The iPhone thread - Page 31

scrotnig · 10-01-2009, 00:53

I was always rather disparaging of smartphones, and up to a point I still am.

However, I recently won a Blackberry Pearl at work so I have been playing with it and I quite like them.

At work (it's a mobile phone company) we recently had demonstrations of both the iPhone and also a rival, the HTC Touch HD.

I like both but I prefer the HTC Touch HD. A snip at around Ã‚Â£500 though. :o

punky · 10-01-2009, 01:48

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Originally Posted by punky

Check out this page, and scroll down to Power Manager.

Some of the other apps on the page are pretty cool as well.

I forgot the link

http://i.gizmodo.com/5116346/the-10-...d-apps-of-2008

Russ · 10-01-2009, 12:25

Cheers! Some great stuff there

Raistlin · 10-01-2009, 12:30

I can't have an iPhone yet. I'm not out of my current contract until June.

Once I can (assuming I can justify the price at that point) I'll probably get myself one

bopdude · 10-01-2009, 20:28

I don't know if it's been posted yet, too much to trawl through, but an MMS app is available from the app store, although it's tied to a web page setup it's still MMS, or so they say

Tezcatlipoca · 11-01-2009, 01:56

Bought one late this afternoon...

Impatience is a virtue?

All sync'd up, contacts & music.

Not had much of a play yet (pub tonight), but think it's wicked so far.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Can't answer the case Q as I don't bother with them. Don't really think they are needed.

As for screen protectors, the glass that they use is pretty much scratch proof! I haven't got a single mark on the screen after 5 months use and its in my pocket everyday without a cover.

I got a case type thing which clips over the back half, with a screen protector thing for the screen.

Not bad. Better than some of the bulky looking ones which cover everything. (what's the point in a case, if you have to take it out every time you want to use it, or even look at the screen?)

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Originally Posted by bopdude

I don't know if it's been posted yet, too much to trawl through, but an MMS app is available from the app store, although it's tied to a web page setup it's still MMS, or so they say

handyman mentioned one earlier. (if you're thinking of the same one) It requires that you buy credits to be able to send messages.

Bit crap really, as if Apple actually bothered to give it MMS properly they'd just come out of your SMS allowance (1 MMS = 4 SMS?) as with other phones & tariffs.

bopdude · 11-01-2009, 12:15

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Originally Posted by Matt D

I got a case type thing which clips over the back half, with a screen protector thing for the screen.

I bought a full protective screen, Invisishield IIRC, it's the same coating they use on helicopter blades and is tough as, I only got round to putting the front on though ( or at least Rammy did

) never bothered with the back.

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Originally Posted by Matt D

handyman mentioned one earlier. (if you're thinking of the same one) It requires that you buy credits to be able to send messages.

Bit crap really, as if Apple actually bothered to give it MMS properly they'd just come out of your SMS allowance (1 MMS = 4 SMS?) as with other phones & tariffs.

Mmmmm, seems so, just had a play with it, I can recieve for free and reply with text for free but if I want to send a picture then yes, I have to pay

+/- Ã‚Â£4 for 10 MMS getting slightly cheaper the bigger bundle you buy. It is a quick fix if needed in the short term, Apple need to address this asap, as well as the other 'quirks' BT for one

Tezcatlipoca · 13-01-2009, 23:24

Yup. Surely MMS, Bluetooth A2DP, Bluetooth file transfer, copy & paste etc. are all things which could be sorted via a software update.

Anyway. I love this phone so far. Like I said before, although I find the limitations quite bizarre, that doesn't particularly bother me, as for my own use I don't need stereo BT or a decent camera etc. (although tbh copy & paste would be nice!, lol). Set that all aside... OMG, this phone really is awesome, even if you just consider it as a PMP & web device with a phone tacked on.

Using Gmail on the mail client is so much better than the Nokia mail client on my N95, & so much better than the actual Gmail app on my N95.

The browser is the best I've used on a mobile device. Flash would be nice, but I'm not that fussed though as BBC's iPlayer works anyway, while the phone has a YouTube client pre-installed.

And the iPod side...

OS... I quite liked Symbian UIQ on my SE P900, hated Windows Mobile on my XDA Mini S (HTC Wizard), & didn't mind Symbian S60 on my N95. The iPhone's OS though... it really is excellent.

The apps already on it seem very good, mostly, as do the ones I've tried out from the App Store (like the Facebook one). The inbuilt Calendar is a bit crap though... I would have liked it to link to the Contacts for birthdays etc. Or let you sync with Google Calendar seeing as you can sync with Google Contacts.

Oh, & I do miss the Sky Anytime Remote Record thing I had on the N95 though.

My PAC should be going through on Wednesday, so I can then whack my N95 up on eBay or something.

punky · 14-01-2009, 00:35

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Originally Posted by Matt D

Anyway. I love this phone so far. Like I said before, although I find the limitations quite bizarre, that doesn't particularly bother me, as for my own use I don't need stereo BT or a decent camera etc. (although tbh copy & paste would be nice!, lol).

There are some work arounds until Jobs decides to allow the proles to copy/paste.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5107138/iphone-...afari-and-mail

http://i.gizmodo.com/366607/copy-and...one-with-icopy

Tezcatlipoca · 14-01-2009, 20:49

Cheers, Gav

Better than nothing, at least. Still find it a very odd feature to leave out.

punky · 14-01-2009, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Matt D

Cheers, Gav

Better than nothing, at least. Still find it a very odd feature to leave out.

The thing is, it wasn't just left out, its actively ignored. There have been multitude of updates, and not one has come close. Everyone at Cupertino must have heard about it.

I suspect its disabled for security reasons. Every app is sandboxed (runs in its own memory space) for security. However to copy/paste would mean allowing sandboxes to 'connect' to each other, which deafeats the object of sandboxing in the first place. Or it would mean running the copy/paste as a system-level app which would be dangerous if it were compromised. I should imagine it would be easy too, just copy a malformed string when an exploit is found.

Tezcatlipoca · 14-01-2009, 21:58

Interesting, that does make some sense I guess.

punky · 14-01-2009, 22:08

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Originally Posted by Matt D

Interesting, that does make some sense I guess.

Indeed. I don't think people care though. You have to balance convenience with security (if you've used Vista with ACL you'll know what I mean).

**Chris** · 14-01-2009, 22:17

This thread keeps making me think the forum's kicking off, every time I see it in my subscribed list. In the team forums, if we're discussing a problematic thread, our discussion normally has a title along the lines of "The XYZ Thread" ... so I keep thinking there's a big iPhone flame-war in progress.

Anyway, now I'm here, I'm reminded of why I'm subscribed to the thread. Has anyone admitted to running an unlocked iPhone on here yet? I'm well aware of where to go to get it done, but at the moment I'm interested in personal accounts of doing it. TIA.

Frank · 16-01-2009, 18:59

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Originally Posted by Chris

Anyway, now I'm here, I'm reminded of why I'm subscribed to the thread. Has anyone admitted to running an unlocked iPhone on here yet? I'm well aware of where to go to get it done, but at the moment I'm interested in personal accounts of doing it. TIA.

Hell yeah. Jailbroke mine the first day I got it and never looked back. Waaaay better than my old BlackBerry Curve. Takes about 5 minutes to do. What do you want to know?

Speaking of iPhones, we should get an iPhone theme for the forum...Paul??