New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

i still play drop7 daily. like whoa.
reeder is essential as well, stet otm
words with friends, cia factbook, wikipanion, that's about all i use. should delete the other hundred apps i never open

but macports is a piece of shit compared to debian

I'll give you that, but I also have to deal with clients who have Solaris and still believe Linux to be a not-serious OS for hackers. (yes I KNOW I KNOW)

I ordered an iphone 4, but the typing promises to be as awful as ever.

i am typing this on solaris : (

The typing is fine! Maybe not as responsive as a buttoned keyboard, but I can post on ilx using iphone or iPad easily these days.

So hmm, OS4 feels a lot snappier on my 2yr old 3G, but that could easily just be the snappiness of a freshly restored phone rather than any actual performance improvement - won't know for sure unless it lasts (and I'm probably not going to keep this handset long enough to test that). It's nice to be able to do this though:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4709374215_034cdfde89_o.jpg

and do away with all that side swiping. Beyond folders and the new email client (given that the 3G can't multitask), not much else seems to have changed significantly.

isn't facebook a comms?

what exactly is new in the email client?

Threaded conversations, and (apparently) multiple accounts in the same inbox (although I've not tested that, last thing I want is work mails popping up as unread on my phone).

Yeah, couldn't decide where to put facebook, but "news" basically means "things I check compulsively several times a day".

have i missed something JimD? where is Zing Touch???

I'm glad they've finally added an orientation lock

Oh yeah, how do I shot that? Also can't figure out how to change my desktop background or whatever you want to call it.

Um, heh, sorry but I deleted zing touch. I find ilx works pretty well in safari anyway, and syncs up with the desktop (ie if I read a thread up to a certain point on my phone then switch to my PC, it knows what's new). The app wasn't giving me that. Plus I missed the hollow/filled bullets for new/no-new posts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2RaAKz2Oy0

I always found the text wayyyy too small to read on Safari..

Oh, apparently it's another one of the things the 3G can't cope with:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=930990

Which is kinda bullshit tbh. Sure, I can accept that the underpowered 3G can't multitask, but locking the orientation can't possibly strain the CPU, and the 3G can still do ipod in the background, so there's really no reason it couldn't have had that basic "pod controls plus screen lock" mini menu popped in there.

This is why I can't find the wallpaper option either.

Um, heh, sorry but I deleted zing touch. I find ilx works pretty well in safari anyway, and syncs up with the desktop (ie if I read a thread up to a certain point on my phone then switch to my PC, it knows what's new). The app wasn't giving me that. Plus I missed the hollow/filled bullets for new/no-new posts.

― JimD, Friday, June 18, 2010 6:49 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you need to get on the bookmarks bandwagon

zing is the best

you need to get on the bookmarks bandwagon

Nah, not while it's still giving me this:

type Status report

message /ILX/Pages/confirmdeletebookmark.jsp

description The requested resource (/ILX/Pages/confirmdeletebookmark.jsp) is not available.

sounds like you're still using old-school bookmarking. switch to the modern kind (in preferences) and it'll work again.

oh wow, I wish I'd complained about that months ago. Thanks stet. :)

yeah zing made me fully realize the glory of bookmarking. awesome app, altho I never found much use for the desktop version

I have a new version of the desktop version that's basically a rip-off of the Tweetie for Mac interface that I like a lot for leaving open and watching new threads. It's got a few months of work in it before it's usable for anyone else though, and making Zing Touch multitask comes first

When is iOs4 available to the general public?

24th iirc

are you grabbing a 4G day 1 stet?

Nah, 3Gs is fine for me, tbh (Think Madchen is tho)

I'm getting a 4G because I skipped the 3GS

still stuck on OG 3G but inclined to think I shd wait for 5G

it's 4 not 4G right?

well yeah, but 4G sounds sexier

i don't have any particular interest in apple products, but i'm going to enter every thread HI DERE posts to and beseech him to change that display name

hahaha

better?

(just be glad I didn't start a thread while using that)

'controversial' moderator dan perry imo

where the hell did 'cunty body bean sauce' come from

and why do I not want to eat for the next 75 years

I'm bored, so let's tell a story posting one word at a time.

agree with dayo, btw- the 'cunty' on it's own wasn't the problem, but i really have lost my appetitie.

i'm hemmed and hunched in on all sides by folder btw, henche the typos

Ban dom / sub editors

otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg&feature=player_embedded

Customer very clearly states what they want, sales representative tells them a lot of useless crap and then acts really condescending. Just like every cell phone store!

BTW I thought it was universally reviewed that the Evo sucks, bad phone for comparison IMO.

so verizon is getting the iphone in january, all but confirmed.

from 2 people.

well confirmed by two anonymous sources, so I guess I mean "all but officially confirmed by the companies". anyway I'll hold out on an upgrade until I know what's happening, I'd be happy to get off att and be back on verizon. Or maybe att will become cheaper and better as a result of the competition.

see if verizons coverage is as good as they claim, and the customer service even marginally better than att, then I'm inclined to wait and then jump ship to an intro pricing deal with them

i had pretty similar coverage on verizon as i do on att, but i understand that's not usual

you live in nyc

I'm talking like not losing reception when I don't know I drive through the suburbs or visit my parents

wish i had the energy to care abt ur quaint problems

tellin u, it's all jug bands and cole porter up in this piece