iPhone apps S/D

They even went to the trouble of rejecting an iphone podcast app because it 'duplicated functionality'. Not only are there laws in place against that kind of thing (hello Microsoft ongoing European court case), it doesn't duplicate shit.

I thought they meant it duplicated the iTMS store, but now they've banned a GMail client for duplicating the mail app, which is some bullshit.

There must be repercussions. The way the app store is handled is crap to begin with (two-week delays in getting software on the site?), but when you start knocking people back at the very last minute, you're asking for a crap reputation.

The whole process is new, so perhaps Apple just needs time to sort itself out. But perhaps it's just Apple being a penis.

And devs STILL can't communicate with one another due to the ridiculous NDAs they're all forced to sign.

http://www.fastcompany.com/big-idea/android-google-s-new-phone-will-force-apple-unlock-its-iphone-within-6-months?partner=rss

September 25, 2008

G1, the new phone using Google's Android OS, will force Apple to unlock its iPhone within 6 months. - Inspired by David Pogue
Google’s new cell phone, a potential competitor to the iPhone, has the tech world all abuzz. While most seem to think the Android doesn’t stand a chance at outshining its Apple made counterpart, one thing that may negatively impact iPhone sales is the Android’s relative openness.

Writes David Pogue: “Android, and the G1, are open. Open, open, open, in ways that would make Steve Jobs cringe. You can unlock this phone after 90 days—that is, use any SIM card from any carrier in it. The operating system is free and open-source, meaning that any company can make changes without consulting or paying Google. The App store is completely open, too; T-Mobile and Google say they won’t censor programs that they don’t approve of, as Apple does with the iPhone store. Yes, even if someone writes a Skype-like program that lets people avoid using up T-Mobile cellular voice minutes.

Android is not as beautiful or engaging as the iPhone’s software, but it’s infinitely superior to Windows Mobile—and it’s open. The G1 is only the first phone to use it, the first of many; it’s going to be an exciting ride.”

Why is there no skype app yet?

there's a skype-ish app called truphone. works well.

Next question - what about ringtones? The only thing I've found to let me change from/add to apple's pre-installed ringtones is the iTunes function to create a ringtone from a song (which I must have purchased from the iTunes store). Am I missing something obvious?

Yeah. You can cut an ordinary song down to 30 seconds, rename it to .m4r and drag it into the Ringtones section of itunes.

Sweet, thx! Next question -- MMSes (like SMS/texts but with some kind of imbedded media, usually pictures). Not possible? The only option I'm getting is to email photos, but I want to send them to people's phones.

Send a gmail invite to their phones.

Yeah. You can cut an ordinary song down to 30 seconds, rename it to .m4r and drag it into the Ringtones section of itunes.

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It has to be an m4a right?

Sorry if I'm not following -- what does a gmail invite have to do with MMSes?

email them photos instead of sending them to their phones.

It can be any format.

1. Note start and finish times of song
2. Reduce song length to 30s or less
3. Convert to AAC
4. Rename converted song ext to .m4r
5. Drag from filesystem to iTunes Ringtones section
6. Restore original song's length

I've tried this and it isn't working - I drag the file to the iTunes Ringtones section but it doesn't appear there. However, iTunes now keeps telling me that it can't sync the ringtone to my iPhone because I can't find it. I even tried manually creating a "Ringtones" folder in my iTunes library folder - that didn't work either. Any other ideas? (I'm trying to find instructions on iPhone forum, too...)

there was a brilliant site that explained how this worked, and i tried looking for it the other day to post here. couldn't find it, though. however: i did, categorically, link to it somewhere around these parts -- if not upthread here, then on one of the other iPhone or apple threads.

that's not a great deal of use, i know. and i can't remember how it differed from what AA posted there, which is pretty much what i remember doing myself.

yeah i used that site you linked and it worked like a charm

maybe it was this from schwantz:

Basically (in iTunes)

1. Set up the prefs to convert songs into AAC files. I think you also need iTunes set up to "Copy Files to iTunes Music Folder When Adding to Library."
2. Select a song, and get info on it. In the "Options" tab, set the in and out points you want.
3. Convert the track to AAC. It will convert only the section you set in the options. Go back in the options of the original track and un-set the in and out points.
4. Drag the new AAC file to the desktop. Change to file extension to m4r.
5. Double-click the file on the desktop. It should now show up as a sync-able ringtone in iTunes.
6. Don't forget to change the converter prefs back to mp3, or you'll end up with a bunch of crap AAC files in your library.

It's kinda ironic that I installed the Budget app cause the machine I run it on costs 525 euros here. hahahaha Ah well.

"Why is there no skype app yet?"

they are working on it. I think it's called Fring or sth.

Flickup is kinda crashing at times for me. :-(

fring is online, asis truphone.

do you still get charged minutes when youre talking to someone via the skype apps?

Huh? On your comp no if the other also uses skype. But I'm not sureo n my iphone. haven't tried it yet. I just installed it. :-)

yeah on the phone. i dont know why theyd give you an app that would make calls free?

if you call another country with it, I wonder if you just use normal minutes and skip the international rate.

do you still get charged minutes when youre talking to someone via the skype apps?

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nope that is the awesome beauty of these apps!

why would AT&T allow this? Am i missing something? am i being a dumbass?

they only work over wifi, not 3g.

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH. GOTCHA

So what's the best drum machine app... iR-909?

Probably Beatmaker.

is NNW working for anybody? i sound like a freakin broken record here, but it won't even LAUNCH for me anymore. this was one of the first apps ever and i still can't even get it to approximate working. wtf!

working beautifully here, i have to say -- the newest version, whatever number that is.

if there anyway (maybe via app) to email more than one photo at a time?

my email is working ok

slocki, it might be a problem with the number of feeds you are trying to download? how many feeds do you subscribe to?

I must subscribe to 30/40 max and NNW ON IPHONE is fine for

Has anyone tried 4 tracks lite - the portastudio app?

New Byline looks even better, apart from shitty wood-effect theme. Byline 1.0 is v. good, and editable notes and folders gonna rock. NNW can GTF.

http://www.blogherald.com/2008/10/09/byline-20-the-iphone-app-for-google-reader-freaks/

byline 2.0 is still only $4

max, can we get an email update?

absolutely--email working fine but not the way id like it to. when will gmail get push notification? also when will my work use an IMAP server instead of POP3? i guess the deal is that i have to turn off push in order for fetch to work--and then when the phone is off it doesnt fetch every 15? i feel like i have more questions than answers at this point. i think i am putting up with what is normal on an iphone but who knows?

gmail pushes through for me?

thanks max

How's Google Earth?

email working ok still

thanks max

google earth: fun for five minutes. so, just like the desktop app, then.

Byline is awesome guys. Palringo def IM client right now

NNW has been painfully slow these past few days. byline is increasingly attractive but a) can't be fucked moving from newsgator to google; b) really don't want to give stet any further reasons to go "NYAH I WAS RIGHT" at me.

I like Earthscape, but it's slow and it currently suffers from "not enough users to make it useful" syndrome, like a lot of other apps with potential.

Is a total slap to move to Google Reader: just export yr feeds from NNW, and import them to Google Reader. Byline really rocks.