Quote :

"AT&T charges $25 for 2 gigabytes of mobile data, which states how much they think their bits and bytes are worth. That comes out to 80 megabytes per dollar. 80 megabytes will get you 500,000 text messages—assuming you're writing the largest possible message, which you're often not (i.e. "Hey" "Nothing" "lol"). Now divide that dollar by the 500,000 potential texts. That comes out to $0.000002 per text—two ten thousandths of a cent. A very, very, very small amount of money. Now, let's say you send 5,000 texts a month. That's a large, though wholly realistic number. Multiply that by the above worthless cost per text, and you've got—hold onto your wallet!—$0.01. A penny for five thousand texts, according to how much AT&T says its data is worth in a data plan. But outside of the data plan? Oh boy! Things get very different very fast. And by very different, I mean inordinately overpriced. Those same 5,000 texts, at a rate of $0.20 per message, will cost you $1,000. Not a penny—a grand. Two very different prices for literally the exact same thing."

8/24/2011 11:42:38 AM

Jobs out.

8/24/2011 6:48:53 PM

man i love it when retards get all uppity about sms costs.

8/24/2011 9:06:21 PM

Wow, you really told them!

8/24/2011 10:08:58 PM

I'm interested to see what happens with Sprint if it comes to the carrier. I might have to pick up one just for the sake of programming on it if it won't cost an arm and a leg to add a line for it. If it can be only like 20 bucks more a month on my current plan, then I'll carry both an Android and iOS phone with me in some form as I'm starting to get into programming for both of them hard core.

8/24/2011 10:40:48 PM

i was just reposting what gs7 said for Jeepin4x4. he asked for a summary but that is pretty concise already.

8/25/2011 6:14:17 PM

What is programming hard core?

8/25/2011 8:17:31 PM

yea, apple doesn't like porn apps.

8/25/2011 9:03:28 PM

Quote :

"the brilliant idea to start charging you on a per-email basis. Unfortunately, the same can't be said of texting."

I think brilliant was indeed the correct term there.

8/28/2011 9:26:35 AM

i need some help guys. my gmail account ONLY works now when I'm on wifi (verizon iPhone) anytime not on wifi (my entire work day) its tells me my password is incorrect, get back on wifi everything is hunky-dory. I've scoured the inter web with no results. help me tdub?

8/28/2011 7:34:25 PM

is it a company phone? if so are you on a private apn?

8/28/2011 10:38:21 PM

More proof that Sprint is getting the iPhone.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/29/sprint_iphone_5_secrecy/

8/29/2011 3:14:33 PM

We run through google apps, ie my user name for gmail is me@mydomain.com
I've got it working for now but I have to reguarlly disable the captcha via google's site. And have had to switch to imap instead if exchange :-(

8/29/2011 4:38:18 PM

tried to set a specific ring for a contact as delivered via SMS on an iPhone the other day. You CAN'T FUCKING DO IT. honestly, I could do that shit on a phone 3 years ago easily. Hell, I couldn't even SAVE the mp3 to the phone from the text message. Really? Really... Really?

8/29/2011 11:09:34 PM

So intarwebs is saying an iphone5 prototype was lost in a bar again back in july

9/1/2011 1:04:41 AM

Quote :

"... and simple state "no comment""

Morons

9/1/2011 1:15:06 AM

^^ id love to see it.

im holding out on getting the iphone4 till the new one comes out

what was the price point on the 4 at verizon with new 2 year?

anyone remember?

9/1/2011 1:25:07 AM

$299 - 32gb
$199 - 16gb

9/1/2011 6:46:56 AM

http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/31/apple-loses-iphone-prototype-in-a-bar-again/

lolz

9/1/2011 10:24:47 AM

lol

9/1/2011 10:56:52 AM

Quote :

"tried to set a specific ring for a contact as delivered via SMS on an iPhone the other day. You CAN'T FUCKING DO IT. honestly, I could do that shit on a phone 3 years ago easily. Hell, I couldn't even SAVE the mp3 to the phone from the text message. Really? Really... Really?"

ringtones on phones are for people with no life goals and pleated pants.

9/1/2011 11:27:10 AM

^^^they should look on Raleigh craigslist, sas it apperas to be a clearinghouse for apple prototypes

9/1/2011 11:50:50 AM

this is bizarre. supposedly the lost iphone5 story is a fake???

9/2/2011 8:30:28 AM

Hah, the story's not fake, but the cops were:

http://gizmodo.com/5836990/lost-iphone-5-investigators-were-impersonating-police

Oops.




[Edited on September 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM. Reason : .]

9/2/2011 2:28:01 PM

yep. apparently Apple has turned into its 1984 commercial. only it's no longer the person throwing the hammer and is instead the oppressive regime that cares nothing about laws or freedom. fuck Apple

9/2/2011 6:32:25 PM

I'm not sure if there is a way to do this, but I have my iPhone synced up with Gmail and I have a document in my email I need to reference at times. Right now every time I need to see that document(I think it is just a word .doc file) I have to open my email, do a search for the email in my inbox, and then open the file. Is there a way to save that .doc file on my iPhone so I can just open it up off my iPhone instead of through gmail?

9/19/2011 3:47:41 PM

dropbox, or if you turn it into a pdf you can put it in ibooks.

9/19/2011 4:55:55 PM

Dropbox worked perfectly.

Thanks.

