How can they not include a simple case?
Com'on Apple, I love your products - but atleast appease the buyers a bit!
a lot of people don't want a case (like me) and want to enjoy the product the way it was meant to look
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a lot of people don't want a case (like me) and want to enjoy the product the way it was meant to look
I don't think they allow you to use any cell phone on an airplane.
Commercial jets are pressurized to the equivalent of about 6,000 feet. Many smaller planes are not pressurized but few of them fly much above 10,000 feet
Shouldn't slow down your network at all. And on the iPhone, you won't notice the difference between g and n speeds anyway, unless your internet connection is faster than cable/T1. Where you might notice the difference is in range.
I suspect Apple left out n for 2 reasons:
1. n may consume considerably more power
2. approval may have been an issue because the n protocol is still a long way from being finalized.
Edit: every other WiFi capable phone I have seen out there only supports wireless b, not even g...
Cross platform syncing
dotMac would allow you to sync information from several Mac computers (one of the main reasons I use the service) but I'm not sure what 3rd party solution is available for PC's. Perhaps a "Missing Sync" product would do the job and not require dotMac?
dotMac would allow you to sync information from several Mac computers (one of the main reasons I use the service) but I'm not sure what 3rd party solution is available for PC's. Perhaps a "Missing Sync" product would do the job and not require dotMac?
man i cannot wait to put my hands on that box! its going to be an awesome weekend playing w/my iphone and showin it to my friends
In Apple's "Welcome iPhone" video, they show that there's an Airplane button which switches off the phone and Wi-Fi features so that you can continue to play music, watch videos, read email previously downloaded, etc.
But will it work in my car?
No one, not even the reviewers I've read, has tried this thing with an automobile "hands free" bluetooth set up. Or third party "borg impant" hands free headsets which seem ubiquitous among the geek set.
Any information about that yet, or must we await the first production units to appear in the wild?
Ed
No one, not even the reviewers I've read, has tried this thing with an automobile "hands free" bluetooth set up. Or third party "borg impant" hands free headsets which seem ubiquitous among the geek set.
Any information about that yet, or must we await the first production units to appear in the wild?
Ed
iTunes 7.3 ???
Rumor is that it has some Leopard-specific features (iLife 7) in it, so it will need to wait for Leopard to be released this coming October.[/QUOTE]
At this point in time, it would be logical for Apple to release the updated version as iLife 8 and skip the consecutive number designation as they have previously done in iTunes.
On this thread, I found the iPhone need for iTunes version 7.3 the most interesting.
I would imagine this version would have had extensive debugging before being used with iPhone.
This would probably be a big help to some users on the Apple Discussions Forum, who have been complaining about myriad problems with 7.2.2
DIXIE
Rumor is that it has some Leopard-specific features (iLife 7) in it, so it will need to wait for Leopard to be released this coming October.[/QUOTE]
At this point in time, it would be logical for Apple to release the updated version as iLife 8 and skip the consecutive number designation as they have previously done in iTunes.
On this thread, I found the iPhone need for iTunes version 7.3 the most interesting.
I would imagine this version would have had extensive debugging before being used with iPhone.
This would probably be a big help to some users on the Apple Discussions Forum, who have been complaining about myriad problems with 7.2.2
DIXIE
Yeah, I was kinda bent out of shape to learn I couldn't use Photoshop, or that I couldn't edit The Great American Novel that I'm writing, or that it won't work with QuickBooks, or Google Earth, or Whack-A-Mole For Mac. Bummer, eh?
damn i'm getting tired of this iphone thing
What good is complaining about it going to do? All you're managing to do is reducing the enjoyment for the rest of us.
People complaining about iPhone news - get a grip. Go outside and get some fresh air.
You'd rather play guessing games on when iWork 3 is coming out? Or how many MHz the next MBP update would be? Come on now, this iPhone malarky is far more interesting right now. It will blow over in a few days.
You'd rather play guessing games on when iWork 3 is coming out? Or how many MHz the next MBP update would be? Come on now, this iPhone malarky is far more interesting right now. It will blow over in a few days.
