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$1.99 to help save your soul. 
I can't wait for an android version. I hope the dev didn't forget the "I molested a member of my flock" in the sins selection especially for priests.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15...-rome-24146066
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT
Feb 9, 9:40 PM EST
New iPhone, iPad app helps you keep track of sins
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Can your iPad or iPhone bring you closer to God? A new application for the devices aims to help Roman Catholics who haven't been to the confessional booth in a while keep track of their sins, one Commandment at a time.
The $1.99 "Confession: A Roman Catholic App" can't grant forgiveness - you still need to receive the sacrament from a real, live priest like always. The app's designers and some believers see it as a way to spur Catholics back into the habit of repenting.
"There's a reason we designed it for these mobile devices: We want you to go to confession," said Patrick Leinen, one of the developers and a co-founder of the company Little iApps.
Over the last several decades, American Catholics have been receiving the penitential sacrament less frequently, and many of them may not know how it's done.
"As somebody who's heard thousands of confessions, there are some people who get so scared coming in that they lose their train of thought and they're not able to remember everything they planned to say," said the Rev. Dan Scheidt, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mishawaka, who advised the developers.
The text-based app takes the user through the Ten Commandments, with a slew of questions attached to each, a process known as an examination of conscience, which penitents undergo before confession.
Questions range from "Have I wished evil upon another person?" to "Have I used any method of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage?" and users can check a box next to each sin they've committed.
Once that's done, the app lists the user's sins and displays a written act of contrition, a prayer recited by the penitent. From there, it walks the user through the rest of the steps of confession and even advises when to say "amen."
Melanie Williams is a 17-year-old Catholic who helped test the app after co-developer Chip Leinen asked for volunteers at the area high school where he runs a youth group.
Williams said she used to freeze up whenever the time came to confess: "I have a horrible time remembering what I want to say when I'm actually in the confessional."
With the app, "when I get to the confessional and I'm able to say all these things, it makes me feel a lot better," she said. "When you're done, an inspirational message pops up. It's so cool. It feels like that's just what I needed to hear at that moment."
Religious applications for mobile devices are nothing new. Things like daily inspirational text messages and digital compasses that point Muslims in the direction of Mecca have been around since the early years of mobile technology.
But as that technology becomes a bigger part of daily life, the faithful are finding ways to incorporate it into their religious lives, said Heidi Campbell, a communication professor at Texas A&M University who studies how religious communities use technology.
"People now are saying, we live our lives connected to the Internet 24 hours a day, so how do we highlight our spirituality in the same way," she said.
Response to the new app from the church has been cautious but positive; the Most Rev. Kevin Rhoades, bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, gave his imprimatur to the app, essentially an acknowledgment that it doesn't conflict with Catholic teaching.
The Vatican weighed in as word of the app spread through Catholic circles. A church spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, stressed that only a priest may hear confession.
"This cannot be substituted by any computer application," he said. "This must be emphasized to avoid misunderstandings. One cannot speak in any way of 'confession by iPhone.'"
But a believer could use a digital instrument, such as an iPhone, to prepare for confession in the same way people once did with a pen and paper, he said.
The Catholic Church is far from a novice when it comes to using new technology to reach the faithful: Catholic apps cover everything from the calendar of the liturgical year to guides for priests on celebrating the Mass. Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged priests to get involved in at least one aspect of online ministry, whether blogs, podcasts or something else.
"The Internet is a chance for some people to ease into it," said the Rev. Jay Finelli, pastor of Holy Ghost Church in Tiverton, R.I., who has been podcasting as the iPadre since 2005.
"People have the opportunity to approach a priest or learn something, where maybe they're afraid to approach their local priest," he said.
Ultimately, Scheidt said, that's the goal: getting people right with God.
"If this brings one person back to confession, there's more joy in heaven over that than over 99 people who already have their acts together," he said.
I can't wait for an android version. I hope the dev didn't forget the "I molested a member of my flock" in the sins selection especially for priests.http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15...-rome-24146066
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT
Feb 9, 9:40 PM EST
New iPhone, iPad app helps you keep track of sins
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Can your iPad or iPhone bring you closer to God? A new application for the devices aims to help Roman Catholics who haven't been to the confessional booth in a while keep track of their sins, one Commandment at a time.
