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I did try a search, but couldn't find anything (and don't have time to go through 20 pages of comments), but i've just noticed the Manually manage music and videos button on the Summary page on iTunes. Now i've checked it, I can drag music to the iPhone directly, without having to add it to a bloody playlist first.

Is this new, or was this included on an old update? If it is old i'm gonna be mega angry! I've been wishing they'd stop that ridiculous playlist only functionality!

Im afraid thats always been there - but I only noticed it a few weeks ago. I too had been farting about with playlists to get stuff onto my iphone.

Im sure us eejits are not alone.....
 
Im afraid thats always been there - but I only noticed it a few weeks ago. I too had been farting about with playlists to get stuff onto my iphone.

Im sure us eejits are not alone.....


The button is the same as in 1.1.3. I've never tried it though - but NOW I'm going to! Thanks for the tip!

Dave
 
1.1.3 was 162 MB
1.1.2 was 160 MB
1.1.4 is 165 MB

There's only 3 MB of new data...which would explain the Safari fixes, SMS, jailbreaking, etc.


Both iPhone and iPod Touch has the ability to install the SDK software. We saw that with the iPod Touch when people bought the January Update and installed 5 new applications...sure, they were ported from the iPhone, but nonetheless they were installed.

Actually, the Touch apps were bundled in with the Touch update. People who paid just got to activate them (so those who updated their Touch but did not pony up the money have the apps on there - but can't use them). They were not installed. We don't know what the installation method is going to be.
 
I confirm your confirmation. Sweet. I have a Nuvi 760. It also now sucks in the iPhone addressbook.

Would be nice if I could create an AddressBook group for the Nuvi. I don't really need all 3 numbers each for developer that used to work for me. Maybe I'll have to change how my MBP syncs addresses to my iPhone.


Anyone know if any of the Kenwood BT devices suck in the address book too?
 
VPN support on iPod Touch!

iPod Touch now has support for VPN, like the iPhone! That definitely wasn't there before...
 
One feature that i think is greatly needed is being able to add recent call numbers to contacts. picture messaging is a must!
 
Actually, the Touch apps were bundled in with the Touch update. People who paid just got to activate them (so those who updated their Touch but did not pony up the money have the apps on there - but can't use them). They were not installed. We don't know what the installation method is going to be.

Thinking intuitive, probably just a simple sync which installs it. :p

Interesting...I thought that it installed the apps. Otherwise someone would have figured out how to crack it? =/
 
In Japan, people use e-mail on their phones to message eachother, and everyone's fine. If e-mail is implemented properly, there is no need for MMS.

Good for Japan. In America people use email and SMS/MMS to send text and pics. Apple is selling the phone in America so they should have both.
 
If Apple want to target business smartphone users, how many of them use MMS? for business? come on... is like all this people who don't buy the MBA because there are not enough USB ports...

In Europe MMS have always been quite expensive! nobody uses it, I received one in all my life... SMS instead are reaching crazy levels, now you get 1000 SMS allowances a month!
I worked in a GSM operator, so we had "access" to it... but never bothered using MMS, also it is clumsy and difficult to se in 99% of the phone models, so why Apple should bother?
LOL BUSINESS SUPPORT?!? There is NO business support without exchange integration. The iPhone is targeted towards business about as much as any other product from Apple is. Try again.
 
My observation:

It's unlikely that the SDK will be out soon.

I would expect that Apple would want the majority of the user base on 1.1.4 before pushing the SDK on developers, no?

Perhaps a month would ensure that enough users have 1.1.4, assuming that it's the precursor to the SDK?
 
One feature that i think is greatly needed is being able to add recent call numbers to contacts.

Thats been a feature from the begining. Go to your recent contacts - select the arrow on the right of a number and see the options ("Create New Contact" and "Add to Existing Contact").
 
One feature that i think is greatly needed is being able to add recent call numbers to contacts. picture messaging is a must!

You can already add recent call and missed call numbers to contact. Just hit the blue arrow next to it and select either "Create New Contact" or "Add to Existing Contact."
 
For anyone looking for Flip4Mac support, it is interesting to note that by going to http://analyze.privacy.net on the iPod Touch, under Plugin Information it says:

Plugin Quicktime Version: Installed (version Not Tested or result unavailable)
Plugin Flip4Mac installed

Obviously the plugin isn't working, but it's interesting that it thinks it is present.
 
Good for Japan. In America people use email and SMS/MMS to send text and pics. Apple is selling the phone in America so they should have both.

I am just having a problem with the logic of not having MMS. (Barring some corperate reasoning that I am unaware of)

This is my thinking:

Phones without MMS, SMS, and E-Mail = Many unhappy users

Phones with SMS and either MMS OR E-mail (but not both, i.e. iPhone) = some unhappy users (this is evident in the forum responses of many people)

BUT

A phone with all three (SMS, MMS, and E-Mail) = happy everyone.

All 3 are optional to use any way, I don't see why Apple or anyone else (including posters on this board) could protest.
 
VPN support hasn't been enhanced though has it? Cisco VPN is my no.1 desire for the iPhone, if that's been added I'm heading home right away!
 
Camera Is Way Better!

I read 10 pages of this discussion board before my update was ready and I read people saying that the camera was better.

I took my phone out and snapped a couple of pictures and then updated my phone. After the update, I took the exact same photos and I can say that there is a noticeable difference!:)

Awesome, I will definitely start using the camera feature more often now. Hopefully a video function is right around the corner as well, that is what I am really looking forward to.
 
At this point we need FLASH support and the ability to play WMV video from websites.

I'd rather not have the ability to slow down a mobile device with 15 flash adverts thank you.

Never mind the proprietary piece of crap that is WMV.

As for people hating on Flash.... why?

If someone builds a site solely in Flash and you don't even notice, then that person did their job the right way. If you get frustrated by navigating a site or it has long pauses for load time, then the Flash work was crap.

I wish that web page development was a hybrid of Flash and HTML, but in an intensive graphical way. Creating a web page should in no way involve writing code that can muck up if you forget one little closure mark. It should be like laying out a page in Illustrator with Photoshop and Flash capabilities.

You've got it totally wrong.

The web is about information dissemination. Plain text search. Flash sites aren't even searchable with Google, because they're so messed up with their own eliteness. Flash is a good tool for certain uses, but as a technology to do entire websites, oh dear lord, NO.

HTML, CSS, etc, are simple. If you can't do it, go and train in another industry. You'll never understand back-end systems, databases, security, etc. Most websites don't even need to worry about HTML, they're template based at some level, your article is stored in the database, possibly not even as HTML but as Wiki, or another style of markup. And that's what the web is about, it isn't about flashiness, it's about content.

However you might get part of your wish if SVG gets popular as a standards-based medium, and it is integrated well with websites.
 
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