Dez said:On another tangent. Why is it that google and apple can't work together to get push email working for gmail on iPhone?
I think it works fine for me. I'll double check in a min.
Dez said:On another tangent. Why is it that google and apple can't work together to get push email working for gmail on iPhone?
RevenantKioku said:Pardon me for assuming the rest of the world caught up with quality.![]()
VanMardigan said:An iPhone without a data plan is a mistake, as I found out. The ability to use ALL of the features (GPS, web browsing, apps store, web apps, etc.) ANYWHERE is worth the price of admission. I have wifi at home, too, but sometimes, when I was in a corner where wifi was weak/non existent, it would use Edge data without me knowing, and you guys know that the pay-per-use rates are absurd. I just felt like I was severely limiting my phone by not having the data plan. Why have all those sweet features when I have to restrain myself?
I agree, I don't have 3g, and keep bluetooth/wifi turned off until I need it and I haven't noticed better battery life. It just hasn't happened. Which sucks, cause I HATE having to carry my charger cord to work. If I forget it there on a Friday, I'm dead.
Yeah they do, but it is a different address for text and sms messages.DjangoReinhardt said:Are they receiving the picture?
No, I think you are completely in the clear. Except the bit where you get a bit pissed off.RevenantKioku said:The problem here is that basically I came to the wrong place to discuss these things. You all, rightfully, have no idea what the hell I am talking about because Japan handles it a tad differently. Hopefully they can get shit organized a bit better, and up until then I will just have to keep checking my phone a bit more than before.
Frankly, I don't get why you wouldn't want your mail instantly and have learned to take that for granted. We'll see how this works out.
hirokazu said:No, I think you are completely in the clear. Except the bit where you get a bit pissed off.
The problem here is that mobile providers give e-mail accounts in Japan which are essentially pushed to devices by notifying the device that a new message is available. This works for most Japanese most perfectly since it pretty much replaces SMS when properly implemented. It doesn't work the same way as regular push e-mail works on iPhone because this one is standard across all phones in Japan, it's up to the phone to work out what to do with the actual notification.
It seems SoftBank/Apple did a half-assed implementation of that notification. The difference between regular e-mail here appears to be that the iPhone doesn't actually retrieve the message when the notification is pushed to it, only when you open e-mail. That dialog appears to be similar/the same as what would be displayed if you request the IMEI or to get a list of enabled services from the phone.
The way it has been implemented, it doesn't vibrate, which I feel is completely justified to complain about. People are completely missing the point when they say "Duh, use fetch e-mail, haw haw." Since the dedicated e-mail from mobile providers in Japan essentially replace SMS, it's expected that it works like SMS does, meaning the phone should get a notification pushed to it as soon as it's received. If any one of you had to fetch SMS every 15min, I think you'd be up in arms as well.
The way the notification delivery for this service is implemented on iPhone is just plain stupid, I'm surprised not more people are complaining about it. Could it be that everyone else is continuing life as usual with the more advanced phones designed specifically for the Japanese market, which often go cheaper than the iPhone does? Hmm...
But as I've said, think of the service as using SMS. So what you recommend is about the same as saying "Don't need to use SMS, just use regular e-mail for all your communications needs!" Not really solved, IMO.Kung Fu Jedi said:We've kind of moved on past this awhile a go now, but again, we haven't told him to simply use fetch mail. We've said, on more than one occasion, to get a push e-mail account. Problem solved.
elostyle said:I cannot believe that this thing lets the alarm go off in the middle of a call.
hirokazu said:But as I've said, think of the service as using SMS. So what you recommend is about the same as saying "Don't need to use SMS, just use regular e-mail for all your communications needs!"
elostyle said:I cannot believe that this thing lets the alarm go off in the middle of a call.
Mar_ said:OK this is really shitting me and I'm wondering if it's just me.
The damn earphones that come with the iPhone. They are so damn annoying. They for some reason are all springy and bounce around everywhere, and never straighten. They are also made of some funny sticky rubber that grabs hold of every bloody thing it gets close to. With these two attributes I find the earphones aggravating beyond belief.
The cord is bouncing around spring like and grabbing parts of my clothing, pulling on my ears. Please tell me I'm not the only one.
Email, as a communication protocol, was not designed for short blurbing back and forth. It's Japan's own fault for jury-rigging email to suit a function that SMS/MMS filled without issues. They tried to re-invent the wheel and now suffer the consequences of this bad decision with an international device meant to function on the standard operations of both the internet and mobile markets.hirokazu said:But as I've said, think of the service as using SMS. So what you recommend is about the same as saying "Don't need to use SMS, just use regular e-mail for all your communications needs!" Not really solved, IMO.
