Posts by D@v3 1191 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Aug 2008
Really?
You do know that at the side of the apps, in the description giving version numbers, date of release, the developer and such, just underneath there is a 'Requirements' section, might be worth checking there before downloading.
Also, unless you are still using iOS 2.x on a 3G or older, you really shouldn't be having any problems. it's not like your trying to run an android app coded to work on an HTC phone, on a samsung phone.
these places don't just *happen* to have someone who can knock together the app that they need. I know I have never worked somewhere that has had it's own on site software development department.
maybe, these places like to know that their new shineys can't be filled up with whatever unsigned apps that their 'users' feel like cramming onto them, that will then have to be supported by the poor unfortunates in IT when they go wrong.
I can think of a couple more maybes, but im bored now, so im leaving
I don't understand how on the day of release people can be so sure that an OS (or pretty much anything for that matter) can be rated as 5stars.
I might be an odd one out here, but before I can give any kind of rating, to anything at all, I like to actually use it for a while, (you know, more than an hour or so) to get past the shiney shiney and see /if/ there are any flaws....
But then again, it could just be the blind Fanboi effect
With all of your post, I am sick of seeing corrections or retractions, in a tiny little box on page 15.
The one thing i do disagree with is...
"Can I also suggest that all fellow commentards go out and buy a copy of to days Grouniad. I'd really like to see it beat the NotW's circulation figures for today."
and i only disagree from a matter of accuracy, as today is a tuesday, and the NoTW is a Sunday 'paper'.
and come to think of it, the Guardian, is not available on Sunday's. So buying one, in place of the other, is not possible.
(and I'm saying this quietly) that Apple let the App for this through their (well known, but dubious) testing process.
Isn't sharing files between iPhones one of the most hugest crimes out there? (explaining why, to this day, you still can't bluetooth a photo to someone from an iPhone)
(and spotify for that matter), but £120 a year is just too much. I like music, but if i dont have enough time to listen to the library i already own, then i certainly dont have enough time to make it worth paying £120 a year to listen to music i dont know that i like (assuming that if i know i like something enough to want to listen to it, I buy the CD)
Battery life on DAB radios is less a problem than it used to be. I have a Pure evoke, with the battery pack, and it will quite happily run (and often does) for hours, and hours and hours...... then re-charges over night.
Also, find me a AM/FM radio that will tune into 6Music and Planet Rock....
If you re-read the post your commenting on, you will see the comparison is between the 3g(s) and the Galaxy S.
The video that you linked to was the iPhone4 and the Galaxy S.
Considering there are differences between the 3G(s) and the 4, then yes, the GalaxyS and the iPhone4 will not look the same.
Unless I'm missing something, I think your wrong.
- Click network icon in task bar (check)
- Right click the network you use and choose Status
(there are only two things that are clickable, one is the refresh button, the other is the open network and sharing centre, neither of which are right clickable)
To an extent your right, the Iphone bluetooth stack will work quite nicely with any number of audio accessories, (headphones, ear bugs etc..) however, you cant use bluetooth on the phone (even between iphones) for simple file transfer (ie transfering photos / vid clips etc..)
Some of them.
It's funny though, reading some of the comments (especially on the more outrageous designs on this page
http://blogs.nokia.com/nseries/2011/03/03/the-word%E2%80%99s-best-nokia-concept-phones/ )
It would appear that some people have no 'concept' of what the word 'concept' means.
Some of the tech in these concepts is outstanding, like the long, thin, bendy 888, but to say that it's even 10 years away is a massive understatement.
"Much better than paying Jobs every time I want to listen to something new"
really?
If I want new music, I don't go anywhere near Mr Jobs. I go to a shop (or more likely Amazon) and buy a CD
I have been using ipods/iphones for the last 10 years or so, and have some how managed to accumulate 80,000 odd tracks. The only ones that came via MR Jobs, were ones i brought using an iTunes giftcard i got for chirstmas.
I am inclined to agree with previous posters. If this could scale to run electric vehicles, even if the range wasn't up to much, if it only took 10-15 minutes to recharge, you'd be on to a winner.
Even a half hour break every 200 miles would be acceptable in my books for a full charge, allowing shorter stops to deliver less charge as demonstrated, 5 minutes for a quarter of a tank maybe?
kinda assumes that you have wi-fi switched on all the time.
I tend to only switch the wifi function in my phone on, if I am actually expecting to be able to connect to something, as much for the fact as it would kill the battery as anything else.
Even at work, i only activate the wifi if i want to use it, then when im done, switch it back off again.
