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Stuart check

http://www.mobilephonexchange.co.uk/...s&siteid=11628

hope its not too late

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http://mobilevaluer.com/

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I actually have a market for a couple of iphones at the moment... (not 2g)

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I suppose 125 for a phone with only slightly damaged casing is always good for spares. And I thought they did the same with the 3Gs as they did with the 3GS, when it's not the main phone, bring one out with a smaller flash drive (which probably is not soldered anyway). Like when I got mine, you could get 3GS in 16 and 32 and 3G in 8, now you can only get the 3GS in 8.

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That's about what o2 offer for an undamaged 16 gig iphone 3g. The difference being they don't specify how much they are going to knock off for damage.

The mobile valuer link only offered one choice. A company called fonebank who were willing to offer £142 for a fully working phone. My phone (which because it has a cracked case, would apparently be considered non-working) would have got £60..

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Cool, just wanted to make sure you got the best deal

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Thanks anyway..

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which iphone is better the Iphone 4 or the Iphone 3GS?

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iPhone 4

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I thought that you guys might like this.

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Love it

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Did anyone see the Apple conference?

Looks like Apple announced a few things:

As expected, the iPod touch gets an iPhone 4 makeover, including FaceTime.

They announced not one, but *two* iOS upgrades.

iOS

iOS 4.1 (due next week) works on iPhones and iPod touches, and adds the following

• Support for Game Center (Apple's Xbox live/Sony PSN clone)
• High Dynamic Range photography through the inbuilt camera. The camera takes three photos and averages them to create the HDR photo.
• HD Video upload over Wifi
• Purchase and rental of TV programmes.

Also, they have apparently fixed bugs involving the Proximity sensor, Bluetooth and they've improved the speed on the 3G.

iOS 4.2 works on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch and will be available in November.

It adds[List][*]Airplay. An app that enables you to stream music and video to your iPad from your computer, or from your iPad to your Apple TV (the version announced today).[*]Printing via WiFi or your computer.

It also brings the facilities on the iPad into line with the facilities on the iPhone 4 (folders for apps etc).

Apple TV
Apple also announced a new Apple TV. This media player also runs iOS, but has no onboard storage, so has to stream content from a PC, from the iTunes store or from an iPad running Airplay. It costs $99 (or £99 in the UK). It is a quarter of the size of the 1st Gen Apple TV. It supports HD (up to 720p only sadly). It supports Rentals from the iTunes store but does not support purchasing.

iPod Nano
This is more like an iPod touch nano now, as it has lost the scroll wheel and has a tiny multi touch screen. It has also lost the Video camera the previous nano had (which I could never see the point of), as well as video playback. It's the same size as the 1st Gen Nano.

iPod Shuffle

Actually looks like the 1st gen nano now, but adds Voice Over support

iTunes
They've up the version number to 10, but it looks like the major change is a new social networking system called "Ping".

More at http://www.tuaw.com

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This looks beautiful.

Epic have released a technology demo running on the Unreal Engine 3 for iOS. It runs on iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, but needs at least a 3GS or 3rd Gen iPod Touch.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/epic-...388888815?mt=8

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I like the look of this but most of my videos are divx/xvid in avi wrappers. Unsupported by the Apple TV and I am unsure how it would work, if it can connect to a NAS.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I suppose you *could* convert them to Mpeg 4, then stream them from a NAS that supports itunes streaming.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Massive pain to do that though and the quality would drop unless I did it from the source again. My NAS support iTunes streaming and new content I add is Mpeg 4 but alas, none of the old stuff is.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

TBH, It's not something I'd really recommend..

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Probably get this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digi...3419672&sr=8-1

Not as nice an interface, but better connectivity and codec support. Shame because interface is very important to me and the film rental.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I have to admit, I got lucky. They were getting rid of a few old Shuttle boxes from work. I was able to nab one, get a Geforce 6 graphics card (I needed a half-height AGP card for the machine, and this was the most powerful I could find) and install Xbox Media Centre on it.

Does a lovely job of streaming pretty much any media from my NAS.

It's physically bigger than the Apple TV, but considerably smaller than the v+ it sits next to. It doesn't do HDMI, but that's not a problem as I only have an SD TV set. It does have a 160 gig HDD, so I can store a fair bit of media on it even without the NAS, and I did get it for next to nothing (the machine was free, the GFX card was £40).

