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mrkgoo said:
Before the iPhone, I looked at a ton of different phones and small handheld electronics. After the iPhone, I'm exactly like you... I look at them, but I have zero interest in them. I don't know how a device could singlehandedly do that. Even when I got my DS, I still checked out the PSP (and still need to get one). But when my friends who don't have iPhones talk about the latest tech gear in the phone/handheld market, I'm kind of "meh, it's not the iPhone." It could have loads of "ZOMGZ" features, but the interface is clunky as hell, the touch screen feels like it fell out of 2002 or 2003, there aren't any apps you would care about buying, and it's casing is ugly as sin. It really has an all-in-one package that I love.
The pic on the right has a textbox(?) enlarged - in the top right, the third panel.Fusebox said:
Comiczeal zooms in, ComicReader Mobi blows up. For Comiczeal I have to tap to zoom out to see the big picture, then tap on another section to zoom in again. With ComicReader Mobi I can tap on each word ballon (or anything actually) in turn and the big picture is always in sight. Plus, if you really want to, you can pinch to zoom in ComicReader Mobi as well.
Charred Greyface said:
Ahh sooo, I see it now! Not a bad concept. I quite like zooming into picture panels and checking out the art a lot closer as well though, I read stuff like Transmetropolitan where there's tonnes of picture detail, can this reader zoom into panels as well as doing its fancy text thing?
VanMardigan said:
I like that there are different things for different people out there. I actually don't have any issues with any of the things you've listed. Granted, the iTunes issue is a non-issue for me for two reasons: 1) I'm on a Mac and 2) the iTunes library is on a drive that is shared across a network that multiple computers can connect to at will. We have zero problems syncing from any computer we own because of this.
You know what's funny? The only time multi-tasking becomes anything of an issue for me is when I'm texting more than 3 or 4 people at once. Or when I'm texting AND on Beejive, though it's less of a multi-tasking issue, and more about me being a social whore with my phone.
When it comes to battery life, I don't see any phone capable of 3 or 4G speeds being able to last longer than 7 or 8 hours during regular/heavy usage. I think if you come from a non-smartphone to a smartphone expecting that, you are mistaken. On a daily basis, from a 100% charge over the course of 12 or 13 hours, I surf GAF, I text a bunch of people, I tweet, I look at the Woot app, I play some Peggle, I watch a bunch of video podcasts, and listen to a couple hours worth of music, and my battery gets to about 15%. This includes my time at work (8 to 9 hours) with no wifi in site, and my time at home with wifi. I'm pretty heavy with my usage on the device, so battery hasn't been an issue for me at all. My laptop battery lasts less time than that doing roughly the same things.
Fusebox said:
Listening to music and even watching videos is a suprisingly low drain on the battery.
I remember when my iPod 5G (new) could barely do a 2hour movie. I watched two hours on my iPhone and there wasn't so much as a dent in the battery meter. Even though the screen is constantly on, I suspect it was movie processing and HD access that took up a lot of that battery. On an iPhone, I'm guessing the screen is a big part, but processor use and radio communications are the big ones. I also suspect it has been optimised for video handling, so it's minimal drain on the processor.
And I don't think he meant constant, just high use over the course of 12-13 hours.
Fusebox said:
I might be able to eke a little bit more out of my 3G than that, but it wouldn't be much. I just have EDGE, however. Having push notifications on had a process running constantly, and would reduce time to about 5 hours, regardless of whether I was using it or not.
On that note, are push notifications part of 'data'? As in, do I need a data plan to use push?
I can't remember if I had data or not while I was experimenting with push. If it doesn't, what network does it use? SMS?
red shoe paul
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mrkgoo said:
Yes you need a data plan.
So I was thinking...yeah, a blackberry style LED is never going to happen because that's not Apple's MO, but what about a pulsing white light LED like on the Macs for a future iphone revision? That seems suitably apple, wouldn't be gaudy or distracting, and would really make sense since we don't really have a good notification "dock" or anything.
Y2Kev said:
aside from the whole 3rd party app multitasking, the main area where the iPhone lacks is in notifications.
theres no external light for notifications, the modal boxes that pop up are intrusive, the menu bar is underused, the lock screen is near useless.
