iPhone is the top selling phone on Verizon and AT&T
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- Groudie
- 8yU
- 25 Jun 2011
It simply means we have a lot of work to do on educating the ignorant about what a good platform is.I don't know any serious tech head,who knows about phones, who owns an iphone.Generally speaking there are 3 types of people who own iphones
1. Ignorant people who buy into the hype:
The fool, "OMG it's da iphone! I want one! da iphone!"
The Geek, "There are so many better phones out there like the SGS2.You should get that instead"
The Fool, "uuuhhh..the iphone is the new black.OMG I want one! it's da iphone!"
The Geek, "but......."
The Fool, "shh! no buts...omg it's da iphone!"
2. People who are curious about what the phone has to offer.We all know what curiosity did to the cat.
3. Die hard Apple trolls who would buy anything, and I mean anything, Apple shoves down their throat.
Bottom line is,unless the iphone starts supporting teleportation then I will not buy that overpriced,over-hyped junk
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- AnonD-1825
- p77
- 25 Jun 2011
Lol, 25 Jun 2011Functionality like turn-by-turn navigation, root file/task ... moreFunctionality like
turn-by-turn navigation: navfree GPS live with offline maps *free*
root file/task manager: don't know about this, never needed
Divx player: i use vlc *free* too bad it's not available anymore for new customers :( great app! plays many many different kind of videoformats.
photo editor: i use photoshop *free* iOS5 brings photo editor
All of those are free and without ads, so i don't see anything wrong about that.
i'm quite sure adobe photoshop is better than any stock photo editor which you can find from phone. It's very good and easy to use and you can get very good result from it with very little effort.
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1825, 25 Jun 2011"I had to spend while other phones offer the functiona... moreFunctionality like turn-by-turn navigation, root file/task manager, Divx player, photo editor... I'm talking basics, not some arcane rocket science. On more mature platforms, like Windows, Linux or Symbian, these are either build-in, or are available on numerous no-strings-attached-free applications.
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- AnonD-1825
- p77
- 25 Jun 2011
Lol, 25 Jun 2011Maybe so, but that's still $2 I had to spend while other ph... more"I had to spend while other phones offer the functionality for free,"
Had to spend? why?
What functionality you are talking about?
i haven't pay any money for basic functionality apps. They are free and most of them are without ads, and many many free apps are too without ads so you dont need to even pay that 0,79e to use it without ads. Most of my apps doesn't have ads.
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
Lol, 25 Jun 2011Maybe so, but that's still $2 I had to spend while other ph... more*Meant to say not the price but the principle.
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1825, 25 Jun 2011If you don't want ads, then you support developer and give ... moreMaybe so, but that's still $2 I had to spend while other phones offer the functionality for free, and it's $2 I could have spent on something else instead. It's the price that bothers me so much as the principle.
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- AnonD-1825
- p77
- 25 Jun 2011
Lol., 25 Jun 2011I'd rather not get spammed with ads, for all your "fre... moreIf you don't want ads, then you support developer and give him what he deserve and buy the adfree version or full version which has more features, it's that simple and average price is 0,79e so it's not much for supporting good work.
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1825, 25 Jun 2011You loose already, don't continue amymore, please, you are ... moreI'd rather not get spammed with ads, for all your "free" apps.
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- AnonD-1825
- p77
- 25 Jun 2011
Lol, 25 Jun 2011And only because you paid for a bunch of apps which had to ... moreYou loose already, don't continue amymore, please, you are making fool of yourself.
Your point is very stupid, you said i cant do that one scenario with iOS4, then you realised that you are wrong. Now you are talking about things like paying for apps. Are you poor or something? if you'r life ends when you want to buy some apps it's not my problem.
"I can do all that without having to spend an extra dime"
I can do too 99% of my apps are free :D about 40% of appstore apps/games are free. you know how much apps are in appstore, so there's many many many free stuff in there :) no need to pay extra dime, but of course you get better stuff when you use money.
