking one yet.
You got a Bold in January but still claimed you couldn't post here due to no internet? Doesn't the Bold even have Wi-Fi?
i turned the internets back on in january also. was without it from i believe july or august until january. i could have started posting in january but was too lazy.
posting from my cell sucks too. i've done it a couple times already but don't particularly care for it.
And here I thought you loved us.
nah, this place is a lot like howard stern. the majority of his listeners hate him, but they still tune in when he's on the air.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 08, 2009, 12:04:16 PM
i almost got an iphone when i upgraded in january. instead i opted for a crackberry bold. i like it but i cant say that i love it like a lot of crackberry users do. i'm still learning how to use it though and it def kicks the crap out of my old phone, which was just a basic phone.
on the flip side though, the only people i've seen with an iphone so far are total douchebags. i have yet to see just your average joe rocking one yet.
You live in a state populated with total douche bags, what do you expect?
mussa and phatty are totally not douchebags.
wow that took a whole day. this place has really lost it.
Its the offseason, nobody can be bothered.
Quote from: phattymatty on April 08, 2009, 12:00:15 PM
it was awesome walking to the store last night and listening to harry calling the phils game through my headphones.
well this sucks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/-j-DGrWry6k
;D
Anyone hear of the shaken baby one. They took that one down
all you iphone junkies
new specs for the new iphone 3G "S" (which stands for speed) that were leaked today is a jump in the processor speed from 412mhz to 600mhz, 256MB of RAM and a larger graphics chip
they are battling with the Palm Pre this year that basically holds the same specs
i can't wait to not pay $600 for it
Only with no commitment and no contract signed you pay $599
Pricing is as follows on the 16GB:
If you are an existing AT&T customer who has been in your current contract for at least somewhere between 18 and 22 months (it varies by individual), you pay $199.
If you are a new AT&T customer willing to sign a two-year contract, you will pay $199 plus a $36 activation fee, for a total of $235.
If you are an existing AT&T customer who hasn't been in your current contract for 22 months, and you're willing to extend your contract, you pay $399.
$199 ain't bad. i just updated to a crackberry bold back in jan/feb so i won't be due for another upgrade for another 18 mo. i don't really care for it either so when it's time for a new phone, i'll either go iphone or windows based smartphone.
Not too many reasons to upgrade for me. I'll keep the 3G for awhile. I think the software update is going to include copy and paste so that'll be nice.
If you don't want the 3Gs, then you can now buy the 3G for $99. Thats a good deal
yeah some booch at the apple store told me that i'd be able to upgrade most of the new features for free on my 3G, but not everything.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on June 11, 2009, 02:06:09 PM
$199 ain't bad. i just updated to a crackberry bold back in jan/feb so i won't be due for another upgrade for another 18 mo. i don't really care for it either so when it's time for a new phone, i'll either go iphone or windows based smartphone.
Same boat. I just did a Blackberry Storm in February. Don't hate it, don't love it. I think I'll ride this contract out, then switch to AT&T and the iPhone6.
update today holla
u get it? impressions?
patience dook. he's gotta transfer all of his dmb albums over to it and that ish takes time.
Faced with widespread grumbling by iPhone 3G owners who thought that they deserved to be able to upgrade to the iPhone 3G S for the same price as new customers, the company has rethought its pricing plan. Some customers–ones who spend more on service plans, apparently–will qualify to get the 3G S for the new-customer two-year-contract prices ($199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB). That's $200 less than the price AT&T had planned to charge, and $400 less than the unsubsidized, no-contract price.
Those lucky customers are the ones who AT&T has been telling would qualify for the cheaper upgrade at any point prior to September 30th of this year
AT&T sucks if it wasn't for iphone, ijump in a minute
tried downloading software twice. both times failed cause servers busy
i actually downloaded it no problem earlier today. haven't really messed around with it yet but i honestly don't know whats all that different. there's a new search thing that seems cool, will search through all your contacts, emails, apps, etc. there's a new voice memos thing, which i can't imagine was not on it earlier, but is of no use to me. still trying to figure out the SMS pictures thingy. all in all, seems to be nothing special.
this should give you a better idea whats new. I wouldnt say Im jumping for joy, but whatever...
http://www.macworld.com/article/141187/2009/06/iphone_3.html?lsrc=twt_macworld (http://www.macworld.com/article/141187/2009/06/iphone_3.html?lsrc=twt_macworld)
i found a few mores things with the update. the cut and paste is def. cool. and the calls screen is a little different, nothing big but shows a few extras. and the ipod screen is different, just a little more functionality. most of all i've been getting 3.0 updates on a bunch of my apps. like my mlb at bat now streams live games instead of just audio and gamecast. which is dope. and i feel like my browser is a lot faster.
this pretty much rounds it out
http://www.pcworld.com/article/166903/ (http://www.pcworld.com/article/166903/)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/166509-8/iphone_30_software_what_youll_see.html (http://www.pcworld.com/article/166509-8/iphone_30_software_what_youll_see.html)
didn't notice anything diff. on the ipod screen
cut and paste is nice
voice memo is kinda funny, just wish you could text message the voice or text message video or pics. still way behind on that.
maybe it's just the podcast screen that's different. there are a few more buttons, like one to directly email what you're listening to to someone, and another to automatically go back 30 seconds.
yeah ive never listened to a podcast on my phone
i got a year left w verizon, but im thinking about jumpin to att so i can grab the new joint. thing is, i heard att's service sucks and i know verizons doesnt..what to do
i don't have any problems. could be your location, i don't know. maybe make sure they have good coverage in your hood, naww mean?
Got the iPhone GS johnson, already posted on CF with it. Seems pretty good to me.
i hear people bitch about AT&T too, but it's never anyone who actually has it, just what they've heard. it's like some people have to justify to themselves not to buy one. i've never had any problems with the service, and in fact its 10x better than sprint, which i had before.
I agree...I have AT&T for my Blackberry and I dig it. I've had Nextel (terrible), Sprint (slightly less terrible) and Verizon (average)... AT&T is the best of the bunch. I had them back when they were known as Cingular too.
if you havent downloaded App world for your blackberry yet get on it. Lots of apps available now
fattest app I just downloaded is greenfinder...just as accurate as skycaddie and it only cost $39.99.
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/?
40 bucks for an app to help you find pot? Sucker.
Phreak, AT&T has a huge footprint in Texas and the west coast. For some reason, they still haven't penetrated the East coast to the level that Verizon has. Everyone i know who has a iphone say its the greatest internet connected thing ever, phone not so much.
i've had att for about 5 years now and have lived coast to coast with it and the coverage every where has been great. i don't get much service when i'm driving around on the back roads in the desert going to and from work, but i'd imagine that wouldn't change with a new service provider.
We've had Cingular/AT&T since roughly 2002. The only place we've had trouble with reception is in my in-laws place in Bath, Maine. I figure that the technology hasn't reached Little Canada yet.
the blackberry network on att sometimes pisses me off though because there are times when i'll have full bars for reception and still can't make a call. it doesn't happen very often but it's still annoying as farg. i think that's a blackberry issue though more than an att issue, which is another reason why i don't plan on staying with blackberry once i'm able to upgrade phones.
i hate blackberry. their phones are poorly made and the network sucks and there's no way that i'm going to wait another 18 months to upgrade with att. so i'm getting an iphone from a guy i work with who is due for his upgrade so he's trading in his regular 8gb 3g iphone for one of the newer ones and he said he'll give me the old one free of charge. score.
only problem is that his screen is pretty much cracked top to bottom and side to side. phone seems to work fine, you just have a hard time making out anything on the screen. he tells me, and i've heard from other people, that the screen is a pretty easy fix and shouldn't run me more than $60 or $70 and the phone will look like new.
i checked apple's website and they'll replace the screen but it costs like $200. farg that. anyone know of a reputable site or dealer that i can buy the screen from at a more reasonable cost? is it something i could do myself or is there more to it than just popping off the old screen and putting on a new one?
youre taking a big risk f-in with screen--especially being that it is touchscreen
there is a reason it cost $200 from apple--basically the cost of the phone itself.
i went to an att store about a week ago to find out about the possibility of changing phones. they said no way unless i want to pay full price for a new phone. i asked about refurbished iphones, which are like $200 and they said i could buy one but would have to pay new phone price.....which is rediculous.
they told me that if i get one from outside the att network, ie: private party sale, that i just need to call them so they can adjust my network settings and there's no fee or penalty for me to do that.
att is kind of pissing me off with this one. i really don't understand the logic of contractually obligating me to a phone for 2 years. and especially with all the technology that phones have now, a 30 day period to make up your mind is kind of rediculous. after a month with my blackberry i was still learning all of it's features and functions.
i think i'll call att directly and see what i can get out of them. maybe i'll have better luck than i did with the store.
good luck. remember your at their mercy and they don't care. give them hell
It's al supply and demand. They have the supply...and they can demand all they want.
no doubt. i'm not really trying to get over on them or anything. it's not like i want them to give me a phone for free. but at the same time, i'm not happy with my current phone and want to buy another one and can only purchase one from att at full price instead of the discounted rate they give you when you sign a 2 year contract or renew your 2 year contract.
i guess the part i don't understand is why they don't let customers buy new phones whenever they want, and just give them a new 2 year contract upon activating a new phone. by "locking" me into my phone for 2 years, they are basically telling me that they don't want my business for 24 months.
all i'm really wanting to do is be able to buy a refurbished phone through them at the refurbished price but if they don't go for that, then i'll see if they will let me buy a new phone at the discounted rate and just adjust my 2 yr contract accordingly.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 23, 2009, 06:27:57 PMi guess the part i don't understand is why they don't let customers buy new phones whenever they want, and just give them a new 2 year contract upon activating a new phone. by "locking" me into my phone for 2 years, they are basically telling me that they don't want my business for 24 months.
They significantly subsidize the cost of your phone. They'd be losing money if they let you upgrade at the subsidized price every time a new phone comes out. Hence the two year wait.
I don't know about all companies, but I know the crooks at Sprint extend your contract even when you change calling plans. When I moved to Texas I kept my PA number and old Sprint phone. I added a larger plan before my company gave me my BlackBerry and when I did that, they automatically extended my contract. They would not switch my plan without extending the deal.
They get ya by the short hairs and yank hard
i remember that from my time with sprint. they should tell you about that whenever you change your plan or phone. i was with sprint for about 4 or 5 years before switching to att and i think i changed my plan and/or phone a total of 3 times and each time, the confirmed with me that i was aware of the contract extension. if they didn't do it with you, then that's shady. but to me, policy seems more practical than locking you into a phone for 2 years.
however.....
Quote from: QB Eagles on September 23, 2009, 07:13:48 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 23, 2009, 06:27:57 PMi guess the part i don't understand is why they don't let customers buy new phones whenever they want, and just give them a new 2 year contract upon activating a new phone. by "locking" me into my phone for 2 years, they are basically telling me that they don't want my business for 24 months.
They significantly subsidize the cost of your phone. They'd be losing money if they let you upgrade at the subsidized price every time a new phone comes out. Hence the two year wait.
define significantly. my mom and g/f split the cost of upgrading my phone for a xmas present and it cost them a total of $400, which was $100 less than the full retail price of the phone. even at $400, i seriously doubt that att is losing money on that. there must be something more to this that i don't understand. i called att a little while ago and got no clear answers from the customer service rep. she just kept telling me "that's att policy" but couldn't give any explanation as to why. i probably should have asked to speak to a supervisor but i doubt that would have done anything for me either.
she did tell me that my dad is eligible for an upgrade though so i might see if he'll upgrade to the iphone and then just send it to me. either that or i'll take the one with the broken screen from my buddy and then buy a new screen for it.
in any case, stay the farg away from blackberry. pure garbage.
my blackberry is working great and i've had nothing but success with it for the past year. my sprint service has been great. thanks for that super advice though.
What's your beef with the BlackBerry, Sarge?
Mine is the Curve through AT&T and it works great. My only beef with it, and I didn't really have this problem until I messed around with my boys new iPhone, is that the internet is not as good and user friendly as the iPhone.
- bad service - blackberry network (at least with att) goes out several times a day. i'll have full signal and can't make or recieve calls.
- trackball keeps getting stuck
- back cover randomly pops off
- phone will randomly "reset" to it's out of the box settings and i have to pop the battery out and then restart it.
- their software sucks with vista (although vista kind of sucks too) and keeps freezing. after about 3 weeks of this i uninstalled their desktop software.
- i don't particularly care for the blackberry set up either......just the way you go about using the phone, all of it's functions and settings.
the only things i actually like about the phone is that the speaker phone is loud and clear, along with the external volume for the alarm and listening to music. i also like playing brickbreaker and texas hold 'em. that's pretty much it.
funny thing about blackberry is that i have quite a few friends who have them, and they all have basically the same complaints i do, yet they absolutely love the farging thing.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 23, 2009, 08:22:03 PMdefine significantly.
I don't know much much AT&T pays RIM for the Blackberries, but last year there was a report out saying that AT&T pays Apple $325 for every iPhone sold, and $425 if the phone is sold through the Apple Store.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 23, 2009, 08:47:07 PM
- bad service - blackberry network (at least with att) goes out several times a day. i'll have full signal and can't make or recieve calls.
- trackball keeps getting stuck
- back cover randomly pops off
- phone will randomly "reset" to it's out of the box settings and i have to pop the battery out and then restart it.
- their software sucks with vista (although vista kind of sucks too) and keeps freezing. after about 3 weeks of this i uninstalled their desktop software.
- i don't particularly care for the blackberry set up either......just the way you go about using the phone, all of it's functions and settings.
the only things i actually like about the phone is that the speaker phone is loud and clear, along with the external volume for the alarm and listening to music. i also like playing brickbreaker and texas hold 'em. that's pretty much it.
funny thing about blackberry is that i have quite a few friends who have them, and they all have basically the same complaints i do, yet they absolutely love the farging thing.
1. Is it your service area? You said you pretty much live in BFE, right? You may have issues regardless of what phone you have if the service area sucks.
2. Mine gets stuck every now and then too. A quick shot of compressed air or wiping it with windex takes care if it really quick.
3. Never had the problem
4. Never had the problem
5. Can't comment on it since I don't use it with my computer, well I do but it's only linked to my work Outlook.
6. I can see this...hell, I don't even use half of the shtein on the phone. I have a lot of hidden items on my desk top
Maybe the phone is defective? When we had the zesty ass Nextel BalckBerry's I had to have mine replaced thrice!
ok.....so let's go with $325 since i would purchase from att and not the apple store and it's probably safe to assume that att has a similar deal in place with rim.
i believe that if i were eligible for an upgrade and walked into the att store today and wanted to buy a new iphone, they would sell it to me for a "discounted" price of $500. so that's still $175 profit. but since i haven't had my current phone for 2 years, they will only sell to me at the full price which is like $600-700.
6 months ago they made a little profit off me when i bought the blackberry and now i want to buy an iphone that would turn them another profit. but since they won't offer me a new iphone at the discounted rate, i can buy from a third party and put money in someone else's pocket instead of theirs. it just doesn't seem to make good business sense to me. the only thing i can come up with is that there are more than enough morons and idiots out there who are willing to pay full price for an iphone that changing the policy would take a big chunk out of the profits.
it's basically big business knowing they have something i want and could give a crap if i'm satisfied with their service/policies.
Tell the iceholes your story and then tell them you'd be willing to pay to get out of your contract and move to another company if they don't help you.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 23, 2009, 09:13:07 PM
1. Is it your service area? You said you pretty much live in BFE, right? You may have issues regardless of what phone you have if the service area sucks.
Maybe the phone is defective? When we had the zesty ass Nextel BalckBerry's I had to have mine replaced thrice!
nah, it's not the area. the phone i had when i moved out here (samsung something or other.....just a basic phone) worked great. there's a lot of dead zones out here but i never had a problem making or recieving calls when i had full signal.
with the blackberry, i'll have full signal with the little 3g icon and i'll try and make a call and will keep getting "call failed" on my screen. i've had this happen to me in la, san diego and san fran as well as out in the middle of the desert.
i'm sure that some of the problems are defects that can be rectified with a new phone.....like the back cover always falling off. but i've just had so many problems with it along with just not liking the phones functions that i'm ready to move on and become an iphone toting douchebag who slaps phones with other iphone users to transfer photos and contact info.
Quotei'm sure that some of the problems are defects that can be rectified with a new phone.....like the back cover always falling off. but i've just had so many problems with it along with just not liking the phones functions that i'm ready to move on and become an iphone toting douchebag who slaps phones with other iphone users to transfer photos and contact info.
:-D
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 23, 2009, 09:22:00 PM
Tell the iceholes your story and then tell them you'd be willing to pay to get out of your contract and move to another company if they don't help you.
thought about that but it's not like any other company is going to care about me as a customer. not to mention that i'm on the family plan and am enjoying the reduced rates. overall, i've been very satisfied with att, especially when it comes to coverage area. i just don't like being committed to a particular phone for 2 farging years.
Sarge-I have the Curve and it works fantastic. Has been for 2 years now
I had the trackball issue as well and got a new trackball. It costs like $7. Go to crackberry.com and get one. Its very easy to take off and pop back on.
