haha, i used it once or twice... it's just easier to launch safari and go to google for me, though... almost a reflex now.

3/30/2009 11:12:21 PM

Quote :

"lol, you're gonna be hard pressed to find something like that. the apps keep crashing because the OS is killing them for sucking up too much memory why do you need to open a 70mb pdf on a phone?"

its a password protected pdf book that I downloaded. I also have the hard back on order but I'd like to be able to read it on the go as well.

3/30/2009 11:28:17 PM

apparently i was the last to hear, but there's a new build of 3.0 that came out today.

just installed it on my phone, and it's MUCH better than the first build. waaaay faster, and having an exchange push account set up doesn't cripple your phone!

they also got rid of the problem where you couldn't change the autolock time from 1 minute, and you can change the "require passcode" time to up to an hour.

so far, i'm happy.

4/1/2009 12:52:55 AM

oh thank god

installing that in a few

4/1/2009 8:16:21 AM

Quote :

"i'm sure this is [old], but i just used the google app for the first time...searching google by voice is pretty badass. anyone use it regularly?"

i've used it a dozen times or so. pretty cool to google by voice in the car and let it search until you reach a stop then you can look down and find your answer.

4/1/2009 8:26:36 AM

^^^I was debating on putting 3.0 back on my phone. If there is a new build I might just have to do that

4/1/2009 9:02:16 AM

I may just go back to the old 2.whatever version. I need PdaNet pretty often and without MMS working there aren't really any advantages to having 3.0 to me

4/1/2009 9:19:41 AM

^you can enable bluetooth tethering with a simple carrier settings hack, you know...

4/1/2009 10:10:55 AM

teach me you gay bastard

4/1/2009 10:13:26 AM

http://i.gizmodo.com/5175391/how-to-enable-3g-tethering-in-your-iphone-30-now

4/1/2009 10:21:42 AM

niiice

[Edited on April 1, 2009 at 10:25 AM. Reason : uhhh my phone just flashed at about 20hz for a minute and stopped ]

4/1/2009 10:24:10 AM

Quote :

"** Tethering over Bluetooth only works with older hardware, before the current revisions (Bluetooth to 3G tethering won't work in the unibody MacBooks.)"

lolz yet that is the macbook they have pictured in the article.

4/1/2009 10:24:16 AM

I just lost two weeks worth of texts

failure to backup before restoring is not good it said it had backed up though, apparently not. gah

and evan, MMS DOES NOT WORK. well at least not for me. it seems to be working for a ton of ppl online

dammit

[Edited on April 1, 2009 at 11:05 AM. Reason : asf]

4/1/2009 11:03:23 AM

if MMS was working with this beta I'd have to be begging for a download!!

4/1/2009 12:00:21 PM

Quote :

"i've used it a dozen times or so. pretty cool to google by voice in the car and let it search until you reach a stop then you can look down"

yeah i used it yesterday for directions...clicked the app, said 1506 trail way drive cary nc or something like that, found it on the first try, clicked the resulting map and bam i got it in google maps without having to type address in. i guess we'll see if im still using it in a month, but so far it looks pretty cool.

4/1/2009 12:25:26 PM

Quote :

"if MMS was working with this beta I'd have to be begging for a download!!"

it is def working for a lot of ppl..or was anyways. some people are saying it works in 3G areas but not EDGE. I'm on EDGE right now. That doesn't really make sense to me but who knows..

4/1/2009 12:33:10 PM

decided to jailbreak solely for emulators (although Categories is a nice bonus), but using touch-screen controls isn't really a great method

If iControlPad was out, I'd buy one right now

4/1/2009 4:28:48 PM

That would be sweet as hell

4/1/2009 4:30:25 PM

supposedly the design's done and they're ready to start producing/selling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojLKeewbEk

but the last update to the website was two months ago, and no word since then

4/1/2009 4:37:17 PM

I'm really surprised Apple didn't come up with something like that

4/1/2009 4:48:25 PM

i'm not. that seems like just the kind of thing they leave to 3rd parties

[Edited on April 1, 2009 at 4:55 PM. Reason : not to mention it destroys the 'touch' appeal and premise of their gaming platform strategy]

4/1/2009 4:54:49 PM

Yeah, Apple really wants to emphasize the "touch" aspect, rather than adding buttons...they're not trying to directly battle the PSP and DS as much as they're going after the mobile phone gaming market.

But I still want a tangible button peripheral.

4/1/2009 5:00:01 PM

Quote :

"if MMS was working with this beta I'd have to be begging for a download!!"

works fine for me. i'm on 3G in raleigh.

i think it mostly has to do with whether or not AT&T has provisioned your account for MMS service yet or not
if you call and bitch at them enough, they might change stuff.

4/1/2009 7:01:50 PM

are you receiving them like you should, evan?

4/1/2009 7:12:36 PM

yeah, i had someone at work send me one today (incidentally from his iphone) and it came in fine. i will say that i had a friend who was on another network send me one that i never seem to have received, though...

4/1/2009 7:14:55 PM

Anyone using Skype for iPhone? It randomly just quits to the springboard when I leave it open for a minute or two. Bout to try a call and see how that goes...