9/19/2011 5:14:10 PM

yeah, doing something that insanely simple is basically impossible on an iPhone. it's pathetic how shitty Apple's device is, yet people constantly jizz all over it

9/19/2011 5:23:28 PM

Quote :

"I'm not sure if there is a way to do this, but I have my iPhone synced up with Gmail and I have a document in my email I need to reference at times. Right now every time I need to see that document(I think it is just a word .doc file) I have to open my email, do a search for the email in my inbox, and then open the file. Is there a way to save that .doc file on my iPhone so I can just open it up off my iPhone instead of through gmail?"

Have you installed iBooks (free from Apple through the app store)?

It can save PDFs this way, i'm not sure about .doc files.

^ my Thunderbolt didn't come with a file managing app, i have to do the exact same thing to find doc files without downloading 3rd party apps.

9/19/2011 6:22:31 PM

^don't go confusing his dumbass with something like facts or logic.

9/19/2011 7:59:33 PM

So, presumably the iPhone 5 will be announced within weeks. I haven't heard all that much speculation about it lately--I guess with all of the postponing, people have just said "Fuck it, we'll check it out when it arrives, whenever that happens to be."

Any educated guesses floating around out there about what new features it will have?

9/19/2011 9:20:11 PM

Have you checked out iOS 5? I would say that I've never been as satisfied with a product as my iPhone 4 (particularly on iOS 5) before. Enough that I'd take a(nother) chance on Apple and pre-order an iPhone 5 to receive on launch day.

9/19/2011 9:32:06 PM

I had a 3GS and now have a 4. It's on iOS 4; I didn't even know that iOS 5 was out.

Basically, I'm wondering if it'll be worthwhile to sell my 4 and buy a 5 out of pocket, as I'm not due for an upgrade yet. I seriously doubt it, but I do wonder what the iPhone 5 will introduce.

9/19/2011 9:43:47 PM

supposed to be a larger screen, dual core? and better camera

also someone has mentioned a holographic imaged keyboard???

i dunno about that though.

if you google search i phone 5 the first link that comes up is pretty good to read.

Im Def. getting the 5

9/19/2011 9:51:56 PM

I heard the back of the iPhone5 has holes in it so you can use it as a cheese grater.

9/19/2011 11:01:58 PM

iOS 5 is not "out" but it's available to developers. You can watch a video or go to a website explaining what else it brings to the phone though. I think it just makes the thing far more usable. I do wish they had a different maps interface however. Anyway, what I was saying is that I was so blown away by how well the iPhone 4 works -especially with iOS 5- that I'm rather certain that I'll consider the next one "worth it" especially considering in all likelihood the iPhone 4 will still be worth $200-300 when the 5 is released. If it's a world phone, I'll likely buy it w/out a contract.

9/19/2011 11:10:29 PM

Quote :

"Basically, I'm wondering if it'll be worthwhile to sell my 4 and buy a 5 out of pocket, as I'm not due for an upgrade yet."

Wondering the same. How much do you think a 16gb black Verizon iPhone would go for?

9/20/2011 7:05:10 AM

so i've been trying to get rid of some electronics i rarely use..ps3 games, old ipod, iPhone 3G.

i can get $130 in amazon credit for a 3G iPhone trade in. Are there any other avenues besides local trade that offer that much?

9/20/2011 9:28:03 AM

I've said it plenty of times, but I really hate discussing rumors as fact. That being said, it's been projected many places that there will most likely be multiple versions of the iPhone being announced very soon. Some people also seem to think that Apple will sell a 4S or even the 4 itself without contract and for a price point that is in the current range of the iPod Touch. (i.e. replace the iPod Touch with a simless iPhone)

So basically right now you can easily sell your used 16GB iPhone4 for $400 on ebay. If those rumors are true, you'll be lucky to get $150 for it a month from now. Just a potential heads up for anyone asking/thinking about selling their 4 to make room for the 5. In the past, you've always been able to sell your old phone and more than cover the cost of the new one. If this rumor is true, that won't be the case this time around.

9/20/2011 12:42:34 PM

^^you can try http://www.gazelle.com. we sold a bunch of old phones to them a while back.

9/20/2011 1:29:19 PM

It's not going to be an iPhone 5.

It will be the iPhone 4S.

9/20/2011 2:09:21 PM

I'd be willing to place at least a $50 wager that at least one of those statements is wrong.

9/20/2011 8:54:24 PM

A new app I developed is available for download. Disney Store app on iPhone and iPod touch. It is the final custom deployment our team will be doing(using our accelerator platform) as we are now focusing on improving the platform, rather than doing deployment work. Check it out let me know what you think. I developed about 90% of the iPad app, 30% of the iPhone app.

9/21/2011 4:47:44 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/21/report-apple-to-hold-media-event-on-october-4th-tim-cook-to-un/

9/21/2011 5:20:22 PM

Its been rumored to be the date of October 15th.

9/21/2011 5:36:24 PM

the announcement or the release date of the 15th?

9/21/2011 7:08:16 PM

the release.

the announcement will be the 4th.

considering going to Verizon and getting the iphone4 for now and taking it back within the 30 day limit...but Im sure they have a fee for that.

9/22/2011 2:04:25 AM

Verizon's return policy is only 14 days.

9/22/2011 6:54:34 AM

Apple just confirmed what the rest of the world already knew. http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/27/apple-wants-to-talk-iphone-on-october-4th/

9/27/2011 12:09:21 PM