The "call failed" happens to every provider-yes its annoying, but it doesn't last long. Dont think the grass is greener.
There's no reason your back cover should be popping off if you have a rubber protective case or any other shield cover.
Also keep in mind its good to do a boot down reset to your phone as some functionalities will jam here and there. Its no different than your rebooting of your pc at home to fix the isue.
Bottom line is it sounds like its a user friendly thing more than anything with you. If you're still having trouble navigating the phone this long I suggest you roll, then buy the 5lb Nokia with the pull up antenna and get back to basics.
i've had cell phones for almost 10 years and never had a "call failed" as long as i have a strong signal. when this happens, it happens anywhere from 10-30 minutes on average. one time i couldn't make a call for about 5 hours and when i finally got service back, i had 8 voicemails delivered to me from people who tried calling and couldn't get through.
don't have a case or shield cover, just a carrying case. the back cover on the phone just doesn't fit quite right.
i've never had my pc reset to it's out of the box settings. my phone doesn't freeze or jam or anything, it just randomly resets itself to the same settings it had coming out of the box. my wallpaper goes away, no email, no contacts, no music or pics....nothing. gotta take the battery out, put it back in and then turn the phone back on. this isn't a regualr occurance but i'd say it's happened about 5 times in the 7 months i've had the phone. i make a habit of turning it off about once every 7 to 10 days which is right in line with how often i turn off my computer.
and i wouldn't say that i don't find it to be user friendly. i'm not a huge techie but i know how to use the phone. i can navigate my way around it just fine and have a solid grasp of it's operating system. i just don't like it.
lol @ the 5lb nokia.
I want a phone like Danny Glover had in Lethal Weapon.
phone in a bag. that's hawt.
my mom had a car phone when i was in high school and i remember anytime i'd borrow her car i'd just keep that thing up against my ear everywhere i drove even though i wasn't talking to anyone.
F to the R to the O the N to the T to the I to the N. that means i'm chillin.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 23, 2009, 10:19:14 PM
my mom had a car phone when i was in high school and i remember anytime i'd borrow her car i'd just keep that thing up against my ear everywhere i drove even though i wasn't talking to anyone.
F to the R to the O the N to the T to the I to the N. that means i'm chillin.
:-D
Rollin' hard!
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 23, 2009, 09:16:36 PM
ok.....so let's go with $325 since i would purchase from att and not the apple store and it's probably safe to assume that att has a similar deal in place with rim.
i believe that if i were eligible for an upgrade and walked into the att store today and wanted to buy a new iphone, they would sell it to me for a "discounted" price of $500. so that's still $175 profit. but since i haven't had my current phone for 2 years, they will only sell to me at the full price which is like $600-700.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying about the subsidy. That isn't Apple's cut on the purchase... it's money over and above the purchase price, all of which goes to Apple. AT&T makes zero dollars on phone sales. They make everything off the plan. Phone sales
cost them money, because when it's subsidized they send several hundred dollars
more to Apple than they sell you the phone for.
In other words, you buy the phone from AT&T for $200, AT&T sends $500 to Apple. It's all to get you into their plan.
Quote from: QB Eagles on September 23, 2009, 10:43:34 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 23, 2009, 09:16:36 PM
ok.....so let's go with $325 since i would purchase from att and not the apple store and it's probably safe to assume that att has a similar deal in place with rim.
i believe that if i were eligible for an upgrade and walked into the att store today and wanted to buy a new iphone, they would sell it to me for a "discounted" price of $500. so that's still $175 profit. but since i haven't had my current phone for 2 years, they will only sell to me at the full price which is like $600-700.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying about the subsidy. That isn't Apple's cut on the purchase... it's money over and above the purchase price, all of which goes to Apple. AT&T makes zero dollars on phone sales. They make everything off the plan. Phone sales cost them money, because when it's subsidized they send several hundred dollars more to Apple than they sell you the phone for.
In other words, you buy the phone from AT&T for $200, AT&T sends $500 to Apple. It's all to get you into their plan.
yeah, i had no idea what you were talking about. that makes sense. except that it's a dumb farging idea. but i guess it works for them since they make more money than i do.
anyone else having problems with the 3.1 OS upgrade? my phone shuts off about once a day now for no reason and i have to do a hard reboot. i've been reading around and it seems that lots of people are having this problem since 3.1 released last week. and my battery seems to not last as long, which i never previously had a problem with. hopefully they fix it soon because my phone is my alarm clock and twice this week it shut off in the middle of the night. not like i care about being late to work but it's still annoying.
Well, you could break open the piggy bank and buy a $4.99 alarm clock.
I haven't had any problems, but I'm running a 3GS. The wife's 3G went crazy last weekend after she had it outside during a rather dewy evening. We put the phone in the sun, dried it out good, and then it totally locked up. I had to reset the phone and restore it from the backup. Since then, it's worked like a charm. ::)
get a Moshi alarm clock, its great
http://www.moshilifestyle.com/Product/VoiceControlVCAlarmClock
A good trick I heard of if it gets wet is wrap it up in womens nylon leggings and bury it in rice. the rice will absorb the moisture.
I have not had any issues with my iphone since the upgrade. phatty are all your app's updated?
Quote from: mussa on September 24, 2009, 11:30:51 AM
A good trick I heard of if it gets wet is wrap it up in womens nylon leggings and bury it in rice. the rice will absorb the moisture.
Wait...are you still talking about the phone?
Quote from: mussa on September 24, 2009, 11:30:51 AM
A good trick I heard of if it gets wet is wrap it up in womens nylon leggings and bury it in rice.
hahaha
and yes, all my apps are fine. although i guess it could be that a few haven't been updated and it crashes after i get out of them. never thought of that.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 24, 2009, 11:33:15 AM
Quote from: mussa on September 24, 2009, 11:30:51 AM
A good trick I heard of if it gets wet is wrap it up in womens nylon leggings and bury it in rice. the rice will absorb the moisture.
Wait...are you still talking about the phone?
yes. true story
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 24, 2009, 11:26:38 AM
Well, you could break open the piggy bank and buy a $4.99 alarm clock.
I haven't had any problems, but I'm running a 3GS. The wife's 3G went crazy last weekend after she had it outside during a rather dewy evening. We put the phone in the sun, dried it out good, and then it totally locked up. I had to reset the phone and restore it from the backup. Since then, it's worked like a charm. ::)
i hit my year next month and i think am eligible to upgrade to the 3GS. i dropped mine no less than 10 times at the eagles game on sunday but so far have not gotten it wet. one of my top 5 current fears at the moment is dropping it in the toilet and i have come close once.
Quote from: mussa on September 24, 2009, 11:36:54 AM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 24, 2009, 11:33:15 AM
Quote from: mussa on September 24, 2009, 11:30:51 AM
A good trick I heard of if it gets wet is wrap it up in womens nylon leggings and bury it in rice. the rice will absorb the moisture.
Wait...are you still talking about the phone?
yes. true story
never tried that but it sounds kinky as hell...im on it
If you dropped it ten times on Sunday then you did better than the Eagles receivers.
i knocked the top half of mine in the sink when i was shaving. hit it with my elbow. luckily i grabbed it before fully submerging. after that i could hear people talking, but people couldn't hear me. i could put it on speaker and it would work fine. somehow it got locked on earphone mode, when i didn't have earphones in it. after an hour or two though it must of dried out and it was working fine. someone told me to do the nylon leggings and rice method though if its real bad.
i heard if you cover it in barbeque sauce and then hide it under a frisbee for two days, that works too.
ahhhh the frisbee technique
Quote from: mussa on September 24, 2009, 11:51:46 AM
i knocked the top half of mine in the sink when i was shaving. hit it with my elbow. luckily i grabbed it before fully submerging. after that i could hear people talking, but people couldn't hear me. i could put it on speaker and it would work fine. somehow it got locked on earphone mode, when i didn't have earphones in it. after an hour or two though it must of dried out and it was working fine. someone told me to do the nylon leggings and rice method though if its real bad.
That's pretty much what was happening. It thought the headphones were plugged in, the power button was acting goofy, and you couldn't hear callers (and they couldn't hear you). I saw the condensation on the inside of the camera lens. After an hour or so on the dashboard (with the doors locked!), it dried out. And when the phone cooled down, it was okay for a moment...and that's when it totally locked up. I tried the hard reset on it, and that caused it to go brain dead. But I really like the backup/restore capability with itunes.
can you use the iphone on ipod docking stations? i've got one that i use on my patio and then another one that plugs into my car and tunes into the radio.
i would think the answer is yes, but it wouldn't suprise me if they made the iphone different just to get the customer to spend more money.
It depends. Ipods can do either firewire or USB for charging (they are two different voltages). The older docks are made to charge ipods via the firewire interface. The iphone spec dropped the firewire support, so when the phone sees firewire voltage, it refuses to charge.
The rest of the connection still works; it just won't charge.
If the dock/connector uses the USB spec, everything should work fine.
how awesome would it be if there was a limewire app on the iphone.
then people could steal on the go
why? Limewire sucks
really...I think its the shtein. what do you use thats better?
revtt whatdot demonoid. Basically closed network crap that eliminates viruses
Im sorry...come again? dot what?
Quote from: phattymatty on September 24, 2009, 12:00:23 PM
i heard if you cover it in barbeque sauce and then hide it under a frisbee for two days, that works too.
:-D
as of today, we can now MMS. about time.
did u get the update and try it out? im about to do it now. got a text message
what update?
Is there another update on itunes or what?
you can now send and receive pictures and video. plug your iphone into itunes and look for update
mine wasn't working so well at first. i usually don't keep it on the 3G network unless I'm on the internet not connected to wireless network. sucks the battery down more on 3G. figured this might be the problem. it was. worked fine on the 3G network. its about damn time
http://gizmodo.com/5391825/motorola-droid-first-hands-on-its-a-terminator
I dont know how good its gonna be, but i'm very interested in the DROID thats coming out. Pretty badass pictures and reviews so far.
nm
so a co-worker offered a trade. his 8gb 3G iphone for my crackberry. i checked ebay and it looks like the 8gb 3G iphones are still selling for about $300 each and my crackberry bold is going for roughly the same, but slightly less.
i guess i was a bit shocked to see the older iphones still going for that much. does that seem right to you guys?
you're good--if you want the iphone that bad go for it they havent lost too much because the platform hasn't changed
the biggest/most notable difference between the 3G and 3Gs is the size right? 16 and 32gb on the new ones compared to 8 and 16 on the old.
all of the apps and everything can be used on either phone, correct? or is there stuff out there that will only function on the new 3gs phones?
The 3GS is faster (as much as 2X) with the apps and web, and it has video capability. Other than that, the difference is minimal.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 28, 2009, 12:43:00 PM
http://gizmodo.com/5391825/motorola-droid-first-hands-on-its-a-terminator
I dont know how good its gonna be, but i'm very interested in the DROID thats coming out. Pretty badass pictures and reviews so far.
heres a little closer view of google maps on the droid...and its free. the street view imagery is the shtein
this could be a killer for Garmin and Tomtom
http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default (http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default)
Quote from: reese125 on October 29, 2009, 03:37:57 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 28, 2009, 12:43:00 PM
http://gizmodo.com/5391825/motorola-droid-first-hands-on-its-a-terminator
I dont know how good its gonna be, but i'm very interested in the DROID thats coming out. Pretty badass pictures and reviews so far.
heres a little closer view of google maps on the droid...and its free. the street view imagery is the shtein
this could be a killer for Garmin and Tomtom
http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default (http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default)
I picked up the Droid saturday, and my wife got the ERIS. Both are much better than i even expected. The GPS is money, tons of apps, and overall the coolest phone i've had. I like the drop down keyboard, but it still has the on screen keyboard so your not stuck with having to slide it every time. Overall both are just great so far, the 3G is faster than my buddies iphone which surprised both of us.
so basically the big hype about apple introducing this "magical" product yesterday in San Francisco was the new iPad. Basically a tablet with more features to cater to all the iPhone apps. Looks like it was specifically designed for the ebook market.
Im not too impressed by it, but Im sure as time goes on Ill find myself not being able to not have it like all the apple products
youtube video below
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358502,00.asp (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358502,00.asp)
its like the Kindle, but color, and does a ton. Should be a winner
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 28, 2010, 12:55:17 PM
its like the Kindle, but color, and does a ton. Should be a winner
Yup, they brought it out to kill the Kindle and Sony Reader.
It'll do very well.
The Kindle with its greyscale and no shiny screen is going to stomp all over that thing for reading books. It might go over well with people who don't read much though.
to me it just looks like a gigantic iPhone and I don't think it does anything that the iPhone can't.
Does it do calls? If so, NBA players are going to love never losing their phones again.
Its a big iphone, thats it. If you have a iphone and a mac computer I see no point. While very cool, its pointless to me unless they can turn it into a tool for design. Then I may jump on board. For once I'd like to see Apple release a typical Apple product for considerably less $ than they normally charge. I understand why they charge more for their stuff, but for once, release something affordable.
http://www.xoost.com/redirect.php?idConnection=16779
Oh man, I want a touch screen book reader.
madtv circa 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/WK2drIylnDw
rumors about a camera coming on the iPad appear to be true by design
http://blog.missionrepair.com/2010/02/01/ipad-camera-rumor-becoming-a-reality-we-think-so/ (http://blog.missionrepair.com/2010/02/01/ipad-camera-rumor-becoming-a-reality-we-think-so/)
i still hate the crackberry and can't upgrade until august. so naturally, i dropped my phone in the toilet yesterday (don't ask) and it died on impact. i went to at&t (closest store is about 50 miles away) to get a replacement and the girl told me i need to call at&t insurance people and they'll mail me a new phone. can't really go 3 or 4 days without a phone. so i tried asking to do an upgrade again and she looked at my account and said no. then she pointed out that my dad is eligible for an upgrade and i could use his if i want.
this ended up working out damn near perfect because he just moved to nc.....the mountainous, hillbilly part and gets no signal at his house....only when he's in town. so i stole his upgrade and picked up a 16g 3gs. i think i spent about 3 hours downloading free apps and just playing with it. thing is farging bad ass.
I have the 32, and I can't think of anything I'd want to upgrade to when my upgrade time rolls around.
32 was a bit much for me.....both price wise and i think just having that many gigs available is more than i need. of course, i say that now but in a month or so when i've managed to fill it up i'll probably be bitching about it.
I just figured that if too much was better than not enough. I'm about 1/2 filled now, what with all the music, movies, podcasts, and the like. Oh, and the apps. :)
yeah, i was originally going to go with the 8g but opted to go 16 for the same reason. i've got my 60 or 80g (i forget which) ipod that if i really feel the need to have all of my songs, vids and podcasts available at one time, i can always use that. otherwise, the iphone should suffice on a day to day basis.
So it's only been a day but this phone is pretty bad ass. I was vaguely familiar with them before but am amazed at how simple it is to use.
It's infinity x better than that pos black berry that I had before. Dropping that thing in the toilet is now looking like a fortunate mistake.
gps is a pain in the ass and inaccurate.
the camera has no flash and is only 3megs.
if you put more then 4 pages of apps on it it'll start to bog it down.
wash your hands.
repeat.
clean screen.
wash hands.
don't touch phone.
seriously, its a pain in the ass. i thought it was cool at first but really i'm just afraid of breaking it, or scratching it. its fun for like a month. maybe you like it more.. but i really just think its a bunch of hype. it has an ipod on it.. so thats cool.. but anything else is stuff any other phone can do. oh, and get a charger cuz your battery lasts like 10 minutes.. unless you turn off 3g, location services, wifi search.. basically any of the features that make it the "iphone". the app's leave a lot to be desired unless you want to start forking over some cash. thats probably my biggest gripe. if i had any time i would jailbreak it and see what it could really do. apple really has the handcuffs on it.
Ive dropped my iphone into snow multiple times, had it drop into the sink, drop it onto concrete on an almost daily basis, and the screen is covered in chicken wing greese and I have had zero problems.
Thats not true my phone crashed two times. It took almost 3 minutes for itunes to restore it. that was a pain in the ass.
Its all personal experience with these things.
The 3gs has a better camera and gps too. i just dont care enough to buy it.
the mrs has an iphone and loves it more than she loves me. i can't blame her, obviously, because i'm a douchebag.
i still have the motorola razr and it suits me just fine. i do get a monthly reminder that i'm eligible for the upgrade but why bother?
Quote from: LBIggle on February 20, 2010, 02:39:00 AM
gps is a pain in the ass and inaccurate.
the camera has no flash and is only 3megs.
if you put more then 4 pages of apps on it it'll start to bog it down.
wash your hands.
repeat.
clean screen.
wash hands.
don't touch phone.
seriously, its a pain in the ass. i thought it was cool at first but really i'm just afraid of breaking it, or scratching it. its fun for like a month. maybe you like it more.. but i really just think its a bunch of hype. it has an ipod on it.. so thats cool.. but anything else is stuff any other phone can do. oh, and get a charger cuz your battery lasts like 10 minutes.. unless you turn off 3g, location services, wifi search.. basically any of the features that make it the "iphone". the app's leave a lot to be desired unless you want to start forking over some cash. thats probably my biggest gripe. if i had any time i would jailbreak it and see what it could really do. apple really has the handcuffs on it.
