iPhone users

[Achmed]

So I was fortunate enough to hook with with an Apple development team and install 3.0 betaV2 OS/firmware. All I can say is you will love it.

Landscape Email and text, MMS, Copy and paste, video, and a few more tricks I wont disclose!

[BruceB83]

Sweet.

So, wanna throw us a bone on the other "tricks" coming? When is this supposed to be released?

Now if they will only fix the major lack of the calender features, that would be great.

[Achmed]

I am on Beta2 right now and expect Beta3 in May, so look for the final release in June. No more trick tips right now!!

[bigalpha]

I read there is supposed to be some video recording capabilities along with being able to tether your iPhone.

[Achmed]

...along with being able to tether your iPhone.More than likely only to MAC users.

[crazyjim]

Oh god I hate you!!!

[Achmed]

If there were any spots left open on the developers license I am on, I would refer you guys, but I can't. Sorry.

[XJfire75]

How long you get to try it?

Landscape typing easier?

[SteadsN4LOW]

so u will finally be able to use MMS? god i have waited....

[Achmed]

How long you get to try it?

Landscape typing easier?

I am on until the public release and I also get all Beta updates until the final version is publicly released.

[Achmed]

Oh yeah, rumor is there will be "screenshot" capturing too. Cant verify this on Beta2 though. 2 more features include Voice Memo recording and Voice Dialing

[BruceB83]

There already is "screenshot" capturing. I've heard about the voice recording...you can send it as an e-mail which is pretty cool.

To take a screen shot, press both the top and front button at the same time...

[Easy E]

does anyone have there iphone unlocked?

[Achmed]

A few screenshots from my phone.

MMS
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0005.png


Angle Finder/Clinometer
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0006.png


Voice Recording
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0008.png


Copy/Paste
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0009.png


Internet Tethering
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0011.png

[BruceB83]

Is that Clinometer a downloaded or standard app on the new OS?

[Achmed]

I downloaded it. Isnt it pimp?

[BruceB83]

Super pimp.

What's it called?

[Achmed]

Clinometer

[BruceB83]

I was looking at the one called "Vehicle Clinometer/Tilt meter" by iAware. It looks pretty cool, even has a 2-stage adjustable audible alarm. It's $2.

[Krazors001]

So I was fortunate enough to hook with with an Apple development team and install 3.0 betaV2 OS/firmware. All I can say is you will love it.

Landscape Email and text, MMS, Copy and paste, video, and a few more tricks I wont disclose!

You just disclosed everything that is already shown in video presentation and the highlights on their website of the new software. Good old Mac hyping up features that have been available on smartphones for years.

[red-xj]

You just disclosed everything that is already shown in video presentation and the highlights on their website of the new software. Good old Mac hyping up features that have been available on smartphones for years.
Yeah, but it's SEXY

[Achmed]

Good old Mac hyping up features that have been available on smartphones for years.Does your fartphone have touchscreen, voice guided GPS or 8gb iPod? How about the clinomoeter application? :dunce:

[bigalpha]

Does your fartphone have touchscreen, voice guided GPS or 8gb iPod? How about the clinomoeter application? :dunce:

My Voyager has a touchscreen and I can load 8GB worth of music on a memory card.

It also has a clinometer app. If it slides when I set it down, I know I'm tilted too far.

[Achmed]

Loading 8gb of music on a memory card is NOTHING like an iPod. :) Will your Phartphone interface into your car stereo and let your stereo control it?

[bigalpha]

Why not? My phone has an interface to play the music through. and they're stored on the same type of hard drive media (solid state).

[Krazors001]

Does your fartphone have touchscreen, voice guided GPS or 8gb iPod? How about the clinomoeter application? :dunce:

Yeah touchscreen has been out for a very long time and guided gps has been available on other devices for a years as well. I'm not saying that the iphone isn't a great device, but apple steals ideas from other companies and acts as if they are world changing. Take for instance the ring/vibrate switch that palm has had on their devices for years, GPS has been available on almost all the other AT&T smartphone devices with Voice-guided GPS for at least 2 years as well as other carriers. Also every other device(Blackberry, Windows mobile, Palm) has had copy,cut, and paste when the iphone hasn't. Not to mention that there is no logic to why they couldn't have made the landscape keypad available in email and text from the beginning, or mms since kids playing in their basements have been able to fix this since they launched June of '07. All of the other devices also use removable storage so you can expand the devices.

