The Smartphone Thread

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

Do you use one? What kind? How do you like it? Does it have fart apps?

[Rumckle]

No, I'm too poor. Plus, I fail to see the need for fart apps, when real ones are funnier.

But, that said, iPhones can get viruses now:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/malicious-copycat-iphone-virus-unleashed-20091124-je7t.html


(That'll teach self righteous apple gits)

[Reginald Ret]

(That'll teach self righteous apple gits)

No.
No it won't.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

No, I'm too poor. Plus, I fail to see the need for fart apps, when real ones are funnier.

But, that said, iPhones can get viruses now:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/malicious-copycat-iphone-virus-unleashed-20091124-je7t.html


(That'll teach self righteous apple gits)

It only affects phones that have been jailbroken and still have the default password set.

[Rumckle]

True, but it that is still a significant number of people from my experience. (probably about 20% of people I know with iPhones)

Anyway, I found it interesting.

[LMNO]

Do you use one? What kind? How do you like it? Does it have fart apps?

Yes, iPhone, I like it, yes.

[Captain Utopia]

I'm still waiting for a usable release of the OpenMoko phone. 

Actually, I've managed to survive without any mobile phone for about four years now. It's my own minor revolt, and becomes slightly less tenable by the day.

But if there were some sleek open source/open hardware device out there which wasn't crippled or restricted, then I'd be on that.. and I'm happy to wait in the meantime.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

True, but it that is still a significant number of people from my experience. (probably about 20% of people I know with iPhones)

Anyway, I found it interesting.

Well, sure but that's not Apple's fault specifically

I have the crackberry from work which is OK, I will be picking up an Android at some point in the near future to replace this personal crappy phone I currently have.

I also have mastered leaving my Crackberry by the door when I get home, I can hear pages, but ignore everything else... it is good.

[Dysnomia]

I have a red blackberry curve, and I love it.  Although, it must be said that somehow it set my dressage trainer's cell number on speed dial, and calls her every time I forget to turn on keylock.  Plus, just last week I was going for a babysitting interview, and the damn GPS directed me into the middle of a business park.

My treo 755 never buttdialed anyone, despite the touch-screen, however it did not have gps at all, and the internet was fail.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

No, I'm too poor. Plus, I fail to see the need for fart apps, when real ones are funnier.

But, that said, iPhones can get viruses now:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/malicious-copycat-iphone-virus-unleashed-20091124-je7t.html


(That'll teach self righteous apple gits)

It only affects phones that have been jailbroken and still have the default password set.

Who the hell is smart enough to jailbreak their phone but too stupid to change the password?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, and I have an iPhone, not jailbroken (I could give a flying fuck about apps), and I love it. I use the internet and GPS a lot. Also it was cool at the boxcar derby, I took a video and then emailed it to my friend.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

No, I'm too poor. Plus, I fail to see the need for fart apps, when real ones are funnier.

But, that said, iPhones can get viruses now:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/malicious-copycat-iphone-virus-unleashed-20091124-je7t.html


(That'll teach self righteous apple gits)

It only affects phones that have been jailbroken and still have the default password set.

Who the hell is smart enough to jailbreak their phone but too stupid to change the password?

Far too many people... thats what we get for making hacks publicly available... its so easy even morons can do it... (and they do!).

I read an article somewhere about jailbreaking iPhones where they was some unofficial survey which indicated a lot of people jailbreak the phone, but don't actually install anything that would require the phone to be broken.

MONKEYS 

[LMNO]

The only reason I'd jailbreak my phone would be for backgrounding, but I don't really need backgrounding that much, so I haven't bothered.

[Eater of Clowns]

I'm thinking about picking up the Droid when my contract runs out.  Full keyboard, google GPS, completely opensourced, mp3 player, and I think you might be able to call people with it as well.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

True, but it that is still a significant number of people from my experience. (probably about 20% of people I know with iPhones)

Anyway, I found it interesting.

Then tell the dumbasses to change their root password and they'll be fine.