Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[Kanda]

So, round 5 of the dull as fuck speculation of a new iPhone... you guys whinge about it then feed it. It's like feeding the trolls

 

[Sunray]

It's all bollocks. Why some people and some websites get themselves worked into such a froth over almost random Apple speculation is one of life's great mysteries to me.

Mana from heaven for Apple marketing department. Constant free advertising. No wonder they have so much cash.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Mana from heaven for Apple marketing department. Constant free advertising. No wonder they have so much cash.

Totally.

 

[editor]

Giant facepalm needed.

Rob Shoesmith, by day a marketing and PR executive for a smartphone app development firm, is prepared to camp out outside the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London, to be sure of getting himself an iPhone 5 on launch day.

Big deal, you might say. Well, here's what makes it interesting - Shoesmith is prepared to spend up to a month waiting outside the store for launch day and plans to get there on the day Apple officially announces the new handset.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=3305342

Oh, and the latest rumourzzzz is Oct 4th for an iPhone 4S.

 

[elbows]

Such antics may make sense for someone like him because its a stunt for the company, not just a human being a sad case for the sake of it.

Its really not clear that there is going to be an iPhone 5 in the near future though, the iPhone 4S might be it.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Wouldn't be an Apple launch without some idiot camping out for it and someone bitching about it online..!

 

[mrs quoad]

Giant facepalm needed.

Until you read the finer detail... It looks like one massive stunt that's going to bring him a pretty interesting and ridiculously sponsored month. Without him spending any of his own money - might even save enough to cover the cost of an iPhone!

The whole shennanigans look more like a hat to hang a decent publicity stunt from than anything specifically i-Phoney.

What's more, he can't spend any money. Everything he requires for the duration of his stay will have to be provided by others - shelter, food, outdoor clothing - as well as all the entertainment he needs to keep boredom at bay as he waits.

He's been busily preparing the ground already - metaphorically speaking, at least. Several companies have pledged to provide him with various products including toilet paper and contraptions that he can actually use for going to the toilet in, not to put too fine a point on it.

He'll shower at a nearby gym and several local restaurants have agreed to bring him food, but he's also appealing to members of the public to stop by for a chat - anyone who turns up with a bacon sandwich in hand will be especially welcome.

On his blog, The iPhone 5 Experiment, Shoesmith lists the companies that have pledged their products and services. Among the more interesting are the pledges of a personal assistant who'll be able to run errands for 16 hours of the time he'll be queuing, a mobile laundry service, a USB battery pack for keeping his iPhone and iPad charged, and a belly dancer to entertain him.

 

[miniGMgoit]

I'm browsing the boards using the tap talk app. It's a great app and everything is loading super fast. A really nice way to use the boards. Some of the functions are missing but I rarely use them anyway. Good app though.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yup great app for urban.

 

[Winot]

I'm browsing the boards using the tap talk app. It's a great app and everything is loading super fast. A really nice way to use the boards. Some of the functions are missing but I rarely use them anyway. Good app though.

Mine is great over WiFi but won't work on 3G. Emailed support but no reply.

 

[100% masahiko]

about to order ipad2......

 

[pianissimo]

iPad 3 will be launched in October.

 

[Crispy]

iphone thread

 

[100% masahiko]

iPad 3 will be launched in October.

What?

 

[Bungle73]

iPad 3 will be launched in October.

I doubt it. Most probably a year after the 2. That's their usual MO.

 

[gabi]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/apple-stores-covered-in-jizz-201109284358/

 

[editor]

Great fake iPhone 5 video here:

 

[Sunray]

We shall see it revealed on the 4th.

I would have said its the 4S but 5 might be out now given the aerial issue they had.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Ariel issue?

 

[Structaural]

What's the little mermaid got to do with it?

 

[mwgdrwg]

Any new iPods in the pipeline? I hope so. I want a new Nano which is shaped like they used to be, not this square touchscreen shit.

 

[editor]

Any new iPods in the pipeline? I hope so. I want a new Nano which is shaped like they used to be, not this square touchscreen shit.

One of the rumours is that the iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic will be scrapped.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...and-iPod-Classic-to-be-scrapped-by-Apple.html

 

[mwgdrwg]

One of the rumours is that the iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic will be scrapped.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...and-iPod-Classic-to-be-scrapped-by-Apple.html

Hmm, that leaves the iPod Touch and the tiny touchscreen Nano...neither of which I want to be honest.

 

[maximilian ping]

Last night I smashed my iphone while pissed. Very enjoyable at the time. Been wanting to do it for a while and contract ends next week. Anyway, starting to regret it now because I've basically lost my second brain. Anyone know whether if i put the sim card in someone else's phone i will get calender/phone numbers or is that all attached to handset itself?

 

[editor]

Last night I smashed my iphone while pissed. Very enjoyable at the time. Been wanting to do it for a while and contract ends next week.

Blimey!

If you use GMail all your mail will be safe, same applies to their calender, contacts etc.

 

[Kanda]

Last night I smashed my iphone while pissed. Very enjoyable at the time. Been wanting to do it for a while and contract ends next week. Anyway, starting to regret it now because I've basically lost my second brain. Anyone know whether if i put the sim card in someone else's phone i will get calender/phone numbers or is that all attached to handset itself?

Handset mainly. There may be a few on SIM. Don't you have a synced backup??

 

[Crispy]

Last night I smashed my iphone while pissed. Very enjoyable at the time. Been wanting to do it for a while and contract ends next week. Anyway, starting to regret it now because I've basically lost my second brain. Anyone know whether if i put the sim card in someone else's phone i will get calender/phone numbers or is that all attached to handset itself?

Nothing is stored on SIM with the iphone.
Is it utterly fucked? Have you tried plugging it in?
Otherwise, the only backup will be from when you last plugged it into itunes.

 

[editor]

Handset mainly. There may be a few on SIM. Don't you have a synced backup??

Depends how you use your phone. None of my numbers are on my SIM.

 

[Kanda]

Depends how you use your phone. None of my numbers are on my SIM.

There should really be none on it. There's no means to copy to SIM on the iPhone as Crispy implied above.

 

[maximilian ping]

I'm a knob head. I rarely sync'd my iphone with my mac because i hate the word 'sync'. I certainly never sync'd it with this laptop because i bought it a weeka go. I will have to rummage in the bin and see if i can get it working, although i seem to remember it was very mangled.

I think I smashed it because my human brain was rebelling against my iphone brain. my human brain used the fact that I ws pissed to take over my body and throw phone against kitchen wall