4/1/2009 8:54:41 PM

THIS JUST IN: pandora over A2DP is fucking amazing.


notice the little bluetooth icon beside the volume slider (it appears they just made this part of the control in the SDK, so all apps should work with A2DP without any additional code)

this is what you get when you press it:

note the Motorola S9-HD selected

this setting also appears to stay static until you change it or you go out of range/turn off the headset, so system sounds and everything else comes over the headset!

audio quality is about as good as it gets for A2DP in its present implementation. sounds like a normal pair of $30 earbuds. i had it in my front pocket all day and only heard the signal fade a few times, it appears the transmitter is quite capable of doing this, unlike a lot of bluetooth devices i've used.

apple did this right.

4/1/2009 9:28:46 PM

Shouldn't that be audio destination instead of source? Source makes it seem like you are choosing inputs, not outputs.

4/1/2009 9:42:33 PM

ah, true, i didn't even think about that
bug report time

4/1/2009 9:43:57 PM

got that ParkingLot app today. Really fun, especially if you like puzzlers.

4/1/2009 11:54:12 PM

are there a lot of stereo receivers out there being manufactured with bluetooth connectivity built in?

4/2/2009 11:33:39 AM

Quote :

"works fine for me. i'm on 3G in raleigh. i think it mostly has to do with whether or not AT&T has provisioned your account for MMS service yet or not if you call and bitch at them enough, they might change stuff."

well then.....who's got my 3.0???

4/2/2009 2:20:41 PM

anyone try the flight control game? pretty fun for a buck

4/2/2009 3:56:29 PM

Quote :

"The most addicting yet simple game I've played on the iPhone is FlightControl. Download it!"

it was mentioned on the last page, and I agree it's very fun. I was able to check it out last week.

4/2/2009 4:00:35 PM

^My best record to date is 75 planes.

4/2/2009 4:13:15 PM

Quote :

"well then.....who's got my 3.0???"

if your phone's UDID isn't registered in a valid developer account, you'll brick your phone by putting 3.0 on there.

4/2/2009 7:52:22 PM

yup

for a low cost of only $9.99...

jk

4/2/2009 8:14:24 PM

http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/04/02/game-boy-iphone-case-dubbed-iboy/



Want.

4/4/2009 5:46:22 PM

Quote :

"My best record to date is 75 planes."

nice..i always fall apart around 45 planes

anyone bought oregon trail? worth the $5 or $6?

i might get the full version of bike or die...or maybe diner dash (probably both)

4/5/2009 8:06:06 AM

Personal best of 79 planes here

4/6/2009 2:13:48 AM

^^my buddy texted me last night saying i absolutely had to d/l the new Oregon Trail. I haven't yet, but it looks pretty good.

4/6/2009 8:08:30 AM

I just finally freaking found the equalizer. I was pretty pissed up until now that their was not one.

also, does anyone own this?
http://www.leithbmw.com/pages/page.cfm?pageid=131009&pagetype=26&featureid=-1

I'm thinking about getting it.

[Edited on April 6, 2009 at 1:20 PM. Reason : df]

4/6/2009 12:52:59 PM

Has anybody run into any problems with the verification email from iTunes? I clicked on the link they sent me and it kinda stalls at the verifying page.

4/6/2009 3:21:15 PM

Not exactly iPhone related, but...



Touchgrind on a screen big enough to see what's around you? Want.

4/6/2009 5:53:05 PM

Quote :

"My best record to date is 75 planes."

Just got 118 on the bus!

4/6/2009 5:55:08 PM

^bastard!

4/6/2009 9:34:14 PM

Not sure if this has been talked about in here yet..

Quote :
"			iPhone Firmware 3.0 Firmware 3.0 was introduced to the world including countless features that users have been demanding since day one like copy & paste, spotlight, MMS (with video), landscape keyboard layout for emails and txts, 3G tethering, stereo bluetooth, turn by turn, and many more. Apple has listened and is finally providing everyone with the basic features that every other smartphone phone manufacturer has been offering the entire time with the first beta - and adding push in the second beta. With the excitement of 3.0, many early adopters started upgrading. Unfortunately for those not participating in the iPhone Developer Program many iPhones were left unable to be activated. In response, many participants of the program have been selling spots in their accounts to allow iPhone activation on firmware 3.0. Firmware 3.0 wasn't out long before it started to be hacked. The Dev Team announced almost immediately that they had jailbroken 3.0. Tethering was enabled, allowing 3.0 users to tether via both cable and Bluetooth. Finally, a Russian hacker released a beta 3.0 jailbreak to the masses.

[Edited on April 7, 2009 at 10:15 AM. Reason : the jailbreaking aspect of it that is. i wasn't aware of it.]

4/7/2009 10:13:57 AM

Yeah, I think it was jailbroken a few days ago. Anyone want to donate a register of my UDID?

4/7/2009 2:46:09 PM

Quote :

"http://i.gizmodo.com/5175391/how-to-enable-3g-tethering-in-your-iphone-30-now "

just gave this a shot

aaaaaaaaaaand it works

beautifully.

even more simple than pdanet.. i didn't think that'd be possible lol

4/7/2009 3:30:25 PM

how's AT&T handling the tethering right now? any word on it's pricing plans?

4/7/2009 4:08:38 PM