Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)
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Sunray
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You have to synch it to a single computer?
How archaic
Mainly down to the music library. You can sync with any iTunes, but it will wipe all your music and emails because it syncs with outlook and doesn't know what music you have selected so it can't do anything else. I'm not sure I would want to sync my music library over the air.
Me too. It's not like it will particularly cheap to make, like a 3210, and I'm not sure that form factor of the current product is a barrier to entry.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Well given that the iPod nano is the highest selling iPod it makes to do a cut down iPhone to tap that market...
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
They'll probably sort landscape typing...
Here's something that looks like it's got potential, if you have your calendar/contacts in google.
It's a sync service that uses the 'native' sync of the iPhone, by using Exchange protocols. So the phone thinks it's talking to an Exchange server, but the service then brokers that to your google stuff. As such (from what I can tell) it supports push too, if you enable that.
I've just tried it with Calendar and first impressions are good. Adding / changing stuff at either 'end' reflected immediately. No manual 'sync' process.
Before I try it with contacts, I'll be backing up the ones on the phone (it overwrites everything on the first sync), but am quite hopeful this will give me the seamless stuff that Android has.
www.nuevasync.com
Update... Well, I did the one-off boring job of adding all the important numbers in my phone to my google contacts. I then enabled the Contact sync... Genius. Totally seamless. Again, it only takes a few seconds for changes at either end to replicate.
Well chuffed with this. It was the one thing I was envious of in Android.
Another update: The contacts update seems sketchy. I've now got a dupe and another issue. Hmm. Not lost anything, but more testing needed.
It's a sync service that uses the 'native' sync of the iPhone, by using Exchange protocols. So the phone thinks it's talking to an Exchange server, but the service then brokers that to your google stuff. As such (from what I can tell) it supports push too, if you enable that.
I've just tried it with Calendar and first impressions are good. Adding / changing stuff at either 'end' reflected immediately. No manual 'sync' process.
Before I try it with contacts, I'll be backing up the ones on the phone (it overwrites everything on the first sync), but am quite hopeful this will give me the seamless stuff that Android has.
www.nuevasync.com
Update... Well, I did the one-off boring job of adding all the important numbers in my phone to my google contacts. I then enabled the Contact sync... Genius. Totally seamless. Again, it only takes a few seconds for changes at either end to replicate.
Well chuffed with this. It was the one thing I was envious of in Android.
Another update: The contacts update seems sketchy. I've now got a dupe and another issue. Hmm. Not lost anything, but more testing needed.
editor
hiraethified
The biggest selling app for the iPhone and the iPod Touch over the holidays saw 38,927 downloads on Christmas Day, making the developer a cool $30,000 in one day.
And what was this awesome app?
Why, it was the iFart Mobile - the one Apple tried to ban!
http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2008/12/sweet-smell-of.html
And what was this awesome app?
Why, it was the iFart Mobile - the one Apple tried to ban!
http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2008/12/sweet-smell-of.html
More on nuevasync: I restarted the contacts sync, and - so far at least - it all seems to be working OK. Difficult to say yet whether having Push enabled affects battery life. The developer says that they are getting reports, but in their own tests they don't see a difference. That aside, I'm really liking this free service. I spent a little time tidying up my contacts this afternoon, using a PC. Then checked my phone - all perfect. Over-the-air push sync = win 
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
More nano rumours: http://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/31/iphone-nano-smaller-shuffle-and-cheaper-macbook-in-2009/ plus another case manufacturer has a section on their site for the iphone nano too.
I was holding off getting the 3G until the next round of updates, in the vain hope battery life might be better, etc. but if it's likely it'll only be a nano I might go ahead and get a 3G now. Or I might wait. Just in case. Maybe.
I was holding off getting the 3G until the next round of updates, in the vain hope battery life might be better, etc. but if it's likely it'll only be a nano I might go ahead and get a 3G now. Or I might wait. Just in case. Maybe.
iPhone nano rumour's a definite. They've been circulating for months.
http://www.9to5mac.com/iphone_rumour_and_speculation
http://www.9to5mac.com/iphone_rumour_and_speculation
Structaural
in Chatsubo
Cheers for that Rolando heads up FridgeMagnet - a game I actually play at last.
Anyone played Edge yet?
It's 4.99 so I'm not rushing in
Anyone played Edge yet?
It's 4.99 so I'm not rushing in
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Battery life is much better than when they 1st released it. If you don't really use it then it will got for 3 days, if you do use it to play games and browse the web then it will go down to 1 1/2 or so unless you really use it.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Ah, that's useful to know. Is that because of the firmware updates, or on the 3G model?
I'm thinking I may be the proud owner this time next week.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Yeah, it was barely 12hours when it was 1st released. I think it was down to the 3g power levels, esp when the signal was weak.
I've played games on it for a bit and browsed the web and listen to music and never had it go less than a full day now. Only expect less than that if you want to try to finish rolando or spend hours and hours browsing the web.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
That's good to know, thanks
I've had my current phone for just over 18 months now and I'm still getting a good 5 days or more out of it. Don't do much on it though, so realistically it might not be that different.
Structaural
in Chatsubo
and don't keep your screen too bright...
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Ah, yeah, always a good tip. Gives me headaches anyway, bright screens.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
The iPhone has automatic screen brightness control, but you can switch it off. It gets brighter in lighter conditions and lowers it in dark conditions.
Structaural
in Chatsubo
..or since the 2.2 update, it gets darker when it's dark and lighter when it's bright (at least on mine anyway).
Structaural
in Chatsubo
I wake up in a dark room and the iphone is unreadable - pitch black it is, I have to turn auto-brightness off, once I've gone into a room with a light on and can see what I'm doing again. Reet annoying.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
So, no iPhone updates. Should I just buy one now then?
editor
hiraethified
You may as well seeing as cut and paste remains a dream!
Thing is, you can wait around for upgrades forever, so if the phone offers what you fancy now, you should just go out and get it.
You can guarantee that it'll inevitably be upgraded straight after you've handed over your credit card, but what the hell - it's still a great phone.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
It's always the way. I held out until the macbook updates before buying one of those, and I hated the updated versions so hunted around for an old one (got a bit of money knocked off too, which was nice). Cut and paste might well be solved in a firmware update (sometime in 2010
), and I can't actually remember ever using it on my current phone so it's not something I'll likely miss (until I start using more functions of the iPhone and start getting frustrated - but there hasn't been a phone I've had that hasn't made me angry when I can't do something I feel I should instinctively be able to do). The camera's still shit, but I really don't care about that. The camera used to be the most impt thing for me on a phone, but I rarely use it now. However saying that, the lack of MMS is something I'll miss, although I only really send the odd photo to my mum or Dill4 - so it's not essential. Again, I imagine it's something that will be updated via firmware god knows when.Gah, I might as well. Perhaps.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Good point.
Yeah, I'm going to go for it. Now just to decide if I should go for 8GB or 16GB. I'm a bit cash-strapped at the moment, but I'd like to go for 16 if I can - I know I'll regret it if I have to start deleting things down the line because I can't fit what I want on. And when a 32GB one comes out I'll feel even more short-changed
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