Thread: i Phone & the red comma

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Morning Ron!

are you here or there?

Back home again. Got back to Oz yesterday about 0630

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Anyone else with an iPhone think they are crud? They are awkward to use, particularly texting, it needs charging twice a day and continually drop calls and lacks range. Land Rovers are more reliable.

Let me guess.. you are on Optus?

The continually drops calls and lacks range problems are truly optional, and the charging problem as well to some extent (constantly desperately searching for a decent phone network kills the battery).

It's not a business phone..

It would be nice to swap in a fully charged battery mid afternoon, but of course no ipods have removable batteries

And emails are expensive. Why can't it be set up just to download headers?

And the fixation with syncing with Itunes only I don't understand. Why can't I download podcasts when travelling? Why did Apple kill that app?

Regards
Max P

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Let me guess.. you are on Optus?

No, Voda. I changed my wireless BB over when I updated the phone which explains my sudden departure from this forum. I do have iffy Voda coverage here but my previous phones rarely dropped out, merely broke-up from time to time. What is push and location services? I have them both disabled.What idiotic company would sell a complex devise such as this, sans instructions.
Ron, if you can text/drive without looking at the phone I see no danger, it is safer than talking as it can be done out of sight, saving $300.
I can't text/drive with an iPhone as my diget covers six or eight characters at a time.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Ron, if you can text/drive without looking at the phone I see no danger, it is safer than talking as it can be done out of sight, saving $300.

I suspect it would take concentration to text and therefore be undesirable.

Originally Posted by Tusker

It's not a business phone..

It would be nice to swap in a fully charged battery mid afternoon, but of course no ipods have removable batteries

And emails are expensive. Why can't it be set up just to download headers?

And the fixation with syncing with Itunes only I don't understand. Why can't I download podcasts when travelling? Why did Apple kill that app?

Regards
Max P

1. If your on the road, a $10.00 charger will keep it fresh.
Making lots of calls even on a Nokia etc will kill the battery quick.
I know no-one who has a spare battery - Even after 20 years of owning mobiles I've never had a 2nd battery... Just a car kit/charger

2. You can set it to do headers Only

3. I download PodCasts when out on the road often. The function is still there...


Side Note...

When Synced with iTunes the phone checks for updates.
Usually this then displays "Current, will check next **/**/****" being the next day..

Well, with the impending release of OS 3 for iPhone I noticed something last night when I was syncing...

The NEXT sync date is 07/06/2009... The day of Apples Tech event, and the suspected release of OS 3...

Cant wait

If it is not locked to a provider, how much do you want for it?

Howard

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Wish someone would steal mine, they'd bring it back though. Useless thing, it's not even heavy enough to make an anchor for a model boat.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

No, Voda. I changed my wireless BB over when I updated the phone which explains my sudden departure from this forum. I do have iffy Voda coverage here but my previous phones rarely dropped out, merely broke-up from time to time. What is push and location services? I have them both disabled.What idiotic company would sell a complex devise such as this, sans instructions.
Ron, if you can text/drive without looking at the phone I see no danger, it is safer than talking as it can be done out of sight, saving $300.
I can't text/drive with an iPhone as my diget covers six or eight characters at a time.

Everything you need to now is there.
There is an online manual (very common) and exceptional help areas on the web...

I'd suggest, no offence, that the issues are more to do with the complexity of the device and your *current* lack of understanding about it. Calm down, learn the product, and you'll find it an excellent unit.

Vodafone towers - Whilst not losing signal, are causing more drop-outs and break ups... This will cause the phone to operate at higher power to maintain contact and will eat battery (my LG had a 5-6 day battery life, but in the Flinders this reduced to under 24 hours as it pushed power to maintain contact)


As for texting/driving.. I see no urgency EVER that requires ANY person to SMS whilst driving....
We are a rushed society with no patience anymore...
I'm not saying I havent done it before, but wont do it anymore... Stopped doing it a couple of years ago..... Texting (not looking) and a Roo jumped out in front of the vehicle.... Phone went flying, luckily I missed the Roo strike!

The mental focus on the conversation you're texting draws your attention away from things (it has to) and the fact your hands arent on the controls reduces your reaction time in an emergency. (Has to!)