No one can really fix the isssue except SoftBank or Apple.
I would be pissed if it did not.elostyle said:I cannot believe that this thing lets the alarm go off in the middle of a call.
Yeah, seriously, at this point, the best solution is to get another email provider that does push. That will work exactly the way you want it to and gives you a mail account that's more universally accessible for either Japan's blurby emails or the more traditional long-winded Western kind of emails. A "one-stop shop", basically. The only catch is if these email addresses work just like SMS does where you don't need to know the email address, just the phone number. If these mail messages are done by phone number, then yah, not an ideal solution, I guess.RevenantKioku said:Well, the annoying thing is that the technology is obviously there and being unused. If the iPhone knows when a mail has arrived, the hard part is already done! Just make a fucking noise! It's what the thing was designed to do!
I do apologize for assuming that the iPhone worked the same way in all countries, but when I started getting that pop-up, I'd hope you can see where my own confusion stemmed from.
Still, when I say it's making a sound and you ask me to check to make sure that it's not silenced that will kinda drive me batty.
So anyway, my reception is more awesomer after 2.1. Wat? Anyway, what's a usable flickr app? All the one(s) I have been trying suck. PixUp kinda does nothing.
An APN is an Access Point Name. It's what the iPhone connects to to connect to mobile internet. Usually there's an internet.com APN and a WAP APN specific to your provider (AT&T, Rogers, Fido, etc). Installing the Fake APN sets the APN to one that doesn't exist so that your phone can't connect to mobile internet even if it wanted to.dagZ said:wait what does this do? explain this to me please.
You mean to upload pictures to from your phone? Try ShoZu. I'm only using it for Photobucket so far but it's awesome for that. It has a Flickr option as well.RevenantKioku said:So anyway, my reception is more awesomer after 2.1. Wat? Anyway, what's a usable flickr app? All the one(s) I have been trying suck. PixUp kinda does nothing.
Terrell said:Email, as a communication protocol, was not designed for short blurbing back and forth. It's Japan's own fault for jury-rigging email to suit a function that SMS/MMS filled without issues. They tried to re-invent the wheel and now suffer the consequences of this bad decision with an international device meant to function on the standard operations of both the internet and mobile markets.
It is what it is because it was made to be that way long before Softbank and Apple got involved, asking them to fix something they aren't responsible for just ain't going to happen. Suck it up.
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iTunes 8/iPod Touch 2G caused a BSOD in Vista earlier today.
Sean said:That's a bug in the first version of iTunes 8 Windows... Apple re-uploaded a fixed version to their website a day or two later, you'll have to redownload it.
You say "Western", but... how many millions of unlocked iPhones are in China again? Last I checked, they're not "Western". This is a problem isolated squarely on the insular market of Japan and South Korea.cvxfreak said:Anyway, RK's grievances are really part of the greater picture regarding Apple's dropping of a phone tailored to westerners into a highly advanced and dynamic market like Japan. RK's problem is really, really a drop in the bucket compared to the other issues the Japanese iPhone faces. Which is a shame! I'm probably moving back to Japan in March, which means I have to give up my American iPhone 3G which I love! But there's NO way in hell I'm using the iPhone 3G in Japan until they Japanify it.
Terrell said:You say "Western", but... how many millions of unlocked iPhones are in China again? Last I checked, they're not "Western". This is a problem isolated squarely on the insular market of Japan and South Korea.
The problem is that Apple, unlike other manufacturers, weren't willing to suck Japanese carrier's dicks and do things Japan's way (no big shock Apple paired with Softbank, the company that wants to introduce more international mobile phone market trends to Japan).
But in a world market, having specific rules for what should be considered an international product is unreasonable. Instead of becoming an insular market, Japan should have introduced technologies that could be standardized to the rest of the world. Being a pioneer at the expense of interoperability is one step forward and two steps back, as far as I'm concerned.
Being in Vancouver, and knowing a bunch of Japanese people, they get really pissed at the fact that they were FORCED to buy a new phone as soon as they left Japan or South Korea (which operates similarly, I'm told) because their mobile market is only sustainable in their home countries. And a fair majority of Japanese iPhone buyers, according to polls on launch day, were buying it because it's "a really cool phone I can travel with for once". That speaks wonders for the situation.