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Don't you have a 360 (& also now a PS3?)?

Re: The iPhone thread
 

if you have a PS3 why not use the PS3 media center on a PC? It transcodes, offers HD Support etc...

Re: The iPhone thread
 

iOS4.1 is out, in case anyone hasn't hooked their phone up recently.


Oh, & the Jailbreak for it should hopefully not be too far away ;)

http://mashable.com/2010/09/09/ios-4-1-jailbreak/




Anyone with iOS4 signed up for the Game Centre yet? My ID is "Tezcatlipoca".

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I am on game centre :)
my id is theCLAW (i think :))

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Well, it better be, as that's the ID I just invited! :D

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Accepted- Cheers :)

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Yup, got ya listed now :)

Did you get a shock from the awful trumpet noise the Notification uses? Mine went off earlier when someone added me, & I didn't know WTF it was.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I've got the sound off atm - but I'll listen out for it :)

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Can someone explain to me what "Jailbreak" is, apologies if I am being a bit of a noob

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Yes basically it removes the restriction of only being able to install software via the App Store.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I see, thank you :)

I would ask the question " How does one go about that" but maybe this is not the place.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

it isn't illegal, and I haven't done it to mine, don't see why I need to, but I suppose googling is your friend!

Re: The iPhone thread
 

If using iOS4.0.1 or lower, simply visit http://jailbreakme.com on the iPhone's browser & follow the instructions.

There are also other methods for earlier iOS versions & other devices.

iOS4.0.2 & above cannot be Jailbroken using http://jailbreakme.com, as iOS4.0.2 patched the PDF exploit used by the site to perform the JB. Other holes still exist, however, & there should soon be a programme for Jailbreaking iOS devices running iOS4.1 (current version) via connecting it to your PC/Mac (like previous Jailbreaks, prior to the http://jailbreakme.com method).


The iPhone Dev Team are the main Jailbreaking guys, & have a lot of info at their site: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/


Wikipedia entry all about Jailbreaking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking


EDIT: Oh, & although not illegal, it *does* void your warranty (if Apple find out). It can be removed easily enough though simply by restoring the firmware via iTunes.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

It all sounds a bit dodgy to me Matt.

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Not at all :)

This page has posts & links about the legality of it, from the recent ruling in the US which moved it from being a "grey area" to being 100% legal:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/26...d-page-96.html


I Jailbroke my iPhone 3GS last year, using "Redsn0w", & later did it again using "Blackra1n" after Apple updated the firmware.

I Jailbroke my iPhone 4 this year using "JailBreakMe.com".


Very quick & easy each time, & easy to remove if you don't want it anymore.


There are a lot of Apps out there which, for one reason or another, are not on the App Store & can only be obtained via Jailbreaking. A couple of my favourites are SBSettings (process manager, & swipe toggles for various settings) and IntelliScreen (Lockscreen widgets for Mail, SMS, News, Weather).

Re: The iPhone thread
 

We are looking at using Growl on our Macs at work for various notifications (software installs completing etc), and I just found in interesting plugin. It's called Prowl. It enables you to send growl notifications to the web, and also, if you install the iPhone app (which costs £1.79), send push notifications to your iPhone.

You can register at http://prowl.weks.net/

Re: The iPhone thread
 

You can also do that for Android, for free.

http://lifehacker.com/5633074/androi...phone-to-growl

Re: The iPhone thread
 

It's free, but not as good.. I could have found a free option on the iPhone, but I like the one I chose because you can configure what notifications to allow/block and when you want them.

This is important for me as the computers I am running growl on are at work, and generally running from 9am to 11:45pm so could send me notifications when I am not at work (which I may not want).

I also like the fact you don't actually have to run anything on the phone unless you want to reconfigure the notifications, and you don't need to be on the same network. Oh, and you can log into their website and check the last few notifications.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

You could combine it with Tasker which is near-infinitely configurable to set it up how you like it.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Which still requires an app to be run. Thus taking up valuable memory.

Anyhow, I couldn't run either. I don't have an Android phone.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Yeah but I just wanted to point out you don't need an iPhone for it.

Also head's up for everyone wanting a free case, the program ends at the send of September.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/case-program/

Re: The iPhone thread
 

You don't. Sorry, didn't mean to imply that you did. That's one thing I like about Growl. It covers multiple platforns.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Well, after a lot of drama in the Jailbreaking community, there are now two tools to Jailbreak devices running iOS 4.1. Both use the same bootrom exploit, & would require a hardware change to block (as such it's apparently a "pwned for life" Jailbreak).

