^^You can't not get the voice either. There's absolutely no way around that minimum unless you get on a AT&T family plan. On the family plan unlimited text is $30.00 flat.

10/4/2009 12:04:49 PM

anyone had any luck with the pwnage tool for 3.1? I keep getting an itunes error during the restore with the custom .ipsw

10/4/2009 7:03:29 PM

yeah i got the same error so i quit bothered trying for now

10/4/2009 7:35:34 PM

yeah, i guess i'll wait for redsn0w

10/4/2009 8:52:03 PM

Quote :

"i have gvoice so i don't need the minutes, just unlimited data of course. but why the fuck is unlimited texting $20?!"

You have google voice, why do you need a texting plan? I'm considering cancelling mine.

10/4/2009 11:15:31 PM

true. is there a decent app that pulls texts using the data connection and integrates well with the phone contact list?

10/4/2009 11:38:42 PM

Maybe I'm missing something, but how does having google voice eliminate the need for cell phone minutes?

10/5/2009 1:30:16 AM

Quote :

"geo defense swarm is enjoyable. It is very tough after the easy levels which is good i guess but frustrating also "

true that...so far i've beat all the medium ones, except y-me and one other one (on insane or whatever the highest is)

10/5/2009 2:06:42 AM

^^i was wondering the same thing really.. i mean, unless you can get rid of minutes then somehow add unlimited calling to one number?

10/5/2009 8:06:41 AM

add your gvoice number to your fave 3 or 5 or whatever - unlimited calls to and from that number means no more regular minutes needed

10/5/2009 10:08:00 AM

Except for there is no 'fave 3 or 5 or whatever' included with the plan you have listed. You can't sign up for the A List feature until you bump up to the 900 minute, $59.99/month plan.

10/5/2009 2:30:50 PM

http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2009/10/05/building-applications-for-the-iphone-with-flash/

Quote :

" This morning during the day 1 keynote at Adobe Max 2009, Adobe announced that the next version of Adobe Flash (Flash Professional CS5) will include support for creating stand-alone applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. As you can imagine, this is something that we are really excited about, and we expect there to be a lot of questions. This post should address some of those questions, and point to additional resources with more information. So, what exactly did we announce? The next version of Flash Authoring will enable developers to create stand-alone iPhone applications using Flash technologies (including ActionScript 3). These applications are just like any other iPhone application and can be distributed via the Apple iTunes Application store. Indeed, there are already a number of applications created with Flash on the store today. One thing I want to stress is that this is for standalone applications, and is not the Flash Player for mobile Safari (which is something we continue to work on). The end result is a native iPhone application, and not a SWF that runs in the browser. "

this will open up the development possibilities to even more than just the folks who are willing to learn Objective C. i should also note, that MonoTouch, a framework that allows .NET developers to write native iPhone apps has been out for a while too

[Edited on October 5, 2009 at 2:58 PM. Reason : .]

10/5/2009 2:56:14 PM

Quote :

"Except for there is no 'fave 3 or 5 or whatever' included with the plan you have listed. You can't sign up for the A List feature until you bump up to the 900 minute, $59.99/month plan. "

pretty much what i figured...that balows.

10/5/2009 5:09:52 PM

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/att-opens-3g-network-to-iphone-voip-apps/

This is unexpected.

10/6/2009 5:58:08 PM

that is awesome.

10/6/2009 6:44:39 PM

that is, in fact, awesome

10/6/2009 7:15:04 PM

ever since i did that carrier update for the mms, almost every application i use crashes after just a few seconds

and the touch sensors appear to lose their accuracy. I touch something at the top of the screen and it registers the "click" about 2 inches towards the bottom of the screen

plus it doesn't want to sync about 50% of the time to my new macbook pro

i restored the phone and it's still messing up. probably have to go to the apple store

i wish apple wouldn't hurry to release software updates without making sure they work properly

10/6/2009 8:13:25 PM

i never had any weird problems with 3.1 really.. although i only kept it for a few days..needed to be able to use tethering so i went back to 3.0.1

10/6/2009 8:20:19 PM

i jailbroke my phone after the 3.1 update it just took me 3 tries. However the background application isn't working so it still looks like a normal phone

10/6/2009 9:10:17 PM

any recommendations on good trip apps? I'm heading up to NYC & Boston for the BC game next week, and didn't know if there are some cool apps related. I did find a subway one, Frommer's trip stuff, etc. I didnt know if anyone has something they've used and recommend.

10/7/2009 3:02:28 AM

^the Boston T is integrated into google maps. its all you need navigation/transportationwise.


somewhere since 3.1 or the new MMS update my call quality has gone to shit and i've been dropping calls like crazy. this fucking blows.

10/7/2009 7:31:24 AM

anybody seen the new verizon "there's a map for that" commercials? lol



[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 11:17 AM. Reason : .]

10/7/2009 11:17:16 AM

well god damn

no 3G coverage in North Dakota?

I'M OUT

10/7/2009 11:19:15 AM

^^i saw that last night. pretty good commercial. i like verizon's coverage a lot, but i like the iphone more. when/if verizon gets the iphone next year i'll switch back faster than you can blink.

10/7/2009 11:49:21 AM

i've never been on verizon

but would also switch if verizon gets it.

esp if they can beat AT&T's monthly pricing

10/7/2009 11:55:07 AM

hell...even if the Pre goes over to verizon it would be tempting....but i do like the iphone.

