Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[teuchter]

ok i have an iNeed...is there a remote control FOR the iphone out there anywhere?

I know I can control lots of things WITH my iPhone...but is there a cute little wire-free gadget I could hold in my hand that would enable me to control iTunes or some other audio programme which is playing on my iPhone that is sitting securely hidden in a pocket?

There is something; I think it's called an "iPhone".

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Looks like Apple is going to cut down on the zillions of apps offering the same functionality which makes sense, but it's also started swatting away useful wi-fi stumbler apps on one of its random unapproving missions.

It looks like the excellent eWiFi app that I've been using has suddenly been booted off.

I think the ways of God are less mysterious than the Apple app approval system....

 

[editor]

Rumour is a lot of books could be the next to go. I didn't realise there were over 27,000 of them in the store, many of them duplicates.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/08/apple-app-store-books-ipad

 

[Sunray]

That's not something I'm going to do lightly and there's no guarantee it will solve the problem either.

Interestingly I also thought it would completely blank my phone before I did it, but actually what it does is to back it up 1st including all the text messages, apps, contacts etc, clean the phone and then put it back the way it was.

So its worth a try because you are in what I term the 'Google minority' which is where no matter how hard I search, there ain't very many people moaning about the problem your having.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Rumour is a lot of books could be the next to go. I didn't realise there were over 27,000 of them in the store, many of them duplicates.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/08/apple-app-store-books-ipad

Is it rumour or is it speculation?

Before developers get alarmed, I should make it clear that I haven’t heard anything about Apple removing the myriad book apps from the App Store. But given the impending release of Apple’s own iBooks app alongside the iPad, and the recent App Store cleanup spree, I won’t be at all surprised if they do something to change the way books are treated on the platform.

 

[editor]

So its worth a try because you are in what I term the 'Google minority' which is where no matter how hard I search, there ain't very many people moaning about the problem your having.

I guess it's an option, but I'll wait and see what the Apple person says first. One of my review apps came from the US store and I don't want to lose it seeing as it was £15!

 

[editor]

Looks like some parts of the industry are getting miffed by Apple's moral censorship. The iTaliban insist that iPhone girls must have clothes on.

The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple over the computer firm's request that German publisher Springer censor the naked girls on one of its iPhone apps.
Springer-owned tabloid Bild's "Shake the Bild Girl" app allows iPhone users to undress a model. Each time the user shakes the phone, the girl strips an item of her clothing. While Bild features naked women daily in its pages, Apple ruled that the girls in its iPhone app should wear bikinis.

The Association of German Magazine Publishers (VDZ) asked FIPP last week to approach Apple over the issue. FIPP is debating the issue, but has no further comment at the moment.
The VDZ chief executive, Wolfgang Fuerstner, has warned that Apple's move might represent a move towards censorship. In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel he said: "Publishers can't sell their soul just to get a few lousy pennies from Apple." Bild Digital CEO Donata Hopfen agreed: "Today they censor nipples, tomorrow editorial content.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/mar/09/bild-iphone-app

 

[UnderOpenSky]

The latest must have accessory for your iphone. The meat stylus.

Apple and HTC might each be trying to patent a fancy capacitive stylus, but it looks like the good people of South Korea have stumbled on a decidedly more low-tech (and delicious) solution to using their phones in the winter: sausages. Apparently snack sausages from the CJ Corporation are electrostatically compatible with the iPhone's capacitive touchscreen, leading many to use them as a "meat stylus" in the cold weather, rather than remove a glove. And it's not just a joke; apparently South Korean snack sausage sales are soaring.

Engadget

 

[Gromit]

Looks like some parts of the industry are getting miffed by Apple's moral censorship. The iTaliban insist that iPhone girls must have clothes on.

Still a very silly stance as Apple provide a porn viewer free of charge for the iPhone. Its called safari.

You can even view porn videos via it.

Is Apple's stance against porn or that people are charged for porn? Crusaders for free porn for all!

 

[elbows]

Is Apple's stance against porn or that people are charged for porn? Crusaders for free porn for all!

Neither. Its about the image of the app store, they dont actually care what porno stuff people do on the device (as long as its not too public), but they care a lot how their store comes across.

