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Old 08-14-2007, 10:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The iPhone Thread

I didn't see an official iPhone thread yet, so, here is one!

I picked one up last week and have been pleased with it so far. The lack of "official" third-party apps causes me to frown at Apple, but I have no doubt that in time they will be providing more and more software features. In the meantime, there is a community of people providing interesting ways to use your iPhone.

My favorite "unofficial third-party app" so far is Telekinesis. Telekinesis (aka iPhone Remote) allows you to easily set up your home mac as a media server for your iPhone, as well as access the camera, take screencaptures, even open and manage applications remotely. I even briefly poked around in WoW via my MacBook Pro on my iPhone.

I also have ordered an iSkin revo case. I should get it today.
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Old 08-14-2007, 10:40 AM   #2 (permalink)
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One thing to bear in mind with Apple is that it develops all of it's own software. This means that everything is designed to compliment everything else. While this is limiting, obviously, for those who don't need third party applications it's a blessing. It's similar to the philosophy with Apple computers.

That said, there's already plenty of interesting third party apps to toy around with. Not only that, but there are A LOT on the way.

I'm interested to give Telekinesis a shot. It sounds interesting.

I may get an iPhone when they have 30 and 60gb hard drives. For now, I'll stick with my Samsung by Verizon.
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Old 08-14-2007, 10:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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iphones: Really cool technology that is more expesive than it needs to be, and has yet to be proven reliable.

Anything else really need to be said?
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:04 PM   #4 (permalink)
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iphones: Really cool technology that is more expesive than it needs to be, and has yet to be proven reliable.

Anything else really need to be said?
You forgot, it also runs on the EDGE network(ugh). Once they move over to 3G and get larger hard drives, I may get one.
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I may get an iPhone when they have 30 and 60gb hard drives. For now, I'll stick with my Samsung by Verizon.
The point of Telekinesis is that a 30-60gb harddrive in your phone is unnecessary. An 8gb iPhone can access your mac at home and stream from your 300gb harddrive full of audio and video files through either a wifi connection or EDGE (or swithing seamlessly between both) -- both of which are sufficient for audio/video streaming as far as I've noticed so far.

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You forgot, it also runs on the EDGE network(ugh). Once they move over to 3G and get larger hard drives, I may get one.
I've had no issue with EDGE so far, while streaming mp3s from my home PC.

The iPhone has no "harddrive" -- those 8gb are memory, which is faster, smaller, less-hot, etc. than a harddrive.
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:16 PM   #6 (permalink)
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The point of Telekinesis is that a 30-60gb harddrive in your phone is unnecessary. An 8gb iPhone can access your mac at home and stream from your 300gb harddrive full of audio and video files through either a wifi connection or EDGE (or swithing seamlessly between both) -- both of which are sufficient for audio/video streaming as far as I've noticed so far.
If I wanted to watch Wedding Crashers from my HD on my computer on my iPhone in the afternoon, wouldn't that mean that I'd spend 120 of my anytime minutes?

No, I'd rather have some movies on the iPhone hard drive.
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:44 PM   #7 (permalink)
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If I wanted to watch Wedding Crashers from my HD on my computer on my iPhone in the afternoon, wouldn't that mean that I'd spend 120 of my anytime minutes?
No, that would be using the data service -- EDGE or WiFi -- not talk-time. All iPhones require an unlimited data plan, so there is no extra charge to stream audio/video through Telekinesis.
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Old 08-14-2007, 02:24 PM   #8 (permalink)
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The point of Telekinesis is that a 30-60gb harddrive in your phone is unnecessary. An 8gb iPhone can access your mac at home and stream from your 300gb harddrive full of audio and video files through either a wifi connection or EDGE (or swithing seamlessly between both) -- both of which are sufficient for audio/video streaming as far as I've noticed so far.



I've had no issue with EDGE so far, while streaming mp3s from my home PC.

The iPhone has no "harddrive" -- those 8gb are memory, which is faster, smaller, less-hot, etc. than a harddrive.
oh, yes, you are right. No harddrives. The Telekinesis program seems pretty cool as well. Is there much buffering or loading times though?
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Old 08-14-2007, 02:35 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I'm sorry for derailing the thread but I have to post this:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone

Maddox on the iPhone. I seriously couldn't stop laughing at work, mainly because it was posted on Digg and if you go to Digg you know the magnitude of Maddox making it to the front page bashing a Digg favorite.
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Old 08-14-2007, 02:46 PM   #10 (permalink)
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oh, yes, you are right. No harddrives. The Telekinesis program seems pretty cool as well. Is there much buffering or loading times though?
The song starts playing 3-7 seconds after you tap the title, depending on the bit-rate of the audio or video file Quite reasonable, considering.
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Old 08-14-2007, 02:51 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I'm sorry for derailing the thread but I have to post this:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone

Maddox on the iPhone. I seriously couldn't stop laughing at work, mainly because it was posted on Digg and if you go to Digg you know the magnitude of Maddox making it to the front page bashing a Digg favorite.
Ya I saw that. <3 Maddox. Also, thanks seretogis, that really isn't bad.
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:39 AM   #12 (permalink)
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AIM/MSN/Yahoo/etc IM client for the iPhone: http://iphone.beejive.com
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Old 08-17-2007, 09:45 PM   #13 (permalink)
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not a threadjack, but........

while the iphone looks pretty and all, i haven't seen any features that make me want to rush out and buy one. i like the voicemail feature that i've heard about, but other than that, my blackjack with a 2gb memory stick does just about everything the iphone does.
i may not hve wifi, but around here, not very many hotspots and i have edge and 3g.
for streaming music and videos, i use orb. with orb i can also do documents and access it from other things, not just the phone, with nothing to install. (psp, another cpu.....)
my blackjack with its extended battery weighs less

biggest factor for me: i won't cry if i fuck up my blackjack at work
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Old 08-17-2007, 10:06 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Here it is:

Everything you need to know about the iPhone.

Had to post it again.

Requires extensive reading.
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Old 08-18-2007, 08:26 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Here it is:

Everything you need to know about the iPhone.

Had to post it again.

Requires extensive reading.
Honestly, what's the point of posting that link again? Maddox was funny four years ago, before he resorted solely to "X sucks dicks, Y sucks dicks, X sucks dicks dicks dicks" and can't even get his facts straight about the iPhone.

Shoo.
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Old 08-18-2007, 07:24 PM   #16 (permalink)
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