Anyone with a 2G iPhone or an iPod Touch would be well advised to steer clear of the version 2 software, at least until the rush dies down and gives iTunes time to catch its breath.
Punters with last year's models are rushing to upgrade to version 2, so they can download the applications Apple deems suitable. But it seems iTunes …
Geotagging? My HTC smartphone (an Artemis) has had that for ages. And using a small external GPS device it's been available for years.
As for looking for other iphones nearby for "social networky stuff", why? What possible use could that have? If you're close enough for them to be nearby, why not tell them yourself? I mean if it's an iphone-only app then you can see where the other users are anyway thanks to the glow of self-satisfaction that surrounds them...
On a serious note, does this work using device-to-device bluetooth/wifi or just GPS location finding and some central server somewhere? And can it be used by non-iPhone users? More to the point, (especially if it's GPS + server based) can you turn it off? Or will the guys in Cupertino know where you are 24/7?
Helicopter because... oh, it's okay- it's got an apple logo on it. We're safe. \o/
You don't get major updates like that free with other phones. You get bug fixes and that's it.
Most phone makers fix bugs or add features they promised but never completed. It seems it is only Apple that provide you with major new features and a new major release.
My Nokia 6110 Navigator is on v1.38 many months after purchasing it, no new features. v1.40 is out there somewhere yet it isn't appearing for my phone.
Didn't apples orginal mission statement for the iphone say it would have 3g and gps functions and when it was released they had dropped both and have only added gps into the new software release. and 3g in the next gen phone hmmm. how conveniate every one forgot this.
oh and as for free complete os updates with new features my htc s620 got a complete new version of windows mobile 4 to 5 with yahoo Go with a gps map function windows live messenger and a new version of media players
oh and it's had push mail from the start.
i'm not anti apple i just think apple and apple tards make such a big deal out of doing something some one else has done before.
before i someone asks no i don't have an ipod (don't use the mp3 player i have) yes i've used one and apple pc's (for web design.) and i even recommended and brought set-up and installed one for some one then called technical support for them when it stopped work when i came across my first apple virus.
Yesterday I played with a spanking new iBone 3G that a colleague had queued for all morning. All was going well, quite impressive actually and no sign of the dreaded iPhone outage (maybe we were too busy playing with the other features to notice), but then the battery suddenly died just after 4pm. A quick check on the web and she was most upset to see this was not unusual, it looks like the new 3G version can only make it through the day on a single charge if you get an add-on external battery pack! Cue mucho mucho merriment from the rest of the office.
That I have to pay another ten dollars to get what my 4 year old ipaq has done for free.
I was also unhappy that for the ten dollars, everyone gets the January update that I already paid 20 dollars for.
I am at a loss as to why this functionality was not included in free updates, or at release. For a base price of 300 us dollars, I expected something better.
Thumbs down because I couldn't find a picture of Steve Jobs dicking me.
Can anyone suggest how to sort my iphone's date and time? Since upgrading to 2.0 it insists that I am in Cupertino and refuses to believe that I'm in London.
I've browsed some forums who mention turning off the Set & Time Automatically function - but I don't have that. It's definitely not there.
I had to do a total reset of the iPhone while trying to upgrade, before it would talk to my PC; I wonder if I should do that again (though it was very very long and tedious) or has anyone any other ideas please?
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Anyone with a 2G iPhone or an iPod Touch would be well advised to steer clear of the version 2 software, at least until the rush dies down and gives iTunes time to catch its breath. Punters with last year's models are rushing to upgrade to version 2, so they can download the applications Apple deems suitable. But it seems iTunes …
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Geotagging? My HTC smartphone (an Artemis) has had that for ages. And using a small external GPS device it's been available for years.
As for looking for other iphones nearby for "social networky stuff", why? What possible use could that have? If you're close enough for them to be nearby, why not tell them yourself? I mean if it's an iphone-only app then you can see where the other users are anyway thanks to the glow of self-satisfaction that surrounds them...
On a serious note, does this work using device-to-device bluetooth/wifi or just GPS location finding and some central server somewhere? And can it be used by non-iPhone users? More to the point, (especially if it's GPS + server based) can you turn it off? Or will the guys in Cupertino know where you are 24/7?
Helicopter because... oh, it's okay- it's got an apple logo on it. We're safe. \o/
@Epic FAIL
Epic demand more like.
You don't get major updates like that free with other phones. You get bug fixes and that's it.
Most phone makers fix bugs or add features they promised but never completed. It seems it is only Apple that provide you with major new features and a new major release.
My Nokia 6110 Navigator is on v1.38 many months after purchasing it, no new features. v1.40 is out there somewhere yet it isn't appearing for my phone.
@Giles jones
erm hate to burst your bubble but...
Didn't apples orginal mission statement for the iphone say it would have 3g and gps functions and when it was released they had dropped both and have only added gps into the new software release. and 3g in the next gen phone hmmm. how conveniate every one forgot this.
oh and as for free complete os updates with new features my htc s620 got a complete new version of windows mobile 4 to 5 with yahoo Go with a gps map function windows live messenger and a new version of media players
oh and it's had push mail from the start.
i'm not anti apple i just think apple and apple tards make such a big deal out of doing something some one else has done before.
before i someone asks no i don't have an ipod (don't use the mp3 player i have) yes i've used one and apple pc's (for web design.) and i even recommended and brought set-up and installed one for some one then called technical support for them when it stopped work when i came across my first apple virus.
And another way to make an iBrick!
Yesterday I played with a spanking new iBone 3G that a colleague had queued for all morning. All was going well, quite impressive actually and no sign of the dreaded iPhone outage (maybe we were too busy playing with the other features to notice), but then the battery suddenly died just after 4pm. A quick check on the web and she was most upset to see this was not unusual, it looks like the new 3G version can only make it through the day on a single charge if you get an add-on external battery pack! Cue mucho mucho merriment from the rest of the office.
Not happy. ipod touch owner.
That I have to pay another ten dollars to get what my 4 year old ipaq has done for free.
I was also unhappy that for the ten dollars, everyone gets the January update that I already paid 20 dollars for.
I am at a loss as to why this functionality was not included in free updates, or at release. For a base price of 300 us dollars, I expected something better.
Thumbs down because I couldn't find a picture of Steve Jobs dicking me.
iphone 2.0 update; setting date and time
Can anyone suggest how to sort my iphone's date and time? Since upgrading to 2.0 it insists that I am in Cupertino and refuses to believe that I'm in London.
I've browsed some forums who mention turning off the Set & Time Automatically function - but I don't have that. It's definitely not there.
I had to do a total reset of the iPhone while trying to upgrade, before it would talk to my PC; I wonder if I should do that again (though it was very very long and tedious) or has anyone any other ideas please?
thanks
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