Even if this was a seamless and invisible process, I would not want to walk around town with my wifi on all day, on the off chance that I might want to use it, just to find that the battery has died, meaning i cant use it when i do want to....
you say... "decontaminate the area" however, if you had read the article properly, you might have noticed that the are isnt contaminated.
Also, yes, it will take a while to repair / rebuild the plant, however the main point here is the safety issue.
This 40 year old plant, has been hit by a quake 5x more powerful than it was designed to cope with, and also a tsunami that wasn't even considered. Not only did it survive, the only death (more so, the only real casualty) was not related to the damage to the plant.
I am 'fairly' sure that iOS4 is only available on the same hardware (eg. Iphone 3gs, iPhone4, new iPod touches etc) as this new update.
As such, being surprised that you cant update a piece of software you don't have, seems a bit odd.
But I could be wrong
That is not to say that I think they way this is handled is right, at the least the security updates should be issued. However that isn't really Apple's style. One iOS for all devices, updates happen to all that can take them, those that cant get nothing.
I have been wondering what's going to happen to the Spotify App for a while now.
What with the ' subscriptions from inside App's ' thing, currently, their App takes you to their website where you pay the standard subscription to sign up. Are they going to have to put their prices up, or are the going to call it a day on the iPhone.
I wonder.....
On a separate note, all this 'cloud on your phone ' business is all well and good, if you always have a good enough network connection to be able to access what ever you want, at a reasonable speed (ie, instantly). That's partly why i never stumped up the subscription to get spotify on the iPhone, as a lot of the time, when i want to listen to music, I'm out of strong signal areas, (on the tube etc..) added to the fact that the iPhone itself is a 16/32gb iPod.
Also, if you are being expected to essentially re-download everything, every time you want it, you're going to eat through your data allowance pretty quick....
Looking at my iPhone4 i see that the bezel has a hole in it for the camera, but not for the proximity or light sensors, these work through the bezel.
By your (and others reasoning) if the hole shown on the image was for the sensor, then it should be present on current iPads as well. Also, on the current generation iPod Touches, the (face time) camera, is directly opposite the home button, much like it appears to be in this image.
I am inclined to agree.
Apart from occasionally having to fill my own email address in on web forms, I cant remember the last time i had to type an email address, except for maybe putting them in my contacts in the first place.
True I occasionally have to send an email to someone who isnt in my contacts, but that is usually through a link on a site (no typing of address) or as a reply (again no typing of address)
Bear with me as it is friday afternoon, but....
"Just because the cable limit is 1m doesn't mean you need physical access"
Hows that gonna work?
Surely, if it's the port that casues the 'security hole' then you need to be plugged into said port to do any 'hacking'. In turn, being plugged into the port requires physical access.
Unless you are implying that you could compromise a device, and wait and hope for someone to come and connect to it?
Please correct me if i have missed some massively important part of the process which
"doesn't mean you need physical access"
First thing i did when I got my Iphone was pop out and by a Sennheiser in ear set with mic/remote, only £50 made sooooo much difference.
A couple of my friends were looking at changing handsets, and were asking advice, and I told them the same thing, if you want a phone as an MP3 player, so yourself a favour, and get some decent headphones.
Firstly, if they are saying Jan '12, then that probably means more like oct / Nov '12 at the earliest.
Also, there seems to be a pattern (emerging) with MS OS's, and if Win8 turn out like many seem to think it will, then it will just add more weight to the argument. For some time, every other OS release has been 'a bit on the poor side'
Win 98 (good)
WinME (awful)
Win XP (really quite good)
Vista (terrible)
Win7 (pretty good)
Win8 ????
I am looking at this from a Wireless device (smart phone / laptop etc..) connected to an access point.
So, you have your new full duplex access point, but unless the device can also do the full duplex, then there is no benefit, right?
Other wise your send/receive WAP, will be receiving (while sending) while your device is only sending (because it can't receive at the same time)
Nah, i'll wait untill the iPad3 is available, and the rumours for the iPad4 are doing the rounds.
With tech advancing so quickly these days, it is more true than ever that whatever you buy is instantly out of date. If you keep waiting for the most up to date version, you'll never by anything.
Due to the growing proliferation of 'smart phones' I find that the continued push of these type of devices a little strange.
These (and iPod touches) must be aimed at people, without smart phones, otherwise, are they expecting us to carry around essentially 2 of the same item?
I think sometimes people forget that the phone versions do all the MP3 player stuff as well.
I saw the other day, someone on the train, doing something (playing /listening/watching) with what looked like a first gen iPod Touch, before putting it in their pocket, and taking an iPhone4 out of their other pocket to do some texting.
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