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Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

Jake — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:30:13 -0000

Haven't tried the headphone jack in my car yet, but I plugged it into my my mini-speakers, and it sounded great. They use the sync interface, so maybe that's the difference.

I've used headphones to listen to Pandora though, and it sounds fine.

I haven't seen too many issues with 2.0. 1.1.4 was way buggier for me, but you're not the first to complain of issues. Maybe reinstall it? I'd expect a batch of fixes soon, if only to defeat the unlock/jailbreak.

Didn't Apple learn from Hughes' battle with hackers a decade ago? You can't hope to win that battle.

Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

topperge — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:20:48 -0000

Have you tried using the headphone jack with Pandora at all? I plugged it in my truck and it sounds like garbage compared to the iPod output. Someone told me it was something about the API not allowing access to built in DAC.

I'm also getting some constant crashes on some of the apps like facebook, twinkle, etc. Hoping there is a patch soon.

Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

Jake — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:20:50 -0000

Very cool stuff. It's very limiting to: 1) have Pandora stop playing when I switch over to check mail or tweet and 2) have the phone lock itself while the radio is playing. Apps should be able to manipulate these types O/S-level processes.

Unlocked iPhones do run apps in the background, which is nice, I hear.

Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

topperge — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:39:55 -0000

I have to agree about the background apps. That was the killer feature of my Nokia. I would be driving along and it could warn me of upcoming speed traps and speed cameras through Trapster. But by far my favorite was an app called Best Profiles. Based on my location, calendar, and schedule it would switch between super loud (at home) and vibrate mode (if I'm in a meeting). I got so used to it that I'm not the guy in the meeting with the blaring cell phone.

Lets hope that the background stuff changes soon because it opens up too many possibilities that push tech will never solve.

Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

Jake — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:43 -0000

Good tip. I did see Yelp! mixed into the Where app, but didn't spend time on it.

Useful is a stretch for iPhone so far. The rumblings about how enterprisey it really is have already begun. Our internal calendar won't sync, even with various hacks, VPN is a no-go since there's no way to put a cert on the phone (w/o an unlock), etc. So, for now, I'm adding the "for business" claim to the list of bogosity with "twice as fast" and "half the cost".

Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

Jake — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:23:37 -0000

Keep us updated with your iPhone thoughts. I'm curious about how well the 3G one performs and how much it really costs.

I like the Matrix moment, "Hello, Neo." trick.

My wife would freak out if the terminal opened at all on her Mac. I wonder if the OS X terminal has full screen . . . :)

Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

Joe — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:57:56 -0000

Agree on Pandora being great. In terms of cool, but only mildly useful, get UrbanSpoon!

Re: Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps

noelportugal — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:27:47 -0000

I agree Pandora is great! I just got my first iPhone and so far so good, my prev phone was this WM5 PPC brick. Listening to online streams was a pain and full of "bufferings". Now I have been plugin in my iPhone to my car and no skips whatsoever!My 15-20 min commute has become a treat! BTW if you really want to freak your wife out; enable ssh into her mac- from your terminal ssh to hers and type - $say Hello yourmessagehere . I did it to my wife for a while until she found it was me!