The $1.99 "Confession: A Roman Catholic App" can't grant forgiveness - you still need to receive the sacrament from a real, live priest like always. The app's designers and some believers see it as a way to spur Catholics back into the habit of repenting.
"There's a reason we designed it for these mobile devices: We want you to go to confession," said Patrick Leinen, one of the developers and a co-founder of the company Little iApps.
Over the last several decades, American Catholics have been receiving the penitential sacrament less frequently, and many of them may not know how it's done.
"As somebody who's heard thousands of confessions, there are some people who get so scared coming in that they lose their train of thought and they're not able to remember everything they planned to say," said the Rev. Dan Scheidt, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mishawaka, who advised the developers.
The text-based app takes the user through the Ten Commandments, with a slew of questions attached to each, a process known as an examination of conscience, which penitents undergo before confession.
Questions range from "Have I wished evil upon another person?" to "Have I used any method of contraception or artificial birth control in my marriage?" and users can check a box next to each sin they've committed.
Once that's done, the app lists the user's sins and displays a written act of contrition, a prayer recited by the penitent. From there, it walks the user through the rest of the steps of confession and even advises when to say "amen."
Melanie Williams is a 17-year-old Catholic who helped test the app after co-developer Chip Leinen asked for volunteers at the area high school where he runs a youth group.
Williams said she used to freeze up whenever the time came to confess: "I have a horrible time remembering what I want to say when I'm actually in the confessional."
With the app, "when I get to the confessional and I'm able to say all these things, it makes me feel a lot better," she said. "When you're done, an inspirational message pops up. It's so cool. It feels like that's just what I needed to hear at that moment."
Religious applications for mobile devices are nothing new. Things like daily inspirational text messages and digital compasses that point Muslims in the direction of Mecca have been around since the early years of mobile technology.
But as that technology becomes a bigger part of daily life, the faithful are finding ways to incorporate it into their religious lives, said Heidi Campbell, a communication professor at Texas A&M University who studies how religious communities use technology.
"People now are saying, we live our lives connected to the Internet 24 hours a day, so how do we highlight our spirituality in the same way," she said.
Response to the new app from the church has been cautious but positive; the Most Rev. Kevin Rhoades, bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, gave his imprimatur to the app, essentially an acknowledgment that it doesn't conflict with Catholic teaching.
The Vatican weighed in as word of the app spread through Catholic circles. A church spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, stressed that only a priest may hear confession.
"This cannot be substituted by any computer application," he said. "This must be emphasized to avoid misunderstandings. One cannot speak in any way of 'confession by iPhone.'"
But a believer could use a digital instrument, such as an iPhone, to prepare for confession in the same way people once did with a pen and paper, he said.
The Catholic Church is far from a novice when it comes to using new technology to reach the faithful: Catholic apps cover everything from the calendar of the liturgical year to guides for priests on celebrating the Mass. Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged priests to get involved in at least one aspect of online ministry, whether blogs, podcasts or something else.
"The Internet is a chance for some people to ease into it," said the Rev. Jay Finelli, pastor of Holy Ghost Church in Tiverton, R.I., who has been podcasting as the iPadre since 2005.
"People have the opportunity to approach a priest or learn something, where maybe they're afraid to approach their local priest," he said.
Ultimately, Scheidt said, that's the goal: getting people right with God.
"If this brings one person back to confession, there's more joy in heaven over that than over 99 people who already have their acts together," he said.
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Now debating whether to sell it or to keep it for my son (who LOVES my iPhone and Angry Birds in particular) to use as essentially an iPod Touch. Leaning toward selling on eBay as long as I can still get a decent amount for it.
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OMG how sad!2 people??? and look at all that stuff they set up for the supposed long lines!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUaFywhywjA
I thought it was kinda funny when the employees were all standing there....thought it may have just been almost a 'joke' and playing around with the irony that no one was there.......then they panned over to the lines they made....
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2nd day, not in a row, that ive had for some odd reason my battery just straight up goto pretty much empty.
i remember i was browsing AZ during lunch, lunch ended so i just powered off the phone. i had roughly 70-80% battery left. when i got home i had 17%... i didnt even touch it in between.
almost the same thing happened on monday.... if it happens again i think i need to bring it in...
i remember i was browsing AZ during lunch, lunch ended so i just powered off the phone. i had roughly 70-80% battery left. when i got home i had 17%... i didnt even touch it in between.
almost the same thing happened on monday....
if it happens again i think i need to bring it in...
