remote control is surprisingly great. Somehow much more satisfying than I imagined, and good that search is in there.
― toby, Friday, 11 July 2008 00:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
am i to understand that you can use your iphone to search your computer's itunes library, and then play/pause etc the songs on that computer?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 July 2008 00:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
i think i'd buy it for that alone!!
Yep, exactly.
― stet, Friday, 11 July 2008 00:15 (4 years ago) Permalink
It's like Salling Clicker did years ago, except it rocks.
the remote is simply awesome--same interface as the ipod function ON IPHONE
AIM i'm not too pleased with--what's the point if it's not persistent and logs you off everytime the phone goes to sleep? (ON IPHONE)
― cutty, Friday, 11 July 2008 01:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
It's good when yr bored and in one place, though. The non-persistance isn't their fault, though, Apple won't let apps run in the background. Notifications will sort that, though.
― stet, Friday, 11 July 2008 01:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
though ON IPHONE though
Evernote for iPhone is incredible, I'm also enjoying Twitterrific and Remote, I'm somewhat intrigued by Whrrl and will likely end up buying OmniFocus.
― Allen, Friday, 11 July 2008 01:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
I am so afraid of this thing now
― El Tomboto, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
When for iPod touch, damn it :(
― mh, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
BoxOffice is pretty cool -- automatically determines where you are, then gives you a list of all movies playing within a certain radius of you, their start times and Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
― Pancakes Hackman, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
jesus christ
― El Tomboto, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://kungfurodeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/wall_e_postcard_5.jpg
― El Tomboto, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
What about this google app? Which is meant to make search easier, but for some reason is only in the US app store, and not ours?? Anyone tried it? Should UKers be miffed?
I've bought monkey ball. tempted by that cute looking piano/guitar thing too. And midomi, if it works, could be amazing.
But I can't test any of these until dhl bring me my 3g in the morning.
― JimD, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
Evernote was fucking useless for me, I deleted it. All my notes came up in 6pt, no way to zoom. New notes also unreadable.
BoxOffice doesn't work in the UK, and I really wish it did.
Have bought bejewelled. It's as addictive as ever.
― stet, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
the facebook app doesn't. have. the friggin' wall.
~FAIL~
― Keaney Tong, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
Bloomberg for iPhone is shit hot. It would be better if it you could cram all of Bloomberg Terminal onto it.
― Allen, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
Man, a lot of apps seem to be US only. Grr.
― stet, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
google app seemed lame for the minute I tried it for. MLB app is great, though.
― toby, Friday, 11 July 2008 02:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/07/searching-on-iphone-can-be-fun.html
Dunno, this looks pretty slick to me. Has to be quicker/easier than googling via safari. Definitely useful enough for me to be disappointed I can't get it.
― JimD, Friday, 11 July 2008 03:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah, that looks pretty much like a pocket version of inquisitor
― czn, Friday, 11 July 2008 08:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
stet, what is notifications? on iPhone tho, you know?
― cutty, Friday, 11 July 2008 09:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
cutty, notifications are a fake form of background processes that allow the app to communicate with apple servers, which push the message to the phone blackberry style
…i think
― Keaney Tong, Friday, 11 July 2008 09:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
but that doesn't start up until september
the frmware 2.0 is unlocked apparently (has been for a while) but the tools to do this on yr own phone aren't yet released; don't know if they work ON IPHONE 3G but they will work ON IPHONE 2G
― czn, Friday, 11 July 2008 10:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
NYT app still seems a bit lame - advertising, slow, and i still can't load anything other than main news/business (and this morning the dining and wine section had disappeared completely).
is there any app for offline web browsing?
― toby, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
safari 2.0 basically supports it, apart from a vital bit they really need to release.
Yeh, I've given up on NYT app, especially since AP mobile news caches everything perfectly for subway reading. Got that Bloomberg app too, and it's really impressive -- first of the news apps I saw that wouldn't be nearly as good as a webapp
― stet, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
facebook app, on a phone with a fully featured web browser? what am i missing?
― Jarlrmai, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
It integrates with the camera. w00t
― stet, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
-- cutty, Friday, 11 July 2008 10:04 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link
this is what I thought you were gettign at yesterday dude:
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0806wdt546x/event/index.html
skip forward to about 54:00.
-- caek, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:33 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
― caek, Friday, 11 July 2008 13:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
Scratch is even more disappointing than I thought it would be!
Am kind of in love with Whrrl and iPint. BofA, Google and Facebook are exactly what I expected (which is good).
― HI DERE, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
guys, is anyone getting upside down photos in Flickr when uploaded from iphone?
― sunny successor, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
Ooh, I'd missed BoA. Could be useful. Still disappointed with NYT. Presumably some of these GTD/todo ones are good, but I'll wait to see reviews.
btw Dan I now understand why you thought the cell-phone location psuedo-GPS was lame - in Chicago it was generally within a block, but in Cambridge it can't do better than getting the right city!
― toby, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
haha yes, v.v. frustrating
― HI DERE, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
Trying to Whrrl my neighborhood in Somerville and getting Medford = uh thx for that but I wanted over here...
― HI DERE, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/iphonefaq.html
15-20 mins to sync - that would explain it, I guess. Could be good for offline browsing, though, but only if synced via wifi, I think.
― toby, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://gizmodo.com/5024187/apple-and-att-stores-having-difficulty-activating-iphones-update-its-the-ipocalypse
― Mackro Mackro, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
okay that URL = awesome
so glad I a) did not get a new iPhone, and b) downloaded iTunes and the firmware upgrade last night
― HI DERE, Friday, 11 July 2008 16:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah, too right. would be more than a little annoying to have a bricked phone.
― toby, Friday, 11 July 2008 17:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
(actually i did go home in the middle of activating yesterday and was temporarily bricked, but sorted as soon as i got back online. could well take a lot longer for people today.)
Oh it IS annoying.
― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Friday, 11 July 2008 17:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
Oh yes. It is. Especially when I've got to go and get a train in about an hour, and will then be offline until Monday.
Last time I try to do new-apple-product-on-day-one, this.
― JimD, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
This is why I never try to do ANY new techie product on day one; working in software has made me JADED.
― HI DERE, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
Oh, something weird just happened. Plugged in again, and even though the apple store is still failing on me, the phone started up this time.
Still can't see itunes, so can't sync anything. But it seems to be working happily apart from that.
― JimD, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
oh shit, it's working!!
SSSSSHHHHHHH
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
Ok, maps being able to pinpoint my location to within about 50 yards is very impressive.
― JimD, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
only problem is that my .mac account hasn't really turned into a .me account yet, so i'm a little sketched-out about trusting the push synchronization. we'll see how it goes ... but i can see my calendars on the phone right now which is pretty dope.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
Is this worth unjailbreaking for?
― Casuistry, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've been looking at the same headlines on this shitty NYT app since yesterday morning. 15 minutes to update? FFS, the thing goes to sleep twice in that time. How much data is it downloading? What a crock of shit.
Can't get into me.com at all.
― stet, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
It's clearly trying to humiliate you for talking shit.
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 17 May 2013 14:54 (2 days ago) Permalink
Clearly.
Any recommendations for a long exposure (or bulb?) app?
― Je55e, Friday, 17 May 2013 14:55 (2 days ago) Permalink