Apple: iPhone News and Discussion Thread
#6082
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i guess you can't take half joke and had to start the OS battle now (i said i'm just playing around here when i made that statement)
if you had to ask me what part of iOS i like more than android, (and i assume you know tech stuff quite well like a lot of people in this thread), then i can see you finding reasons to disagree with me. hence i won't say anything
android is good. never bashed on it. i just like iOS better for now. let's end it there.
if you had to ask me what part of iOS i like more than android, (and i assume you know tech stuff quite well like a lot of people in this thread), then i can see you finding reasons to disagree with me. hence i won't say anything
android is good. never bashed on it. i just like iOS better for now. let's end it there.
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The sizzle in the Steak
Clearly everyone in this thread is a dillhole....because we are all interested in what's new....and what might be.
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Dang 16.24 millions iPhones sold fiscal Q1.
I knew I shouldve bought more stocks in the pullback today.
It's up like 1.25% after hours.
I knew I shouldve bought more stocks in the pullback today.
It's up like 1.25% after hours.
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just downloaded the M$ onenote app, its free for now so i figured why not
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It won't even launch for me.....
typical M$ bullshit! They fuckin suck cawk! Why can't they be more like apple, their shit always works when it comes out. I bet you can't find time that any of their product launches had even the slightest glitch!
typical M$ bullshit! They fuckin suck cawk! Why can't they be more like apple, their shit always works when it comes out. I bet you can't find time that any of their product launches had even the slightest glitch!
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#6093
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This is crazy enough for me to post here too. On one side Apple is following suit with Sony and trying to make Jailbreaking illegal, Sony is suing Geohot for JBing the PS3. On the other side MS is reaching out to Geohot and offering him a free phone in order to encourage JBing the device
http://www.redmondpie.com/geohot-wan...open-about-it/
http://www.redmondpie.com/geohot-wan...open-about-it/
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Extra $20 a month to run hotspot software on Verizon iPhone :rippedoff
http://www.macworld.com/article/1574...pot_plans.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/1574...pot_plans.html
Raney said that Verizon iPhone owners will be able to take advantage of the 3G wireless hotspot feature for an extra $20 per month on top of the iPhone’s required voice and data plans—that’s the same price that applies to current Verizon smartphone owners.
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engadget or was it macrumors? i forget. said that AT&T is also considering offering it too with their tethering plan.
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Extra $20 a month to run hotspot software on Verizon iPhone :rippedoff
http://www.macworld.com/article/1574...pot_plans.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/1574...pot_plans.html
unless they are super competitive in the voice plans/text plans...they are actually going to be MORE expensive than AT&T with less functionality (voice/data at the same time)
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HA!
Verzion voiceplans are pretty much the exact same.
The only data plan is a $30 unlimited (which we all know at this point is just marketing)
The $20 a month mobile hotspot is capped at 2GB (where you'd actually need unlimited...)
Text plans....fucking joke $5 for 250, $10 for 500, $20 for unlimited
So, everything all said and done company vs company and verizon will come out costing more for a comparable plan AND have less features available....
All the waiting verizon customers are being taken for suckers.
Verzion voiceplans are pretty much the exact same.
The only data plan is a $30 unlimited (which we all know at this point is just marketing)
The $20 a month mobile hotspot is capped at 2GB (where you'd actually need unlimited...)
Text plans....fucking joke $5 for 250, $10 for 500, $20 for unlimited
So, everything all said and done company vs company and verizon will come out costing more for a comparable plan AND have less features available....
All the waiting verizon customers are being taken for suckers.
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Google launched Gmail print for Android and iOS the other day. Haven't had a chance to try it since it requires installing Chrome on the computer.
Something I read about a week ago or so, AirView. You can stream stuff from iTunes or another iOS device to your iPhone. Haven't tried that one yet.
Something I read about a week ago or so, AirView. You can stream stuff from iTunes or another iOS device to your iPhone. Haven't tried that one yet.
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HA!
Verzion voiceplans are pretty much the exact same.
The only data plan is a $30 unlimited (which we all know at this point is just marketing)
The $20 a month mobile hotspot is capped at 2GB (where you'd actually need unlimited...)
Text plans....fucking joke $5 for 250, $10 for 500, $20 for unlimited
So, everything all said and done company vs company and verizon will come out costing more for a comparable plan AND have less features available....
All the waiting verizon customers are being taken for suckers.
Verzion voiceplans are pretty much the exact same.
