Quite possibly the dumbest thing ever said by Steve Jobs.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/19/steve-jobs-android-porn/#ixzz0leT00xHJ

Quote :

"Fiore’s app will be in the store shortly. That was a mistake. However, we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy and Android phone."

4/20/2010 12:34:04 PM

For page 143...


HOLY FUCK, they're still at the kid:

It Was Gray Powell's Birthday
http://gizmodo.com/5520669/it-was-gray-powells-birthday

[Edited on April 20, 2010 at 12:37 PM. Reason : ^ I mean, yeah, use my Droid to surf for dick all day long. ]

4/20/2010 12:37:18 PM

Gizmodo is seriously being a jackass at this point about it all.

4/20/2010 12:39:51 PM

4/20/2010 12:47:52 PM

I've never liked jizzmodo anyways. And lol at the android porn comment. Jobs is turning into an even bigger tool than I thought.

4/20/2010 12:51:16 PM

hahahaha NC State shit.

4/20/2010 1:51:27 PM

Quote :

"Quite possibly the dumbest thing ever said by Steve Jobs. http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/19/steve-jobs-android-porn/#ixzz0leT00xHJ Quote : "Fiore’s app will be in the store shortly. That was a mistake. However, we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy and Android phone." "

While I have enjoyed porn on occasion I am certain there are millions of people out there that agree with him and millions who don't care either way.

Besides the "LOL he said and instead of an". That's nothing I see that's funny or stupid. You can still enjoy all the porn you want on an iPhone/iPad.

4/20/2010 3:20:18 PM

Wait a goddamn minute, there is an Android porn app store?

*smashes iphone against wall and runs to nearest best buy*

4/20/2010 3:46:20 PM

Who pays for porn anymore? :p

4/20/2010 3:52:23 PM

i, too, am familiar with free ways of acquiring porn

4/20/2010 3:56:53 PM

gray was my fraternity brother, hahaha

4/20/2010 5:48:41 PM

Mystery solved...he was in a frat.

4/20/2010 5:51:01 PM

anyone able to update to OS 4 Beta 2? I'm experiencing an unknown error.

4/20/2010 6:06:52 PM

can I install 4.0 without being a developer or whatever? i.e. is the ROM hosted somewhere, and can I flash it to my stock 3G by booting into DFU mode and then shift-clicking restore in iTunes?

4/20/2010 10:22:38 PM

Yes.

4/20/2010 10:45:04 PM

^^no! Don't do it unless you want a bricked iPhone. You can, however, do it if you know a developer that can add your phone to their account. It has to activate through iTunes and verifies that your UDID is authorized for OS beta.

[Edited on April 20, 2010 at 10:54 PM. Reason : .]

4/20/2010 10:52:06 PM

Quote :

"can I install 4.0 without being a developer or whatever?"

yes, you can.

if your UDID isn't associated with a developer account, however, you'll brick your phone.

4/20/2010 10:52:35 PM

You can, but unless you really know what you're doing I'd advise against it.

^ and that.

[Edited on April 20, 2010 at 10:53 PM. Reason : -]

4/20/2010 10:53:14 PM

shit, iphone is serious business. ok guess i'll have to wait then.

nah fuck that im getting the droid incredible and switching to VZW next week

4/21/2010 12:05:40 AM

Its not really worth the effort to flash your 3G anyway...you can't use multitasking and even if you could nothing really takes advantage of it except the core apps (right now). Better off switching to get the features you want.

[Edited on April 21, 2010 at 12:13 AM. Reason : .]

4/21/2010 12:13:18 AM

i mainly wanted the unified inbox and ability to add multiple exchange accounts. i can't multitask on a 3G anyway

4/21/2010 6:55:02 AM

^,^^ I haven't done it myself but I've read there's just a toggle switch somewhere that will enable it on 3G

4/21/2010 9:31:58 AM

^I have not heard that at all.

^^Yeah, combined inboxes is really nice. I imagine multiple exchange accounts is too although I only have one.


Beta 2 is soo much better already. For one, I don't have to kill Safari if I get it into landscape mode and want to go back to portrait.

4/21/2010 11:06:39 AM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/21/447164/an-nc-state-grad-walks-into-a.html

Guy in the comments sure kicks him when he's down.

4/21/2010 11:28:59 AM

"State loses everything" was the best

4/21/2010 11:34:40 AM

^^^
http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/enable-multitasking-iphone-3g-running-iphone-os-40

4/21/2010 11:53:44 AM

^thats through a jailbreak.

4/21/2010 11:54:54 AM

Yeah I just assumed everybody jailbroke now

4/21/2010 11:57:40 AM

haha not me

Also, I believe there was/is multitasking through jailbreak for some time pre-4.0 but not sure how well it works.