10/7/2009 12:05:30 PM

looks like more than 5x more to me (area-wise) - but that may be population-wise they cover 5x as many people and not necessarily area

10/7/2009 12:08:40 PM

we (our business, 8 people) had a LOT better coverage with verizon. our construction admin guy could go all over northampton, halifax, anywhere in the NE part of the state and make a phone call, internet services too for the most part. service is absolutely nonexistent with at&t there. we had to switch him back to verizon while the rest of us stayed w/ at&t and our iphones. does at&t not share cell towers or something? i don't know how that works.

with my moto q on verizon i could get 2.4-2.8Mbps download, with the iphone right now from my office i get a whopping 32kbps. of course i don't really need it here since we have wifi, but still. at&t coverage is horrible and i'm not sure how it got to be so bad. what's verizon doing differently? (serious question)

10/7/2009 1:25:14 PM

verizon and at&t use different network types (CDMA vs GSM respectively). They cant share towers. The 3g standards they use are also different (EVDO vs HSPDA). As far as network speed idk why at&t is slower. They're probably just doing it to save money.

10/7/2009 1:30:53 PM

I just had my cool iPhone moment of the day.

I got this program this weekend called Club Cards that lets you put the barcode number into it from all the local grocery/book/auto parts stores and it gives you a scanable barcode so you don't have to carry around 15 different cards. I was at Harris Teeter this afternoon for the first time since I got this program.

The girl at the checkout (probably about 16) asked to see my VIC card and I pulled out my iPhone and hit a button and held my phone out in my hand for her to scan. She looked at me like I was crazy, and I said, "scan it". She scanned it with the handheld scanner and it worked. You would have thought I had cured AIDS right there in the store because she went apeshit.

"That is the coolest thing I've ever seen, I'm gonna go home and put this on facebook, I am gonna tell all my friends, but none of them will believe me. I can't believe I just scanned your phone and it worked" Seriously for the next 2 minutes she couldn't talk about anything else. I really didn't know what to say. I think it's neat and all, but she thought it was REALLY neat.

10/7/2009 5:46:13 PM

I did that with my football ticket to get a parking pass once.

10/8/2009 10:52:17 AM

^^sold!!! i wanted to try it but was afraid it wouldn't work.

yay!

10/8/2009 11:30:59 AM

Iphone update that hopefully fixed the 3.1 bugs.

Apple today released iPhone OS 3.1.2, addressing several issues regarding waking from sleep, network service disruption, and crashing during video streaming. iPhone users should connect their iPhones to iTunes and click the "Check for Update" button to obtain the new version.

This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:

- Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep
- Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart
- Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming
The update is compatible with all iPhone models and weighs in at approximately 240 MB. Apple introduced iPhone OS 3.1 almost exactly one month ago, bringing a number of new features including Genius recommendation for applications, Genius Mixes for music and purchasing of pre-cut ringtones.

Update: A corresponding update is also available for the iPod touch.

Also, the iPhone OS 3.1.2 update for iPhone in U.S. is accompanied by an update to AT&T's carrier settings file, which brings the settings to version 5.6.

10/8/2009 2:01:27 PM

let us know if you have improved battery life after this update! Still fretting 3.1

10/8/2009 2:14:00 PM

Heh, I wonder if Blackra1n is gonna work with 3.1.2. If it does that will be the quickest Jailbreak of a firmware yet.

10/8/2009 2:19:28 PM

Updating from 3.0.1 to 3.1.2 right now. We'll see if its as buggy as 3.1

10/8/2009 2:20:11 PM

^^he tweeted that it's been tested and works with 3.1.2. It's supposed to be released today or tomorrow.

10/9/2009 8:57:59 AM

hoooly shit.

3.1.2 has seemingly fixed my battery drain issues, as well as the promised wake-from-sleep bugs.

thanks, apple.

10/9/2009 9:29:35 AM

Maybe im missing something obvious, but is there a way to copy the contacts from my active sync account to local phone storage?

10/9/2009 1:07:14 PM

My iPhone and my friends data has been out for the last hour in Charlotte. Another friend just reported his data being out in Raleigh. Anyone else notice a data outage?

10/9/2009 3:58:02 PM

yep, off then on for a few minutes, then out again.

10/9/2009 4:03:57 PM

I definitely had an outage and tried restarting my iphone and it was stuck at the pineapple logo for a while...

10/9/2009 4:12:46 PM

Yeah ours have been out for almost 2 hours now. AT&T doesn't know why. Done all the resets etc. Think they're about to report it as an outage. Still on the phone with them.

-yup 3g is down in part Charlotte area. Just switched back to edge and it worked.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 4:40 PM. Reason : /]

10/9/2009 4:30:20 PM

Worked for me on the way through earlier but was slow as hell

10/9/2009 4:48:54 PM

i'm not getting any data connection right now

10/9/2009 4:53:29 PM

me either I switched off 3g to edge and it works better but so slow!

10/9/2009 4:57:08 PM

me neither. and voicemail is unavailable

i'm in charlotte too

10/9/2009 4:58:28 PM

My 3g data just cut back in. Seems to be working.

10/9/2009 5:10:33 PM

I've been a huge fan of Tweetie on the iPhone and Mac. Tweetie 2 just went live today and its awesome. Best Tweeter app for the iphone. (In my opinion)

10/9/2009 5:14:09 PM

^^ me too

10/9/2009 5:15:52 PM