[fast64]

Loading 8gb of music on a memory card is NOTHING like an iPod. :) Will your Phartphone interface into your car stereo and let your stereo control it?

Can your iPhone make decent calls? oooohhhhhhh plus one for Smartphone users. :)

< Dumped his smartphone a year ago. Got tired of being tied to work 24-7, lol.

[Achmed]

Can your iPhone make decent calls? oooohhhhhhh plus one for Smartphone users. :)

< Dumped his smartphone a year ago. Got tired of being tied to work 24-7, lol.Decent calls? I have never had problems with calls being more than decent.

[Achmed]

Yeah touchscreen has been out for a very long time and guided gps has been available on other devices for a years as well. I'm not saying that the iphone isn't a great device, but apple steals ideas from other companies and acts as if they are world changing. Take for instance the ring/vibrate switch that palm has had on their devices for years, GPS has been available on almost all the other AT&T smartphone devices with Voice-guided GPS for at least 2 years as well as other carriers. Also every other device(Blackberry, Windows mobile, Palm) has had copy,cut, and paste when the iphone hasn't. Not to mention that there is no logic to why they couldn't have made the landscape keypad available in email and text from the beginning, or mms since kids playing in their basements have been able to fix this since they launched June of '07. All of the other devices also use removable storage so you can expand the devices.

Does your smartphone have an actual internet browser other than MobileWeb or whatever the Fagberry has? How well does it browse NAXJA? How about WiFi? I've had Fagberry, Treo and other smartphones and have always been left disappointed. I guess what I am saying is what other phones have ALL the features and interface of the iPhone? My guess is.........................none. :) How is scrolling with that joystick? LOL!

Also, the research I have come up with says that iPhone outsells all other smartphones. Wonder why that is?

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0013.png

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0014-1.png

[BruceB83]

Oh geesh. I knew this would turn into an iPhone vs. all others conversation so let me go ahead and throw my $.02 in....which should be somewhat valuable considering I have used both.



The iPhone is better.

The end.

Chris - don't let the haters pull you into another long drawn out battle. You know the iPhone is better....let them suffer if they choose not to believe it. And yeah, anyone who argues they have "web browsing" on their BlackBerry is retarded. You can go to NAXJA and reply to a thread in the same time it takes on a desktop...it takes about 3 or 4 times longer on a BlackBerry...there is NO comparison there.

[bigalpha]

The iPhone is better.

The end.


I suppose it depends on what you use your phone for. Also, my Voyager has an html browser. :D

[Achmed]

Post up a screenshot so I can see what your browser looks like. :)

[red-xj]

I WISH AT&T would end iPhone exclusiveness. I'm on T-Mobile, and I've had 2 unlocked, jailbroken iPhones, and it's nice, but man, I'd love to use 3G (when it gets out here) on my iPhone.

Hey Achmed, have you been keeping up on the new iPhone? Engadget (that, or gizmodo) released a list of vendors that have been shipping parts to Apple for the new one. Should be interesting.

[bigalpha]

Post up a screenshot so I can see what your browser looks like. :)

Can't do it on my phone as I'm at work. Here's another screenshot I found through Google. (http://www.wirelessinfo.com/images/upload/Image/reviews/images/lg/Voyager/Screenshots/browser.jpg)

[LiL Timmy]

Well first I don't know why cell phones are being discussed on an off road forum. Secondly my friend has an I Phone and I have a Curve with verizon. We have raced many times with the internet bc we are competitive with everything. I win literally nine times out of ten and secondly my coverage is way better than his. He doesnt even get service at his house in Harrison and I get a wonderful four bars there. So theres my experience with both of them. So quit discounting other stuff just bc its not what you have . Not everything you own is all Holy.

[bigalpha]

Well first I don't know why cell phones are being discussed on an off road forum.

:roflmao:

[Achmed]

Can't do it on my phone as I'm at work. Here's another screenshot I found through Google. (http://www.wirelessinfo.com/images/upload/Image/reviews/images/lg/Voyager/Screenshots/browser.jpg)

I rest my case. :chef:

[Achmed]

Well first I don't know why cell phones are being discussed on an off road forum.
Actually, this isnt an off-roading forum, it is a Cherokee forum. If it were an off-roading forum, it would have been shut down years ago due to all the mall crawling members.