For me, the GPS works in a pinch. Yeah, it makes some mistakes, but if I really want accurate GPS for traveling, I'd get a dedicated unit. And the camera is surprisingly good for a phone.
I have one of those thin plastic sheets on my screen, and all it takes is a little breath and a wipe on the shirt. Seriously...where have your hands been?
No battery problems for me. I've had mine over a year, and it still works like a champ. Of course, I don't keep the wifi on if I'm not looking to use wifi. Same for bluetooth. If I'm not running a battery drain app like Pandora, I easily go two days on a charge.
Could it be better? Sure. Is it miles away from most other phones on the market? I think so.
the only good thing i have to say about my crackberry was that the camera was pretty damn good. but i don't take many pictures with my phone so it's really kind of irrelevant to me.
when i bought the phone, i also got a hard plastic shell for the phone that also has a screen protector and then a rubber skin to go around that. i could drop it from a 2nd story window and not damage the phone. obviously with it being new, the battery shouldn't be a problem. the biggest thing with cell phone and laptop batteries is that you really need to let them drain all the way down before recharging. if you have a habit of keeping them plugged in all the time, that will actually limit the length the phone holds a charge.
gps is not something i need either. i have one in my car.
i'd also imagine that the number of apps you have doesn't affect things as much as the size of the apps. i've already downloaded about 40 free apps, most under 2 or 3 mb each and haven't had a problem. i've also got about 1000 songs on my phone too.
opera making a push to get their browser available for iphone (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/12/sxsw.iphone.opera/index.html?hpt=C2)
QuoteThe company behind the Web browser Opera is weeks away from submitting it to Apple's iPhone store for approval, a spokesman said Friday.
The result, according to the Norwegian company, would be a browser up to six times faster than the iPhone's default Web tool, Safari.
i've seen a few here talk about opera and give it rave reviews. i've also seen positive reviews elsewhere too. when i had my crackberry, i downloaded the opera app but it never worked properly. the pages were just a jumbled mess. i deleted it and tried reinstalling several times with the same results each time and eventually just gave up.
i'm also extremely happy with the safari browser. even if i'm on edge or not getting great signal strength, i still get relatively fast page downloads. and if i'm on a wi-fi connection i swear that thing goes almost as fast as my laptop. but if opera gets approved (which i don't think it will) then i'll probably give it a shot and see if i have better luck with it.
the "newness" of it is starting to wear off now that i've had it for about 3 weeks but i'm still really enjoying it. there's a few minor things about it that i don't care for but nothing worth really worth bitching about. overall, it's a great piece of technology that pretty much does everything it advertises and it's got a pretty user friendly interface so that idiots like me can operate it with ease.
My old phone was a Motorola Moto Q, and it came with the Opera browser. Terrible POS. Actually, the IE browser wasn't much better on that phone. I'm much, much happier to have Safari on my iphone.
ipad came out today and i've been doing a lot of research on them over the last couple of days and think i might get one. my original plan was to get rid of windoze computers completely anyway and go with macs. mac desktop for the office and then a macbook for both myself and my g/f. but that's farging expensive.....probably in the area of 3grand when it's all said and done. and thinking about it, all either of us really use our laptops for is so we can sit in the living room and get on the web or for travel.
so we really don't need a "computer" but something more along the lines of a netbook, which the ipad basically seems to be. and for the price of 1 macbook we can each get an ipad. so i guess i'll just wait a month or 2 until all the buzz wears off and people have had a chance to submit user reviews for it. but from what i've seen so far, the thing is pretty bad ass.
if u have a laptop and and iphone. there is no need for the ipad, unless you have the money to burn.
our laptops are windows and we're getting rid of them when we switch to mac but will go with ipads in place of macbooks.
idiot teenager buys ipad so he can be the first person to smash it to pieces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/5ooQoc60jys
yeah, 19yrs old, still in high school, still living at home and makes his money shovelling snow. i have a feeling this isn't the last we'll hear of him doing something stupid.
initial user reviews indicate that there's a problem with the ipad's wi-fi capability, which is a bit surprising considering that it's basically the same technology that's going into the iphone and ipod touch.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article7088268.ece
QuoteApple sold more than 300,000 iPads on the tablet computer's first day in stores, the company said yesterday, but reports claimed that some users had problems connecting to wi-fi networks.
New owners posted comments on Apple forums saying that their iPad had little or no wi-fi signal, where other devices worked fine.
The initial version of the touchscreen tablet computer connects to the internet only via wi-fi. Commentators have speculated that the problem could be a weak wi-fi antenna, located behind the logo on the back of the iPad.
why would you buy the first release of any tech product?
let the morons be the lab rats and get one two or three versions down the road.
i dunno. some people are just completely hung up on being able to say "i got one firstest!" i'm excited about getting one, but there's no way i'm shelling out that kind of cash just yet. i'll probably get one around the end of summer.
and the thing that really sucks with the wi-fi problem is that it appears to be hardware instead of software, so this isn't something that can be fixed with a software update. the main complaints seem to be with the antenna. not sure how apple plans on addressing that. so far though, their tech support website is offering nothing by way of useful info. instead, they're just telling people to do stupid shtein like move closer to the router or try purchasing an apple router.
it's actually kind of disappointing the way that they are handling/responding to people's complaints.
how the hell do you have a company like that that does months on end of testing on a new released product, and have problems with the single most important part of the product? makes no sense.
Eh, a bad batch of parts is pretty much all it is. My question is why wouldn't these people just go and return it and get one that works properly?
They probably engineered it this way on purpose so that they can later offer a pricey auxiliary antenna.
Quote from: charlie on April 08, 2010, 12:28:24 PM
Eh, a bad batch of parts is pretty much all it is. My question is why wouldn't these people just go and return it and get one that works properly?
probably, because not everyone is complaining about it. regardless, i'm def waiting a few months before buying to make sure that the issue is resolved and that i don't get a faulty one.
That doesn't explain why they wont just return it? Apple gives 14 days... it was released less than a week ago.
Go return it. They'll replace or fix for free (i had a similar issue with an ipod touch). Stop whining.
This conversation is not interesting.
You are part of the problem.
The ipad pales in comparison to rjs's balls?
charlie works for apple...APOLOGISTA!
Quote from: charlie on April 08, 2010, 01:07:27 PM
That doesn't explain why they wont just return it? Apple gives 14 days... it was released less than a week ago.
Go return it. They'll replace or fix for free (i had a similar issue with an ipod touch). Stop whining.
is there an app for that?
Quote from: charlie on April 08, 2010, 01:14:57 PM
The ipad pales in comparison to rjs's balls?
actually, they're quite similar. just like the ipad, rusty's balls has a faulty antenna.
Now things are starting to pick up.
Except on your balls. And the ipad.
http://mashable.com/2010/04/08/ipad-stats/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29
He's poor.
found these 2 blurbs while reading pg's article:
iPhone 4.0 OS (http://mashable.com/2010/04/05/iphone-os-4-0/)
iPhone to be released for Verizon? (http://mashable.com/2010/03/29/apple-to-launch-two-new-iphones-one-for-verizon-report/)
i love my iphone but i honestly don't see the point in this thing.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/193810/iphone_os_40_will_finally_get_multitasking.html
Quote from: phattymatty on April 08, 2010, 02:36:00 PM
i love my iphone but i honestly don't see the point in this thing.
it's for people who use their laptops more for web browsing and entertainment than anything else. it's like a windows based net book, but better.
that's the appeal for me anyway. why spend $1000 on a macbook when all i'm mostly going to use it for is to sit in my recliner and watch tv while surfing the web?
Quote from: phattymatty on April 08, 2010, 02:36:00 PM
i love my iphone but i honestly don't see the point in this thing.
This guy disagrees...
(http://www.intenseexperiences.com/images/GiantHands.jpg)
i see what you did there
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/iCade.shtml
that's pretty cool. i doubt i'd ever buy it, but still cool none the less.
That appeals to the oldster in me. I used to play most of those games at the local arcade.
It's also an April Fools joke, crackers.
ha! i clicked on the buy button and yeah, not real. it's a good idea though and i'm sure it would appeal to a large majority of the 30-45 yr old crowd.
so from what I gather about this leak of the new iPhone, it's got a front facing video camera which Apple is going to say users can video chat with, from phone to phone or from phone to computer
that's some Jetsons shtein right there, straight up sci-fi
all you boomers who thought you got ripped off because we don't have flying cars by now, well, video phone is quickly becoming a reality.
can you imagine the shtein we're going to be able to do by seeing the person to whom we're talking, and more importantly, by seeing what they're seeing? I'm on a job, got a problem that I don't know what to do...so I call my boss..point the phone at the problem while talking to him, and get my answer. a billion ways to make it useful, pretty f'n cool.
Honestly, who really wants to see the people they're talking to on the phone? It sounds cool and all, but nobody wants to see Grandma's bed hair at 4 AM when she calls to tell you Grandpa had a stroke.
Sure sure, no one wants to see that. But there are gazillions of ways it would be useful as hell. Old lady sends me to the store to get some stupid shtein for the baby...I can ignore the details until I get there, ring her up, point the camera at the shelf and she can tell me which one of the idiotic things it is that I have to buy.
The possibility for errands are endless.
lol
We're stuck with old technology of taking a picture on your phone and emailing it or texting it, or facebooking it, or twitter, or etc This shtein is ridicuouls. I never saw this type of technology coming, as a kid you always heard about TV Watches, but they were a joke. Now your tv watch gets your stock tips, orders your christmas gifts, and finds you a place to get a great meal. I didnt even have a real(i had a phonebag) cell phone until 2000. I though the Nextel update get color screens was amazing. Now i can literally do everything from a droid, and the iphone is the same
wait, you actually have a droid?
I didn't know people like you actually existed.
i don't know if verizon is still running the promotion, but for a while the droid was buy 1 get 1 free.
Quote from: mpmcgraw on April 21, 2010, 12:34:00 AM
wait, you actually have a droid?
I didn't know people like you actually existed.
Wait you're still here, why dont you go run off for 6 months like you normally do
Quote from: FastFreddie on April 09, 2010, 08:31:07 PM
It's also an April Fools joke, crackers.
you tried to order one :-D
don;t know if any of you iphone nerds subscribe to any podcasts, i only do a few but there's one called comedy death ray, it's one hour and is uploaded on friday afternoons. so farging funny. last friday's was a special 2 hour special and the second hour literally had me crying. it's hosted by scott aukerman and usually has 2-3 special guests per episode. listen if you like laughing.
Got one of these last week. It's the teacher version (i.e. the cheapest), but it seems to work very nicely.
I was able to download an app to listen to the Phillies game (without paying for the MLB package on iPhone) while grocery shopping with the family. It was good to hear L.A. on the radio.
If I can find an app to make hoagies and cheesesteaks, I may never have to return to Philly again.
Yesterday's presser was funny.
"Any suggestions?"
"VERIZON!"
i'm due for a new iphone. i watched some of the conference yesterday and i like it.
It might be worth purchasing for the screen resolution alone.
the HD video camera looks cool too.
The latest henway app looks cool too.
Interesting that AT&T changed their data plans a couple of days before Apple released the new iPhone. And AT&T is now letting people upgrade early. I could be wrong, but I suspect that people might have to ditch their current unlimited data plan to get the new phone.
Pay to play. Econ 101. Most people will actually save money with the new plans, and the people who use a ton of data will pay more.
And now that they have everybody hooked on the internet on demand concept, AT&T will be cashing in quick before their exclusivity deal runs out.
Am I understanding it correctly that current customers who pay $30/mo for unlimited data are basically grand fathered into that rate and will continue with that plan and only new customers will pay the new rates?
If that's the case, I'm curious if that grand fathering extends to changing/upgrading your phone. In other words, if I upgrade to a new iPhone in 2 years, do I have accept the new plan or do I still keep my current data package and rates?
If you re-up your contract, you'll have to go with a new plan.
Exactly. The new plan brings more money to AT&T, and they are using the new technology to lure people away (early) from their existing plan.
Of course, at the end of your current 2-year term, you'll have to change plans anyway.
i've never in my life been one of those people to buy something the first day it comes out...but i pre-ordered the iPhone 4 today. been dropping mine a lot lately and this bitch is stainless steel motherfargers. invincible to drunkenness.
Get a hard case for it too.
:CF is blazing fast on iOS 4. :yay
Downloading it right now.
multitasking.. flash?? I don't get my laptop back til wed.. grr
No flash.
gay. I heard they were upgrading the movie playback and immediately assumed that's what it was. I hear you can make your own playlist in the iPod now.. so that's cool. and pandora all the time ftw.
yeah i havent played around much yet but it's definitely faster. not sure what other new things it does.
It's not bad. Being able to run Pandora all the time is a big plus for me. Much of the update is cosmetic - backgrounds, being able to put apps in folders, and the like. Looks like the multitasking thing is the main emphasis. That said, they now need to embrace Flash playback.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on June 09, 2010, 01:13:35 AM
Am I understanding it correctly that current customers who pay $30/mo for unlimited data are basically grand fathered into that rate and will continue with that plan and only new customers will pay the new rates?
If that's the case, I'm curious if that grand fathering extends to changing/upgrading your phone. In other words, if I upgrade to a new iPhone in 2 years, do I have accept the new plan or do I still keep my current data package and rates?
I can't speak for AT & T but I just switched from T-Mobile onto a Sprint account. My Uncle had 3 lines and was only using 2, he's grandfathered into the $30 per month rate. Yesterday I bought an HTC Touch pro 2 from some guy on Craigslist and transferred everything over without a problem.
Posting from my new evo. Thing is bad ass
POINT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg)
COUNTER-POINT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac)
The Samsung Epic will be coming out later this Summer. It will be the second 4G phone and is also Android-based. It has a touch screen but also a slide-out keyboard, and early reports are that the battery life is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the Evo. So, if you are annoyed with always recharging your phone, you can return it and wait for the Epic.
i considered that...but then remembered that flip keyboards are for gays
Possibly, but the idea of having a cell phone that doesn't last through the day even when not using it at all doesn't exactly strike me as an overly hetero thing to do either.
My buddy just returned the Evos he bought for himself and his wife. He did all kinds of searching online for applications that kill unneeded processes and had them as optimized as possible. He couldn't get his battery to last any longer than 9 hours, and his wife's wouldn't last more than 7.
I made the mistake of buying the Palm Pre last summer and eternally etched my name in the gay hall of fame. Battery dies within 4 hours. Whether I'm using it or not.
I have a hard on for my friend's EVO...looks awesome...but due to my stupid ass jumping in to get the Pre last summer...I'll wait it out and check out what the Samsung has to offer. Based on my experience witht the stupid ass smart phone and its touch screen...the slide out keyboard is a must for when the phone's brain takes a shtein...you can still make calls.
What is the reputation of HTC phones vs. Samsung?
My crappy old flip phone with no touch screen lasts me all week on one charge. I feel pretty awesome.
Quote from: FastFreddie on July 16, 2010, 12:22:45 PM
He couldn't get his battery to last any longer than 9 hours, and his wife's wouldn't last more than 7.
lol women...
Quote from: FastFreddie on July 16, 2010, 12:22:45 PM
Possibly, but the idea of having a cell phone that doesn't last through the day even when not using it at all doesn't exactly strike me as an overly hetero thing to do either.
My buddy just returned the Evos he bought for himself and his wife. He did all kinds of searching online for applications that kill unneeded processes and had them as optimized as possible. He couldn't get his battery to last any longer than 9 hours, and his wife's wouldn't last more than 7.
that's the issue with "multi tasking." i've dealt with a ton of this since the iOS4 came to the iphones, it's terrible. Most iphones won't last 5 hours anymore now that apps run in the background.
i was going to download a task killer but after reading up on it, it appears it actually would be worse for the battery to do that...on the EVO at least
i'm going back to a beeper. holla.
Quote from: General_Failure on July 16, 2010, 01:25:01 PM
My crappy old flip phone with no touch screen lasts me all week on one charge. I feel pretty awesome.
best phone I ever owned
(http://www.mad4mobilephones.com/images/motorola-startac.jpg)
the first gen blackjack is what I use now, but only for phone text and address book. I'm happy with it, but it's buggy by comparison to the rock solid startac i had in 2000.
i loved my StarTAC too, that thing was a beast.
Quote from: SunMo on July 16, 2010, 02:48:49 PM
i was going to download a task killer but after reading up on it, it appears it actually would be worse for the battery to do that...on the EVO at least
You are going to have a love-hate relationship with that phone for months. Should be fun.
I had a StarTAC for like three and a half years. That farger wouldn't die. Great phone. Now I have a Storm and I want mouth-rape it to death.
I still have my beat up BlackBerry Curve - I use it so much that my finger has worn a spot on the battery cover from e-mailing so much over two years.
iPhone 3GS is coming my way though. I think I am the last one at work to get one.
Unplug before it's too late. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/books/review/Shteyngart-t.html?ref=books)
QuoteWith each passing year, scientists estimate that I lose between 6 and 8 percent of my humanity, so that by the close of this decade you will be able to quantify my personality. By the first quarter of 2020 you will be able to understand who I am through a set of metrics as simple as those used to measure the torque of the latest-model Audi or the spring of some brave new toaster.
the EVO is pretty sweet. i've been getting about 12-14 hours out of the battery, depending on usage. the apps are cool, except for facebook...that blows. it's fast as hell and has easy buttons for turning off gps, bluetooth, wi-fi, etc. all of which help save battery.