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...-for-ios-4.ars

From the Chronic Dev Team, greenpois0n:

http://chronic-dev.org/blog/

http://www.greenpois0n.com/


From Geohot, Limera1n:

http://www.limera1n.com/

Re: The iPhone thread
 

My favourite new app: The CAMRA Good Beer Guide :D

Search for pubs using GPS, postcode, place name / address, or Tube station. Pub info, reviews, & beer info. Brewery directory with beer info.

http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=283782

http://itunes.apple.com/app/camra-go...340151206?mt=8

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/...320x480-75.jpg

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/...320x480-75.jpg

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/...320x480-75.jpg

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/...320x480-75.jpg

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/...320x480-75.jpg

Re: The iPhone thread
 

My daughter has a 3gs and someone jailbroke it for her. It worked ok for a week then it started having random apps opening & closing with random phone turn offs. She was told the only way to un-jailbreak the phone was to do a factory reset which she done and now the phone wont turn on. I'm from the darkside so phones born of fruit I have no idea about. Any thoughts or idea's as to what may have gone wrong.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Yup, had the same problem. you need to download the firmware from here 4.0.1 (no newer than 4.0.1)
Launch itunes on your PC or Mac
follow the instructions here to put the iphone into DFU mode (Device Firmware Update) and use the instructions in the first link to load the firmware onto the device.

You now have a non-jailbroken iphone running a jailbreakable firmware.
Jailbreak it as normal using jailbreakme.com. Once you have Cydia on it, install ultrasn0w from the list of cydia apps and you have an unlocked, jailbroken iphone which is hacktivated (no need to connect to itunes to change sims)

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Cheers Lord Nikon :tu:

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Spoke to #1 daughter & she is posting the phone to me (and all associated cables) so you may be getting some questions if I get stuck :D

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Oops. Seems there's a hole in the iPhone 4's lockscreen, which allows someone to bypass it & gain access to the Phone app.

I tried it. The timing is tricky, but it works.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ypass-security

Re: The iPhone thread
 

iPhone alarm clock go off late today?

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/6...alarm_bug.html

I got an extra hour, but i'd rather have got to work on time instead of having to work late now to make the time up :dozey:

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I have a 3GS and mine updated the time ok, shame as I could have done with an exstra hour in bed

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Weird how its affected some and not others, mine is the 3g, my brother is the 3gs and both were the same :rolleyes:

Oh well, I've got greasy hair and unironed clothes but at least i wasn't too late :D

Re: The iPhone thread
 

My 3GS went off an hour late

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Right, I'm late to join this thread but I'm looking at getting an Iphone4.

Can anyone who knows a bit about it all tell me if there is anything I need to know before I go for it.
I'm on Virgin but have just found out they don't do it so I guess that is ruled out.
Anyone know any good offers? So far O2 looks good.
I don't want to spend more than £25 to £30 a month maximum.

Thankyou.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Depends on what you want, what you're willing to pay each month, what you're willing to pay up-front, & of course who gives you the best reception.


Unless the tariffs have changed significantly since the launch...

Tesco: Excellent deals. Higher up-front cost, but the lowest total cost of ownership over the length of the contract. Uses O2's network.

O2: Pretty good. Better IMO than Orange's prices.

Vodafone: Almost identical to O2's prices, but with 1GB data instead of 500MB.

3: Good deals, but you can only get a 24 month contract.

Orange: Nothing special.

T-Mobile: Crappy tariffs & prices. IMO, of course.


Have a look at this:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-iphone

Re: The iPhone thread
 

You can use it with a mini sim my son has cut a virgin card down to size with a cutter off ebay

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Thanks.

I am fine with about 100 minutes as that is about 3 minutes a day so not bad. I tend to use it more for texts and so would like an unlimited texts deal.
I also want Internet access at no extra charge.
The guy in the O2 shop said 500mb is fine for facebook, twitter, emails and the odd download. Would you agree?
I'm not going to download music or videos. Maybe the odd photo here and there.

The package from O2 is £25 if you take a 24 month contract or £30 if you go for 18 months.
I'd like it to be cheapest as possible so the £25 is attractive though I dont want to go for something I regret later.

