iPhone apps S/D

If you turn on GMail's Exchange ActiveSync support, you can use the native app.

Did that. The native app is garbage, especially as a way of using Google calendar. I'll take a look at calvetica. Thinking of Pocket Calendar, too, now.

Dan: I haven't tested this, but I think you should be able to add the feed of yr girlfriends calendar to your iCal and then it'll sync to the phone w/MobileMe.

Both iCal and Calendar on phone are ptty shit. ICal woeful at adding new events.

I chose CalenGoo - dumb name, but I love it. Calvetica was good (read about it and tried out the free version) but limited. I love that CalenGoo is both simple to use, yet chock full of functions that I use, even more than Google Calendar itself. E.g., duplicating a calendar event, which is something I've frequently wanted. I love that it lets you get under the hood quite a bit - Being able to customize the defaults is really nice, for example.

I just use mobile me.

I meant to ask you what you use. I'm surprised you don't have something more exotic and powerful.

Nah, I just pay. It's not the best calendaring app, but everything updates nicely and works great.

Holy crap, Microsoft's new Photosynth app is a wowing thing. And it's free.

what does it do?

Stitches photos together to make panoramas. Cheers for the tip-off Alba, it really is fantastic.

You just sort of wave the phone around and it stitches on the fly. Quite incredible.

O that's amazing

A mate just pointed out that you need silverlight installed to view them after the fact (i.e. you can't from the phone). He reckons 360 Panorama is much nicer.

d00dz - is there an app that will automatically put me into airplane mode after, say, 30 seconds of failing to find a signal?

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, April 8, 2011 6:24 AM (1 week ago)

A mate just pointed out that you need silverlight installed to view them after the fact (i.e. you can't from the phone). He reckons 360 Panorama is much nicer.

― groovypanda, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:43 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yes you can, you just click the icon of two overlapping rectangles on the bottom left corner.

My 3GS puts them as a picture on my roll automatically.

That too

^this

― under the pollcano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 05:46 (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

+1, also an app that blocks that fucking "DISMISS" msg if you've manually selected a network

AA you know there's a setting where it'll only connect to known wifi networks, and never ask you about connecting

(aa) Sorry, should have been clear: it's not wi-fi, it's 3G.

http://www.cambridgemobileapps.com/

All 90% off until the royal wossnames get married for some reason.

Nice:

Security researchers have discovered that Apple's iPhone keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner's computer when the two are synchronised.

useful feature for drunks looking to piece together the previous night out, imo.

if it was telling apple where the phone had been 4eva this might be half a story, instead its just grist to the mill for the guardian comment retard squad

Very handy for FBI xxpost

d00dz - is there an app that will automatically put me into airplane mode after, say, 30 seconds of failing to find a signal?

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, April 8, 2011 6:24 AM (1 week ago)

^this

― under the pollcano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

what is this mystery app?

it's called "d00dz - is there"

Photosynth is fun. This is my first successful panorama. It's the view from my building's front door, and of the building itself. And my foot. http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=a0501e97-3dda-4288-9bd8-96bedc1f998d

This page requires a plugin that can only run in 32-bit mode

whaaaaaaat

awesome panorama btw, also sorry for yr backwards leg

Not an app question, but who has experience with on-the-go rechargers? Right now I'm looking at Duracell's Instant and Powerhouse chargers, which are in essence Li-Ion battery packs with USB ports attached, and they are also built to spec for iPods/iPhones (which have weird circuitry that don't work w/ a lot of portable USB chargers). I mean, it'd be nice to find one that takes AA or AAA's, but I don't think they even really exist or work well w/ iPhones. Any tips?

Google Reader's page on Safari has never refreshed without my making it do so, even when I leave Safari to switch apps or not use the phone. I've been trying different things to make it refresh of its own volition but it's not doing it.

― also, that Christmas tree has a dildo on its head (Jesse), Sunday, December 19, 2010 1:03 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I was thinking about this conversation today, and I should clarify that I would experience the random refreshes when switching between safari "tabs", not using multi-tasking to switch between applications. My original post did not indicate this.

Hey Stevie. I've no experience with the Duracell chargers (though they seem to be well-reviewed) but your post has just reminded me I need something for Glastonbury. Was previously just thinking of taking my old Sony Ericsson, which lasts for days, but now you've inspired me to order one of these monsters:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-10000mAh-Li-ion-battery-Compatible/dp/B0044T0E6I

(will let you know if it works!)

I believe the refreshing has to do with Safari has a limited cache space..used to drive me nuts so I use a feed reader now. Forget the name so I'll post this then check!

...it was Byline :)

byline is my #1 fav app

I don't have a dataplan so I just dl my whole reader feed and read it in the subway / wherever

Pretty much should never use Safari when you can use an app.

Since posting that, Safari has refreshed my Reader feed a couple times, but it hasn't been a problem for me since if I see something I want to read later, I just uncheck Mark As Read.

Any recommendation on a good podcast app? I don't listen to any podcasts currently and haven't for years, so I'm not even sure what I'm looking for in an app. Except that I want it to automatically update and store podcasts or something like that.

itunes

You can just iTunes to manage podcasts, you don't need an app for it.

However, if you do want an app, instacast is nice.

Oh. OK. Thanks. Bye.

I got instacast but I'm still not sure what exactly it does

Manages podcasts.

I use Downcaster, does pretty much everything I need.

What do people thing is the best way to access google reader on the iphone right now?

Reeder app, by a mile.

What do people thing is the best way to access google reader on the iphone right now?

After going through a half-dozen of these, I went back to using Safari and connecting directly to the mobile version of reader.google.com. The dedicated apps are just too slow, too buggy, or designed for people who subscribe to < 50 feeds.

Also, is it too difficult for ANYONE to include feed management (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) in their apps?

reeder has gotten slow but it still gets a vote from me.
i would use elvis' suggestion, except offline reading is essential.

Instapaper, then? I'm a cheapskate so I use Feedler, which is nice for costing $0

Reeder for Mac has just got feed management, so I guess it'll be in the next iPhone version.