I'm so pissed off with my iphone right now. ever since the software update it's acted like a complete dick. very much disappointed with apple for once in my life.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38313005/ns/technology_and_science-wireless
Quote from: mussa on July 20, 2010, 01:34:25 PM
I'm so pissed off with my iphone right now. ever since the software update it's acted like a complete dick. very much disappointed with apple for once in my life.
same here dude, ios4 is making everything slow as farg. takes like 10 seconds for my camera to work which pretty much negates the chance to take a picture of anything funny that happens. and everyhting else is slower too. the better fix this shtein soon.
With the OS update, I'm having more stuff crash on me than ever before. Pandora, for one. :boom
the people that are having trouble with the new OS, are you all 3G iphones or do you have the new one?
pretty sure we're all 3G, which is the problem.
oh ok...my girl is looking to get a 4G and didn't like the stories i was telling her about the new OS
She's not left handed is she?
Quote from: SunMo on July 21, 2010, 11:39:36 AM
oh ok...my girl is looking to get a 4G and didn't like the stories i was telling her about the new OS
To be clear you have the only "4G" phone available. The new iPhone 4 is the "4th generation" iPhone but does not offer any faster data speeds than the 3rd generation iPhone.
Quote from: SunMo on July 21, 2010, 11:39:36 AM
oh ok...my girl is looking to get a 4G and didn't like the stories i was telling her about the new OS
the only problem with the new 4g iphone is that you can't hold it.
well they say that bumper they are giving out now is supposed to help with that. but who the farg knows.
i signed up to get it right away but changed my mind, waiting until late summer or even early fall now until they fix it.
Quote from: SunMo on July 21, 2010, 12:00:50 PM
well they say that bumper they are giving out now is supposed to help with that. but who the farg knows.
The bumper will help the reception thing.
As far as the other ios4 thing. Two things will help you out, make sure your apps are updated (any pre ios4 apps can crash). And second, physically turn off the phone periodically, shut down for about 3 or 4 minutes and then restart it.
The multitasking is causing the biggest slowdown and there's no way to "quit" any app, you you could have potentially too many apps running in the back, so physically restarting it once in a while has improved my usage, and many of my clients usage as well.
I'll give that one a try, charlie. I did power cycle the thing, but I didn't leave it off for a long time.
The pandora support folks want me to do something like sync the phone, remove the app in itunes, on the phone, resync the phone, reinstall the app, and resync the phone again. F that. Maybe when I have half a day to spare babysitting the process.
Work finally hooked me up with one today. A 3GS....I just set iTunes up. This is my first foray into the world of Apple crap, so I may have questions. But I see WIP is on there.
You're better off with the Phanatic
First thing you need to do if you haven't already is update to the latest operating system....OS 4.1.2 or some ish like that. It gives you a lot of the functions and features that are available on the iPhone 4. There's a lot of free apps out there that are great. I've got probably 100 apps for my phone and I think I've paid for maybe 5 at most. Here's some of the ones that I use most often:
ESPN Score Center (free) - Allows you to set up favorite teams and sports and pushes scoring updates to you based on your preferences.
ESPN Radio ($3) - Pretty self explanitory.
97.5 Fanatic (free) - ESPN Philly
Yahoo Fantasy Football (free)
Google Earth (free)
Google Mobile (free)
Facebook (free)
PayPal (free)
Bump (free) - This is the app that allows iPhone users to be supreme douche bags and exchange contact info/pics/etc buy touching tips phones.
myCar Park (free) - Tells you where you parked your car if you're a dumb poopy face who can't remember where you parked your car.
Wi Fi Finder (free) - Finds Wi Fi hot spots in your area.
AAA Roadside (free) - Probably not a good app if you don't have AAA. Great app if you do....and if your car broke down.
Currency Converter (free)
iTranslate (free) - Down load this app and you'll finally know what your g/f is really saying to you.
Trapster (free) - Alerts you to speed traps/police citings in your vacinity. Only works with user input though so if there's a speed trap on the route you are driving along and no one else inputs it into Trapster, then you won't get notified.
ShopSavvy (free) - Bar code scanner so if you're shopping for a new tv or something, scan the bar code with the camera on your phone and it will find prices for that item from local and web based vendors. Most stores will recognize the prices listed as long as they are from other local retail stores and not just the web.
Groupon (free) - Another site that requires other users to really make it work. In short, you get notified of some great deal each day.....discounted hotel room or cheap movie tickets or whatever.....but a certain number of people have to register for it in order to actually work. Still, it requires pretty much no work on your part and occasionally you'll save a few bucks on shtein.
Pandora (free)
Netflix (free) - requires a Netflix account. Stream movies and tv shows that are available for instant view to your phone.
DoucheTony (free) - Your phone will curse at you, swig Maker's Mark, and force you to try decade-old MRE's. Then it will take the kids to Disneyland and secks your Peruvian girlfriend.
Thanks fellas. This thing is addicting
I've looked for a Brownsville Gazette app, can't seem to find it though
Maybe you need to search en Español.
My 3G took a shtein on me during vacation. Had dropped it into the sink partially over a year ago and at first it messed up the speakers and headphone which dried out and worked fine after a few days. Here a year later though it finally killed it. They said major water damage. So I got my boss's 3GS he got a few months back since he just got the new one. It's the 32 GB model, which I'm pretty stoked to have that much storage. I had the hardest time getting it to come up in itunes to sync and restore my settings. I tried everything. Turns out it was my fargin USB cord. It charges, but for some reason wasn't syncing. Luckily I had another cord from my first iphone and it worked. So if you have this problem, it may be the USB cord...
Quote from: mussa on August 28, 2010, 01:12:00 PMI had the hardest time getting it to come up in itunes to sync and restore my settings. I tried everything. Turns out it was my fargin USB cord. It charges, but for some reason wasn't syncing. Luckily I had another cord from my first iphone and it worked.
No way! Good thing you saved that cord, huh? I'm so relieved it all worked out in the end!
The fact that you posted that to prove in sarcastic fashion how much you don't care only means that there is a small part of you that actually does care. Softie.
Quote from: FastFreddie on August 28, 2010, 07:02:32 AM
DoucheTony (free) - Your phone will curse at you, swig Maker's Mark, and force you to try decade-old MRE's. Then it will take the kids to Disneyland and secks your Peruvian girlfriend.
Ha! Pretty much my life in a nutshell. Not too shabby.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on July 21, 2010, 10:53:39 AM
With the OS update, I'm having more stuff crash on me than ever before. Pandora, for one. :boom
Before the update I only had 1 app that would crash......and I wouldn't really call it a crash, it would just occasionally choose not to start when I tried opening it. Quick reboot would fix it. I did the update about a week or so ago and have had like 3 different apps crash once or twice but they would open back up with no problem without requiring me to power the phone off and on. Hopefully Apple is able to push out an update that will fix it but so far, it hasn't been too much of a problem for me.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 28, 2010, 09:45:31 AM
Thanks fellas. This thing is addicting
I've looked for a Brownsville Gazette app, can't seem to find it though
It is addicting. I hate myself for allowing a phone to control me the way that this thing does. In the past, I could go out and leave my phone at home and not give a shtein. I pretty much hate getting phone calls when I'm not at home. Now, I can't even go to the grocery store without it. What if the checkout line is long and I have to wait and can't play games to pass the time? How did I ever survive the waiting room at the doctor's office without this thing?
Quote from: Diomedes on August 28, 2010, 02:38:31 PM
Quote from: mussa on August 28, 2010, 01:12:00 PMI had the hardest time getting it to come up in itunes to sync and restore my settings. I tried everything. Turns out it was my fargin USB cord. It charges, but for some reason wasn't syncing. Luckily I had another cord from my first iphone and it worked.
No way! Good thing you saved that cord, huh? I'm so relieved it all worked out in the end!
Hey I'm just here to help
Hell, I was spoiled by the BlackBerry but that thing is archaic compared to this. I'm blown away at what some of these apps are. I've DLd quite a bit and havent even started fooling with iTunes yet.
anyone else having problems with the 4.1 update? ever since i upgraded it i've been having shtein coverage at my house.. and normally i don't. right now it just constantly searches for signal or has no service for long periods then bam it'll be full .. then 1 bar .. then edge .. basically its wacking out signal wise. at the phillies game yesterday it was fine full 3g so i know it is working ok.. it just seem since the update it can't pick up a constant connection. anyone else dealing with this? i have the 3gs
I've noticed that the speed in which it sends emails while on WIFI sucks. It used to be faster. Now I have the WIFI turned off.
Signalwise, I havent noticed anything.
the only thing i can even use at my house now is the wifi.. wtf? going back to philly tonight so i'll keep an eye on it there.. but this shtein is farging annoying. every once in a while i'll get like 5-10 txt messages at a time instead of when they come in one at a time. its really struggling to find a signal. i tried restoring it and it didn't do shtein. i want to put the older OS on there but everything keeps saying i needed to save some profile or some shtein to do that.
My problem is battery now.
Its not the actual phone, but they have me a Mophie battery pack and I cant get it to charge right.
I need a new mobile. I want one that is durable, works well as a phone, has a decent camera on it. After that, i don't much care about other options. I'm not going to pay for a data plan, so it doesn't have to be a smart phone. Wi-fi would be nice though, so I could browse when I happen to be in a place with free wi-fi.
Any suggestions?
Motorola still makes phones with thick cases on them. Checking their website, they have seven phones that have both a camera and whatever they consider rugged construction.
will do, thanks
here's something I don't get: how I I know the phone will work with my carrier? can I buy any phone and put my chip in it?
Nope.
For what you want you'll probably need a Nextel plan.
I'm already on AT&T, and not leaving because my number is part of a large family plan we've got.
So what I need to do is find a phone that's compatible with AT&T, I gather.
I'm not interested in getting a "free" phone from them this time, even though I'm due, because I don't want a fancy phone. I don't need internet service in a ditch. I do need a camera though, so I can take pictures of the unidentified line I just put a shovel through.
What a pain in the ass.
Well, it's hard to find phones that work on the little-known AT&T network. You're probably SOL.
What you're saying is, I should probably just give up? Aight.
Maybe write a country song about it.
A couple more ditches Dio and you can get this http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/15/mashable.iphone.expensive/index.html?hpt=Sbin (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/15/mashable.iphone.expensive/index.html?hpt=Sbin) ;D
Quote from: Diomedes on October 15, 2010, 10:40:17 AM
I need a new mobile. I want one that is durable, works well as a phone, has a decent camera on it. After that, i don't much care about other options. I'm not going to pay for a data plan, so it doesn't have to be a smart phone. Wi-fi would be nice though, so I could browse when I happen to be in a place with free wi-fi.
Any suggestions?
Do they even make phones that have wifi capability that aren't smartphones which require a data plan?
Quote from: Sgt PSN on October 15, 2010, 02:30:59 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on October 15, 2010, 10:40:17 AM
I need a new mobile. I want one that is durable, works well as a phone, has a decent camera on it. After that, i don't much care about other options. I'm not going to pay for a data plan, so it doesn't have to be a smart phone. Wi-fi would be nice though, so I could browse when I happen to be in a place with free wi-fi.
Any suggestions?
Do they even make phones that have wifi capability that aren't smartphones which require a data plan?
Yeah, I'm not sure how much it depends on the carrier. I'm in the exact same boat Dio, I just went out last night to BB and a Verizon store. Both had same line and prices for Verizon, who I've always liked as a carrier (and never liked any other carrier I've had otherwise).
There's not much available, maybe 3-4 models that cost next to nothing with a 2 year plan.
There's an LG Cosmos and Samsung Intensity ll that look like the best bets though only have a basic camera (1.3mp). They do have a slide keyboard and card slot.
They are trying to make money by funneling people into buying $10-15/month data plans for other phones and the "insurance" over 2 years is 2/3 the cost of a new plan at BB, so it's really a ripoff unless it's for some kid that will probably go swimming with it or something. A home charger and a book are the only other things that come included but at least now the earphone jacks are somewhat universal rather than having to buy their particular proprietary brand.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on October 15, 2010, 02:30:59 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on October 15, 2010, 10:40:17 AM
I need a new mobile. I want one that is durable, works well as a phone, has a decent camera on it. After that, i don't much care about other options. I'm not going to pay for a data plan, so it doesn't have to be a smart phone. Wi-fi would be nice though, so I could browse when I happen to be in a place with free wi-fi.
Any suggestions?
Do they even make phones that have wifi capability that aren't smartphones which require a data plan?
No, not really.
Didn't think so. Sounds like maybe the best option for Dio is to just get a new, basic phone with a good camera and buy and iPad.
I recently heard somewhere that there is a LG Cosmos and Samsung Intensity that has wifi capability, a camera, and doesn't require a data plan.
I would like to reiterate that I really don't think they make phones with WiFi capability that do not require a data plan.
You're farged, Dio.
I don't quite understand what you're getting at. Let's try and stay on topic here, shall we?
Quote from: FastFreddie on October 15, 2010, 03:16:35 PM
I would like to reiterate that I really don't think they make phones with WiFi capability that do not require a data plan.
You're farged, Dio.
that goes without saying
Every time I get notifications to update apps I have on my phone, I still have to type in my password. Is there a way to disable that so I can just update without typing my password?
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
I just ordered my iPhone 4 yesterday and got work to pay for it so I'll have a used 3g if anyone needs one.
Not turning on my 4g until Monday though as there is a 100% chance I drop it in Nashville or end up jamming it up the butthole of a hillbilly. Or a hooker.
or rusty...oh you said hillbilly. and you said hooker.
covered and covered.
Wacka wacka wacka.
i hope you perish
Lies.
Quote from: phattymatty on October 22, 2010, 03:38:55 PM
I just ordered my iPhone 4 yesterday and got work to pay for it so I'll have a used 3g if anyone needs one.
Not turning on my 4g until Monday though as there is a 100% chance I drop it in Nashville or end up jamming it up the butthole of a hillbilly. Or a hooker.
Just a little FYI: The iPhone 4 is not 4g but Steve Jobs is no idiot.
4g = 4 generation. but yes, the implication for the other thing was bound to catch up a few retards.
yeah i know this nerds. accidental g there. the whole generation system is all just made up anyway. someone could technically just come out with a 5g tomorrow.
I submitted to the dark side last night and bought an iPad. So far, so good. Works as I expected and everything but I didn't realize that they didn't come with the latest os on them. I've got 4.2 on my phone but that update isn't available on iPad until sometime later this month. Oh well. Now I can give my laptop to my daughter.
Which one did you get and how much?
My sister wants us to split the cost for one for my mom for Christmas.
Got the 64 gig wifi. $700 for the iPad and then I also bought a case for it. Since I have an iPhone, it's not all that exciting because it doesn't have any features that the phone doesn't other than a bigger screen. Still, I'm just happy that it's easier to travel with than a laptop. It's also just as fast when web browsing as my laptop was. Good riddance to that thing.
What's the cheapest iPad model with Wifi go for? I saw a few for $499. I'm putting it out there I'm interested in getting one so maybe some of my family will get the hint, put their Xmas present list together and get me one. I'm not holding my breath though.
I think the 16GB WiFi is for $550 on the apple site
Quote from: SD on November 13, 2010, 09:39:49 PM
What's the cheapest iPad model with Wifi go for? I saw a few for $499. I'm putting it out there I'm interested in getting one so maybe some of my family will get the hint, put their Xmas present list together and get me one. I'm not holding my breath though.
Cheapest one is 16 gig wfi for $499. 32 gig wifi for $599 and 64 gig wifi for $699. For the 3G versions I think you can basically add $100 to the cost of each one. Doesn't matter where you look (Best Buy, Apple Store, etc)....they're all the same price...unless you opt for a refurbished model, but I've only seen them available online and not at a low enough price for me to take a chance on it.
I went with the 64 gb because I want to have plenty of space for movies and music while I'm traveling.
You're not a player; you just crush a lot.
citation for the ignorant, please
I have a touch screen phone, with the ipad is there any annoyance having to constantly wipe the smudges off the screen or typing on the touch keyboard?
just stop being so greasy. problem solved.
I'm Italian so that's impossible.
The only time the smudges and streaks are really noticeable is when it's in standby mode or powered off and you've got a black screen. But once you turn it on, you really don't notice greasy finger trails that much. I wipe my iphone down once a day and do the same with the ipad. Takes about 5 seconds, not a big deal.
Also, Samsung is getting ready to release it's version of the iPad for Droid. It's a little smaller (7" screen vs 9.7 for iPad) but it can be used as a phone and has dual camera as well (although the camera is like 3 megapixel at best). So if you hate Apple products, people who buy Apple products or if you're a Verizon/Droid user, you may want to hold off for a couple weeks until it gets released, which I think is supposed to be before xmas.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 14, 2010, 02:22:31 PMI wipe my iphone down once a day and do the same with the ipad.
interesting. how does that slot into the daily routine? before or after you clean your weapon?