Asking Apple to special-engineer a phone for ONE market out of hundreds is not really acceptable. And besides, if the charts I've been seeing are accurate, it hasn't been hurting iPhone sales there, either.
The statistics show that 1-2 million grey market iPhones manufactured by Apple are activated and used in China.cvxfreak said:Uh... how many millions of iPhones exist in the world period? :lol Moreover, what does the iPhone do to specifically address Chinese cellular phone needs? It's easy for me at least to hone in on Japanese and Korean phone habits since I've spent time in both countries.
Remember how analysts said that iPhone would sink like a stone because it's not a "Japanese" phone? Why would anyone expect Apple to release a region-specific OS for what is supposed to be an international device? Or spend millions on a new production line for a Japan-specific iPhone to get all the other crap keitai-junkies say iPhone will fail without, like 1seg and osaifu-keitai? You bend a little to region-specific demands, and you run the risk of having to bend til you break.cvxfreak said:And hence, they lose out on a potentially and historically profitable market(s) for themselves while crowding themselves out of excellent technological opportunities. Too bad for Apple, who've always cared about their position in Japan with other products.
Hey, it still works as a media hub for non-iTunes media content. SOMEONE might want it *coughtorrenterscough*cvxfreak said:Then again, Apple is the company that released the AppleTV in Japan despite not having a Movie Store in that country. Go figure that they wouldn't alter the iPhone either.
There you go with that mis-labeling again. And yeah, hooray for them introducing tech with NO intention of introducing it to the rest of the world market! Seriously, how is it that we can rail on companies like Nintendo for not making region-free consoles, but region-specific tech like this gets a free pass?cvxfreak said:Why should Japan give it up what it's achieved just because western countries have a different cultural infrastructure? Curse Japan, which has consistently introduced new technologies in many fields, for making phones work underground! Japan sucks for making cell phones with excellent battery life!
Smileys are written and utilized differently in every region of the world. To implement such a thing, every region would need region-specific firmware. Do YOU see that happening? Cuz all I see is a logistics nightmare in the making if it came to that.cvxfreak said:Moreover, why is it so hard for Apple to incorporate Japanese smileys into their already extensive firmware system? The concept of using cellphones to pay for train rides doesn't HAVE to be limited to Japan. I can use it here in the Bay Area or even in Vancouver, which I visited recently.
Email on cell phones is only NOW being implemented in all devices, and it is accessed in a way that does not replace the function of SMS, because SMS has gained its stranglehold on the North American's cellular usage pattern.cvxfreak said:Moreover, cellphone email is not a "technology" that cannot be standardized for the rest of the world. In the iPhone's case, we're not even asking for it to be forced onto the rest of the world; we're only asking for a small software modification to allow it to function like it has in Japan for the last few years.
I won't deny that North American phones, in many ways, seem almost prehistoric in comparison in a few easy ways, but that's the price the Japanese pay for not having its technology standardized before they began mass implementation into its mobile infrastructure and most of them know it.cvxfreak said:I'm from San Francisco and we have a Japanese population here too. I've met few Japanese people happy with American cell phones in general. Even Americans who have returned to Japan start to notice the things they've taken for granted, like infrared ports that allow contact information to be instantly changed. Making me call someone to get the information is just retarded in comparison.
Terrell said:The statistics show that 1-2 million grey market iPhones manufactured by Apple are activated and used in China.
And iPhone does not specifically address Chinese cellular needs, because it doesn't have to, as China operates and uses all the same tech standards, INCLUDING GSM, that the rest of the world does. Saying it's a "Western" thing when China, Singapore, Hong Kong and India (as well as several others, I'm sure) don't seem to have any troubles having the phone operate normally on its networks using its features is flagrant mis-labeling of the issue at hand, and I just figured I should call you on it. It's not an East vs. West thing, it's a Japan vs. globalization thing.
Remember how analysts said that iPhone would sink like a stone because it's not a "Japanese" phone? Why would anyone expect Apple to release a region-specific OS for what is supposed to be an international device? Or spend millions on a new production line for a Japan-specific iPhone to get all the other crap keitai-junkies say iPhone will fail without, like 1seg and osaifu-keitai? You bend a little to region-specific demands, and you run the risk of having to bend til you break.
There you go with that mis-labeling again. And yeah, hooray for them introducing tech with NO intention of introducing it to the rest of the world market! Seriously, how is it that we can rail on companies like Nintendo for not making region-free consoles, but region-specific tech like this gets a free pass?