Initial cost of IPhone on the £25 24month is £299 but I could save £10 overall if I go for the £30 18 month contract and pay £229 for the Iphone.
Both are 100 minutes and 500mb Internet, unlimited texts.

I will check out the Tesco deals.

Thankyou for your help.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

500MB is fine for that IMO.

Even when I still had "unlimited" data on my old iPhone contract, I don't think I ever went over 100MB in one month. I have WiFi at home, & WiFi at work, so I only really use the 3G data connection if I'm out & about, or have gone somewhere without WiFi.

One thing to consider with O2, unless they have changed the Terms, is that you can downgrade your tariff to the next one down once you have been in contract for 9 months. It means you can take a slightly higher tariff to start with to reduce the phone cost, & then drop down after 9 months. I did that for my first iPhone: Started on O2 £45, then dropped to O2 £35. The overall cost of ownership was the same, but it meant I was able to spread the phone cost out more by paying less upfront & more per month.

I'd definitely have a good look at the Tesco deals, too.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

500mb is fine, I average 300-400 a month browsing, emails, facebook and even a dollop of ebay, and this is for about 2-3hrs a day.

There are plenty of apps available for data monitoring, but as I use Android I couldn't recommend any for the iPhone.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I've just looked at the Tesco deals.
One of them comes to exactly the same price as O2 (Cost of phone and cost (per month x 12) but offers 150 more minutes.

I guess it is who is better, Tesco or O2.

Are Iphones bound to their provider you buy from like other mobiles?
So if I buy on O2 and finish my contract I cant move to another provider?


Thanks for your help.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Yes, unless you buy a "SIM free unlocked" iPhone from Apple (or some 3rd party retailers) all iPhones are locked to a network.

I'm not sure about the other networks, but if you have an iPhone on an O2 contract, O2 will unlock it for you for free, on request. If it's PAYG, they will unlock it, but charge you £10 (IIRC). I'd assume the other networks would also unlock it for you once your contract is over.

Tesco Mobile is a virtual network, like Virgin Mobile. It uses O2's network.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Well I've joined the club. I'm now an Iphone user on 02.
I'm loving it.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Is there an update for this yet? I've not plugged into iTunes for a little while, but this alarm business is starting to get on my nerves :dozey:

Re: The iPhone thread
 

It should be fixed in the next iOS update, which should hopefully be with us in a few days.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Could be another week or two, from what I've read.

iOS4.2 was supposedly due this week, but has been delayed due to a WiFi connectivity bug with the iPad. So now we have to wait a bit longer for the new build to be tested...

Re: The iPhone thread
 

It fixed itself surprisingly enough when the USA went out of DST.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

And we all know that the US is the centre of the universe.. :)
(or should that be center...?)

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Please help me! Im finaly all set up but have a few questions..

1. I go to write a new text message. I select the person from contacts.
How then do I go and start writing my message. I would gather it is underneath but it isnt letting me.

2. Is there a sent items folder. I cant find it.

Thanks.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

You should click in the space to the left of the send button to type your message.

There is no sent folder as texts are displayed as conversations. A much better idea IMO.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Thanks, It seems to be working. I like the look of the conversations.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

My 3G is playing up and I'm in contract until June (although i do have insurance!). When someone calls me or I call them, for the first maybe 10 seconds there is a noise on the line which can only be described as if there is water on the line swishing or someone is mixing on the decks - HELP! :rolleyes:

Re: The iPhone thread
 

iOS 4.2 will be out later today, probably about 1800

As well as the other gubbins you can now get findmyphone in case you lose your iPhone (or iPad, iPod Touch) and want to track it on GPS or remotely wipe it.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I would contact the insurance people - its a quite common problem with the speaker connections after the phones been dropped (same happened to my external speakers on my original 2G) and for £25 excess the insurance replaced it with a 3G - and I invested in a decent rubber cover).

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Errr - how do you know that? Link???? Is your name Arthur??

Re: The iPhone thread
 

:google: is your friend. ;)

Anyway I just know, trust me I'm a Doctor
Well maybe not but trust me anyway

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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/11/22ios.html

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Re: The iPhone thread
 

Don't give me any of that Google is your friend rubbish - I know how to use it! And anyway it's been rumoured for weeks - just wondered how you knew exactly today! ;)

Just gone to the Apple site and yes it's now available.

