iPhone apps S/D

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Finally got an iPhone 4 ten days ago and not a single sign of trouble, annoyances, or really much of anything negative. It works, it runs my code, whooo!

i'm in talks with someone who has just started making apps about making one for my club but don't have any idea about prices. i only want something v basic (photos, basic info, map, link to tickets), how much shall i suggest? i'd prefer not to spend more than £100 really but is this too low for the amount of work needed to create one? is there a fee to get it up on the iphone app store too?

isnt there a little tutorial on the apple site that shows you how to make apps? if its basic you could probably do it yourself.

Going rate is £250/day. v basic (photos, basic info, map, link to tickets)
This isn't nec. basic: photos can be a 'mare to manage, especially if you're pulling them off the net. Maps aren't too hard. But how would this be shown? And would it all just be fixed in place when you launched the app, or would it load the details off the net?

Seems like an HTML5-based app/mobile-optimized website would make more sense for your club.

thanks guys, i'll look into this in more detail, sounds like i might be better going for a mobile-optimized website rather than a specific app

do we have an ipad app thread - if not can someone here recommend a reader app? I'm currently toggling btw Byline and Reeder but neither are entirely satisfying.

Reeder's about the best there is

i've been getting really frustrated with instapaper - it's supposed to pick up RSS feeds when you point it at a blog URL but it doesn't work most of the time. maybe i'm doing something wrong. it sucks cause in every other respect it's phenomenal.

yes - im really in love with instapaper for ipad - which got me wondering whether there was a reader out there which could d/l in cache truncated rss feeds in text-only format, instead of simply launching the browser to read the entire thing (a bit like what instapaper does)

well instapaper DOES download truncated RSS feeds, sometimes. but other times it doesn't work. v v frustrating.

i have fallen completely in love with soundgrid. tone matrix jamz!

Is there any way to simultaneously sync to iphone from two separate itunes libraries. I want to split my capacity - a playlist each from my laptop library and desktop library. At all possible?

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1202

iPod shuffle and iPhone are intended for use with a single computer. You cannot load music from multiple computers or iTunes libraries onto iPod shuffle and iPhone like you can with other devices.

??

THis appears to say two different things, but I'll try it

man, why did I have to find out about Soundgrid a day after deciding to switch to the Droid 2?

I think this is incredible. http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/2259-chase-iphone-app-launches-support-for-mobile-deposits

I haven't used it yet (lost my fuad;flkj iPhone and waiting for the replacement) but the idea of it is very impressive. The ATMs with check readers were cool, but this is completely next-level. I receive only about 8-10 checks a year (expense reimbursements from work), but they always sit in my wallet for weeks until I finally get to a branch. This will be nice.

I deposited my first check this way the other day. I don't know when I'll get the chance to use it again. But it was neat.

Wow, I am (unfortunately) still a Chase customer AND I got a check today!! I will try this now!

woah, this is crazy. i just deposited a dozen checks at chase today. if i had read this first, i would've tried it instead.

USAA has had mobile deposits for 6 months or so now. It really is remarkable. Every time I deposit a check ON IPHONE, I think, "Man I am like living in the fucking Jetsons here and am completely jaded about it."

Yeah next week I'll totally be all FUCK CHASE my breakfast is 2 minutes late what is this shit????

what do you do with the check after the mobile deposit

bring it to the bank

do you really? i was hoping you could just destroy it or whatever.

You keep it until deposit has cleared.

Ok I did this but it was a little bit of hassle. I say that, but I mean, it's not like I even got off the sofa haha

Would clearly work best with a flat, printed check lit by a 2500k bulb

Yeah, I just toss my checks in the shredder once the deposit posts.

not an app question, but since this is the main ON IPHONE thred:

before I left .au I got my network provider people to unlock my phone (3G) - they said okey dokey, just restore it and you should be sweet
I backed it up and restored it from the backup
then I put a UK sim with credit on it into the phone and left my regular sim at home

now I am in teh londons and I have no service, and I can't even get wireless in free wireless places.

questions:
1) if I backup my phone on someone else's computer*, then restore TO FACTORY SETTINGS, and THEN restore from backup, should it work with the UK sim and have all my contacts and texts and photos and music back?
2) if this DOESN'T work, is it safe or foolish to pay a wee bloke in a tiny shop in Chinatown a tenner to unlock it? will they lose any of my data? will they steal my identity and blackmail me to pay them to delete my incriminating photos of ilxors licking their own elbows?

*I would have tried this already but the laptop I am using only has 3gb space on it

morning bump

i do not know about iphones very much, but i know that in the uk you can only get an iphone with a contract? so it might be that no pay-as-you-go sim will work with an iphone, at all.

I have managed to get it working for wireless now - think phone/txt SHOULD be okay once I top up. If my contract provider from home had *Apple* unlock it, UK contract restrictions should be n & v, fingers crossed

posting this ON IPHONE tbqh

yeah i was going to say you need no plan for wi-fi. pp has been using my iphone 1 for years without a plan. no phone calls or edge obv, but still usable like an ipod touch.

STEVIE'S FIRST IPHONE is arriving in the mail some time today!!! I am so stupidly eager. I have no idea what to get first.

Are there any good 808 clones?

yeah I see what he meant but it irks me when I see how ATT have managed to get everyone calling it iphone 4G when no 4G networks have been launched.

Not even sure why I called it that. I can assure you that ATT hasn't duped me into believing it runs on a imaginary 4G network.

And if there's any general consumer confusion, I wouldn't blame it all on ATT.

I finally got the belatedly released powersupport crystal film for front and back (I'm extremely paranoid about screen scratches) and got rid of my Apple Bumper. While the bumper looks good, it looks so much better without a case and I'm in love with the phone all over again. The design is really beautiful. Any minor antenna antennuation is certainly no worse than other phones I've had.

I can't replicate the attenuation consistently.

Re:808 clone

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rebirth/id368199125?mt=8

i listened to a tech podcast from when the Iphone 3G was released the other day and they were saying it was called 3G because thats the network it runs on even though the infrastructure was barely there. So, yeah, Apple tryin' to mess with people too shocka.

Netflix streaming is now available for iPhone/iPod touch: http://gizmodo.com/5622368/you-can-now-stream-netflix-movies-and-tv-shows-on-iphone-and-ipod-touch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzh2UygPwDU

re: Netflix on iPhone, it's official -- I can carry a library of movies and music around wherever I go? We are living in the future.

couldn't you do that already with the iphone?

Netflix lib way bigger than what I could rip to my iphone

is it streaming over 3g kinda thing

3g and Wi-Fi. It syncs with your Netflix account and you can watch whatever's in your queue or search for other stuff.