iPhone apps S/D

Any really solid/quintessential biking apps? I don't need an odometer or anything but I'm looking for things that will:

• Accurately trace my route (preferably one that supports multitasking)
• Give me bike directions, since the Maps app doesn't have them :(

"i have a certain amount of data transfer free with my o2 contract, but i never know whether that is being used up or whether i am using wifi."

At the top it should say 3G or whatever or have the little wifi symbol? Or is this just an american ting?

dammit.

after just over a month, the camera on my 4 just completely stopped working. and a little research shows this is apparently a common problem, which is probably going to necessitate an entirely new phone.

not happy.

WTF... Is there no guarantee?

no, i mean, i think they'll give me a new phone. that seems to be the common remedy. it's just a pain in the ass.

Any IM advice? I've been using eBuddy but it is crash crazy. Any better ones out there?

I use beejive. It's not amazing, but is fine

Beejive is crazy $$$. I had eBuddy and couldn't stand it for the same reason. I switched to Meebo and it's not totally perfect but it is p. much better than eBuddy in every way and I was completely delighted when I made the switch.

Yikes $10. Okay I'll try Meebo. Thanks!

the only thing i like lately is stopmotion

Nimbuzz?

every time i hear the name beejive i think oh BEE-jive

Meebo has gone a day without crashing which makes it an immediate improvement over eBuddy.

I hate how backspace and send are next to each other though

Isn't that the way it is on all the iPhone keyboard things?

Rfi: how to take a pic with yr iPhone camera and put that pic on ilx entirely using yr iPhone

set up a photobucket acct
take pic
email pic to your photobucket
go to photo bucket and get bbcode (can't remember if this is throw safari or through a photobucket app)
post!

IM+ is a great chat app. Don't be cheap, just buy it and stop worrying about what you should use for IM.

I mean, if it's a really solid app with some unique and wonderful functionality I could see a justification of a $10 pricetag, but a client for a chat protocol? When several others exist for free and some of them are v decent?

I've never had IM+ crash, it works like i want it to work. Supports all chat services. $10 is 2 drinks, one lunch. Not a big deal when you think about it.

Actually there is a flickr app that posts images directly to flickr

Yeah I tried that but then couldn't figure out how to get a direct URL

ok so I'm not going to update my touch to iOS 4 anytime soon (2nd generation, reports are that it will act badly after update, & I'm happy with its present behavior/capabilities). But some of my apps are being updated to require iOS 4. Obv. I don't want to update these apps. But in iTunes, next to Apps in my library, it now shows a 5, indicating that I've 5 apps needing updating, & I don't want to update them. How can I get this number to go away w/o updating?

I'd think you can't. Hell, there's a bug that causes iTunes to say you have X number that need updating when you don't have ANY that need updating, so you'll probably have that anyway.

Anyway, I have a touch 2nd gen, it seemed a little slower at first. Then I read about some basic thing to adjust, turn off location services or indexing or something, and it's fine. Not as snappy as it used to be, but works fine.

the new version of ios4 is much better.

yeah i have a 3GS and had no problems at all. be brave and update. you can always restore.

No you can't!
I seriously regretted updating, to the point where it basically convinced me to get the iPhone 4
Now the ios 4.2 seems to speed up the 3G considerably so I'd still update in yr case

that makes no sense to me!

iphone 5 number number one wish feature - mobile hotspot capability

mobile hotspots are here for some users. they'll be enabled on a carrier-by-carrier basis, often with ridiculous surcharges

google: at&t iphone tethering

or maybe you mean hotspot for multiple computers, instead of tethering to a single computer?

i have the spend 2 app on my phone - i really wanna start using it for budgeting but i have no idea how to get started. the FAQ just tells you how to perform functions, but not the way it suggests you're actually meant to use it. For instance, does anyone know how the inactive and active budgets work? I take it I enter my wage packet into the Available slot, and then monthly outgoings, but I am not sure I'm doing it properly.

i seriously don't understand iTunes either - I've always used WinAmp to play music off my computer which has my collection all put into nicely ordered artst/album folders. Why would I want iTunes to reorganise everything for me whilst skipping out a bunch of tracks (for reasons inexplicable?).

just to fuck with your head

you can tell itunes to leave your existing folder structure alone if you have your own system but this isn't the default

Anyone have experience with these djing apps? Is cue play dj the best?

lukas, yes i meant wireless hotspot for multiple computers. verizon have this on their android phones.

righto

Not strictly relevant to this thread, but does anyone know why, having transferred all the ppodcasts of a series to an Iphone4, it will only allow me to access the most recent three?

It's then telling me I have get more from itunes BUT I'VE JUST COPIED THEM ACROSS FFS!

go to phone, settings, podcasts. it's default is last three, you can change it

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

VLC out for iPhone/Touch today!

That AR SOT app looks sweet.

does VLC stream or run media off the device? if the latter, than i am very very interested.

You sync stuff to your phone (using an obscure menu in iTunes) and then you can play your divx rips, etc. I'm going to try it out tonight.

Haven't tried the iPhone version yet but the iPad one works a treat *except* jumping forward or back a few minutes is a really imprecise, annoying art.

WHAT??? DIVX ON IPHONE?!?!

this makes up for the Toronto election results

You sync stuff to your phone (using an obscure menu in iTunes)

Explain please

app menu in the phone section of itunes, scroll down, you'll see a list of apps that accept file transfers - then just drag and drop the files you want to upload onto the phone

Jeez