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Are there any decent instant messenger programs available? I've tried the one in the app store, but it's crap. Agile Messenger looks ace, but I don't think they've ported it over to 2.x and it's expensive. All I'm missing is being able to pop on MSN, and preferably not through a we app.

The N96 is actually a worse phone. It's slower, has a lower spec battery, can't do Voip, doesn't have any hardware 3d etc etc

Apparently, I haven't checked this myself yet 'cos there's no wifi coverage here, but the iPlayer for the iPhone now includes radio listen again!

It does, aye.

The iPhone is now perfect.

Not until it comes out on other networks. I want it on Orange

Should I get a shit phone with a "free" iPod Touch 32GB OR! pay more money for a 16GB iPhone? I'm erring towards the former as I can see few advantages for the latter.

Mine's on Orange but I guess you mean the 3G one.. Still, there are rumours that Orange are about to start selling the 3G with contract anyway.

I think that was debunked. Even if you get the 3G on O2 PAYG, there is no sign yet of a network unlock for it.

Oh except for these things of course. That's the only way to do it at the moment.

FTFM. I just got an N95 8gb (which now on it's 3rd charge is doing a hell of a lot better on battery btw Grim...) because Apple were being exclusivity cocks.

Yeah, my wife has an old one on Orange. But no GPS and 3G makes it fail utterly at being a good phone IMO.

Does the 3G solve the nerfed Bluetooth issues?

Good good. Let's MMS each other!

Curse you!

The calibration on LiIon cells settles down over a couple of charge cycles.

Nope, still only does headset/handsfree profiles. This is a weakness of the iPhone that does annoy me a bit; in particular I would like A2DP and OBEX. I hold out hope for a fix one day (it is only software after all), but that seems quite faint.

I just don't understand why they've done it.

It's not what they've done. They haven't done anything; that's the problem - they haven't written it. Running their own custom OS it's not like they would have had a Bluetooth stack from the vendor or anyone ready to drop in, and it may not be compatible with the OS X one because of the totally different processor architecture.

It's like a lot of stuff, for example MMS and copy-and-paste; Apple have been ruthless with the features list, presumably because they were launching on tight deadlines with limited resources, and have focussed on the domestic, i.e. North American, market. MMS and Bluetooth OBEX is much less important there so it didn't go in.

At least it's not a cockup like Mobile Me though. When I look at that I am glad Apple decided to bite off only as much as they could chew with the iPhone OS.

i used im+, not really great, but free

I got an N95 8GB in the end, as it was £25 per month, 600 mins, 1000 texts, unlimited data. Was tempted by the N96 just for the increased storage but couldn't justify the extra expense. Screw you iPhone losers - I'm going to MMS all day long!

The N96 sucks in a lot of ways too having read down the full spec, I'm increasingly thrilled with my N95 8gb now I've tried the rather spiffy Divx player etc.

Sorry in advance if its already been discussed on here but does anyone know of any good software, preferably free, which converts avi into a format which can been used on an ipod nano for example?

Take a look at this page (for iPod (and other things) video conversion - silly new page).

Thanks for that, I think it is pretty good.
I don't suppose you've tried uploading one of these to youtube have you? Mine came out very pixellated and the sound had white noise on it. I'm trying converting it to different formats first but maybe someone knows a recipe for good results..?

Hello.

This is an old thread isn't it?

Well, I have a question.

My daddio wants to get an iPhone 3G. I don't know why as he's technical as a brick, but still...is it as simple as walking in to Carphone and buying a box with an iPhone 3G in it, going home, cracking it, and slapping his current SIM in it?

I've done the dirty with a friend's iPhone before and that was a piece of piss, so I assume the 3G is much the same. I'll be doing the technical "make it work" side of things, but I just wanted to see if it works as I think it does with a 3G before he spends any cash moneys on it.

Advise-me-do!

Sadly not. The 3G can be jailbroken but not unlocked. Also, it has to be bought with either the subscription or the PAYG option.

A none-3G one from ebay is your best bet. I just got one for my dad coincidentally. The zooming-in on email text so it can be read without glasses is apparently quite the big deal

If anyone wants an iPhone IM client, I can thoroughly recommend BeeJiveIM from the App Store. It used to be pretty expensive but it's on sale this weekend for £5.99. It's a very nice app. I can also recommend the new premium Twitter app, Tweetie, for £1.79; as with BeeJive, the interface and feature list are streets ahead of the free apps.

see you responded, did upload some to youtyube, but sometimes the result was horrible, vimeo was better, processing it through imovie and then exporting it too youtube size works better,

see my sodertalje vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHNJNGPmLA

Yeah, I forgot to say, I managed to upload to YT - just run it through VisualHub on the mp4 setting and the result was reasonable.



Var kan jag hyra av par skidor!

you can rent ski's at lots of places!

(and although i have an iphone rain detection radar programme, i haven't got a ski programme yet..)

Nosing around in HMV before, I finally found some in-ear canal earphones for the iPhone, at the fairly reasonable price of £14.99. I've been looking for ages to get rid of the shoddy stock ones. On first use, they're not bad, and certainly a step up - you can actually hear the bass. So if anyone is after some, I'll post some pics and have a better test of them.

Do they have a mic and click remote control like the stock ones? I've been using my Sennheiser's, but it'd be useful to have some decent earphones with those functions.

They do, aye. That was my basic criterion for new headphones. Bugger having to fumble around getting my phone out when I can click a button.

The button/mic isn't as elegantly made as the Apple one, but it's functional. I'll test the mic shortly.

Oooh, I shall be mightily interested in this too, since I've been using bog-standard Sennheiser earphones with my iPhone too.

The mic seems fine, but as these earphones sit in your canals, they block out a fair bit of ambient sound, so it feels weird talking on the hands-free unless you take out the left earpiece. That's no big deal for me.

Music feels louder, too, since presumably less escapes into your surroundings. This is good for battery life.

And your hearing.

Excellent news. What brand are they? I'll have to have a look online.

The brand is 'Exspect'. No, me neither.



Probably!

I've found their website through a cunning method of deduction. However, none of the earphones on there match your description.

No, quite definitely. So-called "canalphones" (i.e. any headphone where the driver is on a small tip inserted into your ear canal, with a seal around it to cut out on background noise) has an implicit noise cancellation effect, which means the same perceived volume is achieved at lower power, which is good for your ears.

Probably!*



Ah, cunning. I can't see them on there either. But they must exist, else I'm having the most mundane dream.


*yes, definitely. Thank You for the Science, Gaywood!™

Why are you both so bad at using the quote tag?

I quoted his atrocity, so I was spiked from the off.

Retardation.

iPhone OS 3.0 announcement is at 5pm today. Early rumours from insider-journalists (@kevinrose and @gruber) are that MMS and cut/copy/paste are in, at least, and possibly also official tethering support.

Yeah, Riles beat you to the punch in the other phone thread, I think.

-edit- except tethering, I hadn't heard that.

I'm sure tethering is an issue for them due to the 'unlimited' data offered by the networks.

How would an 8GB torrent download go down with O2?

I would expect tethering to come only in certain territories and to have a tight fair use cap (as indeed current 3G data contracts do).

It's only a rumour, too, of course.

Pls to explain tethering in very simple terms for someone who hasn't heard the term before?

Using your mobile's internet connection with something else (eg a laptop).

Like having a 3G card in your computer.

Allowing laptops to use the internet by using the phone as a "modem"

Malc