The Storm's touchscreen is weird and the GUI is fugly. The iPhone smokes it in every conceivable way. Don't get a Storm if you are going BB, get one with real keys.
― Dandy Don Weiner, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
the iPhone touchscreen is a bit of a pain in the ass, and you will have trouble at the beginning, but you will get over it, for the most part, as you get used to it and as you recognize the various other operational advantages it has over the blackberry
― a mountain climber who plays an electric guitar (gabbneb), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:20 (fifteen years ago) link
iphone has done youtube out of the box since day one!
― cutty, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:27 (fifteen years ago) link
if you get a blackberry, get the bold.
What major thing is it missing, then? I thought it was flash.
― яσσʍ♭ⱥȵℹҁᔔ ᴗȵȴℹʍℹȶ∊∂ (libcrypt), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
when you have an iphone, people are like "oh cool, an iphone", or they get all creepy and hater-ish about it: "oh an iphone, any other status symbols you want to show us?". if you have a blackberry nobody cares.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
that's my experience, anyway.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i know a *lot* of people with blackberries and treos and whatnot (no storms, yet, though) and they all look sad when they talk about iphones
― яσσʍ♭ⱥȵℹҁᔔ ᴗȵȴℹʍℹȶ∊∂ (libcrypt), Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:28 AM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
the browser doesnt do flash, but there is a separate youtube app.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/ipod-touch-was.html
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 05:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know if it's a testament to Apple's marketing or the thought process of your average non-geek American but my mother-in-law's husband's niece got an ipod touch for christmas despite the fact that nobody in the family owns a computer and had no idea you need one to get music onto it.
― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
well technically I'm pretty sure you could just go to a mcdonalds' and use the free wifi to buy things off the itunes store.
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 06:15 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a testament to how fearful people are of asking questions that might be perceived as stupid. E.g., "if I get this for my girl, can she listen to music on it?"
― яσσʍ♭ⱥȵℹҁᔔ ᴗȵȴℹʍℹȶ∊∂ (libcrypt), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Blackberry is better for email.
― Pope Gay Homo Awful House Music (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 07:41 (fifteen years ago) link
(I have heard)
i know a *lot* of people with blackberries and treos and whatnot (no storms, yet, though) and they all look sad when they talk about iphones― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:48 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 03:48 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
sad for the iphone not having a keyboard, teh snappy, copy and paste and multitasking we have no iFart either.
― Ed, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 10:58 (fifteen years ago) link
when does AT&T's exclusive deal with iPhone expire?
― caek, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
NEVAR
― cutty, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 12:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/peek-handheld-email-device.jpg
― ⠾⠣⠙⠢⠉⠽⠪ (cozwn), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 01:26 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/3155574190_17dde58837_o.jpg
― blunt, Thursday, 1 January 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Fucking iTunes just deleted half my iPhone applications without even asking me. Ropey cunt.
― mark taylor, mark dickhead morelike (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
does itunes post to ilx?
― cozwn, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
does anyone here have one of those email-only jammies? what's the point?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Mac Trojan Horse OSX.Trojan.iServices.A Foundin Pirated Apple iWork 09
http://www.intego.com/news/ism0901.asp
― James Mitchell, Friday, 23 January 2009 08:12 (fifteen years ago) link
^^ speaking of iwork i just found out that numbers can't even do a fucking HISTOGRAM, for gods sake!
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 26 January 2009 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Numbers is an embarrassment of an app. I was hoping that 09 would have ODBC/JDBC, but I saw no indications thus.
― Surfjan Stevens (libcrypt), Monday, 26 January 2009 08:08 (fifteen years ago) link
― James Mitchell, Monday, 26 January 2009 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
get outta here
― warmsherry, Monday, 26 January 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
― s1ocki, Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:52 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
my grandmother did
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Monday, 26 January 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
the point is that youre old
purported to be fake, that company apparently didn't exist in 2004.
― akm, Monday, 26 January 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
bizarre new macbook pro problem
pressing "eject" key doesn't eject CDs. they start to eject, stop, and then go back into the machine.
using the "eject" button on various applications, or dragging the CD into the dock for ejecting gets the CD to eject cleanly.
this is most pronounced when using itunes. 100% of the time it won't eject with the eject key, but will eject if i hit the eject button.
WTF is that?
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 February 2009 07:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Why can't things I drag onto the desktop appear where they are dragged? Why???
― suggest taliban (libcrypt), Friday, 27 February 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
For every problem I have with Linux I have at least three with Microsoft/Apple. This time itunes has decided to ignore my iphone. Reinstalling itunes AGAIN now.
― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 1 March 2009 05:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I checked on amazon for two games I hadn't played in awhile (Sims 2 + The Movies). The PC versions of the games cost about $14 new. The Mac versions? $40. Wtf?
― Mordy, Sunday, 1 March 2009 05:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Mac gaming is awful like that. Really annoying, you look for what's available and they're like 75% three-year-old ports are full retail price, and those prices NEVER come down!
― Nhex, Sunday, 1 March 2009 05:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Do you have "Arrange By Name" set to some value in the Desktop view options?
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 1 March 2009 06:59 (fifteen years ago) link
(sorry, I mean "Arrange By" )
No, I have no arrangement options set. I don't see the problem on single-display Macs, generally, but drag-to-desktop has pretty much always sucked on multiple-head configurations: Dragging from display 2 to display 1's desktop often results in an icon on desktop 2; dragging 2 -> 2 may result in an icon on display 1. Even if I can get it to land in the right desktop, it's usually placed there as if a new file were created w/o drag-&-drop.
― Suggestbandium (libcrypt), Sunday, 1 March 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
bizarre new macbook pro problempressing "eject" key doesn't eject CDs. they start to eject, stop, and then go back into the machine.using the "eject" button on various applications, or dragging the CD into the dock for ejecting gets the CD to eject cleanly.this is most pronounced when using itunes. 100% of the time it won't eject with the eject key, but will eject if i hit the eject button.WTF is that?― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 February 2009 02:32 (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 February 2009 02:32 (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
How abused is your mac book pro? I have this issue and I put this down to the dents and bangs mine has received.
― Ed, Sunday, 1 March 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
okay.
$29.99 for a new ipod shuffle dock. a new ipod shuffle costs $49.99.
with the design of the dock, it is almost impossible to use the fucker without it breaking-- it got bent and then broke after being in my bag for a mere evening.
seriously.
― the table is the table, Monday, 2 March 2009 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
You know, I can buy a fucking car and if it breaks, it usually doesn't cost the fucking cost of the car to fix it.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 2 March 2009 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
i think i might just go to the store sometime this week and start yelling. does anyone know if this works?
― the table is the table, Monday, 2 March 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
A refurbished shuffle costs about as much as the dock itself. Worth a look?
― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 2 March 2009 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
You can by non-apple shuffle USB cables for about five bucks.
― Ed, Monday, 2 March 2009 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been using this little USB plug for mine and it's been great. It looks like it costs $7 these days.
― Euler, Monday, 2 March 2009 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Be sure to begin your rant with HEY GENIUS.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 2 March 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
not abused *that* badly. no visible dings, and it's only about a year old.
but the casing does *seem* to bend down there towards the CD slot, possibly because it's where i rest my wrist as i type?
i really want to try to pry it a little wider but i'm not sure what kind of tool could manage that without leaving marks. maybe a no.2 pencil?
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 2 March 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, this looks like a bug that's been around for a bit. Check out:http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=87866
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 2 March 2009 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Euler, thanks for tip. will order asap. i miss music while on the bus.
― the table is the table, Monday, 2 March 2009 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link