Is "clean your weapon" jargon for pleasuring oneself?
i have an ipad. and i use it pretty much every day... for school, work, and just goofing off.
I would get the 3g version. There's no contract and you can turn it on on months you'll need it.
Just got the iphone4. Awesome.
I still have the 3GS and will until work upgrades me.
But this things been dropping more calls this week than Na Brown dropped balls.
I had a farging RAZR. Anything is better than that.
Oh wow, yeah. You're livin the high life now. Now you can join me and the other chuckleheads who post here from the phones.
Rome, when you're on a call and your cheek decides to make love to the mute or end call button...or it decides to make a 3-way call to one of your contacts that you have spoken to in 3 years, write back and tell us your experience.
I've never had that happen to me. You must have really fat cheeks or something. I've had very few problems with my phone since getting it. Coverage/signal strength is my biggest issue. But that's because I live in a desert and I'd have the same problem with any other carrier as well. Need more towers.
Having said that, I'll likely be getting rid of my iphone and going back to a more basic phone in about 18 mo when my contract is up. Nothing wrong with the phone at all....I love it. But I've had my ipad for a few weeks now and love that thing too. So when my contract is up, I'll downgrade the phone and upgrade to an ipad 3g (or whatever #g version they have at the time). Don't see the point in paying data charges on 2 devices.
Also, I downloaded this app on my ipad called Zinio. It's basically a one stop shop for magazine subscriptions and it gave me my choice of trial subscriptions to several different mags.....Nat Geo, Car & Driver, etc. I went with The Sporting News because it gave me 60 free issues. Farg yeah.
Are telling me that you never hit the hold button during a call? I find that impossible.
The sensitivity sensor light (or whatever its called) comes on when the phone is taken away from your cheek at like 2 inches--even after the software update. Apple expects you to be a friggin mannequin on the phone and not move around. Its intuitiveness is unquestioned, but its calling abilities are a crying shame.
If not for the 10% restocking fee that would be enough for me to return this bitch.
Sarcasm!
Quote from: reese125 on December 11, 2010, 03:32:06 PM
Are telling me that you never hit the hold button during a call? I find that impossible.
Not once.
Quote
The sensitivity sensor light (or whatever its called) comes on when the phone is taken away from your cheek at like 2 inches--even after the software update. Apple expects you to be a friggin mannequin on the phone and not move around. Its intuitiveness is unquestioned, but its calling abilities are a crying shame.
Maybe you just make too many sudden movements when you're talking. Do you furiously whack it when you're on the phone?
Rome's iPhone is more evidence of government employees being overpaid.
QuoteMaybe you just make too many sudden movements when you're talking. Do you furiously whack it when you're on the phone?
Should I not be? That was not in the owners manual.
Quote from: FastFreddie on December 11, 2010, 03:47:07 PM
Rome's iPhone is more evidence of government employees being overpaid.
Your face is evidence in a case of failed eugenics.
Science burn!
My next phone is the Evo Shift, fargers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704739504576068170230339348.html
:crazy
It was only a matter of time until that happened. It's been rumored for months.
Also, my 97.5 app doesn't work. It doesn't crash upon start up or anything, it just never plays audio. If I click on "background" and to stream it through Safari I keep getting a message that says it can't access that page. I know there's an update to the phone that I need to download and install so I'm hoping that will fix the problem. The app has always been very finicy though so it could be something that The Phanatic needs to fix on their end as well. Anyone else experience this?
Also, iPad 2 (http://www.businessinsider.com/ipad-2-2010-12#) likely to be released in April. Other than the addition of the camera, it doesn't seem like they are making any improvements to it that would make current iPad owners want to rush out and buy one......except for the Apple morons who just have to have the latest and greatest Apple products. I've heard that they may offer a 128gb iPad, but this particular article doesn't mention it specifically, only that there will be an increase in RAM.
so the iphone will go from att zesty service to verizons zesty service and crap pricing. thank god it's finally happening.
I argued over the whole att/verizon issue a while back, and I can honestly say my iphone and att service has been horrendous for 6 months. I never had an issue with them for 10 years.
Im sure the consensus polls out there say verizon has the better network, so the easy answer would be to head on over to verizon now, but its almost a guarantee that when all these millions of new iphone users hop on board verizons service is going to take a nose dive as well.
My iPhone is great for everything but making phone calls.
Although I hope that some of the AT&T people will jump to Verizon and free up the load on the AT&T network.
how farging nuts does those dropped calls make you? I cant even count how many dropped calls I get and have to call the person back not once, but sometimes 3 times in a row.
data is fine, but jesus the most important aspect is missing.
Yeah...
*call failed****call failed***
farg!
Both carriers have their own issues. Verizon fails in places where AT&T works, and vice versa. But the grass is always greener...
I've had the iPhone for a month or so now and I absolutely love it. Never had a problem with it yet.
I have had both AT&T and Verizon (personal and work) at the same time and can tell you that Verizon KILLS AT&T with coverage and dropped calls. no comparison. AT&T was the outright WORST.
I think a lot of it depends on where you live. AT&T is the dominant force here in Hell and I never have issues with dropped calls in this area. Basically you're good anywhere east of I-95 which works because I rarely travel west of it.
No one can be as bad as Sprint/Nextel. No one.
AT&T has been solid for the most part but the dropped calls have become annoying. Although I suspect that's more iPhone problem than AT&T problem.
Do you have an iPhone 4, Jay?
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on January 09, 2011, 11:05:44 AM
No one can be as bad as Sprint/Nextel. No one.
Which did you have? The Nextel network is a complete abortion, but Sprint's isn't bad. Roaming is on Verizon anyway, and it's much much cheaper than ATT or VZW. I would have switched by now but get such a ridiculous deal. I've priced out the closest plans on other carriers and it's not even close.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on January 09, 2011, 11:05:44 AM
AT&T has been solid for the most part but the dropped calls have become annoying. Although I suspect that's more iPhone problem than AT&T problem.
I've had the iPhone 3GS since it came out in 2009 and I've had 2 dropped calls.
I used to really hate AT&T coverage, but it's gotten much better in the areas that I hang out.
Quote from: Rome on January 09, 2011, 11:08:04 AM
Do you have an iPhone 4, Jay?
Nope, I have the 3GS. I should be upgraded to the 4 soon. It's through work so I'm at their mercy on when I get the upgrade.
FF - I had Nextel and Sprint. Sprint was marginally better. Nextel was awful.
QB - perhaps it's the area? Houston has alot of 3G network usage from what I understand. It's like when I go to Vegas the network really bogs down because so many people in the area on the iPhone network
yep-thats exactly what it is. its all coverage area with that phone.
Dropped calls are NOT exclusive to iPhone users.
My AT&T phone(s) would not just drop off, the entire farging phone shut off because of the dropped call.
That's not what they mean, the features of the iphone drag down the entire network.
Quote from: mpmcgraw on January 09, 2011, 02:50:11 PM
That's not what they mean, the features of the iphone drag down the entire network.
Yeah...getting all the push notifications really has to bog things down. Someone updates their facebook or makes a comment, you get a notification. New email, you get a notification. Twitter notifications, ebay alerts, travel updates, etc etc. I've got nearly all of them turned off or set to manual.
There is a spot along the highway here, a busy stretch of interstate, where it drops my calls every time. As soon as I hit the zone, dropped call.
Stop using your phone while you're driving.
hands-free Sync!
Stop using the sink while you're driving.
but i like washing my hands and face while cruising
We really cannot help ourselves here.
IOS 4.3 turns all iPhones into wireless hotspots
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375636,00.asp (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375636,00.asp)
Hopefully AT&T opts not to be dicks about it and "allows" the hotspot feature. If it works well, then I wouldn't see the need to switch to a 3G iPad.
I want to see how users on Verizons network shakes out here.
There is a backbreaker with the iPhone and Verizons network. It runs strictly on CDMA technology--which will not allow you to talk on the phone while accessing data simultaneously--basically the call overrides the data. Also, it only works on the older 3G network. I think the best bet is to wait for the iPhone to run on Verizons LTE network.
Talking and accessing email and Internet is important to me so I hope they keep AT&T at work.
That's one thing I hated about the blackberry was I couldn't do both.
Quote from: reese125 on January 12, 2011, 07:46:12 PM
I want to see how users on Verizons network shakes out here.
There is a backbreaker with the iPhone and Verizons network. It runs strictly on CDMA technology--which will not allow you to talk on the phone while accessing data simultaneously--basically the call overrides the data. Also, it only works on the older 3G network. I think the best bet is to wait for the iPhone to run on Verizons LTE network.
I agree...this is why I might wait on it. My boss has already given me the okay to make the switch (at his cost) from Blackberry to iPhone when I want to...I just have to decide when I want to. LOL
Just to make sure I'm understanding this correctly, this is completely different than tethering, correct? If I'm not mistaken, I could shell out an extra $15/month to tether my ipad to my iphone so that I can use my ipad when I'm not in a wi-fi zone and still access the web. This will more or less turn my phone into a "wireless router " and I'm assuming I can set up some sort of password to secure it so that the dude sitting next to me can't just connect to my phone and suck up my data. Is that pretty much it or am I way off?
Im talking about something completely different...but youre spot on with how tethering works.
I'm just talking about the iphone update in the article you posted vs tethering....2 totally different things, right?
you can use your iphone for a mobile hotspot right now without paying 15 a month for it if you jailbreak it.
the other is with att and t-mobile being the only ones who have the same kind of network is if you unlocked it to acquire another provider.. you only had one other choice (t-mobile). i'm assuming now this gives you the option of getting a verizon cdma iphone, and being able to unlock it and put it on a really cheap provider like metropcs if you wanted. obviously the advantage with sticking with verizon will be the coverage.. and being able to use the data and phone at the same time on the new network.
I like multitasking as much as the next guy, but I'm assuming that you douches who play on your phones while talking on your phones make even fewer friends than I.
Or some of us do it because of work...
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on January 12, 2011, 08:21:58 PM
Talking and accessing email and Internet is important to me so I hope they keep AT&T at work.
I thought McDonald's had wifi in every restaurant?
BURN!
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on January 13, 2011, 07:37:18 AM
Or some of us do it because of work...
This.
I have to pull up spreadsheets or emails while I'm on a work call from my Blackberry constantly. So, its pretty much necessary to be able to do both at the same time.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 13, 2011, 01:40:36 AM
I'm just talking about the iphone update in the article you posted vs tethering....2 totally different things, right?
no, actually if your iphone becomes a hotspot you'll have the abilty to sync (tether) your ipad to your iphones 3G network. thats basically what tethering is--your just combining networks.
it looks like you'll be good to go with verizon and getting it free as a new setting in your iphone, but the rumored problem is with att---and allowing it for free.
Ok, so this isn't really anything "new" for AT&T subscribers, because they already allow us to do that (at a cost), this is basically just more good news for Verizon users.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on January 13, 2011, 09:08:59 AM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on January 13, 2011, 07:37:18 AM
Or some of us do it because of work...
This.
I have to pull up spreadsheets or emails while I'm on a work call from my Blackberry constantly. So, its pretty much necessary to be able to do both at the same time.
Neither of you are this important.
Verizon should wait for the 4gs phones coming out this spring.
Heard Verizon has better service than AT&T, but I haven't had an issue for years now with AT&T. I'm curious to see what the difference is in price though...
Every time I read this thread I'm reminded of how little I know about what this thing can do. It's farging freaky, actually.
I'm slowly learning but I can't wait to really get into the apps more.
And I just figured out the video capabilities too which are ridiculous.
The apps are what make the phone so great and they range from stupid shtein like the coin flip app to language translation and currency conversions (which came in quite handy while I was in Peru) to business and productivity apps. The iphone and ipad are seriously one of the most awesome things invented during my lifetime.
"I just had to do a hard reset on my iPhone. The good news is I get to start over on Angry Birds!"
-actual status update from a facebook 'friend'
You're all douches.
Angry Birds is the greatest game ever invented.
droid - farg apple.
Quote from: Rome on January 13, 2011, 03:32:27 PM
Angry Birds is the greatest game to play while taking a shtein.
Quote from: DH on January 13, 2011, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: Rome on January 13, 2011, 03:32:27 PM
Angry Birds is the greatest game to play while taking a shtein.
i hope you at least mute your phone.
So, I have a client that asked me my opinion on which droid phone he should get.. I mainly deal with iPhones, so i don't know a lot about this...
but which verizon droid would you get, the droid x, the htc incredible, or the droid 2? and is the droid r2d2 the same phone as the droid 2?
If you want a full keyboard, then go with Droid 2 or the r2d2. If you want a great phone go with the droid X, the mifi spot is pretty cool. My buddy just got the Samsung Fascinate and he swears its the best out there, but i havent seen any comparison with that to other droids yet.
i have the incredible and its just that. the farging thing does everything, i swear. very highly recommended.
mytouch slide here. love it.
so i guess what we are saying right now is apple can suck it, hard.
ive said this before, but i have an ipad andim not that impressed with it...if it were to become available, I dont see why i wouldnt buy an android style tablet one day and put the ipad on ebay..
I have an android tablet, but I don't know anyone with an ipad to compare the two. Mostly I use it for checking google news while in the bathroom.
pretty sure t-mobile has a droid pad.
farg t-mobile with a cancerous aids cock. id never buy anything from those iceholes.
Quote from: smeags on January 28, 2011, 12:51:51 PM
pretty sure t-mobile has a droid pad.
Yes, they have been out for a few months now. I think all the major carriers have them.
Quote from: DH on January 28, 2011, 09:28:00 AM
i have the incredible and its just that. the farging thing does everything, i swear. very highly recommended.
i mentioned this to my client and he tried it and got it, and i liked his so much i slit his throat on the spot and stole it.
i mean, i got one for myself. and i am a mac guy for just about everything else... the ability to sync the calendars through google sold me.
Quote from: charlie on February 04, 2011, 11:16:43 AM
... the ability to sync the calendars through google sold me.
I can do that already with the iphone(3). Or is there some added functionality?
not to mention arent all the droid models battery crushers or do they differ at all?
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on February 04, 2011, 12:37:56 PM
Quote from: charlie on February 04, 2011, 11:16:43 AM
... the ability to sync the calendars through google sold me.
I can do that already with the iphone(3). Or is there some added functionality?
I meant that i was concerned about there not being any "out of the box" syncing between htc and apple, thats all.
This isn't iPhone related but "funny" just the same.
I always wondered why the volume level on the iPod 64 G that we have sounded really low, so I started farging around with it. Come to find out it's preset at the factory so as not to cause permanent deafness on the part of the clueless fargs who purchase it. I removed the volume lock and now my ears are finally & gloriously bleeding.
PS: Tinnitus rules.
I got one of these farging things this weekend. My transformation into an unbearable yuppy douche is now complete. I hate myself.
As you should.
P.S. I'm waiting for the iPhone 5.
Quote from: rjs246 on April 04, 2011, 09:27:15 AM
I got one of these farging things this weekend. My transformation into an unbearable yuppy douche is now complete. I hate myself.
There's an app that allows guys to transfer contact info simply by touching tips. Let's do this.
Quote from: rjs246 on April 04, 2011, 09:27:15 AM
I got one of these farging things this weekend. My transformation into an unbearable yuppy douche is now complete. I hate myself.
Quote from: FastFreddie on April 04, 2011, 12:09:02 PM
As you should.
P.S. I'm waiting for the iPhone 5.
I lied. I had to pull the trigger to lock in a service plan discount. Should be here Tuesday or so.
So besides some power accessories and shtein, what else do I need for this shtein? Otterbox case? Is there an app that will tell me over and over again that I'm not a douchebag even though I have an iPhone?
The NBA Jam game for my iPod Touch makes me horny and basically gives me no chance of getting any work done. IS IT THE SHOES?!? I farging loved that game on Sega Genesis.
I'm waiting...i have no choice. The upgrade on my office issued Verizon phone won't be here until the 5 comes out, so that'll work for me.
Freddie, since you have an ipod touch, most (if not all) of the apps should work just fine on your phone. Not sure if you already knew that.
As for the Otterbox, it's awesome in the sense that you'll probably never break your phone. But it also sucks because it's bulky and the belt clip attachment doesn't seem to hold it in place very well. And since it's bulky, it's a bitch to put in your pocket. Not to mention that the rubber sleeve that goes around it will stick to the inside of your pocket, so when you take the phone out, everything else in your pocket is coming out with it. I bought one that I use when going to the beach or pool, but for everyday use I bought some cheap $10 case.
Yeah they gave us an Otterbox and I took mine out.
My old phone had the extended battery pack and that wasn't too bulky but the Otter was. So now I am case-free.
I've got one of those--hard shell over rubber sleeve--and I like it. I'm hard on phones, it's the best cover I've ever had.
p.s. don't keep a phone in some kind of holster on your hip, flaggot
Yes, agreed.
Hip phone holsters = gay
put it in your pocket, queers
they even sell pants with handy pockets on the side of the leg...perfect for a phone
It's unfair that women have an extra pocket.
If you'd just scoop out those useless testicles you'd have a handy storage pouch of your own.
OK, so I am due for an upgrade and can go with the 4 (or wait for 4s in a month or so).