The only data plan is a $30 unlimited (which we all know at this point is just marketing)
The $20 a month mobile hotspot is capped at 2GB (where you'd actually need unlimited...)
Text plans....fucking joke $5 for 250, $10 for 500, $20 for unlimited
So, everything all said and done company vs company and verizon will come out costing more for a comparable plan AND have less features available....
All the waiting verizon customers are being taken for suckers.
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Extra $20 a month to run hotspot software on Verizon iPhone :rippedoff
http://www.macworld.com/article/1574...pot_plans.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/1574...pot_plans.html
I think I paid $20 (only once ) for it, but I use it quite a bit.
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but you're talking about something thats probably a violation of terms with your cell phone provider.
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To encourage AT&T customers to make the switch, Verizon’s official buyback and recycling partner, e-Cycle, is offering to buy back iPhones. According to Mashable, e-Cycle will be on-hand at MacWorld 2011 this weekend in San Francisco, buying back AT&T iPhones on the spot. If you can’t get over to San Francisco right now, there’s an online buyback option.
The buyback offers can be substantial. My 16GB iPhone 4 -- which has no technical issues and hasn’t been dropped in a toilet or anything -- netted an offer of $280, which would cover the cost of a CDMA iPhone 4 from Verizon ($199) and probably my first month’s bill and activation fees. The credits e-Cycle is offering are as follows: $60 for iPhone 2G - 16GB; $105 for iPhone 3G - 16GB; $130 for iPhone 3GS 16GB; $160 for iPhone 3GS 32GB; $280 for iPhone 4 16GB; $360 for iPhone 4 32GB.
I should mention that before you go selling your perfectly good, working iPhone to e-Cycle (broken or damaged phones are another matter and will mean different offers), you might want to run it through eBay (EBAY) first, where prices are basically all over the place, both below and above e-Cycle’s offers.
The buyback offers can be substantial. My 16GB iPhone 4 -- which has no technical issues and hasn’t been dropped in a toilet or anything -- netted an offer of $280, which would cover the cost of a CDMA iPhone 4 from Verizon ($199) and probably my first month’s bill and activation fees. The credits e-Cycle is offering are as follows: $60 for iPhone 2G - 16GB; $105 for iPhone 3G - 16GB; $130 for iPhone 3GS 16GB; $160 for iPhone 3GS 32GB; $280 for iPhone 4 16GB; $360 for iPhone 4 32GB.
I should mention that before you go selling your perfectly good, working iPhone to e-Cycle (broken or damaged phones are another matter and will mean different offers), you might want to run it through eBay (EBAY) first, where prices are basically all over the place, both below and above e-Cycle’s offers.
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Hmm.... will they be hooking up a diagnostic thingamajig like they do in the Apple store to look for issues?
I'd feel guilty selling someone a faulty device (my battery needs replacement) but to a large company...
I'd feel guilty selling someone a faulty device (my battery needs replacement) but to a large company...
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Hmmm I bought my 2G iPhone for IIRC $150 from apple refurbished.
$60 back for something I don't use would be nice. (not sure on used prices)
Does it have to be a currently used phone or?
Do I gotta sign up for verizon to get it?
$60 back for something I don't use would be nice. (not sure on used prices)
Does it have to be a currently used phone or?
Do I gotta sign up for verizon to get it?
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just downloaded the Kindle and Nook app for iphone just in case apple decides to yank them from the app store.
Apple Rejects 'Sony Reader' From App Store, 'Kindle' Removal Next?
Tuesday February 01, 2011 01:03 AM EST; Category: iPhone
Written by Eric Slivka
The New York Times reports that Apple has begun rejecting App Store submissions for applications that offer users the ability to purchase content from outside the company's in-app purchasing mechanism. One of the major applications reportedly rejected under this policy change is Sony's Reader application that would have allowed iOS device users to view eBook content downloaded from its Reader Store.
The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store.
Apple rejected Sony's iPhone application, which would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the Sony Reader Store.
Apple told Sony that from now on, all in-app purchases would have to go through Apple, said Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading division.
The move calls into question the fate of such popular eBook applications such as Kindle and Barnes & Noble NOOK for iOS devices. Those applications have so far skirted Apple's rules regarding in-app purchasing by directing users to Safari for purchasing content through a web-based interface, then using the native iOS applications for browsing and viewing the purchased content. But Apple's recent change of heart appears to now ban even that approach.
The change may signal a shift for Apple. The company has made more money selling hardware than music, e-books or apps. If people could have access to more content from more sources on their iPhones and iPads, the thinking went, then they would buy more devices.