I really like your idea of the pulsating white light for messages or notifications as a next hardware rev and I hope, HOPE, that Apple uses OS 4.0 to address the software deficiencies it has with notifications.
we know theyve created some patents for better lock screen info messages. lets hope they roll that up with some other stuff theyve seen from Palm and Android and fix up the rest of the OS.
The iPhone battery sucks ass if you are using 3G. But this is true of every device that uses 3G as far as I know. You probably get closed to 2x the battery life if you go down to Edge.Fusebox said:
This will only be solved with a better battery or more efficient 3G chipset.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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It's one of the best for 3G battery life. The Android G1's battery life is hilarious in comparison.bionic77 said:
The problem is people either had shitty dumbphones before or phones they didn't actually use, so the iPhone's battery life is a new world for them.
DjangoReinhardt
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This is my hope for a big new feature of the 2010 iPhone.RubxQub said:
SnakeXs said:
I think that, by next year, a new 3G chip could come out that can push the 5 hour 3G talk and internet time up to, say, 7-8 hours.
for all but the most voracious of users, those extra 2 hours could push the phone into the good enough" realm where you get home at night after a very busy day on the device and theres still 20% left in the battery. as opposed to now where it could die by 4 PM if youre on it all the time.
I wouldnt expect 3G time to exceed 10 hours for another 2 years or longer, tho.
GodfatherX
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selling my 2G tomorrow (got $200 for it) and just cleaned it up for the new owner, and I realized that while the all aluminum body hurts the signal strength, I'm really going to miss it's durability and look
anotherworld
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anyone using themes on a JB phone get iElegance..the best theme out there...I just got Modern Combat Sandstorm, wow the graphics are the best and it plays great.
Iron_Scimitar
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Has anyone had this problem? My lower icons have that stupid loading thing in the corner. This happened after i updated my jb'd apps thru Cydia.
Any idea on how to fix?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Yo dawg, I heard you like iPhones.Iron_Scimitar said:
Has anyone had this problem? My lower icons have that stupid loading thing in the corner. This happened after i updated my jb'd apps thru Cydia.
Any idea on how to fix?
Critical Jeff
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I just means they're running in te background. Trun off push or just kill the processes wih sbsettingsIron_Scimitar said:
Has anyone had this problem? My lower icons have that stupid loading thing in the corner. This happened after i updated my jb'd apps thru Cydia.
Any idea on how to fix?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
bionic77 said:
I never turn off 3G. Mainly because I hate that 'tick, tick,tidididididick' sound in the car when a call comes through, or I receive a text via Edge.
Iron_Scimitar
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Charred Greyface said:
Critical Jeff said:
I see it now, thanks. When I updated Backgrounder, it enabled it when i never had that notification turned on.
Thanks for the assistance.
Iron_Scimitar
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Costanza said:
...what?
Worm_Buffet
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Can you get the calendar icon on the iPhone in the background to show the current date?
Crazymoogle
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Costanza said:
Well it's a way to run a new theme and the original one at once, I suppose. :lol
Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
I keep trying to tell people this when I'm selling phones; everyone says "My friend says the iPhone battery life sucks and can't last a day". I have the Pre and since I really don't use my phone as much as others, it lasts me through the day (though I can see how it wouldn't work for some people)...but when I had the iPhone 3G (not sure of changes with 3.0 software) the battery life was good. Having a screen that size, it has to be one of the best smartphones in terms of battery life. Blackberries are probably the best, but they (besides the Storm) don't have a >3 inch screen on them. I'm not too sure of the Storm battery life situation.
Anyway, the iPhone is one of the better smartphones for battery life considering what you get. Windows Mobile phones are bad in that regard and the Pre is even worse.
I think it's exactly as you said, people are comparing it to their 2 year old flip phone that can go probably 5 days, but they aren't doing much with their phone over those 5 days either.
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Costanza said:
Seconding this. I was using another freeware app and while it got the job done with Google Talk, it still was pretty clunky to use. Decided to take the plunge with BeejiveIM and I couldn't be happier as it's so worth the $10.
Worm_Buffet
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jts said:
Nah, I was just investigating the limitations of the awesome iPhone-in-iPhone background picture.
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