Regardless, I'm torn. yes, I use an antiquated Blackberry, but for what I use it for (email mostly) its great. I know I'd love EVERYTHING about the iPhone but I can't get past the fact that it doesn't have true push notification for email (for both Gmail and my company email).
Define "true push notification." I have the email on my phone set my home and work email and when I have new email, the icon on my phone displays a little red badge with a number inside of it.....the number representing the number of unread emails I have (obviously). Whenever I get a new email, the phone makes a little alert sound and the number of unread messages increases.
Is that not considered true push notification? If not, then what's the difference? Does true push actually display part of the message on your screen or something?
Since we're talking about email on the iPhone....my only major complaint is that there still isn't a "select all" option. There's very few things in life more annoying than trying to clean out my inbox when there's over 100 messages in there and I have to click on every single one to move them. It would seriously be a lot easier and faster for me to select all and then de-select the few messages I wish to keep.
What a gripping dilemma.
It is......selecting all the individual messages often distracts me from watching tv in my bedroom.
Gmail has had push notification forever through Google sync (Active Sync). You set up the account under Microsoft Exchange just like your work email.
Is there anything reese doesn't know?
How to find my tailgate.
Errands during an Eagles game.
Quote from: reese125 on May 17, 2011, 05:13:00 PM
Gmail has had push notification forever through Google sync (Active Sync). You set up the account under Microsoft Exchange just like your work email.
I just tried this with my gmail account and sent myself a test email and didn't notice anything different. What's the difference setting up under ME as opposed to just adding a new gmail account?
Google archives e-mail while Yahoo, for instance, allows for immediate & permanent deletion. I actually love the e-mail function on my iPhone because I can go through them in ten minutes at the office from as many accounts as I set up.
That's a great answer if I asked for the difference between gmail and yahoo. But I didn't.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 17, 2011, 05:36:09 PM
Quote from: reese125 on May 17, 2011, 05:13:00 PM
Gmail has had push notification forever through Google sync (Active Sync). You set up the account under Microsoft Exchange just like your work email.
I just tried this with my gmail account and sent myself a test email and didn't notice anything different. What's the difference setting up under ME as opposed to just adding a new gmail account?
If you set it up in the Mail app as a GMail account, it doesn't actually push emails to you. It just checks often.
If you set it up in the Mail app as an Exchange account with server m.google.com, it instantaneously pushes emails to you.
That's it? The mail app checks as often as every 15 minutes where ME will deliver the message to your phone once it's received. Meh...not a big enough selling point for me as I don't need instant email updates on my phone so I'll be deleting the ME account now.
Why don't you do that, buddy.
Oh, I will. But first I'm going to use that account to email you a pic of my beanbag. Then I'll delete it. That way, it'll be a minimum of 15 minutes until I receive your reply.
alright, so I'm sticking with the Blackberry for now, UNTIL the 4S comes out in the late summer/early fall. Reason being, I am still under warranty for this Bold and they're sending me a refurbished one (the one I have is having some issues). But I will change over as soon as the next one comes out.
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 17, 2011, 06:17:19 PM
If you set it up in the Mail app as a GMail account, it doesn't actually push emails to you. It just checks often.
If you set it up in the Mail app as an Exchange account with server m.google.com, it instantaneously pushes emails to you.
The question I have, is if you set it up the second way, doesn't it do something to change your email address?
No. When I set up my gmail on ME yesterday, I sent myself a test message from my work email and it showed up on my phone in less than 30 seconds. Setting up through gmail instead of ME only allows you to adjust the settings so that your phone checks for new messages every 15 minutes (at most). So if you need instantaneous email, then setting it up through the ME is the way to go.
You have an iPad, right? Check it out there and see what you think. It'll be the exact same thing on the iPhone.
i just started going caseless (because I'm so BADASS) and yesterday on the treadmill my finger got caught in my headphones cord, knocking my iphone to the track, which then shot it backwards smashing it into a mirror.
it was super awesome. surprisingly only has a few dings. pretty sturdy that farger.
I like how cardio equipment has the adapter that you can plug your ipod/iphone into it and keep it charged and out of the way. The gym on base just got some new treadmills that are pretty bad ass because now you can plug your device into it and if you have video that you want to watch, it will appear on the treadmill's tv screen (wonder if anyone would mind if I watch porn). It also has a control panel that allows you to skip songs, adjust volume, etc, so you don't have to mess with your ipod/iphone...which really sucks with sweaty hands.
So, the iPhone can make it possible for you to listen to your favorite music, watch pr0n, and masturbate... all while running on the treadmill?
I love this thing even more now.
mine even turns into a remote for my computer so if i hook it up to my tv to watch a movie, i can use it to fast forward and rewind and shtein. i've had one for over 3 years and its still amazing to me.
Quote from: FastFreddie on May 18, 2011, 11:59:38 AM
So, the iPhone can make it possible for you to listen to your favorite music, watch pr0n, and masturbate... all while running on the treadmill?
I love this thing even more now.
You also described government jobs.
In?
I don't think that you can afford me.
Just set my DVR to record with mine. Weird world we're living in.
if you havent seen it--heres the new features and spec for the Iphone 4S. The Siri assistant seems pretty bad ass. Now its a matter if it really works as advertised.
http://gizmodo.com/5846504/new-apple-iphone-all-the-information (http://gizmodo.com/5846504/new-apple-iphone-all-the-information)
SD wants people to brag about their new iPhones but is too shy to say so here.
Ha!
Updated my phone and ipad with the new iOS 5 today. Phone update went relatively smooth. Not sure what happened with the ipad, but after the update it was set back to it's out of the box settings and trying to recover my previous backup kept failing. The sync took about 4 or 5 hours - adding all my music, videos, pics, apps, etc. Once it was done, then I had to waste another 20 or 30 min grouping all of my apps in folders like I had them before. Good times.
I really haven't even had a chance to check out many of the new features and upgrades with the new os yet. But I did notice that I can text message from my ipad now. That's cool. But the changes made to the web browser suck a fat one.
I forgot to sync my music before I did the update and now I lost all the music I had on the thing. That's ok, though. I was sick of most of it.
Best part of the new update is the camera on the lock green now. Easier to take spur of the moment pictures. New messaging system is cool too.
We should talk about this on SD's facebook.
You should all die a slow painful death. I hope your new phone completes you.
Quote from: SD on October 16, 2011, 10:28:04 AM
You should all die a slow painful death. I hope your new phone completes you.
^^^ BITTER PHILLY FAN ^^^
getting mine monday. i'll be sure to give play by play activation tweets for SD
So this is what its like to have a real phone?
wtf did I keep that mother farging Blackberry for so long for? ::) ::) ::)
This thing is amazing.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on October 17, 2011, 10:54:41 PMwtf did I keep that mother farging Blackberry for so long for?
multiple choice
your corporate overlord paid for it?
you like the taste of suck?
you are gay?
lol
My company just got me a 4 (16 GB). yay no more cell phone bills
Quote from: Diomedes on October 17, 2011, 10:57:47 PM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on October 17, 2011, 10:54:41 PMwtf did I keep that mother farging Blackberry for so long for?
multiple choice
your corporate overlord paid for it?
you like the taste of suck?
you are gay?
originally yes. But the company i started working for back in January offered an iPhone 4 and I chose to keep the Blackberry.
So I guess the latter 2 are more appropriate.
You like the taste of gay suck?
Based on the interaction on :CF, I am fairly certain that straight people are mythological.
You saying Jesus was a fag?
I'm saying you are a fag.
It's ok. They allow Romes in the Corps now. I think.
i got a 4s on monday and i have to admit, it's pretty farging awesome
I heard Siri gives great head. Anything?
shteinthatsirisays.tumblr.com...just fix the "shtein" part.... :-D
Not exactly an iPhone, but the Samsung Nexus 2 with ice cream sandwich is coming out supposedly December 8th. Rather than using an unlocking pattern or code, it uses facial recognition.
http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-5-pictures-and-parts-leaked-29240691/
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Me likey.
My room mates brother was chosen to be a beta tester for the iphone 5.
I've heard thru the tech nerds in our office that the appraisers in our department, regardless of rank, are getting iPhones & iPads when the next budget cycle begins. Our elected property appraiser has already been transitioned over to the iPhone & iPad and he loves them.
The amount of work we can get done via the wireless internet is incredible compared to doing it the old fashioned boots on the ground manner. I already volunteered to be the district guinea pig because everything I have is Apple, and as such, I'm used to it at this point. The only concern from the techies is our mainframe program isn't compatible with it, but then again, it's such an anachronistic piece of shtein I doubt it's compatible with anything else either.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/12/technology/apple-iphone-5-event/index.html
job is ordering me the new space phone on friday. 64GB. enough room to carry several full length pornos on your phone at all times.
Android is kicking Apple's ass.
I'm still wondering whats going to happen with Samsung's potential injunction on the iPhone5 for LTE chipset patent infringement. I'd love it if apple got a taste of their own medicine for once.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on September 12, 2012, 06:24:39 PM
I'm still wondering whats going to happen with Samsung's potential injunction on the iPhone5 for LTE chipset patent infringement. I'd love it if apple got a taste of their own medicine for once.
You would love it if a Korean company caused financial distress for an American one?
Seriously?
Amercia (sic) or GTFO
I have Samsung shtein too but people have this weird rage thing about Apple that I find strange and hilarious at the same time.
it's because there's a whole generation of apple fanboys that are insufferable and talk about how superior their products are to everyone else's. i actually agree with them personally but they annoy the shtein out of me too.
The company was built on an image of pretentiousness that other tech companies have copied but never duplicated because they're not Apple.
I've owned all sorts of computers and nothing comes close to this MacBook quality-wise. Same goes for the iPhone & all the other shtein we have from Apple.
I admit I'm not a very astute computer guy. I know enough to get along but I also know quality, fit & finish and Apple stuff has it over everyone else.
You're just gay for America, you freakin yankee and your hot women, and your fully stocked grocery stores, and your freedoms, and all.
U...S...A! U...S...A! U...S...A!
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 12, 2012, 07:14:32 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on September 12, 2012, 05:56:06 PM
Android is kicking Apple's ass.
Not correct.
No? I heard on the news yesterday that Android is now the dominant/most used OS and that it is still gaining market share. Here's a link for reference, though I admit it doesn't make the claim I do, it just gives some numbers...over 500 million and growing at 1.3 million activations per day...
http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/handheld/google-races-toward-1-billion-android-ac/240007197
Quote from: Rome on September 12, 2012, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on September 12, 2012, 06:24:39 PM
I'm still wondering whats going to happen with Samsung's potential injunction on the iPhone5 for LTE chipset patent infringement. I'd love it if apple got a taste of their own medicine for once.
You would love it if a Korean company caused financial distress for an American one?
Seriously?
Apple fanboys are a joke. Most apple users have no clue what to do with it, they just like saying Apple. I'd say 100% of volkswagon owners have iPhones.
Quote from: Rome on September 12, 2012, 07:19:08 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on September 12, 2012, 06:24:39 PM
I'm still wondering whats going to happen with Samsung's potential injunction on the iPhone5 for LTE chipset patent infringement. I'd love it if apple got a taste of their own medicine for once.
You would love it if a Korean company caused financial distress for an American one?
Seriously?
Apple OS is USA made, but the phones\ipads are made in China.
The samsung phones may be made in korea, but the iOS is made in the US.
Since the iOS's are both american, you would rather support a Communist country over Korea? Seriously?
Quote from: Diomedes on September 13, 2012, 06:04:46 AM
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 12, 2012, 07:14:32 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on September 12, 2012, 05:56:06 PM
Android is kicking Apple's ass.
Not correct.
No? I heard on the news yesterday that Android is now the dominant/most used OS and that it is still gaining market share. Here's a link for reference, though I admit it doesn't make the claim I do, it just gives some numbers...over 500 million and growing at 1.3 million activations per day...
http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/handheld/google-races-toward-1-billion-android-ac/240007197
This is all true. Don't let apple users tell you otherwise.
Their main argument is that iOS is better than droid, but chances are they havent used Jellybean or ice cream sammich. Droid OS has caught up.
If Apple were getting its ass kicked, the financials wouldn't be so damn good. I'm with Matty in that the Apple fanboys drive me crazy, but the anti-Apple nutjobs are even worse. It's not like there is some dirty secret here - iPhones do not have as much processing power or potential as the top-end Droid phones, but they have power in their uniformity and ease of setup/use. Hate on it all you want... My wife doesn't have to bug me all the time about her phone, and my jailbroken iPhone has very few limits. Best of both worlds.
You have to seperate financials from market share.
Market share, they are getting their butt kicked. They are dominated by Android. Its a fact.
Financials, however, are terrific for Apple for two reasons:
1) They have streamlined their manufacturing process similar to how Wal-mart streamlined their product chain. They are able to get the parts they need both quickly and cheaply. Its really impressive what they have done on their supply chain side
2) They are able charge a premium on their products due to the apple ecosystem. An apple product is simply part of the network, so there is value added for that device other than the device it self.
Thats why you are seeing the new iPad sold for more than twice as much as the Nexus 7. Screen size aside, what they have under the hood is close to being equal. However the nexus 7 costs $200-$250 while the new iPad is $400-$700
The debate is stupid. They're both tools and can mostly do the same sorts of thing very well. In a lot of ways, they have different audiences. I have an Android, and I think it's great. If I used a bunch of Apple products, there's a good chance I'd have an iPhone, because of the integration. Whatever.
ive never even heard of this new space pad. if i want to get my mom an ipad, will the nexus 7 literally do all the same stuff for a cheaper price? i'm sure i could easily look this up but just tell me.
Depends. Is she linked into Apple's ecosystem? If she is, then probably not.
But if she just wants to surf the web and check email, then it would be fine. The only question you would have to ask yourself then is, is the screen size large enough?
For me, its perfect since I travel with it, it fits well in my hand and find it easy to read books or watch movies on (the larger tablets fatigue my wrists on longer flights). However I know some people that perfer the larger screen size (ususally these people seem to play higher end android games)
Quote from: phattymatty on September 13, 2012, 09:33:24 AM
ive never even heard of this new space pad. if i want to get my mom an ipad, will the nexus 7 literally do all the same stuff for a cheaper price? i'm sure i could easily look this up but just tell me.
Generally, yes. But if she uses a lot of other Apple products, the iPad would be more integrated with those and the interface would be a little more intuitive. If she doesn't have Apple stuff, though, then the Android would do a ton. She can watch her porn on either.
The Nexus 7 isn't the only other option, by the way. I just bought my dad a 10.1 inch Acer for about $200, and it works like a charm. He has an Android phone, so I was able to get all of his apps and stuff on there very easily.
Sorry if I made it look like that was the only competition. I only used a nexus 7 since its what I own and am most familiar with (not including my older android tablets). Samsung also has a really nice tablet (I think its 10 inches) that is competitively priced as well
Just wanted to point it out for Phatty. The Asus was really well reviewed, too. Check out the reviews on CNET and go from there.
I'm seriously considering getting the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as my next phone, which is comically big for a phone. But I can't shake the desire to get one yet. It's got a 5.5 inch screen, so I'd pretty much be able to retire my tablet altogether. Since using my phone as a phone is at the bottom of my list of shtein I do with the device, I might give it a shot.
Apple users are Philly fans & all other brand users are Cowboys fans.
There. I said it. What.
true philly fans keep it real by not having a cell phone
Quote from: paco on September 13, 2012, 09:29:50 AM
You have to seperate financials from market share.
No I don't. You have to because it supports the anti-Apple argument.
Quote from: Rome on September 13, 2012, 10:49:53 AM
Apple users are Philly fans & all other brand users are Cowboys fans.
There. I said it. What.
Paco doesn't want to root for the dog killer anyway.
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 13, 2012, 11:01:47 AM
Quote from: paco on September 13, 2012, 09:29:50 AM
You have to seperate financials from market share.
No I don't. You have to because it supports the anti-Apple argument.
I'm not going to argue with this you. The statement was made that Andriod is dominant in the market place.
You counter that it can't be true because look at the financals.
What I'm trying to show you is how Apple dominates profits even tho they do not have the largest market share.
You counter with planting your fingers firmly in your ears saying "la la la la I cant hear you because I wub apple and you hate them"
Look, if you won't take my word for it because I'm anti apple, then read this article from forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/09/08/fascinating-number-apple-takes-71-of-all-smartphone-profits/
They are saying the exact same thing I am.
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 13, 2012, 11:01:47 AM
Quote from: Rome on September 13, 2012, 10:49:53 AM
Apple users are Philly fans & all other brand users are Cowboys fans.
There. I said it. What.
Paco doesn't want to root for the dog killer anyway.
Not doesnt want. Won't.
can't part of the market share be attributed to the fact that every smart phone that isn't a blackberry or iphone runs android?
so you can buy an evo, or galaxy or whatever and run android. or you have an iphone.
I'm not saying Android isn't doing better in many ways, but Dio's original statement is not correct.
Now, if you said "Android and Apple are killing BlackBerry," we'd all laugh at BlackBerry and nod.
Quote from: SunMo on September 13, 2012, 11:18:54 AM
can't part of the market share be attributed to the fact that every smart phone that isn't a blackberry or iphone runs android?
so you can buy an evo, or galaxy or whatever and run android. or you have an iphone.