Content providers will be hard pressed to alter their business models to comply with Apple's demands, as they would need to offer their content through in-app purchasing mechanisms from which Apple takes a 30% cut of sales. That slice of revenue would mean that content providers would have to either accept significantly less revenue while selling at the same prices they currently do, or substantially raising prices to compensate for Apple's cut of sales.
Apple has been rumored to be building into iOS support for recurring subscription billing via users' iTunes Store accounts. The feature is expected to play a key role in deployment of News Corp.'s tablet-focused news publication, The Daily, set for introduction later this week.
Deployment of such a feature, as well as others potentially enhancing content delivery to iOS devices, could put Apple in a position where it feels that it offers sufficient options for publishers to get their content onto iOS devices while Apple controls the delivery mechanisms. Those options are apparently giving Apple the ability to flex its muscles to shut down non-Apple methods of distributing content to iOS devices, thus ensuring that Apple controls and receives revenue from all sales.
Tuesday February 01, 2011 01:03 AM EST; Category: iPhone
Written by Eric Slivka
The New York Times reports that Apple has begun rejecting App Store submissions for applications that offer users the ability to purchase content from outside the company's in-app purchasing mechanism. One of the major applications reportedly rejected under this policy change is Sony's Reader application that would have allowed iOS device users to view eBook content downloaded from its Reader Store.
The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store.
Apple rejected Sony's iPhone application, which would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the Sony Reader Store.
Apple told Sony that from now on, all in-app purchases would have to go through Apple, said Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading division.
The move calls into question the fate of such popular eBook applications such as Kindle and Barnes & Noble NOOK for iOS devices. Those applications have so far skirted Apple's rules regarding in-app purchasing by directing users to Safari for purchasing content through a web-based interface, then using the native iOS applications for browsing and viewing the purchased content. But Apple's recent change of heart appears to now ban even that approach.
The change may signal a shift for Apple. The company has made more money selling hardware than music, e-books or apps. If people could have access to more content from more sources on their iPhones and iPads, the thinking went, then they would buy more devices.
Content providers will be hard pressed to alter their business models to comply with Apple's demands, as they would need to offer their content through in-app purchasing mechanisms from which Apple takes a 30% cut of sales. That slice of revenue would mean that content providers would have to either accept significantly less revenue while selling at the same prices they currently do, or substantially raising prices to compensate for Apple's cut of sales.
Apple has been rumored to be building into iOS support for recurring subscription billing via users' iTunes Store accounts. The feature is expected to play a key role in deployment of News Corp.'s tablet-focused news publication, The Daily, set for introduction later this week.
Deployment of such a feature, as well as others potentially enhancing content delivery to iOS devices, could put Apple in a position where it feels that it offers sufficient options for publishers to get their content onto iOS devices while Apple controls the delivery mechanisms. Those options are apparently giving Apple the ability to flex its muscles to shut down non-Apple methods of distributing content to iOS devices, thus ensuring that Apple controls and receives revenue from all sales.
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I always wondered.... as much as I knock Apple sometimes, why wouldn't you get an iPad over a Kindle or a Nook? Sure, it costs a LOT more, but with that extra $$$ comes a lot more functionality. My sister has a Kindle I think, but that's because she reads books all day and she already has a Macbook for work.
Ever since getting an iPhone, I've been spoiled. I don't want to be bothered with having multiple devices that perform specialized functions when I can have an all-in-one device that does everything almost as well or sometimes better.
Ever since getting an iPhone, I've been spoiled. I don't want to be bothered with having multiple devices that perform specialized functions when I can have an all-in-one device that does everything almost as well or sometimes better.
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thats the entire reason i got an iphone, it combined the 3-4 devices i had to carry around into 1.
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Nook not so sure, but Kindle i think its the whole e-ink thing vs LCD.
ive never gotten eye strain looking at pr0n 24/7 on my LCD so
ive never gotten eye strain looking at pr0n 24/7 on my LCD so
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I prefer the kindle app.
Mainly because the ibook store doesnt carry what I read...like john irving...where kindle does.
Mainly because the ibook store doesnt carry what I read...like john irving...where kindle does.
#6118
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Yeah the only advantages I see with e-readers are the sun issue and of course the price. A lot of people want to get in on the tablet reading thing but don't want to spend $400 vs $150. There's a lot of non-tech savvy people that don't care about the extra features.
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Can't wait for the anti-trust suit. I tried the Kindle app on the iPad and I can't stand it. Too bright. My Kindle reader is much better IMO.