4/21/2010 11:58:56 AM

^Yeah there is an app called backgrounder which kinda does it pre-4.0 but this is the actual Apple multitasking stuff, not some 3rd party app

4/21/2010 12:37:32 PM

3.1.3 3gs on the latest baseband still can't jailbreak, correct?

4/21/2010 1:03:22 PM

Yeah. No jailbreak.

4/21/2010 1:21:24 PM

http://developer.appcelerator.com/

Anyone used this or heard of it before? Apparently you can use HTML5, CSS3, JS, Java, Ruby, Obj-C to create native apps and compile them for different platforms.

[Edited on April 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM. Reason : if i'm reading that correctly.]

4/21/2010 4:31:58 PM

^WebOS?

4/21/2010 4:34:42 PM

^^ I have it installed, but I haven't tried building an iPhone app with it yet.

4/21/2010 5:38:12 PM

^Have you tried writing an app with it yet at least? I'm curious how easy it is to work with without having to write objective-C.

4/21/2010 5:39:41 PM

Quote :

"http://developer.appcelerator.com/ Anyone used this or heard of it before? Apparently you can use HTML5, CSS3, JS, Java, Ruby, Obj-C to create native apps and compile them for different platforms."

Uh... remember like a week ago when there was that whole big stink about Apple's change to their SDK and how that left a bunch of companies up in the air as to whether you'd still be able to use their product?

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Edited on April 21, 2010 at 5:59 PM. Reason : .]

4/21/2010 5:59:12 PM

^^ No, I haven't yet. I think I have to download something else first. I know I was starting on an Android app, and had to download the Android SDK before I could do anything. It also doesn't seem to be very user-friendly. The documentation is sparse, to say the least.

^ Pretty sure Apple's already made the decision to let third-party IDEs like this and Phonegap slide. They modified that section of the EULA for Flash CS5 and Flash CS5 alone.

4/21/2010 6:04:47 PM

So I guess this is huge. The Dev Team has managed to get Android running on the iPhone.

4/21/2010 10:02:14 PM

^That brings a happy tear to my eye. An OS-agnostic iPhone, so sweet.

4/21/2010 11:07:32 PM

http://www.macuser.co.uk/news/277093/google-brings-free-satnav-to-uk.html

Quote :

"Google has introduced its free turn-by-turn satellite navigation to the UK, threatening the future of commercial providers such as Garmin and TomTom. The navigation system is available as a free update to Google Maps on Android phones, but won’t stop there. Google confirmed at a London press conference that it plans to bring free satnav to other smartphone platforms, including the iPhone, although it wouldn’t say when. Unlike rivals such as TomTom or CoPilot’s smartphone software, Google’s satnav software doesn’t store maps on the device but downloads them on-demand from the cloud. That means users will need to have an active data connection when planning routes, though not while travelling. “Google Maps pre-caches the entire route,” said Mobile Maps product manager, Steve Lee. “It needs a data connection when you ask for navigation. But while driving to your destination, if you intermittently lose the connection, it will still carry on. As long as you stay on the route.” Once underway, users can choose from several viewing options: in addition to standard maps and directions Google provides satellite imagery and access to Street View, plus live traffic data (though it cannot yet automatically reroute to avoid congestion). The launch of Maps’ satnav will doubtless be a blow to commercial providers such as TomTom and Garmin. However, Google claims the satnav makers had become complacent and that they will now be forced to innovate. “Google prides itself on innovating in markets that have been stagnant for a while,” said Hugo Barra, director of mobile products at Google. “I think navigation is a good example. It will be good for users.”"

Sweet.

4/22/2010 10:58:21 PM

^noice!

4/23/2010 8:46:19 AM

awesome

4/23/2010 8:47:45 AM

Alls not lost for Gray Powell

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/04/22/lufthansa-fly-gray-powell-iphone-guy-germany-free/

4/23/2010 11:02:48 AM

well played, Lufthansa

4/23/2010 11:07:31 AM

i wish there was an option to download portions of google maps so i don't have to wait for it to load. like individual states or sections of states would awesome.

4/23/2010 11:26:15 AM

Check out MapDroyd in the Market.

4/23/2010 11:38:04 AM

i'm guessing since that is "droyd" then it's not for the iphone...?

4/23/2010 11:50:35 AM

^I'm guessing he's either lost or trying to troll. lol.



[Edited on April 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2010 12:06:59 PM

^^^^^^Hmmm, I think I need to find myself an iPhone prototype to lose while drinking in a Belgian bar ...


Oh, and nicely played, Lufthansa.

[Edited on April 23, 2010 at 12:27 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2010 12:26:35 PM