The IPhone is totally awesome oh my gawd thread

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:02 am

Pigpen, if you want to watch movies as well I would go with the 16 GB, depends also how much music you got in your library, 32GB is nice but you're also in another price category.

Lots of fun free games, the cool thing is that if you don't like it you can erase them from your itouch. I am currently away from town and I am using the WI-FI from the hotel, if you want the basics checking emails etc, the itouch will do.

Just make sure you get a screen protector primarily and a case as well. A cool gadget to say the least.

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:07 am

greggsand wrote:
Diablo25 wrote:MLB At Bat 09 App is out. It is $9.99 this year. A bit steep price wise but game day audio from either the home or away team is streamed this year...very cool. When this is considered I think $9.99 is a pretty value.

Direct link to iTunes...
http://bit.ly/mlb09
The inclusion of Game Day Audio is a slam dunk. Although, once the Slingbox app is out, the SB App + Extra Innings Package at the house will probably take over. But what's $10, 2 hands of blackjack?

Again, if u have an iPod jack in your car (or FM transmitter I suppose), you can have your choice of baseball games in your car for $10. Beats a $16+ per month subscription for XM... love it.

I finally got around to downloading the new MLB app yesterday...what a great app at an absolutely awesome price. It was so nice being at the office yesterday and being able to listen to the Cards game using either set of announcers (though I'll always choose to listen to Mike Shannon's call of the game). For $10, this really is a no brainer for baseball fans.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:10 pm

GTHobbes wrote:
greggsand wrote:
Diablo25 wrote:MLB At Bat 09 App is out. It is $9.99 this year. A bit steep price wise but game day audio from either the home or away team is streamed this year...very cool. When this is considered I think $9.99 is a pretty value.

Direct link to iTunes...
http://bit.ly/mlb09
The inclusion of Game Day Audio is a slam dunk. Although, once the Slingbox app is out, the SB App + Extra Innings Package at the house will probably take over. But what's $10, 2 hands of blackjack?

Again, if u have an iPod jack in your car (or FM transmitter I suppose), you can have your choice of baseball games in your car for $10. Beats a $16+ per month subscription for XM... love it.
I finally got around to downloading the new MLB app yesterday...what a great app at an absolutely awesome price. It was so nice being at the office yesterday and being able to listen to the Cards game using either set of announcers (though I'll always choose to listen to Mike Shannon's call of the game). For $10, this really is a no brainer for baseball fans.

Agree 100%. Also, love it in the car when driving around. Who needs the baseball package on XM?

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:58 am

pigpen81 wrote:Thanks JRod!

Any other feedback is welcome.

Maybe wait until at least June/July because then you can get it with iPhone OS 3.0 installed.

Otherwise, you have to pay $10 to upgrade.

Then again, probably new models will be announced in the fall.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:15 pm

NOOOOO!

http://gear.ign.com/articles/973/973096p1.html

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:34 pm

http://gizmodo.com/5111989/the-definiti ... -data-test

Well there are rumors that Dell was coming out with a smart phone but the carriers rejected it so they may sell it unlocked directly to consumers.

Then the rumors over the weekend of a Zune HD, which may be a prelude to a phone from MS with Zune features.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:12 pm

10 Reasons Nintendo Should Fear iPhone:

http://wireless.ign.com/articles/978/978891p1.html

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Fri May 01, 2009 10:41 pm

Lot of rumors in the last couple of weeks.

Rumors of a iPhone lite and tablet device for Verizon.

Rumors of a "Pink" phone from Microsoft on Verizon.

Rumors of Sony pushing out a new PSP with no UMD to prevent the iPhone from getting a foothold.

I don't know, most of the games on the iPhone appear to be casual games, with graphics really not threatening PSP games at least.

Tiger Woods just came out and it looks rough very close up.

But I've downloaded a bunch of free games and many of them aren't even 3D.

Nintendo, they have all the first-party titles which are mega-blockbusters, although the DSi can be seen as an attempt to provide non-gaming features in the way the iPhone offers gaming in addition to the non-gaming features.

Swiss-knife approach means individual features are not as good as dedicated devices, except the iPod part of the iPhone is better than the regular iPods (Classic and Nano) for visual media.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Sat May 02, 2009 12:06 am

Tiger Woods has released on the iPhone. Decent little game for the phone, IMO.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Sat May 02, 2009 7:16 am

PRBoom wrote:Tiger Woods has released on the iPhone. Decent little game for the phone, IMO.