There are other phone OS's out there, like Windows. But if you are looking at just hardware alone, Samsung has a larger market share than Apple*
But I think its splitting hairs by pointing out phones vs OS. When it come to computers, you never hear Apple vs Dell, you hear Apple vs PC
*I havent check in the last month or so, but I believe this still to be true. With the iPhone 5 coming out, I expect this to swing the other way.Quote from: FastFreddie on September 13, 2012, 11:26:21 AM
I'm not saying Android isn't doing better in many ways, but Dio's original statement is not correct.
Now, if you said "Android and Apple are killing BlackBerry," we'd all laugh at BlackBerry and nod.
Hell, BlackBerry is shooting itself in the foot. Point and laugh
Quote from: Zanshin on September 13, 2012, 09:32:16 AM
The debate is stupid. They're both tools and can mostly do the same sorts of thing very well. In a lot of ways, they have different audiences. I have an Android, and I think it's great. If I used a bunch of Apple products, there's a good chance I'd have an iPhone, because of the integration. Whatever.
This. My 1st Apple product was the 1st gen iPod that played video. I tried a Blackberry for my phone and hated it so I got the iPhone 3Gs since i was already set up with iTunes. Then I bought an iPad. Then I upgraded to iPhone 4s. And now I have a Mac. Had there been another mp3 player on the market that rivaled the iPod, maybe I go in another direction. But I started with Apple and was pleased so I kept buying their products for uniformity sake.
I do think that Macs are superior to PC but when it comes to tablets and phones, they're all practically the same and the user interface is probably the only thing that separates Apple from Droid. And that's probably just personal preference/familiarity.
Quote from: Diomedes on September 13, 2012, 06:04:46 AM
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 12, 2012, 07:14:32 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on September 12, 2012, 05:56:06 PM
Android is kicking Apple's ass.
Not correct.
No? I heard on the news yesterday that Android is now the dominant/most used OS and that it is still gaining market share. Here's a link for reference, though I admit it doesn't make the claim I do, it just gives some numbers...over 500 million and growing at 1.3 million activations per day...
http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/handheld/google-races-toward-1-billion-android-ac/240007197
Market share is great, but the number of devices that can't easily upgrade their version of Android, plus the infinite number of devices with their own hardware specs makes installing apps a crapshoot. If Google Play's app section would stop showing me apps it knows I can't install, I'd be a little happier.
I love my Android tablet and phone, but one runs Android 2.1, the other 2.4, and they're up to 4.1 now. Those devices do everything I need them to, and they were cheap, so it was a fair tradeoff.
Oh my god. Shut up nerds.
This would be so much easier if some Windows phone would become the official sponsor of the Philadelphia Eagles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIWKytq_q4
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Like MY new cell phone, clowns?
Suck it.
I hope you guys don't like google maps
http://www.businessinsider.com/ios-6-removes-google-maps-2012-9
Google <aps is largely useless on the iPhone anyway. If I need to get somewhere, I have to use waze for turn by turn directions.
Plus, I'm in no rush to upgrade to iOS 6. And as long as I stay on 5.1, I can keep using the mediocre Google Maps app.
Waze is the shtein. Better than Garmin.
i use waze but it's not great. you have to really stay on top of it to make sure it's not farging you on a route
I heard it adds an additional 10% in Apple smugness, though.
That's impossible, there's no way you can fit in that much more smug.
you can with the new redesigned iphone 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNBP18nrRdw&feature=player_embedded
whats wrong with google maps?
can people not just turn where it says without it talking out loud to you?
Quote from: phattymatty on September 20, 2012, 02:51:47 PM
whats wrong with google maps?
can people not just turn where it says without it talking out loud to you?
That sounds HARD.
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I downloaded iOS 6 but its a battery killer. Can I change it back or am I screwed?
Quote from: SD on September 21, 2012, 08:15:24 PM
I downloaded iOS 6 but its a battery killer. Can I change it back or am I screwed?
Unless your phone is jailbroken and you've got some software that basically makes a copy of the previous iOS, you're screwed.
When I had my 3Gs, I believe it was iOS 4.something that did the same thing to my phone.....absolute battery suck which after just a few months forced me to upgrade because my phone wouldn't stay powered on while I was using it. Can't say I was pissed about it because I was itching to upgrade anyway, but wasn't going to do so as long as my phone was working just fine. But the lesson learned from that is not to download the newest iOS until reading a bunch of user reviews to see what the glitches are and Apple's response to them, especially if you're downloading an iOS that's not specifically designed for your phone. iOS 6 is designed for iPhone 5, so upgrading to it on your 4 is sucking the battery dry because the processor in your phone probably isn't powerful enough to handle the newest software.
Yeah, not upgrading if I can avoid it. SD isn't the first person I've heard bitch about it either.
I'm sticking with my jailbroken iOS 5.1, TYVM
And this is one of the few things about Apple that kind of pisses me off.....they more or less force the latest version of their iOS on you. Granted, you don't have to install it, but once you do there is no turning back to an earlier version. I've still got my 1st gen iPad and I haven't done an iOS update on it in over a year. Luckily, I didn't update the iOS at the same time I did with my old iPhone and once I started seeing the problems with my phone battery, I just decided to stop updating my iPad to avoid the same fate.
SD, there are a few things you can do though to keep your battery from wearing down so quickly:
Turn location services off.
Turn WIFI off when you're not using it (or at least when you're not connected to a WIFI network).
Turn off push notifications for any app that you don't really need/want to receive instant notifications from.
Close all of your apps. (Double tap the home button and you'll see all off the apps that you've got open. Touch one of them and hold it until you get a - in the corner of them. Then tap the - and close them all. Do this once or twice a day.)
Switch to airplane mode (or just turn the phone off) if you spend a significant part of the day anywhere that you don't receive a signal. I kept mine on airplane mode at work because I didn't get a signal once I hit the parking lot. If your phone is searching for signal for more than 10-15 minutes, that will drain the battery real quick.
Lock your phone when you're done using it instead of waiting for it to autolock after 1 - 5 minutes.
Also, let the battery get down to 10% or below and run a full charge, twice in a row. In general, the less you start charging with over 20% or finish charging with under 100%, the better.
Apple also "suggests" running the battery down to nothing and then charging to 100% once a month.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 22, 2012, 09:14:10 AM
Apple also "suggests" running the battery down to nothing and then charging to 100% once a month.
That's kind of exactly what I just said, only...
1. "Nothing" is stupid, as bad things can happen when you let the battery straight-up die.
2. Once a month isn't enough.
3. You're ugly.
Freddie's 3 points were also suggested by Apple.
I just got the new iPad, and because I don't know any better, I updated to iOS6...I'm so new to this shtein that I don't know the difference, but hearing enough people bitch makes me feel like I just sandusky'd my iPad. Screw the internet.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 22, 2012, 08:33:37 AM
SD, there are a few things you can do though to keep your battery from wearing down so quickly:
I already did all of those, the only things running are phone, messages, music. I'm gonna try to run my battery down to nothing then recharge it and see if that works. I read on another forum that I'm not alone with the battery problem.
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 22, 2012, 10:20:00 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 22, 2012, 09:14:10 AM
Apple also "suggests" running the battery down to nothing and then charging to 100% once a month.
That's kind of exactly what I just said, only...
1. "Nothing" is stupid, as bad things can happen when you let the battery straight-up die.
2. Once a month isn't enough.
3. You're ugly.
Can't say I disagree with any of this.
Quote from: SD on September 22, 2012, 12:51:22 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 22, 2012, 08:33:37 AM
SD, there are a few things you can do though to keep your battery from wearing down so quickly:
I already did all of those, the only things running are phone, messages, music. I'm gonna try to run my battery down to nothing then recharge it and see if that works. I read on another forum that I'm not alone with the battery problem.
Yeah, the problem isn't going to be specific to just you (your phone), but basically anyone with an iPhone 4 (or 4s) who did the iOS update. Apple will "fix" it with their next update and it will improve your battery a little but don't be surprised if your phone kicks the bucket sooner than you'd like.
I haven't DL'd the iO6 update yet but battery life on these phones have always sucked. Whether it was with my 3gs or the 4 I have now, even with closing all apps and turning off wifi and all those "tricks" to saving battery life - it still drains fairly quick.
Try using your computer for porn instead.
I'll be that guy and say that iOS6 really didn't make any mentionable difference on my 3GS. That said, I'm now sporting the iphone 5, so my 3GS will either get sold or it will become a wifi-only device (I have a hotspot to use with my laptop and/or ipad on the road).
I was in NYC today, and the lines for the iPhone were absolutely laughable. I mean, people were just standing there for hours. I seriously don't understand the obsession that would make people throw away a Saturday like that. Is it the need to be one of the first to get one? So weird to me.
Agreed.
Wait a couple weeks or at least until whatever bugs are fixed from the initial models, because there are usually some.
Guy at work was planning on going and waiting and I asked him why and he had no answer.
I didn't have to wait anywhere. Logged into my wireless account the morning the preorders started (my normal morning - didn't get up for it), put in upgrade requests for me and my son, and they both arrived at the house on Friday.
I have no idea why anybody would camp out for this.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 22, 2012, 10:13:21 PM
I didn't have to wait anywhere. Logged into my wireless account the morning the preorders started (my normal morning - didn't get up for it), put in upgrade requests for me and my son, and they both arrived at the house on Friday.
I have no idea why anybody would camp out for this.
To be seen doing it.
Quote from: General_Failure on September 22, 2012, 10:32:25 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 22, 2012, 10:13:21 PM
I didn't have to wait anywhere. Logged into my wireless account the morning the preorders started (my normal morning - didn't get up for it), put in upgrade requests for me and my son, and they both arrived at the house on Friday.
I have no idea why anybody would camp out for this.
To be seen doing it.
to post on facebook that they did it
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 22, 2012, 10:36:13 PM
Quote from: General_Failure on September 22, 2012, 10:32:25 PM
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on September 22, 2012, 10:13:21 PM
I didn't have to wait anywhere. Logged into my wireless account the morning the preorders started (my normal morning - didn't get up for it), put in upgrade requests for me and my son, and they both arrived at the house on Friday.
I have no idea why anybody would camp out for this.
To be seen doing it.
to post on facebook that they did it
and then bitch about the other people in line
why couldnt that crazy dood have waited for the release of the iphone instead of batman opening night
lol
I don't think the Apple Fans and Psychotic Killer demographics overlap as much as you'd think. Sure, there's the Apple Fans who drive ordinary people to become Psychotic Killers, but that doesn't count.
GF Droids so hard.
I have a charger at work and one in the car. Amazingly enough it stays charged.
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 23, 2012, 07:14:08 AM
GF Droids so hard.
I use my tablet just to read books, and it was cheaper than a basic Kindle.
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http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/
Gold 32 GB = win.
http://gawker.com/louis-c-k-s-explanation-of-why-he-hates-smartphones-is-1354954625
You hate cell phones and love Bruce. How many times will you fap to that video tonight?
im still way too drunk from yesterday to finish
so none
Haha
http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/
Full on stinger. The 6-Plus will be in my greedy farging hands as soon as it's released.
I WILL NOT BE DENIED!
I'll wait a year until the bugs are worked out and it doesn't cost a bazillion dollars.
Whoa, a Watch that connects to a phone. Revolutionary idea there.
yup. totally unnecessary and i'm sure i will get one.
I'm holding out for the Flava Flav special edition.
my S3 still laughs at this crap product.
In red italics?
As much as I love Apple products, the iPhone 6 leaves me disappointed. I read through the new specs, and while it's great that they finally made a phone with a larger screen, I don't see very much that separates the phone from the 5, the 4s, the 4, the 3 or the og.
Still on an 8mp camera. No multitasking/split screen. No significant iOS upgrades that distinctly separate it from other phones. Very little has changed with iPhone over the years. That's what prompted me to try a Galaxy in the first place and I love the things this phone does that an iPhone simply can't.
It's a shame because I do prefer the ease of use of iPhone and the Apple ecosystem with iTunes, but the phones are not on the same level as other manufacturers. Mac is still legit as hell, but they've slipped when it comes to phones and tablets.
i don't get why people want bigger phones. i think the iphone is big enough. not only does it seem annoying to keep a giganto phone in your pocket, people look ridiculous.
Watching porn is easier.
one would think matty would appreciate that more than most.
I agree with Matty...dude here at work has one of those Samsung ones and its like a farging tablet
Speaking of which...people who carry Ipads around taking pics crack me up...dopes
that's the beauty of buying a droid phone though, you have this new thing they are experimenting with, it's called having a choice.
lol droids, they are terrible
My overpriced toys are superior to your overpriced toys.
Actually severely underpriced, if you think Chinese factory workers deserve a decent living, but whatever.
Apparently Chinese factory workers are getting paid more now and within 2-3 years they will be making close to american minimum wage
so says one of my vendors who I buy drawer sides from and they're made in china
I am not sure that I buy that
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 11, 2014, 06:01:39 PM
Apparently Chinese factory workers are getting paid more now and within 2-3 years they will be making close to american minimum wage
so says one of my vendors who I buy drawer sides from and they're made in china
I am not sure that I buy that
From HuffPost:
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In the not too distant future, those Chinese workers will be replaced by American robots. Then we won't have to worry about how little Foxconn is paying the workers, because it won't be paying them anything.
is a big mac really four bucks?....holy farg
I know that the Chinese shut down for like six weeks for Chinese New Year. If you want product you best get it before that or else you'll be delayed. They trek back to their hometowns and a lot just say farg it and don't return.
Just to reiterate, I'm getting the 6-Plus because I'm a trend-sucking consumer whore.
And they're cool looking.
LOL @ every other phone in the universe.
The end.
Quote from: Rome on September 11, 2014, 07:14:12 PM
Just to reiterate, I'm getting the 6-Plus because I'm a trend-sucking consumer whore.
And they're cool looking.
LOL @ every other phone in the universe.
I'm Old, and this technology makes me feel young again, and HIP. The end.
i'm currently on my 4th iphone 5 so going to wait a bit to make my job pay for another one.
and every one of my bank accounts has been pimping iPay big time. i can't imagine many people rushing to throw all their bank account info into iCloud after the fappening. also how hard is it to pay for something the normal way.
Well considering Verizon's version of iPay is called ISIS, iPay has to be getting a few more recuits.
I don't think ISIS is exclusive the Verizon, but rather American Express. When I got my Galaxy S5 (on AT&T), I received a $50 ISIS gift card from Amex.
You sir are unamerican
Quote from: Rome on September 11, 2014, 07:14:12 PM
Just to reiterate, I'm getting the 6-Plus because I'm a trend-sucking consumer whore.
And they're cool looking.
LOL @ every other phone in the universe.
The end.
Each has their pros and cons. Now that I've had my Galaxy for a few months, I'd say all in all they're about even and it really comes down to personal preferences. Here's my dorky review/comparison between the 2.
iPhones and iOS are way more stable. My Galaxy can be a little glitchy from time to time. Nothing terrible, but sometimes the phone doesn't want to respond to your commands. Significant advantage to Apple, but so far pretty insignificant to me. I could totally see some people considering this to be a deal breaker with the Galaxy.
Apple Store >>>>> Google Play. The content is pretty much the same as there aren't many apps/books/music that aren't available on both. But the iTunes just has a better look, design and layout. Google Play looks like a kid developed it. iTunes is also a great ecosystem in comparison to Google Play. You can manage everything about your phone through it.....contacts, calendar, photos, videos, documents, apps, etc. I have to manage contacts and calendar through my google account, apps through the Play store, and files through Android File Transfer. Setting up my new phone on a Mac was a major pain in the ass. Also, Google really couldn't come up with a better name than "Play?" It's a stupid name. Significant advantage to Apple, but now that I've got everything set up properly it's not a big deal to me.
Where my Galaxy S5 blows the iPhone out of the water though is what it can do.
I use my phone quite a bit for work when I'm out of the office, so being able to split the screen and view an email on 1 side and a spreadsheet on the other is farging great. It's also really good for personal use too, like if I'm browsing the web and texting with my squaw. I can do both at the same time rather than jumping back and forth between the 2. Major advantage to Galaxy and very important to me.
Predictive text. I notify my drivers of their schedule for the next day via text message and the phone predicts what I'm going to type next based on previous messages that I've sent. Since I'm more or less texting the same thing to my drivers every day, the predictive text is basically like an autofill. A list of words pop up that I can click on so that I don't have to type the entire thing out. What took me a half hour to do on my iPhone takes me less than 10 minutes now. Not sure if the new iPhone will have the same feature, but if it doesn't, then major advantage to Galaxy and very important to me.
Simultaneous use of the front and rear facing cameras. I can take pics and videos using both cameras at once. Cool feature that I plan on using whenever I decide to make a sex tape, but otherwise it seems kind of useless. Minor advantage to Galaxy, insignificant to me.
16mp camera on Galaxy vs 8mp on iPhone. I've never been much of a photo junkie, but when I do take pics or video, I'd like for them to be nice. And lets face it, people in general love taking pics of every farging thing in the world now so photo and video quality is important to consumers and the Galaxy is by far better than iPhone. Major advantage to Galaxy, moderately significant to me.
