iphone

vansmack wrote:
I'm a little surprised people are talking about tethering being added to the iPhone.  In my eyes that's the best new feature - I can't tell you how valuable that is, especially with a netbook.

Maybe the one feature on teh iphone that i REALLY miss from the WinMo phones I've had…definately saved my ass a few times.  Will it be included in iphone 3.0?  I guess i didn't finish the article…

Doctor wrote:
I love this photo:



It perfectly illustrates the amazing chutzpah of Apple – they're showing off "Cut, copy, and paste" as if it's a brilliant, cutting edge idea that they just came up with

actually, they're showing it off as a new feature being added to the iPhone.  i don't see any "WE INVENTED COPY AND PASTE" banners.  i haven't read anything about apple claiming to be ahead of the curve on this one.  maybe you have?

what was the alternative - add copy and paste (finally) but not say anything?  this long-sought-after feature, as basic as it is, should be left for people to discover on their own?  people asked for it, apple delivered, albeit late in the game.  they had to promote it, but promotion <> claim of invention.

chaz wrote: Will it be included in iphone 3.0?&nbsp;

Yes, but it will require some agreement with your phone provider and Apple has said they will not step in and force the service provider to take any steps. As the iPhone is exclusive, I wouldn't look for much competition to add this to the existing plan at no charge.

Tethering is part of my Sprint Everything family plan, though I'm not sure if Verizon or T-Mobile include it without an additional charge.

In doing my research, I should point out that Apple 3.0 is USB tethering only (not bluetooth), but in my experience, the speed increase with USB tethering far out weighs the convenience of not using a cable. 

vansmack wrote:

chaz wrote: Will it be included in iphone 3.0?&nbsp;

Yes, but it will require some agreement with your phone provider and Apple has said they will not step in and force the service provider to take any steps. As the iPhone is exclusive, I wouldn&#039;t look for much competition to add this to the existing plan at no charge.

Tethering is part of my Sprint Everything family plan, though I&#039;m not sure if Verizon or T-Mobile include it without an additional charge.

T-Mobile is the only carrier I ever used a windows mobile device, and I think it worked with any unlimited data plan.  Not sure though, as it was a work phone so I didn't pay the bill or come up with the plan.

Sweetcell, it all come down to how you look at it.

When a software company releases a bug patch, or adds an obvious feature that should have been there in the first place, are you overwhelmed with gratitude and admiration that they did something about it, or are you glad but still slightly annoyed that they sold you an incomplete piece of software in the first place?

If it's the former, you too may be a fanboi.

if its the latter i wouldnt have bought the software in the first place

Doctor wrote:
Sweetcell, it all come down to how you look at it.

When a software company releases a bug patch, or adds an obvious feature that should have been there in the first place, are you overwhelmed with gratitude and admiration that they did something about it, or are you glad but still slightly annoyed that they sold you an incomplete piece of software in the first place?

If it&#039;s the former, you too may be a fanboi.

i doubt i qualify as a fanboi - wouldn't i have to own one? 

who here is overwhelmed with gratitude and admiration?  i think my post was clearly in the "glad but still slightly annoyed" category, not that i have a horse in this race.  i'm sure the apple message boards are full of "praise be to Jobs for copy and paste" adirations, but that's the fanboi community.  apple can't take responsibility for them.

you still haven't explained how that image conveys the "amazing chutzpah of showing off "Cut, copy, and paste" as if it's a brilliant, cutting edge idea that they just came up with"?  i didn't watch the presentation so maybe the speaker did flaunt it like something new, but in that image i see someone pointing out a new few feature on their hardware - nothing more.  there is no "we invented this" banner or other messianic proclamation.  should they have ignored this new feature and not talked about it at all?  that extreme seems to be the only one that would make you happy… and i think that's unrealistic.  that's all.

that the iphone didn't have this capability from the outset is lame, but let's not mix topics.

Doctor wrote:
When a software company releases a bug patch, or adds an obvious feature that should have been there in the first place, are you overwhelmed with gratitude and admiration that they did something about it, or are you glad but still slightly annoyed that they sold you an incomplete piece of software in the first place?

That all falls under what I have always called a MacHandicap.

Have no idea if this works all that well or what. Just happened to see this article and thought I'd share it here. To be honest, I didn't even read it since I do not own an iPod nor an iPhone. Has anyone tried this and what are your thoughts on this?

Review: How an iPod can be a poor man&#039;s iPhone

(Sorry if this has or something like this has been posted already as I tend to glide past any kind of iProducts info in here.)

iPeeDaily

godsshoeshine wrote:
supposedly the slingbox player app should be out shorty too:
http://www.slingmedia.com/go/iphone
i might have to get a slingbox now

This was submitted to the App store today and awaits approval.  If you promise not to watch any Skinimax on it I'm sure they'll approve it in no time.

This ain't right:

Older Slingboxes won&#039;t work with Slingplayer for iPhone

congrats to the writer for not ending it with in this economy

but thats pretty terrible none the less

vansmack wrote:

chaz wrote: Will it be included in iphone 3.0?&nbsp;

Yes, but it will require some agreement with your phone provider and Apple has said they will not step in and force the service provider to take any steps. As the iPhone is exclusive, I wouldn&#039;t look for much competition to add this to the existing plan at no charge.

Well, as predicted:

at&amp;t Tweaks Wireless Terms of Service to Forbid Video Streaming, File Sharing, and Data Tethering

I guess that means no Slingbox or tethering on the iPhone.

like the day after they come up with the app too. great

godsshoeshine wrote:
like the day after they come up with the app too. great

Well, because vansmack pointed out to us all that was wrong with that decision, we take it back.  Our bad.

at&t wants to extend its exclusivity agreement through 2011.

Venerable wrote:
at&amp;t wants to extend its exclusivity agreement through 2011.

Of course they do.  It's done nothing but bring more and more subscribers.

It's just bad for everybody else not named at&t (and arguably Apple).

Venerable wrote:
at&amp;t wants to extend its exclusivity agreement through 2011.

Verizon Said to Be in Talks for the iPhone

sweetcell wrote:

Venerable wrote:
at&amp;t wants to extend its exclusivity agreement through 2011.

Verizon Said to Be in Talks for the iPhone

yeah, i saw that. . .if it comes to verizon, i certainly would be interested, since i would likely be in need of an upgrade by then. . .