Apple Talk Thread

[J@3]

But if the iPhone 4's current RAM and processor speed is good enough to run applications quickly and smoothly, then it shouldn't be an issue.

That's where we differ. I don't want "good enough", I want best available. That's why I buy them outright instead of going on a contract, if I had picked up an iPhone 3G 2 years ago I'd still be stuck with it while everyone else overtakes me.

Yeah, the 32 GB max storage space doesn't make sense now that it can do 720p video @ 30fps. I don't mind Apple's walled garden ecosystem, but I can understand why people dislike it.

Apparently a lot of Android phones will be able to record 720p video after the 2.2 update. There's already a hack that allows the Nexus One to do it.

I hear FaceTime will be between iPhone4 users only. That limits things a bit, considering there's way more choice in the market and I'm guessing these front facing cameras will become standard.

[shadowgrin]

I like the look of the phone, and I loved my iPhone but they just can't compete hardware-wise. The HTC Evo is already a better phone in basically every way, and by the time the iPhone 4 comes out they'll most likely have released the Scorpion which has a 1.3 or 1.5ghz processor. Apple rest on their laurels too much.

Apparently, Apple doesn't do much.
Most of the new technology in the iPhone4 such as the cpu, memory, and battery are bought from Samsung and the iPhone4's new LCD technology is from LG.

[NovU]

I don't own one but seems like Iphone stuff are the way of future it seems, portable hand gadget that can do pretty much everything from making a simple phone call to being able to handle almost all pleasure/work uses. One of my friend who quit the job from Radical Entertainment is making great money off making stupid Iphone games. Moto Race or something being latest hit game of his.

[benji]

Apparently, Apple doesn't do much.
Most of the new technology in the iPhone4 such as the cpu, memory, and battery are bought from Samsung and the iPhone4's new LCD technology is from LG.

That's all Apple has ever done hardware wise. Take standard parts and put them in an expensive box. Then charge you even more for the brand.

One of my friend who quit the job from Radical Entertainment is making great money off making stupid Iphone games. Moto Race or something being latest hit game of his.

But he could be working 11 hour days as Activision refuses to pay him royalties on the latest big budget bomb!

[Patr1ck]

I'll probably wait until Q4 to buy a new phone. I am really tempted by the Evo 4g, especially since somebody rooted it and installed a free wifi-tethering program instead of paying 30 a month.

Video chat is only from iphone4 to iphone4. Waste.

[shadowgrin]

Source

[cyanide]

<3 the Oatmeal.

The irony is that technology is always outpacing previous versions, and Apple doesn't release product updates as often as their competitors. The comic does point out that Apple does very well with user experience, though

[J@3]

I'd say the comic is more representative of HTC. They have new/better phones coming out on a near monthly basis. it is frustrating.

[Patr1ck]

I want that EVO 4G, but I heard they want to come out with a phone with a 2 Ghz processor this christmas. Fuck me.

[J@3]

Yeah there's another one with a 1.5ghz processor coming out in a couple of months as well.

[shadowgrin]

iPad Alternative, "iPed," Released in China

The iPed has just been released in Shenzhen, China and it's only going to set you back a cool $150 or so--quite a discount compared to Apple's asking price of $500 for its lowest model of iPads.

The device only supports up to 16 gigabytes of micro-SD-based space for storing data. However, it allegedly runs on 1 gigabyte of RAM--a wide difference on both ends from the potential 64 gigabytes of space and alleged 256 megabytes of RAM inside of Apple's iPad.

The iPed doesn't run any version of Apple's proprietary operating system whatsoever. Though it looks and feels like an iPad, the product actually runs version 1.5 of the Android operating system (codenamed Cupcake).

iPed sports a 600-MHz RockChip processor (which runs contrary to reports that the iPed is touting some kind of mobile Intel processor) and a screen resolution of only 800 by 480 pixels. Again, for comparison's sake, the Apple iPad's 1-GHz Apple A4 processor powers the functionality displayed across its 1024-by-768-pixel screen. That said, the iPad's 9.7-inch display is a bit bigger than the iPed's seven-inch screen.

There's no indication that the iPed supports any kind of networking functionality beyond simple WiFi--Wireless B and Wireless G support only, at that. It's doubtful that Orphan Electronics, the iPed's creator, will be releasing differing versions of the iPed a la Apple's product strategy.

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The iPed is reportedly manufactured in Shenzen where the Foxconn factory is located. Foxconn is the manufacturer of the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, along with other popular gadgets such as the Nintendo Wii.

[benji]

I can believe 1GB of RAM, that's pretty cheap. Especially in China.

Don't really understand the name though.

[cyanide]

Finally, I was waiting for something like this to come out in a long time: A desktop trackpad, though it's under a silly name: http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/

Apple also released a 27" LED display and a 12-core Mac Pro.

[J@3]

Trackpads are the thing I hate most about laptops. Every time I've owned one I have bought a mouse for it. Now you can use a giant trackpad

[Patr1ck]

They just need to make laptops with touch-screens already.

[shadowgrin]

Trackpads are the thing I hate most about laptops. Every time I've owned one I have bought a mouse for it. Now you can use a giant trackpad

Pretty much the same here. I feel slower doing computer work with a trackpad.

[cyanide]

Trackpads are the thing I hate most about laptops. Every time I've owned one I have bought a mouse for it. Now you can use a giant trackpad

Trackpads on every laptop I tried do suck, however they did it right with the ones on the Macbook Pros. The multi-finger gestures are what makes it awesome. God, I sound like a fanboy.

[Jackal]

It's like listening to Zanshadow talk about LeBron James.

[shadowgrin]

phpBB [video]

Could have posted this in the Random thread but what's the fun in that?

[Houndy]

Hilarious

[J@3]

As Cyanide sprints out of his house and lines up outside an Apple Store to buy one

[cyanide]

I'm not that bad of a fanboy.

[Jackal]

Got an iPad from the gf, I told her I'll use it till around end April then sell it for the Blackberry Playbook.

I'm digging it so far though. Doesn't do much, but it's a nifty little thing. Actually browsing the forums on it.
Just super bummed VLC got taken away from the app store.

[shadowgrin]

Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves

Ever since iOS 4 arrived, your device has been storing a long list of locations and time stamps. We're not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it's clearly intentional, as the database is being restored across backups, and even device migrations.

What makes this issue worse is that the file is unencrypted and unprotected, and it's on any machine you've synched with your iOS device. It can also be easily accessed on the device itself if it falls into the wrong hands. Anybody with access to this file knows where you've been over the last year, since iOS 4 was released.

All iPhones appear to log your location to a file called "consolidated.db." This contains latitude-longitude coordinates along with a timestamp. The coordinates aren't always exact, but they are pretty detailed. There can be tens of thousands of data points in this file, and it appears the collection started with iOS 4, so there's typically around a year's worth of information at this point.

Don't panic. As we discuss in the video (see link), there's no immediate harm that would seem to come from the availability of this data. Nor is there evidence to suggest this data is leaving your custody. But why this data is stored and how Apple intends to use it — or not — are important questions that need to be explored.

The cell phone companies have always had this data, but it takes a court order to access it. Now this information is sitting in plain view, unprotected from the world. Beyond this, there is even more data that we have yet to look at in depth.

An immediate step you can take is to encrypt your backups through iTunes (click on your device within iTunes and then check "Encrypt iPhone Backup" under the "Options" area).

[benji]

People don't know their phones are tracking them?

And the government doesn't need a court order.