No doubt I'll be getting a call tonight from up the road when it goes titsup!

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Updating now, so slow. 608.7 mb for iPod touch version.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

And they have the audacity to call Windows a bloated old dog!

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Hmm - Find my phone is only for iPhone 4, not 3GS or below..

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I did read somewhere that you can get it for free for the 3GS etc., but you must first activate the free MoboileMe account using an iPhone 4 / iPod Touch 4th Gen. / iPad.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

And a linky for that information
Having said that - if I had an iPhone 4, I'd be using that..... :)

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Just glad to see some new ringtones for text messages (SMS?)

Re: The iPhone thread
 

This really annoys me, I have had the same txt ring tone for about 10 years until I got an iphone and now I can't change it. I know I could jailbreak it but doing that for a single tone seems a bit too much of a step to take

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I've just discovered Stanza for reading ebooks (epub). I take back what I said about the Kindle now as Stanza is excellent, I never thought I'd read a book on the iTouch but it works so well.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

That's Stevie's plan - to have everyone recognise who's got an iPhone ;)

Re: The iPhone thread
 

A quick question...

My iTouch is running 3.1.3 firmware and it's jailbroken using Spirit. I know I can update the firmware to 4(something), but what will happen to the apps etc that are on it now that only works when it's jailbroken? Will the update cause any other problems? Is there anything I need to do prior to the update?

Can I jailbreak it with the latest firmware, is there one out? Or is it best to just leave it as it is?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Is anyone else having terrible 3G issues on orange?

I have full signal according to my Iphone and 3G but I contantly keep getting connection errors.
When I phoned CS they told me to reset the network settings and that works for a few mins but them it goes "back to normal" plus everytime i reset my network settings I lose my wireless WPA key which is a PITA.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Its probably congestion on the particular Cell Tower you're using, I used to get that on O2 alot when browsing on 3G

Re: The iPhone thread
 

probably, just annoying though :)
My collegue is on O2 and never has any issues.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Firmware update = bye bye Jailbreak & any Jailbreak apps.


There is a Jailbreak for the latest firmware, for all devices, but how it works depends on which device you have.

Which generation is your iPod Touch?



http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

http://www.ismashphone.com/2010/11/r...iSmashPhone%29

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Unless the latest upgrade has any major advantages, then the old saying "If it is not broken don't fix it" seems a good idea.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

For those owners of 3G and 3GS denied the full benefits of the upgrade (MobileMe Phone finder can only be activated with iPhone 4), then I found an app which appears to do the business, Details here.

Ok - it's not free, but it is just a one off cost and might just enable you to find where you dropped the iPhone.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

looks intresting, thanks.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Thanks for the links Matt D, it seems like a lot more risk is involved than using Spirit and for what I can see it's best to take Halycon's advice and stay as I am till something like Spirit comes out for OS4, as I can't see any major advantages for the hassle and the risks.

At least at last I now know. Thanks.

(I have a 4g iTouch btw).

Re: The iPhone thread
 

I'm looking for two things for my iPhone 4.

Basically, the case I have is looking tatty, and the external battery I keep for emergencies is dying (I think).

So, I'm looking for a case with a battery. Now, the ones that hang off the back of the phone are easy to find. What I am looking for is one that also has a hard flip cover for the screen. Something that doesn't appear to be that common..

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Has anyone cut down a normal sim to fit an iphone 4? Is it easy enough to do?

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Yes I have cut one down with a cutter from ebay clunk click and it did fit :)

Re: The iPhone thread
 

Did anyone else have problems with the iPhone alarm today? Mine just didn't go off which was a little bit annoying :mad:

I know there's been issues before but i thought they would have been sorted by now.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

It was reported again today, something to do with the new year.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

yes - one-off alarms are certainly affected (they don't go off). not tried repeat alarms yet.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/31/p...ears-day-2011/

Re: The iPhone thread
 

A £700+ phone and it can't manage to sound a one-off alarm - yeah - Apple iPhones rock don't they!

*Cost + over the lifetime of the phone....

Re: The iPhone thread
 

They also had an issue with alarms coming out of BST as well.

I don't think Apple do any testing of their firmware these days.

Re: The iPhone thread
 

the problem is, once you've 'invested' (itunes, M4a, blah, blah..) it's hassle to move away. but then, I've heard a lot of negative stuff regarding Android. I guess they all have pros and cons....