I've given up on the iPhone, but thanks for the tip about frash. I really wanted to install Flash apps, but they've said no to that, so I'm saying no to them. When my Macs expire, I may just give up on them altogether. I hear Windows 7 is good, and for the money I paid for my Mac Pro I could have a super sweet PC.


I'm all Droid from this point on.

Signed,
The Anti-Apple blankfist

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
Fyi, you can install flash on a jailbroken phone with frash .

I've used it a little and while not nearly as functional as I want it to be in certain situations, it still works.

Also, if you have any jailbreak questions or advice toss em my way, I nerd out when I start fiddling with the file system on my iphone.

Fyi, you can install flash on a jailbroken phone with frash .

I've used it a little and while not nearly as functional as I want it to be in certain situations, it still works.

Also, if you have any jailbreak questions or advice toss em my way, I nerd out when I start fiddling with the file system on my iphone.

I just built my first Droid app. Easy as pie, too. It's a shitty one screen app with the words 'Fuck Apple' I through together, but it works! It took me two days to figure out how to jailbreak the iPhone and then how to copy 3rd party apps to it. The Droid? It took me a couple hours at most to get all the SDKs working.

Viva Droid!

@volumptuous

You have found it to be a nice thing for you, and that's great, I just have this sneaky suspicion that a large portion of those buying them will fiddle with them for a while and then realise that it's too big to carry around with them every day, so will use their phone, or not featured enough to use for other things they want, and so use a laptop or desktop. It's a suspicion of mine, and it may well be proven to be wrong.

I don't care where any given piece of tech comes from. I think the iPhone 4 looks like a very nice phone indeed... I won't get one because a) They are on plans that are over what I spend for a mobile phone, and b) I really don't like the whole app approval, must use iTunes, do things our way malarky... and no, I don't want to Jailbreak my phone to get around that, I'd prefer to support an OS that doesn't require it to be circumvented to be useful.

But I can see that it's an awesome phone that'll make many people really happy... very nicely designed too.

I just don't think this middle ground between a laptop and a mobile needed by as big a section of the population as is being touted. People think the idea is cool... this flat piece of tech that looks like it's from the future... but I think the huge success of the iPhone is that it's all those things, and it can fit in your pocket.

That's the kicker for awesome touchscreen phones... they fit in your pocket... they can be with you all the time. I guess I just don't see the use for one myself for the large portion of the population... for a smaller subset, like yourself, sure, they're wonderful...

Again though:

Macs... pretty awesome machines, and if Apple themselves, and their users, didn't go around pretending they were faultless and never crash and were god's gift to the computer world, then I'd like them even more. I still want one, sure, but can't afford one.

iPhones: Nice phones indeed, absolutely a revolutionary device with it's interaction and the App Store... I just have the better option of Android now, and want to go with that instead

iPad: To me... just lacking any real purpose for the the population at large. Yes, great in certain situations... just not that many.

I'm no Apple fan but the iphone clearly stirred things up in the smartphone market, something that needed to happen. Up to then the combination of hardware and services was utter crap and a poor deal for consumers. The downside is that once they get in there it's all about protecting the platform and wringing it dry for every penny. If you as a consumer want all those lovely forbidden features then it's time to start jailbreaking.

Looking at those pics I have to say the Nexus looks terrible. The iphone is much more appealing.

Having said that I don't care for them. This is my current phone - http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Dec2005/702NKII.jpg

It was released in 2005! What can I say, it works and I don't like spending too much each month on a phone.

why do people jailbreak their phones and itouch

On the open vs. closed debate:

First of all, the macintosh itself should be excluded from that debate entirely. The unix back end gives mac os much more credibility in this department than any offering from MS. Sure, it doesn't come with DC++ preloaded or whatever, but dude, what do you want? Azureus is but a click away.

With regards to the tablet/iPhone, if you really care, jailbreak it or buy another device. The API is available for download. You can write your own software, and install it on your own device. The fact that they make stealing content hard is not a legitimate gripe. Frankly, I'm more concerned about a future in which artists are not compensated for their art (including the peripheral staff such as studio technicians, book editors, lighting guys, etc). Further, on a scale of 1 to manufacturer owns your soul, I'd say Captain Open himself, Google, is the champ. Their whole angle is that you don't even own your software. You freaking rent it from them and use it as a "service." In exchange they learn everything there is to know about you, and sell it to the highest bidder.

I could imagine Magic: The Gathering using this type of technology way in the future. Something that could be a boon to give less experienced players a boost. Imagine cards that could sense the other cards on the playfield and and either let you know what cards you are allowed to affect of warn that the move you are about to make isn't legal. It might cut down on quite a few arguments.

Although with the way the rules change and are challenged, I could also imagine having to sync up all your cards with a computer like plugging in your iPod to download the latest 'firmware' and rules. Which could lead to more arguments when people jailbreak their cards and insist on playing by a previous ruleset because it was the best version before the company 'lost its way' (and it stopped benefitting that player's articular type of gameplay.)

I don't really see this type of thing happening for a game as complex as Magic in the near future. It might be interesting to come up with a game for this tech that let people play a turn-based strategy or even a real-time strategy game without a computer.

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Definitely liking the freedom. Probably the biggest advantages for me are the 3g unrestrictor, backgrounder and 5 item dock. I put Skype in the background, and add it to the dock- completely bypassing any normal mobile phone charges. Really great.


In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
How are you enjoying that jailbreak chief? Any of the apps I recommended useful?

How are you enjoying that jailbreak chief? Any of the apps I recommended useful?

I couldn't live without

WifiFoFum
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289025499&mt=8
Finds Wifi networks and keeps a history so you dont have to log in every time

Snaptell
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291920403&mt=8
Take pictures of books/movies/cds and it'll find prices on google/amazon/etc for you online

Jaadu VNC
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=286470485&mt=8
An amazing remote desktop application (setup is a little tricky but only b/c Kaspersky keeps my pc locked down like a tank)

Saisuke
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289228987&mt=8
Lets you sync with your google calendar seamlessly

I could go on and on, but, and i said this a while ago, i really recommend jail-breaking your phone. yeah yeah yeah it voids the warranty but i've been jailbreaking/upgrading mine for a year with no problems.

here's a video link,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDDEN3zfQOg
this guy has a channel that does excellent walk-throughs for almost any ipod/iphone hack you wanna do

[edit]
this is the video for the 3GS jailbreak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ifVIXsU2A&feature=channel_page

thanx for the promote! Have fun at the concert

In reply to this comment by moodonia:
*promote cos I'm going to see them on Sunday

fucking genetics. I was just reading about how to jailbreak the 3.0 iphone and doing some banking, next thing i know im entranced by the beewb feast set out before my eyes. Ahhh boobs, my love, my curse.

http://www.videosift.com/video/New-Iphone-3GS-commercial

I'm happy that the 3.0 software is coming out soon but my biggest gripe is the lack of add-in microSD cards. That and a lack of video support on the current version (unless you jailbreak it) That being said, anyone who hasn't looked into it, it's extremely easy to do now and I recommend this site: http://www.quickpwn.com/

Tags for this video have been changed from 'AC DC, Jailbreak, music, rock' to 'AC DC, Jailbreak, music, rock, 70s, 1976' - edited by rasch187