Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by race aficionado

The ap my son purchased uses your phone's GPS to let you know what bathroom facilities are around where you are and it also posts pictures of them and gives them star ratings.

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sounds like markabilly's favourite too :laugh: :erm: :s ailor: :p

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Originally Posted by race aficionado

Finding a place to go to the bathroom in NYC is a pain in a pain in the butt (literally).

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What I found in NYC even harder was finding a vacant parking spot. And keeping the car in the parking area of a hotel cost about as much as a motel room+parking in California desert.

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Originally Posted by Eki

What I found in NYC even harder was finding a vacant parking spot. And keeping the car in the parking area of a hotel cost about as much as a motel room+parking in California desert.

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That's why I don't have a car in NYC. It is nuts.

Just wait, soon there will be an application called iPark.


:s mokin:

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Originally Posted by race aficionado

I have always found Aps a fascinating add-on.

First, it allows creative geeks to come up with sometimes amazing applications and also make a profit out of it.

The latest one my son got is this:

Finding a place to go to the bathroom in NYC is a pain in a pain in the butt (literally).
Our city does not have public/pay lues like you find in some european cities so when you have to go you have to seek restaurants (where only patrons can use the facilities) or go to one of the mayor transportation hubs or risk an arrest when you are forced to go behind a tree.

The ap my son purchased uses your phone's GPS to let you know what bathroom facilities are around where you are and it also posts pictures of them and gives them star ratings.

How useful is that!

But my all time favorite is the one that comes included on my iPhone called "maps" (and probably on other smart phones) which is the live map that shows where you are and can take you to places that you want to find (like a restaurant or a bank, or a particular street address). I love that I can see where I am and how I literarily 'move' in the map.

What's your favorite ap?
:s mokin:

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If I lived in a large city with restricted bathrooms, I think that bathroom app would be pretty useful... er, necessary!

And if I was touring a major city, I think the map app sounds useful. I might go to the ALMS race in Baltimore next year. And it's been almost 20 years since I spent any amount of time in that city - so I'm sure that between my fading memory and changes to streets, I would get lost faster than a blind man in a maze. So I can imagine that such an app would come in very handy. If my girl goes with me, since she has an iPhone, we should be able to make use of that.

Right now, apart from news and weather, I guess the app I use the most is the stock market app that my broker developed. Getting into it and navigating around is significantly faster than using my laptop or desktop. I can grab a price and execute a trade at least twice as fast as I can on the PC. :up: I'm using the same Wi-Fi network on all these devices, but the iPod Touch executes commands MUCH faster - probably because the OS is cleaner/more efficient? :confused: I'm not sure. I don't ask questions. It just works. :D

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

If I lived in a large city with restricted bathrooms, I think that bathroom app would be pretty useful... er, necessary!

And if I was touring a major city, I think the map app sounds useful. I might go to the ALMS race in Baltimore next year. And it's been almost 20 years since I spent any amount of time in that city - so I'm sure that between my fading memory and changes to streets, I would get lost faster than a blind man in a maze. So I can imagine that such an app would come in very handy. If my girl goes with me, since she has an iPhone, we should be able to make use of that.

Right now, apart from news and weather, I guess the app I use the most is the stock market app that my broker developed. Getting into it and navigating around is significantly faster than using my laptop or desktop. I can grab a price and execute a trade at least twice as fast as I can on the PC. :up: I'm using the same Wi-Fi network on all these devices, but the iPod Touch executes commands MUCH faster - probably because the OS is cleaner/more efficient? :confused: I'm not sure. I don't ask questions. It just works. :D

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Might be the fact that the Touch doesn't support flash I guess.

I will go for the Nokia N8, most reviews are positive about it and sound quality is excellent, which is the most important thing for me as I will use the music-player a lot :D

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Originally Posted by pino

I will go for the Nokia N8, most reviews are positive about it and sound quality is excellent, which is the most important thing for me as I will use the music-player a lot :D

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Seems a good phone

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/nokia-n8-review/

But I'm done with Nokia till they go with Windows Phone 7 or Android OR they make Symbian worthwhile, it just isn't up to it for me at least. Nokia hardware with a proper operating system would be unbeatable.

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Originally Posted by pino

I will go for the Nokia N8, most reviews are positive about it and sound quality is excellent, which is the most important thing for me as I will use the music-player a lot :D

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Good stuff! I hope it turns out to be a good phone. It's a second generation for touch Symbian so hopefully they'll have learned the lessons of the N97 and things will be much improved for you.

But I'm with Daniel that I'm done with Symbian, it's just too old and too clunky and not fit for purpose any more IMO. I hope their Linux based (just like Android!) OS pans out and we can see a rebirth of Nokia smartphones rather than just another tarted up Symbian.

I don't think we'll ever see Nokias with WM7 or Android however!

For what I am using my mobile the N8 it's the best choice at the moment (also considering the price) so I am looking forward to add it in my mobile-collection :crazy: :p :

But if they did do one it would be awesome....

The problem is that unless Nokia do some omgwtfbbq type amazing or go with an established OS then they're boned in terms of high end smartphones.