iPhone apps S/D

this is why i bought an iphone

that is awesome

8 bucks!?!?

kidding

If anyone didn't know, there's an updated html parser for Instapaper that's well worth activating (I think you have to do it in your account settings- at least you did when it started).

On a side note, does anyone know if it's possible to unlock a phone without jailbreaking? I've unlocked and jailbroken my 2G, and I'd like to unlock my 3GS but am a little scared, and don't have a need to jailbreak.

holy shit this rules stet!

so i caved and bought the baby cry translator. so far ive gotten 'bored' and 'sleepy' which i could have guessed. im waiting for angry since every time he cries i run over to get my iphone instead of actually comforting him.

http://mobile.photoshop.com/iphone/

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so did anyone get rick rolled on their iphone?

anyone else having trouble organizing songs on playlists on the iphone?

i have a "recently-added" smart playlist thats organized by date added in my itunes--but on my iphone its organized by something bizarre. play count maybe?

HMM. i have the same type of playlist synced up and the iphone displays it by date added.

Smart playlists basically don't work right ON IPHONE.

How so? I've had no trouble with mine.

Mine see the weird ordering max has, and they won't update live. If you add, listen to or rate a song on the phone, the playlists they should be in don't update.

you guys manually syncing the music on your iphones?

I've been using auto but changed to manual today. will see if it makes a difference

Smart playlists basically don't work right ON IPHONE.

Smart playlists work fine on the iPhone, but there's some non-intuitive changes you have to make because of how iTunes 9.x separates out media types. Add "Playlist - is - Music" as the final rule to your smart playlist and it will sort correctly.

that worked beautifully chris--thank you

ding!

Hooray!

This is totally dorky, but scanner911 is rocking my world. YOU CAN HEAR THE POLICE RADIO IN DOZENS OF CITIES.

is there an app that will just let me doodle - looking for something that'll save my scrawls/handwriting

so did anyone get rick rolled on their iphone?

I have the rick roll app, but it sucks because it only plays the first 15 seconds of the song, and not even the good part(s)!

I have DoodleBuddy for doodling.

OK, top apps so far;

Lent - 59p, take a photo, link it to a contact, and keep track of what DVDs etc you've lent to friends. Just got it but hopefully will prove indispensable as I always forget.

Decibel - 59p, measures volume, surprising how many times it's come in useful at work (library refurbs, IT projects, etc).

Diceshaker - free, choose how many dice of what denominations, shake to roll. No graphics of dice rolling but good sound, and useful when you've got cats who try and steal your dice.

Worms - £1.99 or something; awesome fun game.

Canabalt - £1.79, wicked game, most fun I've had with an iPhone game.

Bloom - £2.99, that Eno ambient generator thing. Pretty but pointless. Same for Trope, which is the same but with different image / sound sets.

Shopper - 59p I think, really useful customisable shopping list maker. Can share lists across iPhones.

Done - 59p, to-do list manager, really customisable, nice interface.

Allowance - free, keeps track of your O2 contract details, calls & texts left etc. Nicer display than the My O2 app.

Zing - obviously.

Wow, I did ten without planning to do so.

Spend - 59p

http://www.adamcode.com/spend/

Enter expenses, it shows you how much of yr budget you have left. v v easy to use. You may not care about such things.

What colour's the icon?

This is important.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/njsouthall/Screenshot2009-11-10at121922.jpg

lol... green! you've got room!

Not any more! Need new pictures.

I have downloaded free apps I didn't want to fill the page though, so can easily delete stuff...

Ocado, for instance, don't even deliver round here.

really wish apple would hurry up and make a premium app store already; 100000 apps is too goddam much

How much better is 3GS than 3G? Took advantage of a friend's £10/month discount but it only applied to 3G. Got a couple of weeks in which to change my mind and upgrade, if I want.

Big speed boost, better gfx card

compass lets you know which direction you're going in google maps, if you find that useful

"pocket girlfriend" sounds like the most depressing app.

i am tired of it always being 73 degrees. i am tired of it always being 10:15. i wish those two icons were real time
real information

Seriously! Especially since the calendar seems to manage it.

my gripes with IPHONE:

- very very very very easy to put it on silent by accident. frankly this is practically a showstopper.
- when watching videos (and IPHONE is on its side), the right side of volume rocker turns the sound DOWN, and the left side turns it UP
- recording videos results in a vertical video! uh, surely not??
- when wifi signal is too weak, i usually have to manually turn off wifi so that IPHONE will search for a 3g signal, otherwise it will just hang around thinking that it's connected to wifi when it's not. i have several times left my house and been halfway down the street and it still thinks i'm connected to my home network.

- no consolidated inbox for multiple email accounts.

- no SMS drafts

hard life eh

so are tesco going to be meaningfully making this thing cheaper so proles like me can get one, or do i have to get an hero?

http://dustbowl.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/htc-hero-2.jpg

first phone i've ever seen that actually manages to look camp.

homescreen kinda looks like it's goin "why do you not feed me, master"

TBH thomp the "accidentally hit the silent switch" has gotten me into hot water at work!! (they were similarly pitiless when i told them what must have happened)

But you feel it buzz if you accidentally switch it to silent, and so switch it straight back, surely?

i was gonna say — is this not a 'on vibrate' silent like the entire civilised world uses? or is this an actually silent with no warning at all setting? because that would be kind of annoying.

There is a little buzz when you put it on silent - which you of course notice straight away if you MEAN to switch it to silent. But the times when you have accidentally knocked it to silent also happen to be the times when there is confusing physical business happening in your pocket/bag/etc - i.e. shoving it quickly into an overcoat pocket where it knocks against something else as you answer the HOME phone which is ringing and holding a baby in the other hand.

If it worked like the Hold button on the iPod classic it would be fine.

well one solution is to never hold your baby

or answer your HOME phone