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1825, 25 Jun 2011This is one scenario what i can do with iOS4 multitasking, ... moreAnd only because you paid for a bunch of apps which had to be coded to use the available background services. I can do all that without having to spend an extra dime.
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- AnonD-1825
- p77
- 25 Jun 2011
Lol, 25 Jun 2011I'm gonna call BS on that.This is one scenario what i can do with iOS4 multitasking, using gps instructions, sametime listening internet radio while using iM messasing, while sending video attached email to my friend at background, while downloading songs from dropbox cloud service. While i'm surfing on internet and playing remedy's death rally (great game by the way) for while and using irc.
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1825, 25 Jun 2011Study more iHater :D start from youtube, checkout from goog... moreNo, iOS4 multitasking is the way it was done in 1990 with Windows 3.1 - the developer had to specifically code for it. That's not multitasking by any modern standards.
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- AnonD-1825
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- 25 Jun 2011
Lol, 25 Jun 2011I'm gonna call BS on that.Study more iHater :D start from youtube, checkout from google what those seven multitasking api's can do.
By the way which part you think i can't do? i can say you are going to loose this one ;) and i'm not surprised at all, you are typical iHater who has no clue about iOS4 multitasking.
Are you those who think iOS4 multitasking is only for freezing apps?
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1825, 25 Jun 2011"No Java means you can't use any apps or games written... moreI'm gonna call BS on that.
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- 25 Jun 2011
[deleted post]I didn't realize in 2011 it was cool to limit yourself to whatever Steve Jobs spoonfeeds you.
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- AnonD-1825
- p77
- 25 Jun 2011
Lol, 25 Jun 2011No Java means you can't use any apps or games written in Ja... more"No Java means you can't use any apps or games written in Java, something that even dumbphones have had for a while. Which limits you to Apple-approved apps"
Do you really think i need to use java web apps or web games in 2011 when i have appstore, c'mon :D
"And no, the iphone does not have multitasking. Try using a camera while an IM client is running in the background while following turn-by-turn navigation while an mp3 is playing, and you'll know what you're missing."
I can do all that without problem, please iHaters study more!!! :)
Are you for real? c'mon
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- Anonymous
- nx5
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-11879, 24 Jun 2011While there's no denying the dominance of apple, and the ip... moreoops sgs 2 battery dies within 9hrs
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- 6D1
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1825, 24 Jun 2011"no multitasking, no Java,"
IPhone has nice mu... moreNo Java means you can't use any apps or games written in Java, something that even dumbphones have had for a while. Which limits you to Apple-approved apps, unless you jailbreak and go to Cydia, but even then, you can't run anything in Java.
And no, the iphone does not have multitasking. Try using a camera while an IM client is running in the background while following turn-by-turn navigation while an mp3 is playing, and you'll know what you're missing.
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- AnonD-1825
- p77
- 25 Jun 2011
AnonD-1124, 24 Jun 2011Without real multitasking, you can't have a download manage... more"Without real multitasking, you can't have a download manager running in background while you surf the web"
OK, so if i can do that (downloading files in background) with iPhone you admit it's a real multitasking?
Checkout what task completion api do, that covers what you said.
So iPhone has real multitasking ;)
I'm still waiting things what you can't do without that unbelievable real multitasking.
Like your case, what i said earlier, most don't understand iOS multitasking that's why they think something is not possible even if it is.
IPhone multitasking can cover almost every scenarios where you need multitasking. Really i haven't had any situations what i haven't been able to do without so called real multitasking.
Most speculated scenario was: can you irc with iOS4 multitasking, most of people thought you cant, but developers made even that possible :)
Most of people talking crap about iOS4 multitasking without ever used it.
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- Anonymous
- 3Yi
- 25 Jun 2011
robert, 24 Jun 2011MP3 ringtones ?Dude, iPhone has had mp3 ringtones since forever.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/156234/turn_any_mp3_into_an_iphone_ringtone.html