I can write on my phone with my finger instead of typing. This is a feature I use far more often on my tablet than my phone. I didn't buy the Note 3, so I don't have a stylus, so trying to write on my phone with my finger is kind of stupid. But the stylus feature with my Galaxy tablet is farging awesome and I imagine it's just as bad ass on the Note 3. Aside from being able to hand write notes, I can hand write an email which it will then convert into text. This is awesome because I hate trying to type on a tablet. I can also use the stylus to capture images from the web and insert them directly into messages or email. Major advantage to Galaxy, significantly important to me.
Customization. Other than changing your wallpaper, ringtones, contact photos, and notification settings, there's not much customization you can do with an iPhone. With Android phones you can install widgets (most of which are admittedly pointless and are a battery suck) for news, weather, facebook/twitter, your calendar, sports scores, etc, etc. You can also install various launchers to change the overall appearance of your phone's home screen(s). There are different icon packs to change the look of your app icons. They don't make the phone function any better, so it's just an option for aesthetics, but they offer a means of really tweeking the look of your phone without rooting (jailbreaking) it. It's a minor advantage that a lot of people have gone ga-ga over. Minor advantage to Android, pretty insignificant to me....but I still like it.
I'd honestly prefer to go back to an iPhone (and iPad) because I like the all inclusive Apple ecosystem. But I also want my phone to do more. My complaint about iPhone and iOS is that they really haven't done anything groundbreaking or revolutionary since they were introduced. It's still basically the same exact phone in a slightly different wrapper.
Anxiously awaiting the didn't read.gif responses.
There's everything else and then there's Apple.
It's like a Mercedes. Since I'm too poor to own one of them (ironically from buying stupid shtein like iPhones) I buy this.
PS: didn't read.
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If you're bought into the Apple ecosystem and don't want to customize the phone, get an iPhone. If you don't give a shtein about Apple stuff, getting something like a Galaxy is a no-brainer. There's no right or wrong answer; they both essentially do the same shtein. I hate iTunes and I like my phone to look and act like I want, so I have an Galaxy. If somebody wants an iPhone (and a billion people do), though, whatever. Have at it. One isn't clearly better than the other, except for personal use and preference. Oh, and price. iPhones are comparatively expensive, bang for the buck-wise.
the biggest difference with droid vs apple is choice.
It's also fair to add that the biggest thing Apple had going for it was innovation. I don't think that can really be said in this release. They're basically implementing things that have been in the Android community for years.
my biggest criticism is the android operating system. i had an Evo years ago and the OS was such a pain in the ass. iOS is basically maintenance free which I like.
Those were the Early days of Android, though. It's come a long, long way, and I like the Samsung build, overall. But, I agree with you, for people who just want the phone to work one way and don't care about personalizing it, iPhone would be a fine choice.
I absolutely loved the Galaxy 5S. I would have bought that without a doubt if Apple hadn't gone a bit larger with the 6. Also - the camera in the Apple has a smaller megapixel count, that's true, but MP's aren't everything. Besides, if you're interested in taking professional quality shots, there's cameras out there that are ten times better than any camera phone and cheaper than your average iPhone or Galaxy.
Bottom line... both are fantastic. I have everything Apple and I'm sticking with it. And for all the crap iTunes gets (much of it warranted) I find it tolerable enough to ignore its flaws.
Really looking forward to iOS 8, though.
yeah the earlier droids has some issues but I have had the mytouch and now the S3 and loved them.both. undecidednif I want the S5 because it seems too big.do they have minii version coming out ?
edit: yes they do. im in.
There's also a Note 4 coming out, too. Had I known that in May, I'd have probably waited instead on going with the S5. No biggie.
Also, the larger screen doesn't make the phone harder to carry with you. Fits in my pocket just fine.
I'm in for the Note 4, I think. I'm coming from a Note 2 that's been absolutely great to me for years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-end-of-the-ipod-goodbye-to-the-little-box-that-changed-everything/2014/09/10/983525b2-38f5-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html
I held the 6-P today. Holy shtein its farging huge. Makes the 5S look like a Pygmy phone.
IN.
BTW... Been working with iOS 8 since yesterday and it's excellent. Love the predictive keyboard.
Just went to a Starbucks next to an AT&T store. Literally laughing at the ridiculousness of the people who slept outside in a line that wrapped around the building. What the farg? It's a phone and it doesn't even do much more than the ones they have in their pockets. Ridiculous.
in ny they were sleeping outside a manhattan apple store for two weeks and as of about an hour ago there were over 5000 people in a line that stretched 20 blocks
I find that to be some boss-level weird shtein right there.
Half those people are probably looking to make an eBay killing on them.
I'd considered that, but even with that in mind...the investment in time for the chance to possibly make a few bucks is crazy to me.
Quote from: Zanshin on September 19, 2014, 09:08:20 AM
I find that to be some boss-level weird shtein right there.
Seriously. A man in a brown shirt will be handing me the iPhone 6 at my front door at around 5PM. Someone could tell those people that sleeping on the sidewalk for two weeks is not required.
I slept out overnight for Live Aid tickets when we were kids.
I can't conceive of waiting in line for 10 minutes anymore, though.
Whatever. They're harmless.
I get that-- but these aren't kids. Also, the concert was a one time deal. Miss it and you miss it forever. These things people could pre-order and have shipped to their doorsteps...or get in a month, whatever. On top of that, the fruit loops with the signs must have been in their 50's.
i hate pocket pals and i would camp out for one before i camped out to see rick springfield and the thompson twins
I went for The Hooters, motherfarger. Get that shtein straight.
People who camp out for concert tickets still talk about the concert and the "experience" 20 years later. I doubt anyone camping out for an iPhone will romantacize about it in a week, much less 20 years from now. And if they do, punch them in the dick.
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6P vs 5S
We stopped by AT&T yesterday because my squaw wants to upgrade from her 4s to the 6. They were sold out of the 6, but had the larger one available, but she doesn't want that one. I didnt mess around with it very much but I do like the new glass screen though.
Fascinating, keep us updated.
Good: My hand is still tan despite being locked in an office for the last three weeks.
Bad: Uh, manicure much?
The 6 whatever is out? Time to upgrade to my free 5 whatever. >:D
Just got the iPhone 6 for free. I was due for an upgrade and sprint has a buy back plan. I had the 4 for 3 years. Setting it up right now
iphone 6 is really cool. I meet my buddy at xfinity live after the game, he asks to see my new phone, then drops it and cracks the screen. farg face.
That sucks.
Squaw is due for an upgrade and she was really tempted to go with a Galaxy after playing with mine from time to time over the last few months, but she opted to stay with Apple. She had to order it and I think it gets here Wed. I'll try not to break her screen while I'm playing with it.
Quote from: SD on October 05, 2014, 09:29:34 PM
iphone 6 is really cool. I meet my buddy at xfinity live after the game, he asks to see my new phone, then drops it and cracks the screen. farg face.
Ouch! That sucks
$200 deductible
$200 deductible?
Dude - what the farg?
http://www.squaretrade.com/iphone-warranty
Thanks Romey.
Quote from: Rome on October 06, 2014, 06:59:19 PM
$200 deductible?
Dude - what the farg?
http://www.squaretrade.com/iphone-warranty
That information would have been more useful an hour ago
i lost my phone again last week, was my 3rd iphone since march. so picked up a 6 yesterday so i can lose the most current version.
i don't need anything this big and i feel like it's going to snap in my pocket but it's still pretty cool. watched some netflix on it yesterday and didn't even feel like i was watching on a small screen.
I'd consider buying the goddamn thing just for the encryption, but I hear Android is going to do the same soon, so it's all good. I'll just wait.
Quote from: phattymatty on October 08, 2014, 11:40:40 AM
i lost my phone again last week, was my 3rd iphone since march. so picked up a 6 yesterday so i can lose the most current version.
i don't need anything this big and i feel like it's going to snap in my pocket but it's still pretty cool. watched some netflix on it yesterday and didn't even feel like i was watching on a small screen.
Did you get the 6 or 6P?
The 6 really isn't all that big. It's larger than the 5S but not OMG! larger. The 6P is a monster but I wouldn't have either without a case.
I haven't not had a case since 2007, when I crawled back into the ditch.
just regular 6. still seems to large to me. almost embarrassed to take it out of my pocket.
i've also accidentally texted selfies to people twice, once while i was on the shteinter. not sure if it's ios8 or the actual phone, but be careful if you press that camera button while in the text screen. it's just sends automatically without asking.
Can you set up a conference call and then hang up on the person that was called last and clearing that line without having to hang up on everyone and call the first person back on this new phone?
A little early to be hitting the tequila, buddy.
I knew it was going to sound more retarded than the other shtein I post.
ha i've done that hundreds of times also. pretty sure there's always been a way though...i made it work a few times. not as much as hanging up though.
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Took this shot last night...
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FULLY OPERATIONAL DEATH STAR!
That's not even a Death Platter yet, calm down.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/08/technology/verizon-unlimited-plan-increase/
I'm one of the supposed 1% who still have their Unlimited Plan. I don't use more than 1gb per month, but it was always about the principle of getting what I signed up for. I'd love to see a class action suit for verizon forcing customers into plans that are designed to farg the consumer. But I'm 99.9% sure that the lawyers have slipped a no arbitration clause in one of the various forms or privacy notices that are sent out leaving consumers with no recourse other than to bend over.
I got off my unlimited data plan with AT&T about 18 months ago and we switched our family plan to their Next Plan. We started with 10GB/mo of shared data, but recently we were able to upgrade to 15GB/mo at no extra charge. Honestly, I prefer our current plan to my unlimited plan. When I had unlimited data, AT&T would start to throttle back my speed once I hit 2GB of data and it would come to a damn near standstill at 3GB......could not stream video at all, and if a website or app had a lot of ads or animations then it took forever to load.
Our family plan is my Squaw, Mom, Sister, and I. My dad's on there too, but he has a flip phone and doesn't need data. My mom and sister usually only consume about 1-2GB of data each month combined, so that leaves at least 13GB for me and squaw and AT&T does not throttle the speed back at all, so I get all of my data usage at full speed. Much better and cheaper as well.
We had to switch plans when we added my son this summer. Started with 10GB but was kicked up to 20 at no extra charge during the summer. You also get last month's leftovers on top of that, so right now I have 32 GB left for the next 2 weeks.
I don't think my family has totaled more than 6GB in any month since we've gotten it. When my daughter starts up in a few years, though...
Yeah, we usually roll over quite a bit each month, too. We went over our 10GB allowance twice last year though.....both times because I was travelling and streamed Eagles via the Sunday Ticket app. 1 game is roughly 3 - 3.5GB of data, btw. But even then, I barely put us over our limit. Had to buy 1 extra GB to get through each month....I think it was $15/GB....which is insane, but manageable if you don't make a habit of it.
If you have an older device you won't be able to update to iOS 9.3 quite yet. A glitch has prompted you to add your initial Apple ID password after downloading the update, so Apple yanked it until they get it sorted out. I already updated it the other night and I had to go back in, create a new password, then reset the phone using the new one. It was a mild annoyance, but if you own Apple devices, you should be used to them now when you're doing updates.
It let me update my 5s last night - I had to use my original iTunes password which I did and it seemed fine.
However it would not let me update my iPad. Kept saying I wasn't connected to the Internet
That was the problem for a lot of people. I tried my password (that I know works because I use iTunes all the time) and it didn't work. Kept saying incorrect password (in red italics, btw - I chuckled at that). I just reset the password, logged in using it and the update was completed.
Why is my incorrect password in red italics?
Because its stained with the blood of the Asian slave children who built your phone.
It's an old EMB joke, Sassy.
Ignore.
Inside jokes from the EMB. This is what it's come to around here.
I've been putting off doing the update on my iphone 5 and ipad 2. Too many horror stories of bricked devices.
When I do decide to do the update, you can bet that I'll do it through itunes, with the device fully backed up and attached to the computer.
Have your password ready. And a gun.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on March 30, 2016, 08:46:47 AM
I've been putting off doing the update on my iphone 5 and ipad 2. Too many horror stories of bricked devices.
When I do decide to do the update, you can bet that I'll do it through itunes, with the device fully backed up and attached to the computer.
What do you mean by 'bricked devices'?
a broken phone that is useful only as a paperweight, or a projectile..it's just a small brick
i just ordered the SE through work today. apparently it's just as fast as the 6s but they went back to size and screen of the 5, which was the perfect size. i've only had the 6 for like a year but it's so big i hate it.
I test drove the Galaxy S7 Edge today. Sorry but that phone blows away any iPhone that's ever been made. I'm still using my 5S but I'm way out of contract and can get whatever I want now. Apple better step it the farg up with the 7.
Finally pulled the trigger and updated my iphone 5. Of course, since I had the time, I updated my itunes software, tethered the phone, and backed it up before I started the update. The process took a while, but it looks like everything is working like it's supposed to.
Quote from: Rome on March 31, 2016, 07:54:08 PM
I test drove the Galaxy S7 Edge today. Sorry but that phone blows away any iPhone that's ever been made. I'm still using my 5S but I'm way out of contract and can get whatever I want now. Apple better step it the farg up with the 7.
Quote from: Rome on September 12, 2014, 03:35:23 PM
There's everything else and then there's Apple.
Quote from: Rome on May 04, 2014, 06:50:23 AM
switching to a samsung? you farging iphone traitor.
diaf
Quote from: Sgt PSN on March 27, 2016, 10:01:32 AMI literally have nothing to do with myself these days, so yeah...
You weren't kidding.
It's nice being semi-retired.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 01, 2016, 12:33:20 PM
It's nice being semi-retarded.
FTFY
And seriously, the Galaxy was unreal. My colleague drop kicked her 6 in favor of it and loves it. Still sticking with this because everything we have is Apple, but damn it was nice.
Lol. I played around with a demo S7 at Best Buy and it is really nice. The VR thing was really cool, too. I'm hooked on the Note series, personally. If Apple ever makes a phone comparable to the Note, I'd probably go back to Apple in a heartbeat. iOS is about 1000x more stable than Android, not to mention that Android updates are exceptionally slow to roll out (depends on your phone model and carrier) where iOS updates are pretty universal with their roll out.
FWIW...the ipad2 updated without a hitch. Again, I did it via itunes rather than the stand-alone method.
I think it's pretty awesome that the iPad 2 is still receiving iOS updates. I have an og iPad and it stopped getting iOS updates around the time the iPhone 4 or 4s was released, which I think was only a year or so later.
Can't really add new apps to it (unless the app is old enough that you can install the proper version from iTunes) nor can I update most (maybe all) existing apps.
It's basically a $700 alarm clock/oversized mp3 player at this point.
Yeah, I have an old 3G iphone attached to my alarm clock that is basically a Pandora player. Still works pretty well, too.
I have been playing the Star Wards Galaxy of Heroes game on both my phone and my ipad...and it occasionally crashes on the ipad. Apparently it's a common problem on the ipad2, but nowhere else. Eventually I'm going to have to buck up and get a newer tablet (especially since my screen is slightly cracked). But I've definitely been getting my money's worth out of it.
I use my 4 for exercising. It's a 16G which means it holds plenty of music.
Upgraded my smartphone from 2011, ended up getting an iPhone 6S.....can definitely understand the hype. The live pictures thing is awesome, snapped a few good ones that wouldn't be possible otherwise. Gonna share a few in the animal thread, start the anticipation!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/questions-we-all-have-about-apples-new-wireless-earbuds_us_57d0472ae4b0a48094a701d4?ir=Entertainment&
Legit hilarious.
Nice to see the faa say the Galaxy 7 shouldn't be charged on a plane or put in checked luggage
Got the Black 7 256G last night. It's 100 times better than my 5S. I was gonna hold out for the 7-Plus but once I got to test out both, I decided on this one. My wife and kid both got freebie 7's 128G. They had 6's and weren't interested in trading up but they both like theirs.
The camera is amazing and the speed increase on this thing is just stupid. The 256G is the same size as my kid's 4 yr old MacBook Pro. That's nuts.
Make use of the live pictures....so much awesome
Looking at getting the whole family upgraded (a couple of our 5s are starting to wear out). The wife is okay with getting the SE, but I'm really liking the idea of the 7S+. The monthly bill is going to be taking a pretty big hit. Ugh.
Anyone here try the Google Pixel? Broke my Note 4 so I'm considering the Pixel. Really hate to give up the S-Pen though. I'm roughing it right now with my old iPhone 3Gs as a temp replacement. Holy shtein this thing is farging small. And the battery needs to be charged like 2-3 times a day. And I can't really run any apps on it. This phone is only like 6 or 7 years old and it's amazing how primitive it seems.
Almost two years to the day since i bought my 7. Still working great but the 10S Max they introduced today is the iPhone I've been waiting for forever. I'm preordering the 256 G in gold as soon as it's available.
5 trillion calculations per second is insane. Like most anyone else, I wont need that sort of speed but it's still impressive.
I actually waited till today to upgrade mostly because my 7 died last week. Apple put a brand new motherboard and battery in it since they were recall items, so once I got it back from Cupertino, I immediately traded it in. They gave me $250 for it.
This Xs Max is amazing. I'm still getting used to the size, but everything is just excellent.
Should have done this months ago.