Decent? It rocks, just wished they had a few more courses.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Sat May 02, 2009 1:46 pm

10spro wrote:
PRBoom wrote:Tiger Woods has released on the iPhone. Decent little game for the phone, IMO.
Decent? It rocks, just wished they had a few more courses.

I also picked up the game and it is a very nice effort by EA. I am very impressed.

MUTTS · Post by **MUTTS** » Sat May 02, 2009 10:29 pm

With the MLB app and slacker radio, my time on the tractor mowing three acres is very enjoyable. Excellent sound quality. In years past I would listen to real radio while mowing and the reception sucked.
Very nice!

Tony

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Sat May 02, 2009 10:31 pm

MUTTS wrote:With the MLB app and slacker radio, my time on the tractor mowing three acres is very enjoyable. Excellent sound quality. In years past I would listen to real radio while mowing and the reception sucked.
Very nice!

On a slightly related subject, are you happy with the quality of the ear buds or are there better ones out there?

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Sat May 02, 2009 11:12 pm

There are earphones which cost several hundred dollars.

They better be superior to the ones Apple bundles!

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:40 pm

I'm getting no audio with Tiger Woods. I've deleted it and then downloaded it again and still nothing. Anyone have any clues on how to fix this?

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:50 pm

PRBoom wrote:I'm getting no audio with Tiger Woods. I've deleted it and then downloaded it again and still nothing. Anyone have any clues on how to fix this?

Take your phone off vibrate.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:53 pm

haha... um.. WOW.

Guilty

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:55 pm

Murph wrote:
MUTTS wrote:With the MLB app and slacker radio, my time on the tractor mowing three acres is very enjoyable. Excellent sound quality. In years past I would listen to real radio while mowing and the reception sucked.
Very nice!
On a slightly related subject, are you happy with the quality of the ear buds or are there better ones out there?

There are plenty of earphones that destroy the sh*t that apple packs in with their phones. These are the ones I prefer if you need to have a mic as well:

http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/pr ... sid=500745

or if you want to really cheap, but still significantly better:

http://www.griffintechnology.com/produc ... budsmobile

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:56 pm

PRBoom wrote:haha... um.. WOW.

Guilty

See...you may think I'm being a smartass, but every once in a while you find "that guy" that it actually helps. LOL.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:01 pm

Report: BlackBerry Curve overtakes iPhone as most popular smartphone

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/48631

I still want an iPhone. Gonna wait and see what June/new rumored models bring.

DivotMaker · Post by **DivotMaker** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:58 pm

Murph wrote:Report: BlackBerry Curve overtakes iPhone as most popular smartphone

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/48631

I still want an iPhone. Gonna wait and see what June/new rumored models bring.

Have both...iPhone is my current favorite and Curve is used when I am overseas so I can use a cheaper service with the unlocked Curve.....

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:30 pm

Murph wrote:Report: BlackBerry Curve overtakes iPhone as most popular smartphone

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/48631

I still want an iPhone. Gonna wait and see what June/new rumored models bring.

Makes sense considering Blackberry is still considered the "businessman's phone" when it comes to corporate accounts.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:17 pm

I think Blackberry's international plans are for email which goes through their servers but not for web browsing or any other kind of data for which the new smartphones are offering all kinds of apps.

I'd be surprised if Blackberrys are able to roam for minimal cost overseas while other brands have to pay through the nose.

There was a story last week about a guy who went down to Mexico and then downloaded Wall-E, about a gigabyte file, for his grandson.

His phone company billed him $68,000.

When there was the outcry, the phone company said they could cut the bill to $17,000 because that was what the Mexican phone company, whose network he roamed on, charged the US phone company.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:30 pm

Crack App of the day:

Touch Ski 3D

$.99

My best on the ski jump is 440 feet. Darn thing couldn't upload to the public server though.

The slalom is good fun as well.

WOOHOO...Number 3 in the world with a 466.53 jump.

New update tonight that adds mega content including the "V" for distance in ski jumping.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Wed May 13, 2009 10:25 pm

Sling Mobile for the iPhone is out. $29.99 for the app BUT it is WiFi only.