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Marty Chinn
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For anyone who is tethering, here's a couple tips that I learned the hard way.
1) For USB tethering, you absolutely need iTunes installed for your computer to recognize it.
2) For Bluetooth tethering, if by chance an ! next to the device and it says something about needing a device peripheral driver to be installed yet it keeps failing or unable to find it, ignore that. Simply right click on the device and then click Connect To and select Access Point.
I just now got both USB and Bluetooth tethering working on an Asus 1000HE netbook running Windows 7 RC1 7100.
1) For USB tethering, you absolutely need iTunes installed for your computer to recognize it.
2) For Bluetooth tethering, if by chance an ! next to the device and it says something about needing a device peripheral driver to be installed yet it keeps failing or unable to find it, ignore that. Simply right click on the device and then click Connect To and select Access Point.
I just now got both USB and Bluetooth tethering working on an Asus 1000HE netbook running Windows 7 RC1 7100.
aparisi2274
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WOW!! What a breeze to get my 3Gs.
I walked into my local Apple store, let them know I had it reserved, and they brought me to a specialist doing activations.
Total time in store 16min. Left with a fully activated and working phone.
I walked into my local Apple store, let them know I had it reserved, and they brought me to a specialist doing activations.
Total time in store 16min. Left with a fully activated and working phone.
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RubxQub said:Created a quick video and put it up on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha3mwdsQ7QQ
In retrospect, I should be taking videos in landscape mode vs. portrait. Looks much better on the phone then it does in YT (the phone mentions that it's compressing the video before it sends it off to YT), but it's certainly better than what Cycorder offers.
Hopefully lots of people get this phone so street brawls and embarrassing events can be captured in better clarity
Damn that looks nice.
I must be strong and resist....
Holy shit, I was totally on the fence earlier about getting the phone - after ~4hrs of playing with it and using it as usual - HOLY SHIT. It's like - 3G vs 3GS is 3.0 vs. 3.0 w/ 4 red bulls and a few lines of crack. The response time is amazing, copying 6 pics from the camera roll into an email then pasting and sending them was a nothing task. Amazing spec update. Worth the $200 to have a device that does everything that much faster.
edit: also, I purchased Let's golf earlier this week on the .99c sale - ran decent w/ some slowdowns on my 3G - runs like a fucking champ on my 3GS. No slowdown, fast loads, fuckin awesome. So happy. :lol
edit: also, I purchased Let's golf earlier this week on the .99c sale - ran decent w/ some slowdowns on my 3G - runs like a fucking champ on my 3GS. No slowdown, fast loads, fuckin awesome. So happy. :lol
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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lol @ everyone shitting on the update when it was announced, like getting double the RAM and 50% more processor speed wouldn't fucking floor them if they did it on their computers.
John Gruber put up an impressive speed comparison video on app launching: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruber/3641524865
John Gruber put up an impressive speed comparison video on app launching: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruber/3641524865
That's the most impressive video you've seen?Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
The power boost is definitely the most worthwhile thing on the 3GS.
I never expected it to boost framerates of existing games though, that is a very welcome surprise, but that's probably because I had a game handheld frame of mind concerning that.
aparisi2274
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Firestorm said:
I tried retentions. I thought it was a little strange that she asked me whether or not I had upgraded my current iphone to 3.0. Then she took a couple of minutes and offered me the $549 deal. Yeah, I don't want to keep calling today so I'm going to try tomorrow morning again. I think the CSRs will eventually catch on and upper-management will inform them of the fine details of the offer.
Woo, got my jailbreak on. I don't think I could use an iPhone without SBSettings anymore. I might have to wait even longer for the 3GS depending on when it gets jailbroken. Minor gripe no1 with 3.0: I still cant delete the 'bookmarks bar' and 'bookmarks menu' after syncing with Safari Ft.
Oh and here's how my cable currently is, I've had to wrap it with plaster and thread to hold it together (once it starts shocking I buy a new one - but I'm trying to wait incase I get a 3GS)
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How do you copy pictures in your camera roll?
Oh and here's how my cable currently is, I've had to wrap it with plaster and thread to hold it together (once it starts shocking I buy a new one - but I'm trying to wait incase I get a 3GS)
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How do you copy pictures in your camera roll?
jonnybryce
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This is my first post with the web app! The Apple store by me just said they're going to sell reserved unclaimed iPhones to anyone 1 minute before closing :lol
I had no issues with my iskin solo other than lint and dust which is to be expected but at the Apple store I saw this amaZing case called the Speck Best Case Scenario, silicon in the inside, plastic on the black and really nice in black and yellow or white and red... I ditched the Solo for it :lol
I love it, I have it in black and yellow now.