How long does it take to activate my new iPhone?
Activation times can vary, but if you’re setting up a new line, it may take as little as a few minutes. If you’re porting a number from another carrier, it could take longer. While you’re waiting, you can make calls but not receive them.
Are they talking about making calls on your old service provider?
Or do they mean you can make emergency calls only on the iPhone when you don't have a sim card in it?
I didn't quite understand what they meant?
Sam
Sam, nobody has really answered your question, so I will take a stab at it.
Every time you make a phone call, the computer system that handles the call looks at the propagation tables (a big database) to determine where to send the call. The prop tables tell the computer which carrier network to send the call to and which account to send it to. (This is a simplified version of MDN and MIN - the two phone numbers in your phone).
Updating this database takes a few hours. When the porting law went into effect, it used to take up to two weeks to get this database updated (You had to carry both phones for two weeks).
So what does this mean to you in reality:
As an example I will assume you are moving your phone number from Verizon to Cingular.
Example:
You activate your iPhone in iTunes and you now have a working iPhone.
You can use your iPhone for out going calls, or use your old phone for out going calls. They both will make out going calls as this has nothing to do with the database (on your side).
The confusion comes in when someone calls you. Until the database is updated your old phone is going to ring and not your iPhone. The database is still sending calls to your Verizon phone.
So for a short time you are going to have to carry both phones. The iPhone to call someone, and the Verizon phone for people to call you.
When the database is updated the Verizon phone will no longer ring when someone calls you, but now your iPhone will.
You can then turn off your Verizon phone. Call them to confirm that the account is turned off (so your not double billed - if it's the only phone on the account).
Hope I haven't made this clear as mud
(For all you tech freaks, I know every telco maintains their own prop table and porting really has to do with capture, so I used the prop table as a database to explain it. So don't flame me for over-simplifying please.)
And by complaining about all the iPhone threads, all ppl like Shtekeris do is keep bumping the iPhone threads up...
From the "pictured" link in the main message:
"Can I “unlock” iPhone and use it with another wireless carrier?
AT&T is the exclusive wireless carrier for iPhone in the United States. If you currently use another wireless carrier, you can choose to transfer your number when you activate your AT&T account."
What does that really mean?
You can "transfer the number", but you cannot use any other carrier under any circumstances? I do believe.
So in other words, no, but not saying no directly!
Not surprising but waffle-ly supreme!
Rocketman
"Can I “unlock” iPhone and use it with another wireless carrier?
AT&T is the exclusive wireless carrier for iPhone in the United States. If you currently use another wireless carrier, you can choose to transfer your number when you activate your AT&T account."
What does that really mean?
You can "transfer the number", but you cannot use any other carrier under any circumstances? I do believe.
So in other words, no, but not saying no directly!
Not surprising but waffle-ly supreme!
Rocketman
Er, I think you're missing what I'm saying. I'm not expecting them to put iLife or a photo editing suite on the iPhone. I'm trying to find out why they allow to view Word documents but not Pages or Keynote documents on the iPhone. I could give a crap about QuickBooks or your lame novel.
Ooh - iTunes 7.3
I wonder if it will include anything nice for those of us outside of the US who still have to wait for our iPhones? There have certainly been a lot of recent updated from Apple.
Is ZFS really coming to OS X Leopard?
I wonder if it will include anything nice for those of us outside of the US who still have to wait for our iPhones? There have certainly been a lot of recent updated from Apple.
Is ZFS really coming to OS X Leopard?
I have a VPN link into the company I work for but my laptop has all the applications I use installed on it. OK I VPN into the network and checkout a CATIA file but I can't work on it on my iphone unless it has CATIA installed? Is it just for retrieving files or will they also announce a web office or even other applications so you can edit a word doc say? It sounds a brilliant feature but I think I am missing the point ??
On the iphone threads are boring. Make the most of it-this is history.
On the iphone threads are boring. Make the most of it-this is history.