Smileys are written and utilized differently in every region of the world. To implement such a thing, every region would need region-specific firmware. Do YOU see that happening? Cuz all I see is a logistics nightmare in the making if it came to that.
No, osaifu-keitai is not in operation in Vancouver. I LIVE here, I would know it. No phones that can operate on Canadian carriers have FeliCa chips. SkyTrain doesn't even have turnstyles to prohibit people from boarding without fares, it's all monitored by transit personnel. You must be thinking of a different city.
Email on cell phones is only NOW being implemented in all devices, and it is accessed in a way that does not replace the function of SMS, because SMS has gained its stranglehold on the North American's cellular usage pattern.
I won't deny that notifications for email in the same vein as SMS would be a cool feature, but depending on how the mobile infrastructure implements this system in Japan, it might not be a matter of a "simple tweak", as you refer to it.
I won't deny that North American phones, in many ways, seem almost prehistoric in comparison in a few easy ways, but that's the price the Japanese pay for not having its technology standardized before they began mass implementation into its mobile infrastructure and most of them know it.
Rez>You said:Problem: the headphone jack on my phone isn't letting me plug my headphones in all the way. I really have to push to get them in far enough to get proper sound from both of them and the smallest jiggling of the cord causes the iPod to stop playing. On top of that, assumably because the headphone aren't going all the way in, the mic/pause-skip button isn't working either. This only started happening recently and I've had the 3G model since launch.
This is not a problem with the headphones themselves as I have tried at least 4 others that work fine on my PC, old iPod. Any ideas on what the issue is and how I can get it fixed?
RevenantKioku said:It's not "special engineering" jack shit. It is taking fully doable technology and giving an option to enable it.
The way my phone is functioning right now shows it CAN behave like I want it to. I just do not have the options for it.
Rez>You said:Problem: the headphone jack on my phone isn't letting me plug my headphones in all the way. I really have to push to get them in far enough to get proper sound from both of them and the smallest jiggling of the cord causes the iPod to stop playing. On top of that, assumably because the headphone aren't going all the way in, the mic/pause-skip button isn't working either. This only started happening recently and I've had the 3G model since launch.
This is not a problem with the headphones themselves as I have tried at least 4 others that work fine on my PC, old iPod. Any ideas on what the issue is and how I can get it fixed?
Worm_Buffet said:Has anyone been able to actually scratch, or in some other way visibly damage their iPhone in any way?
I have had my 3G since launch and have not been using a case or any protection. It still looks as good as new as soon as I wipe of the smudges, so why turn this marvel of industrial design into an ugly, cumbersome brick with some gaudy case?
Dude, they already have a script running that pops up a text message. They just need to throw in calls to MakeNoise() and ShakeItLikeYouMeanIt(). Okay, sure, I may be no expert on the iPhone API, but the phone already alerts me with a window when there is an email for me to go fetch, I just want the reasonable addition of noise and vibration.TheExodu5 said:Yes it is special engineering, because it has to be done for that market, and that market alone.
So you haven't told us yet...why don't you want to use another push e-mail account?
RevenantKioku said:Dude, they already have a script running that pops up a text message. They just need to throw in calls to MakeNoise() and ShakeItLikeYouMeanIt(). Okay, sure, I may be no expert on the iPhone API, but the phone already alerts me with a window when there is an email for me to go fetch, I just want the reasonable addition of noise and vibration.
Hey, I get a mail all the time.TheExodu5 said:Eh? I don't think Apple are the ones who set up that script, considering that the English message is gramatically incorrect.
RevenantKioku said:Dude, they already have a script running that pops up a text message. They just need to throw in calls to MakeNoise() and ShakeItLikeYouMeanIt(). Okay, sure, I may be no expert on the iPhone API, but the phone already alerts me with a window when there is an email for me to go fetch, I just want the reasonable addition of noise and vibration.
RevenantKioku said:So Apple can't add an alert for provider messages?
RevenantKioku said:So Apple can't add an alert for provider messages?
So the question becomes, why are they stupid.Worm_Buffet said:They can, but they won't and they shouldn't. They have an infrastructure for push mail notification in place already.
kitchenmotors said:Power Support's Anti-Glare film set is the best screen protector for the iPhone, period. Can't even tell it's on the phone, there's no glare and finger prints don't show up and make the screen all messy.
This is the case to get for the iPhone 3G. Every other case pales in comparison in terms of design and usability.
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