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Well, thats a pleasant surprise. Since that uber battery death in 6hrs event I am now at the end of day two and I am only 1/2 into the battery life.

Seems like Apple have fixed that issue. This means with my APC I can go at least 6 days no problems.
 
I have just been installing some cool apps on my ipod touch. Look for an app called air sharing. It sets up your ipod/iphone as a server you can view from mac, linux, windows or browser. It features authentication and you can drag and drop files on to it. You can then view these files (most popular formats) on the device and share between other devices.
It costs

$6.99 but for two weeks they are giving it away free.
 
To be honest I've been greatly dissapointed by 3G in general. In terms of voice I swear the 3G UTMS just isnt as reliable or robust, and its nothing to do with the device or network.

I'm on my third 3G phone and in my experience (on my past and on my current phone) 3G UTMS seems to have poor signal stability, I often experience bad signal, signal drop outs, and people complaining they go straight through to answerphone when my phone is on, fully charged, and has a strong signal. The only solution is to switch back to GSM which solves all of the problems.

I'm now at the point where I only have 3g switched on, if I'm using the internet or am making or expecting a video call. Its a waste of battery if your not using any of that anyway.........

and just so this isnt a complete de-rail, Does anyone know if the iphone will allow you to switch between 3G and 2.5G??
 
Crispy said:
why not?

(not saying you should like it!)
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no mms, signal drops big time when i go indoors for some reason, the bkuetooth works when it wants to and the battery life is woeful. other than that though its snazzy - just no use to me as a phone\pda\whatever
 
editor said:
eyemobile.jpg


It's a shame that the iPhone doesn't do video because it would make this app a lot more useful, but I'm loving the look of the EyeMobile iPhone application for citizen journalists. I'd love to have something like this on my phone.
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Have you looked at cbseyemobile.com ?

Also CNN have a similar site called ireport.
 
Pingu said:
no mms, signal drops big time when i go indoors for some reason, the bkuetooth works when it wants to and the battery life is woeful. other than that though its snazzy - just no use to me as a phone\pda\whatever
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Have you upgraded it to version 2.1 of the firmware.? Signal is 5 bars, up from 1,and I've not dropped a call since. Heading into day three and I'm only showing 1/2 gone.
 
Here's an opportunity for you iPhone owners - Rob at Hobbyist Sofware is looking for beta testers. He's written some great programs for Palm, so this might be worth a go!
Hi Folks, Calling all iPhone users.... Hobbyist applications have always relied on valiant beta testers. I'm starting to play with some iPhone coding and I'm going to need beta testers here too. Unfortunately, unlike Palm OS, I'm not allowed to simply pass out apps for testing, but instead I need to register any beta-testing device in advance.

So - if you would like to help testing new apps then please step forward. All I can promise you is bugs galore, and the opportunity to help shape new Hobbyist applications! If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch and will be willing to do some serious testing, then please apply to join my iPhone Beta group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobbyist-iphone-beta

And to those who don't have an iPhone. Fear not, I am a long way away from abandoning Palm! (apart from everything else, it is a much more open system to work in!)
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Phone finally ran out of juice.

Thats approaching 3 days and i've been using it quite a lot at work for music. Thats not so far off the distance I got for my K800i and given that its actually 100 times more useful, I think thats a huge win!
 
Sunray said:
Phone finally ran out of juice.

Thats approaching 3 days and i've been using it quite a lot at work for music. Thats not so far off the distance I got for my K800i and given that its actually 100 times more useful, I think thats a huge win!
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have u go 3g turned on or off?
 
Wifi and 3g are switched on. I like the seamless connection changing esp when out and about in London, quite surprising how often I am on wifi there.

I'm sure it was someone on here recommended Air Share but couldn't see who. Well done that man! A very cool application. My iPhone now appears as a network drive once I am in wifi range. Its a paid for application but they are giving it away for a week or two I think. Download it now.
 
Glad your battery's sorted now. :) I love Air Sharing - got it yesterday and it's been really useful already.
 
The lack of storage space is a big factor stopping me getting an iPhone but that may change soon if this is true. My contract at T Mobile is up in a couple weeks, my iPod is on it's last legs...:hmm:

We're not particularly inclined to believe them, but the whispers that Apple is about to bump the top-end iPhone capacity to 32GB are getting harder to ignore -- especially since 8GB inventory is drying up, leading to speculation that's it's going to be dropped as soon as next week. We think the timing's a little odd on the heels of the Let's Rock iPod refresh, but considering the rampant speculation that Apple was forced to bump the nano to 16GB and drop the "limited edition" 4GB model entirely at the last minute in response to the new Zune lineup we suppose it makes competitive sense. AppleInsider also says customers will once again get the option to activate in-home, but we haven't heard anything about that -- we'll see what happens in the next few days.
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Crumbs. Does anyone else currently do a 32GB flash MP3 player/phone/camera/gadget?
 
Kid_Eternity said:
The lack of storage space is a big factor stopping me getting an iPhone but that may change soon if this is true. My contract at T Mobile is up in a couple weeks, my iPod is on it's last legs...:hmm:
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Slightly irritating, but when they hir 128Gb full annoyance kicks in until I see the price which will be >!<
 
Looks like this is gaining credence...

iphone3g_unlocked_32gb.jpg


Apple Insider in reporting that a new option has popped up in US-based Apple (Retail) Stores: Home. Previously, the only options were Upgrade existing iPhone, New AT&T Single, New AT&T Family, and Additional AT&T Line. They conjecture this may mean a new, contract-free, unlocked take your iPhone 3G home and do what you want with it. They rightly point out that this is already an option in some countries which require unlocked handsets by law, though the price is typically as astronomic as the freedom that comes with it. Will this happen? And will it be “unlocked” meaning it can run on other US carriers only (i.e. T-Mobile), or truly SIM unlocked to run with any card, in any county, around the GSM world? We’d love it, but we’ve been learned not to let our expectations get ahead of corporate avarice before…

Also, they point to a possible capacity bump in time for the holidays. With 8GB supplies running low, they say, 32GB might just be on the horizon. This, of course, would require Apple to switch from the current NAND flash chips they’re using, which max out at 16GB on the iPhone and 32GB on the iPod Touch (which lacks the radios and hence has double the space for the memory). Apple bought tons of the old NAND chips before the 3G slipped, and we haven’t seen any rumblings of them ordering the higher capacity ones yet, but the same thing did happen last year, so…
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What's the difference between the flash memory in an iphone and in an SD card? A 32GB SD card isn't that expensive, so why is the higher capacity iphones/ipods that much more?
 
editor said:
Oops! Jobs and Co have banned another useful app from the iPhone but the good news is that you're still good to go for pretend lighters and fake pints of beer.

http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/09/21/another-useful-tool-banned-from-the-iphone-app-store/
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Ive defended apple quite a bit but seriously that's out of order.

What's the difference between that ap and jumping to Gmail online through the Google ap say. Apart from it being quicker and using less bandwidth? :(
 
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