I HATE APPLE

anyone got a link to the chart showing how much apple stock you'd have if you'd invested in shares instead of buying their laptops on release

http://cdn.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/800/20110119-jgh61ps6d7ufqwm8b7b6cyxx7f.jpg

Bastard thing did it again. So it looks like every time I plug my ipod into my conputer it fucks up, loses all the songs and says it has to be reset to factory settings. Brilliant. The only upside is this model doesn't run out of battery very often.

yeah i dont have one lying around, and its not anything crucial, just annoying given how used to keyboard shortcuts i am. ill see if i can borrow one later, or just replace this bad boy. going on 4 years with this laptop anyway and my eye is starting to wander...

dont worry though ill keep this thread updated.

― max, Sunday, December 19, 2010 6:27 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what'd you end up doing with your computer, max? i spilled some whiskey on the right side of my macbook keyboard a few days ago and the A through L keys and the left option key (none of which were spilled on) are all dead. probably going to end up with permanent usb keyboard :-/

nothing. all my keys work fine individually, but the shortcuts that didnt work at the beginning still dont work. its a pain.

Whenever I try to log on to ILX on my iphone, when I type in my name (at the start of my e-mail address) the autocorrect keeps changing it to 'nanoscale'. Is there a way I can add my name to a dictionary of known words so that it won't keep trying to change it?

Settings > General > Keyboard > Edit User Dictionary

I don't get that option under Keyboard.

But my surname (along with other words I use) has automatically been added to the user dictionary, just from me having typed it a few times.

What's your iPhone?

I din't get that option either (i have a 3GS)

I have a 3GS and I've got it. neener neener

iPhone 4, running OS 4.2.1

Jamie, you could try resetting the user dictionary under Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary (if you don't think it's added anything useful) and then try typing your name a few more times, refusing the autocorrect suggestion.

Weird. Mine's 4 with 4.2.1 as well. I've got three active keyboards, that might have something to do with it.

I din't get that option either (i have a 3GS)

Same for me. I think maybe the problem is that I've never typed it in other text (e.g. in a text message or an ILX post), just when trying to log on to ILX, so it hasn't been added to the dictionary. Maybe I should just try typing it over and over and over.

Actually that seems to have worked. I have just sent my Dad a text consisting of my name repeated ten times, though.

NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY NASTY <send>

I din't get that option either (i have a 3GS)

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 28 January 2011 10:29 (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

i didn't either, but i found that if you add an international dictionary (chinese simplified pinyin seems to do the trick) then tap back, the "edit user dictionary" option magically appears. it's what i love about apple, so intuitive.

ok, did it. my user dictionary says "No Words" which is wrong, i mean "jeez" and things like that go in fine with no autocorrection

is noone else just grossed out by this verizon iphone situation?

what is gross about it?

the fact that they are going to release an iphone 5 in about 5 months so people who sign w/ verizon now will have to pay $500 to upgrade to the new one

people do have the choice not to buy one, or not to upgrade.

Apple is just extracting fair market value from the small number of people who want iPhone on verizon now AND want to have the latest iPhone in 5 months time. It's classic price discrimination, extracting the most money from those most willing to pay.

I will buy an iPhone next week and when 5 comes out, if it's mindblowing I'll take the hit, and if it's not I'll get it, or whatever's new, when my contracts over.

why not just wait? idgi. my contract's up next month but i like my 3GS just fine.

because I'm sick to death of not having a smartphone and I can't wait another 5 months. What exciting new features can we expect from iPhone 5 that will make it worth the wait?

more oomph, you can pay for your starbucks by smugly slamming it into your barista's face

dual core processor, beefed up graphix

I'll probably be ok. Just hope it doesn't look better because that's what really matters.

i heard you'll be able to buy it in a tattoo form factor

i just bought a 3gs, why not for $20. I can wait on the 4...or 5 or 6.

Apple is just extracting fair market value from the small number of people who want iPhone on verizon now AND want to have the latest iPhone in 5 months time. It's classic price discrimination, extracting the most money from those most willing to pay.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:34 (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

It's very easy to find Apple's product cycles on the web. If you don't care enough to do that, you probably won't care that your phone is three years old. I don't see what's exploitative here.

i imagine the timing had more to do w/when the deal just happened to get done anyway, whats verizon gonna do wait four months

for AT&T customers at least, you can sell your previous-gen iPhone for $300+, so upgrading to a 5 doesn't really cost $500-600. I got $380 for a 3GS at Christmas.

no look i mean a) it verizon blah b) it runs on 3G when Verizon have 4G/LTE and c) yeah A NEW IPHONE WILL BE OUT THIS SUMMER (and i assume it will run on ATT's mid year release of their 6Mbs LTE

i dont know. maybe you had to have worked at verizon to realize how desperate and stupid this is on their part.

ANOTHER ITUNES UPDATE FFS

a) agreed b) verizon has lte in like ten square blocks nationwide right? c) this is still speculative despite everyone and their mom claiming it is true

there will definitely be a new iphone out this summer, but it seems kinda doubtful that it'll be "4g"

iPhone V

If it's not at least LTE I guess I'll wait another year :(

prediction for 10.7 applications folder renamed 'apps'

dock renamed iDock

finder replaced with an api and a dashboard app

force quit replaced by epileptic windows

no keyboard of any kind, just buttons to express a preselected set of ideas/feelings/etc.

apple finding some lame excuse to ban ms office 2011 from the lion app store for two days

10.7 will make your computer hover

(2011 models only)

Apple's new in-app purchase policy is fucked, to whit:

http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/reactions-to-apple-in-app-purchase-policy-change-continue/

Publishers report feeling “betrayed” by the change—after hyping the iPad and investing in apps for it, Apple is turning around and requiring them to make an option available that will rob them of 30% of their revenue and access to the analytical data that they use to make many purchasing decisions.

Appalling crap like this is starting to push me away from Apple.

Sony's new Reader app was rejected by Apple because there was no in-app purchasing option. The requirement has apparently been in place for a while, but completely unenforced; Apple suddenly decided to start enforcing it the day Sony's app was being approved. Unbelievably sly and cynical.