Mobile phones & tablets thread

[donKey jote]

Am I lucky I had a flight to catch on the 15th !

[Mark]

Guy at work came in with an iPad 3 this afternoon. There was a crowd stood around for quite a while after.

Have to say the display looks 'normal' to me but then I'm used to even greater dpi on the iPhone 4 anyway.

[Mark]

It seems Android is suffering due to the very thing that makes it good, it's openness and availability to all platforms: Fragmentation bomb wounds Android in developer war • The Register

It's the same thing that did for Nokia / Symbian, too many different devices means it's very difficult to write apps for all of them. Whereas with iPhone you only have (pretty much) one iPhone; but that's also a weakness as not everyone can afford or wants an iPhone.

[donKey jote]

I was slightly bemused yesterday when my (kid's ) iPod Touch 2ndG localised me to within 50m, despite having no phone or GPS

[schmenke]

My iPod has a knack of localizing my kid quite readily. Or is it the other way ‘round...?

[race aficionado]

My son and I both have the latest iphone and with the "find your iphone" app I know where he is all the time. I am a confessed stalker and my son just accepts the fact that I know where he is all the time.
It is way cool as a matter of fact. A couple of weeks ago a school mate invited him to spend some time in California and the Arizona desert and it was so cool to see where he was, specially when seen through satellite mode.
i love this technology.

And now that I'm on it, the face time feature (yes, and I know other phones also have it) has completely changed how I communicate with my brother in Florida. it is really a treat.

And now that I can't stop ranting, how about those $600.00 per Share for Apple. I've got none but I'm glad Jag Warrior is loaded.

mokin:

[Mark]

I'd say now is a good time to cash them in! I think Apple are in a bit of a bubble at the moment. They are doing very well, but should the iPhone 5 have - for example, an antenna which loses signal when you hold the phone-- there could be trouble!

[odykas]

I just realised that iPod is still available to buy
But the question is who buys these devices

[schmenke]

I just realised that iPod is still available to buy
But the question is who buys these devices

[schmenke]

...And now that I'm on it, the face time feature (yes, and I know other phones also have it) has completely changed how I communicate with my brother in Florida. it is really a treat.... mokin:

I must admit, facetime has its uses.