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The Smartphone Thread

Started by Shibboleet The Annihilator, November 25, 2009, 01:44:08 AM

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Shibboleet The Annihilator

#30
December 02, 2009, 05:09:14 PM
Try calling it with your ph-oh wait... :(

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#31
December 02, 2009, 05:51:45 PM
Found it.

And on it, the horrible things I texted.

Luckily, all is forgiven.
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Shibboleet The Annihilator

#32
December 04, 2009, 01:00:47 AM
I spent an extended amount of time on my friend's motorola droid today and I think I like it better than both the Pre and the iPhone. Seriously thinking about getting one and selling my Pre.

Penumbral

#33
December 06, 2009, 10:45:30 AM
I have T-mobile's "mytouch" with google android.

I have been using it for almost three months and absolutely love it. It runs very well, google has given it great functionality, and t-mobile, as far as I know, has not restricted any apps. Even if they did the android allows for apps to be installed outside of the app market, so no app can be blacklisted like they are for the iphone.

Many of the things released for the phone by either google or third parties are excellent. I used a few RSS services, a TED talks app, Pandora, a book reader, a wordpress updated, and a note taker most frequently.

It also works great just as a phone. Very happy with it. Also T-mobile's unlimited data plan is not overly expensive.

Jenne

#34
December 09, 2009, 07:02:19 PM
I have a love-hate relationship with my iPhone.  I'm not an Apple person, but my husband's gone over to the dark side and has now bought not only iPhones but a Macbook as well.  I just hate the disconnect between my PC and laptop and the iPhone technology.  It sucks.  And I've had to replace the hardware TWICE.  I am going to re-up my warranty for this purpose alone, even though we get free phone upgrades with our contract in 6 mos.

I do miss it when I don't have it, I just am too lazy and full of fail to master the damned thing.  I do love the apps in general, though.

Bebek Sincap Ratatosk

#35
December 09, 2009, 08:13:45 PM
http://www.htc.com/us/products/droid-eris-verizon#tech-specs

HTC busting out a Smartphone for She What Done It All...

Does anyone really want a piece of electronics that invokes Her?
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#36
December 10, 2009, 03:55:51 PM
Quote from: Jenne on December 09, 2009, 07:02:19 PM
I have a love-hate relationship with my iPhone.  I'm not an Apple person, but my husband's gone over to the dark side and has now bought not only iPhones but a Macbook as well.  I just hate the disconnect between my PC and laptop and the iPhone technology.  It sucks.  And I've had to replace the hardware TWICE.  I am going to re-up my warranty for this purpose alone, even though we get free phone upgrades with our contract in 6 mos.

I do miss it when I don't have it, I just am too lazy and full of fail to master the damned thing.  I do love the apps in general, though.

That's something I've never thought about; I have a Mac, so I just plug my phone in and it syncs and charges. I really appreciate when technology just sort of works, and I don't have to fuck around with making it work.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Captain Utopia

#37
December 11, 2009, 08:29:43 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 03:55:51 PM
I really appreciate when technology just sort of works, and I don't have to fuck around with making it work.
If technology didn't consistently fail to "just work", then I'd be out of a job.

Hang on, that's kinda depressing actually.

The Good Reverend Roger

#38
December 11, 2009, 08:33:54 PM
I don't need a smart phone. 

I just want the people that call me to be smart.
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Shibboleet The Annihilator

#39
December 14, 2009, 05:01:25 PM
If you had a smartphone you could blacklist people who are not smart.

Also, if any of you have Android or Apple phones (coming to WebOS soon), check this out:
Augmented Reality
http://layar.com/

Rococo Modem Basilisk

#40
December 14, 2009, 05:59:47 PM
Trying to score an android, so that I can actually start debugging the AR app I started three or four years ago. It would be super-expensive to actually use it as a phone, so I don't plan to.


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

Captain Utopia

#41
December 14, 2009, 08:18:34 PM
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on December 14, 2009, 05:59:47 PM
Trying to score an android, so that I can actually start debugging the AR app I started three or four years ago. It would be super-expensive to actually use it as a phone, so I don't plan to.
AR app?

Rococo Modem Basilisk

#42
December 14, 2009, 09:04:04 PM
Augmented Reality app. The idea right now is simple: use the internal GPS, compass, and three-access accelerometer to determine the position and orientation of the camera on the phone, look for 3d objects in the current 'skin' that would be visible, and put them in the place configured and at the size and orientation determined from the phone's gps, compass, and accelerometer readings, with a transparency level based on distance. In this way, you can 'skin' reality, by sticking three-dimensional images on top of the camera preview of real reality.


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

LMNO

#43
December 15, 2009, 02:45:32 PM
You know, even though I have very little idea of what you just said, I prefer it immensely to when you try to be "funny".

Rococo Modem Basilisk

#44
December 15, 2009, 03:08:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 15, 2009, 02:45:32 PM
You know, even though I have very little idea of what you just said, I prefer it immensely to when you try to be "funny".

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I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.
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