 

[elbows]

There are more rumours going around about multitasking in iphone OS 4. Personally I will be extremely surprised if they dont add multitasking at some point, cant be totally sure it will be this year but would not be surprised, especially with the ipad looming.

 

[editor]

I'm *still* talking to Apple about trying to install these fucking apps to my phone.

I've deauthorised my computer.
I've authorised my computer.

I've logged in, out, in, out and I've shaken it all about, and still they're stuck on both accounts with a greyed out screen to the right so I can't control any of my installed apps in iTunes.

Cheers pple.

 

[Sunray]

I think your just going to have to bite the bullet and restore your phone. This is assuming that you've hard reset it before doing all of the above by holding the power and home keys till it powers off.

 

[editor]

I think your just going to have to bite the bullet and restore your phone. This is assuming that you've hard reset it before doing all of the above by holding the power and home keys till it powers off.

I'm waiting to see what Apple advise first. Their control freakery is starting to piss me off enough to consider another phone already.

The phone's pretty good, but I don't imagine things are going to get any better - I've already got one useful app which has been subsequently been banned by Herr Jobbs & Co (eWiFi).

 

[Pie 1]

control freakery

control freakery

Herr Jobbs & Co

control freakery

control freakery

Herr Jobbs & Co

Herr Jobbs & Co

We. Get. It.

 

[editor]

We. Get. It.

I know my posts are always worth rereading, but I don't see much benefit in you regurgitating the same parts of my last post over and over again.

In fact, it's rather disruptive. Please grow up. Ta.

 

[grit]

I'm an extremely happy Nexus one owner after being on the iPhone teet for two years.

Android is the future imho.

 

[teuchter]

Neither. Its about the image of the app store, they dont actually care what porno stuff people do on the device (as long as its not too public), but they care a lot how their store comes across.

The fact is, if you sign up for an iPhone, you also sign up for tacit acceptance of the American conservative right's moral standards.

 

[teuchter]

I'm looking forward to seeing which phone the editor's going to get next.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I'm an extremely happy Nexus one owner after being on the iPhone teet for two years.

Android is the future imho.

My G1 is on its last legs (the touchscreen can get quite hit or miss at times) and I'm seriously thinking about a Nexus One. Still not sure about no physical keyboard though, but there are rumours of a Nexus Two coming along that will have one...

 

[editor]

The fact is, if you sign up for an iPhone, you also sign up for tacit acceptance of the American conservative right's moral standards.

Sure, but things have taken a turn for the worse since I bought the thing and it's a process that seems to be accelerating: http://www.wirefresh.com/iphone-adult-app-censorship-apples-unconvincing-explanation/

As an aside, the thing I've always found a little odd with every phone I've ever had is the sheer amount of US Godsquad apps that are available. There's millions of them!

I'm looking forward to seeing which phone the editor's going to get next.

Me too! I like the iPhone, but I'm finding Apple's controlling ethics more stifling than I expected.

I'm not keen on Android's interface but the newer phones look great, while Palm - which still has, by far, the best OS of the lot, IMO - needs to come up with some far better designs to win over the public now that the apps are coming through.

 

[editor]

Does anyone know how I can get a unified email inbox on my iPhone for all my accounts (without changing my current email accounts or messing about with forwarding)?

 

[Gromit]

Does anyone know how I can get a unified email inbox on my iPhone for all my accounts (without changing my current email accounts or messing about with forwarding)?

Um. You can imap to an already unified email account. Only option I can think of.

 

[Crispy]

Can't be done

 

[Gromit]

I can unify all my Gmail accounts but I'm not sure if you can get gmail to then access your 3rd party pop accounts. But if you could than you could just check the one Gmail account.

 

[Badgers]

What we need is an app that shows the buses in London

 

[Crispy]

What we need is an app that shows the buses in London

You mean their actual, current GPS location? That would be cool

 

[Badgers]

You mean their actual, current GPS location? That would be cool

Yup, it would make my year

 

[teuchter]

You mean their actual, current GPS location? That would be cool

Can we get them to sort out showing it on bus stops properly first, please.

 

[Gromit]

What we need is an app that shows the buses in London

I got one. It ain't very good. Its an Addon for the London Tube ap.

However when I was at Fullham recently at a massive two storey bus station I tried to use it... well it didn't have the bus station on its list of stations.