I had no issues with my iskin solo other than lint and dust which is to be expected but at the Apple store I saw this amaZing case called the Speck Best Case Scenario, silicon in the inside, plastic on the black and really nice in black and yellow or white and red... I ditched the Solo for it :lol
I love it, I have it in black and yellow now.
Gary Whitta
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LOL it might be a better video test if you did something other than point the camera at a static object :lolaparisi2274 said:
Can anyone with 3.0 check the App Store application?
I could have sworn that when I first installed 3.0 (leaked GM version) the "Updates" icon was changed into a "More" icon with options for Redeem and Downloads (like the iTunes Store app is). Now it's back to the way it was in OS 2.0 (which I like, just want to make sure I didn't screw anything up). Am I going crazy here or did this happen to anyone else? It's kinda neat if Apple can change the UI on the fly like that.
I could have sworn that when I first installed 3.0 (leaked GM version) the "Updates" icon was changed into a "More" icon with options for Redeem and Downloads (like the iTunes Store app is). Now it's back to the way it was in OS 2.0 (which I like, just want to make sure I didn't screw anything up). Am I going crazy here or did this happen to anyone else? It's kinda neat if Apple can change the UI on the fly like that.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Yep, true for me too. Noticed the first time I booted App Store today that the spinner icon at the very top was erratic and going crazy and it took longer to load, and when it came up I lost the "More..." icon.Sean said:
jonnybryce
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SonnyBoy said:
Games like Resident Evil or Katarmari show off the speed but new apps with compass and push integration...not so much...yet.
Gary Whitta
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I activated MobileMe today to go along with my new phone... so far the push email works great on both my PC and Mac with mail arrival and changes appearing instantaneously, but not so on my phone... am I doing something wrong? I only get a mail notification when I actually open my Mail app on the phone, but shouldn't it push right through to the home screen and ding whenever a MobileMe email arrives?
I do have Push turned on on the phone but I'm not sure what else I should be doing.
I do have Push turned on on the phone but I'm not sure what else I should be doing.
SuperPac
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Gary Whitta said:
You might not have push turned on for the account itself? Go into the settings for mail, down to where it says "Fetch New Data," then down to Advanced and see what it says after your me.com account... push? Or fetch? Even if your phone is set to push doesn't necessarily mean all the mail accounts are.
Gary Whitta
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Got it, thanks.SuperPac said:
Solideliquid
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So I just killed my wife's OG 4 GB iPhone when I upgraded her account to the 3GS. How can I use her OG phone as an iPod/wifi device now?
When I turn it on it only keeps saying to put in a valid sim card.
When I turn it on it only keeps saying to put in a valid sim card.
Gary Whitta
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Yup just take the SIM card out and you should be fine. You'll get a dialog that says "no SIM card" but you can just dismiss that and then you basically have an iPod Touch with a camera
Gary Whitta
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Can anyone recommend a good Flickr uploader app for iPhone so I can take a pic with the phone and then send it straight to my Flickr?
Revolutionary
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The orientation of the video depends on how you filmed it, so yes, you can record a regular landscape video.Eggo said:
jonnybryce
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Culex said:
Haven't tried this, but that is really stupid.
Marty Chinn
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Ok, seriously, where the hell is BeeJive and AIM?
Gary Whitta
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Anyone else's Facebook app borked? When I select the camera icon to take a photo the shutter won't open.
Buttonbasher
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I've been having the same issue. Also when I search for someone on friends, the search bar has been disappearing.Gary Whitta said:
Schmo Florez
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How is the volume on the 3GS compared to the OG when on a phone call? And do u have better reception? I have a 3GS just chillin in the box. I'm thinking of returning it.purg3 said:
krypt0nian
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Buttonbasher said:
This is good. It will force them to finally update.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
I was trying to point this out after it was announced, but several people insisted that this was a minor or insignificant update. Anyone who has used the 3GS knows that that isn't the case, and all the extra features that are being touted make this an amazing update.
Schmo Florez
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Thanks for the response. All the reviews rave about the speed, but no one talks about how well the actual phone part works.
Marty Chinn
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Kung Fu Jedi said:
Not sure if you are referring to me, but my stance was always that by the time that apps truely take advantage of the extra speed and memory, it'll be almost a year later. The advantages you gain in the short term from my perspective isn't worth jumping through hoops, trying to break contract, or paying a huge premium to get the 3GS from the stand point of this 3G owner. It was never that the hardware wasn't more powerful to notice. I still don't believe developers are going to alienate 40 million users right off the bat and make their apps require a 3GS. The marketplace is way too competitive to alienate a huge base of users as well as make the experience unpleasant for a non 3GS owner so that it would get negative reviews from performance.
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