New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

One of the big irritations about the iPhone is I can't use it to keep my work and home iTunes in sync. Yes you can hack Itunes so two copies on different machines speak to it but unless you keep your sync settings and playlists exactly the same it ends up futzing with what is on the iPhone.

I stopped using my iphone for music when it became obvious that the 3G couldn't play music while it was doing anything else at all ever. That and I kept knocking it out of my hand when the headphone cable was plugged in. Also there's 90 Gb of music on my classic so

Also that time I went to Qld for two weeks and discovered on DAY ONE that that old iphone bug had hidden ALL MY MUSIC and the only way to fix it was to go home and sync.

Safari really does feel a LOT faster in 4.3.

cant do 4.3 until official jailbreak is out.

loooooooooooool

http://blog.jondascola.com/post/3727188503/ios-notification-system

Interesting idea for the notification system.

If I get a charger to keep in the office I'll probably ditch the iPod Touch for this purpose.

Yeah, just buy one of these for $5 (or a generic one if you trust that, for $1.70) and plug it into a USB port of your computer at work. Cheaper than getting a charger.

hey is there a remote to control my docked ipod in the car.

http://blog.jondascola.com/post/3727188503/ios-notification-system

Interesting idea for the notification system.

― juicebox, Thursday, 10 March 2011 08:47 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

It's getting closer but that's still a v small target for a finger and probably goes against every Apple HIG there is (let's pretend for a sec that Apple never breaches its own HIG).

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/tuneflex-aux-with-smartclick

xpost, not the most elegant solution

I'll be the pedant who complains that they meant to caption Foursquare and Instagram but just wrote Instagram twice
x-post

Safari is definitely faster and personal hotspot has already saved me $150. WIN.

personal hotspot? is that a 4.3 thing?? I JUST bought mywi

I think the verizon phone had it enabled off the bat, but yeah, it's an addition to the tethering for 4.3

It is a 4.3 thing, I think it's dependent on your carrier though xp

personal hotspot is $45 on at&t?!?!?!!

WAHT

you guys are unlimited data y/n

It depends on when you signed up. I don't think they have any unlimited data plans now, just 200MB/2GB?

Ah. I have 3 Gb/month here and no tethering fee (hence $150 saving on ipad and kindle purchases).

ahhh. I got grandfathered in with unlimited data. sticking with mywi thx

i have a dropbox question

actually never mind i figured it out

What was costing $150 a month? Surely not a data plan??

diff b/n wi-fi kindle (~$50) & 3g kindle + diff b/n wi-fi ipad & 3g ipad (~$100)

diff b/n wi-fi kindle (~$50) & 3g kindle + diff b/n wi-fi ipad & 3g ipad (~$100)

diff b/n wi-fi kindle & 3g kindle (~$50) + diff b/n wi-fi ipad & 3g ipad (~$100)

I have unlimited data and tethering and it costs me $40 a month SUCK IT

can someone explain why I usually have to turn wi-fi off to watch YouTube vids on my iPhone 4? Now that I think abt it, had the same problem with my iPhone 3. kthx

What does "b/n" mean? Sorry, I'm probably being thick.

b/n = between, sorry

my 3gb/mth (inc tethering) costs ~$15/th

/mth

Ah, got you.

you guys are unlimited data y/n

Yes. Grandfathered in with my original iPhone 1.0 plan

I got grandfathered in a year ago November. I think they cut unlimited data plans shortly after. Really hoping I can keep it and get a new iPhone later this year.

so basically this new ipad 2 has 512 mb ram \(^_^)/

Keep forgetting that there's another reason to get the 3G-enabled iPad - the wifi-only one doesn't have GPS. I know location-based services can do a reasonable job with base station triangulation in urban areas, but still.

the only GPS service is use is the maps, i disallow it on everything else.

The GPS abilities these apps have now is scary, as I've seen on my iPod touch - I guess Google is using the IP or something

You mean the non-GPS abilities? Touches and non-3G iPads use triangulation from known wifi hotspots in place of GPS.

It's not just the Touch stuff, I've seen other websites use the same Google maps triangulation too from my home computer

Has the location security settings moved to a more prominent place in 4.3 or am I just imagining it. I'm glad I did because now the Angry Birds won't know where I've hidden their eggs. (serious wtf does angry birds need to know my location for?)

I let all apps know my location. It's wonderful and magical.

Has the location security settings moved to a more prominent place in 4.3 or am I just imagining it. I'm glad I did because now the Angry Birds won't know where I've hidden their eggs. (serious wtf does angry birds need to know my location for?)

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:23 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

so they can fly into your house and knock it down.

It did move though, yeah. Full breakdown here (ilounge does these really well, always worth checking in with them when there's a new firmware): http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/instant-expert-secrets-features-of-ios-4.3/

is there any news about uk ipad pricing? or when that will be announced?

International prices are unknown atm. Given your weak pound they'll probably be more expensive than the last ones.

i just got my hands on a mid 2007 aluminum body imac. its got 1gb RAM and i want to upgrade; is the difference between 4GB (which would mean buying 2x2GB) and 3GB (which would mean buying a single 2GB to slot next to the current 1GB) significant enough to be worth the extra $40?

I think more ram is always worth it and I wouldn't work with less than 4 these days.

my old sysadmin's advice still holds, i think - "RAM is like money, you can't have too much"