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i do notice that the phone is hot as hell just like when im in an area with weak signal and the phone is trying to use the network.
btw it doesnt seem right that my phone gets really really hot in this situation.
btw it doesnt seem right that my phone gets really really hot in this situation.
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http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/08/...-from-foxconn/
interesting so a possibility of 64gb in the next iPhone. i think i honestly may need it.
the 720p videos on the iPhone 4 actually chewed up more space than i realized.
im at about 5gb of just recorded videos. doesnt include apps or music or pictures.
interesting so a possibility of 64gb in the next iPhone. i think i honestly may need it.
the 720p videos on the iPhone 4 actually chewed up more space than i realized.
im at about 5gb of just recorded videos. doesnt include apps or music or pictures.
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There are Plenty out there. There's one that will stream flash videos from your CPU to your phone. Then you got slingbox that if you have the hardware you can stream your tv to your phone.
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To be honest iPhone 4 was not a big leap from 3GS.
Other than the camera, and screen, and being a bit faster....it's essentially a 3GS.
iPhone 5 needs/should be the big leap forward.
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The only real reason to stay with Apple is content availability. If they have something that Google doesn't. But that's rare these days.
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I mean the 4 has a new thinner body style, higher resolution camera plus flash, front facing cam, faster CPU, more RAM, retina display, support for both faster upload and download rates HSDPA/HSUPA (3G And S only had HSDPA), dual mic for better background noise suppression for the people you call and a higher capacity battery.
Sounds pretty significant to me.
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Activating the mobile hotspot automatically kills the unlimited plan according to reports, and the speed isn't that great.
4GB is pretty good for a phone, but on a PC you can get there a lot faster. Stupid AT&T.
4GB is pretty good for a phone, but on a PC you can get there a lot faster. Stupid AT&T.
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Verizon iPhone is slower than AT&T and slower than other verizon phones....
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/...speeds.mobile/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/...speeds.mobile/
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Yeah I average like 100GB on my laptop per month. I ain't losing my unlimited. BTW, I got 4.3. Now what? Safari does seem quicker though. Flixster has an update that supports Airplay. Did anyone d/l the Adult Swim app? I watched Robot Chicken 
And Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons with 15 new levels each!! 
And Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons with 15 new levels each!!
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Verizon iPhone is slower than AT&T and slower than other verizon phones....
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/...speeds.mobile/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/...speeds.mobile/
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* iTunes Home Sharing
- Play music, movies, and TV shows from a shared iTunes library on a Mac or PC (requires iTunes 10.2)
- Play music, movies, and TV shows from a shared iTunes library on a Mac or PC (requires iTunes 10.2)
I haven't tried it yet. But that's it.
It only works via local wifi.
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Geez if you don't call 3G S to 4 a big leap then I dont know what to say.
I mean the 4 has a new thinner body style, higher resolution camera plus flash, front facing cam, faster CPU, more RAM, retina display, support for both faster upload and download rates HSDPA/HSUPA (3G And S only had HSDPA), dual mic for better background noise suppression for the people you call and a higher capacity battery.
Sounds pretty significant to me.
I mean the 4 has a new thinner body style, higher resolution camera plus flash, front facing cam, faster CPU, more RAM, retina display, support for both faster upload and download rates HSDPA/HSUPA (3G And S only had HSDPA), dual mic for better background noise suppression for the people you call and a higher capacity battery.
Sounds pretty significant to me.
iPhone 5 needs to be more like the Motorola Atrix...& just add 1080p vid, and a 10mp camera, and we will have a winner!
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I don't understand why Apple continues to put (relatively to the rest of the market) shitty cameras in. I mean, what are Macs known for? Photo and video editing. You'd think they would translate some of that to the smaller scale stuff.
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I would venture to guess that an Atrix-like iPhone5 has 0% chance of happening.
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More megapixels doesn't necessarily mean a better camera.
And when you're dealing with sensors as small as they are on smart phones you will never get DSLR quality photos from it.