He doesnt even get service at his house in Harrison and I get a wonderful four bars there.
Service disruption is something you get with all carriers, so that argument is like comparing chocolate to sunflower seeds. $250 says that you wont come to my house and make a call with with more than 1 bar with your Verizon phone and I will have full service on my Piephone. Fair?

So quit discounting other stuff just bc its not what you have . Not everything you own is all Holy.
Boo hoo. No need to get fussy and whiny............................................B ut the iPhone is holy.

[bigalpha]

I rest my case. :chef:

Haha. Is the Voyager browser not HTML like the iPhone?

iPhone browser (http://blog.togglenetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/iphone-browser2.jpg)

[Achmed]

Here is my browser on my iPhone.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0014-1.png

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0014-1.png

[bigalpha]

Here is my browser on my iPhone.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0014-1.png

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Miscellaneous/IMG_0014-1.png

Ok? I'm not sure what your point is?

[Achmed]

My point is.........look at the bougie browser you are surfing on.

[bigalpha]

I went ahead and pulled up the browser and surfed on over to NAXJA. The display looks identical to the screens you posted. It shows on my phone just as it shows on the computer.

[BruceB83]

Well first I don't know why cell phones are being discussed on an off road forum. Secondly my friend has an I Phone and I have a Curve with verizon. We have raced many times with the internet bc we are competitive with everything. I win literally nine times out of ten and secondly my coverage is way better than his. He doesnt even get service at his house in Harrison and I get a wonderful four bars there. So theres my experience with both of them. So quit discounting other stuff just bc its not what you have . Not everything you own is all Holy.

I moved OFF of the BB Curve 8310 last June...the iPhone browsing is much faster and more efficient. If you're comparing the speed, then yeah, depending on where you're at the Curve might have been faster because it had better service. Don't turn this into a carrier service dispute because it just depends on where you live.

[BruceB83]

Ok? I'm not sure what your point is?

If you crop off the top and bottom display bars, it looks exactly like it looks on your computer and navigates the exact same way. No, that's actually wrong...if you could flick your finger down the computer screen and have it shoot to the bottom, then it would be the same. :shhh:

[Achmed]

I went ahead and pulled up the browser and surfed on over to NAXJA. The display looks identical to the screens you posted. It shows on my phone just as it shows on the computer.

Then you should be happy Captain. :eeks1:

[Krazors001]

Does your smartphone have an actual internet browser other than MobileWeb or whatever the Fagberry has? How well does it browse NAXJA? How about WiFi? I've had Fagberry, Treo and other smartphones and have always been left disappointed. I guess what I am saying is what other phones have ALL the features and interface of the iPhone? My guess is.........................none. :) How is scrolling with that joystick? LOL!

Also, the research I have come up with says that iPhone outsells all other smartphones. Wonder why that is?


I am an Iphone and blackberry user. I never stated that I didn't like the Iphone but I just am not an Apple Co. fan in general with the way they treat their products. I also have been in the Cellular industry for over 5 years so don't act so high and mighty with your arguements and "cute" names for competitors' devices. The Iphone hands down has the best Mobile browser on a device, but devices that support Opera come somewhat close. The HTC Fuze, Samsung Epix, Blackberry Bold 9000 are just a few to name that have the same features as the Iphone including Wifi . HTCs are probably the closest to the Iphone with their TouchFlo software and the nice thing about them is you can also use a stylus which I think it a plus sometimes.

And as far as scrolling with the trackball, not joystick, there is no problem with in anything other than the web browser. I would prefer any blackberry keypad over the Iphone any day. The Iphone has one of the best touch keypads but I would much rather have real keys to type on.

[Achmed]

Good thing this whole thread was only pointing out new features of the iPhone and a couple of mudslingers had to drop in. It's usually how my threads end up before they get removed. HorseSHYT.

[Mr.Shrek]

I think it's more so of when it turns in to a biotch fest and not an open discussion. Which I think it's staying at an open discussion.

[bigalpha]

Good thing this whole thread was only pointing out new features of the iPhone and a couple of mudslingers had to drop in. It's usually how my threads end up before they get removed. HorseSHYT.

Everything was fine until you antagonized the situation by your un-needed usage of alternate phone names. Otherwise it's been a pretty open and civil discussion.

[XJLI]

apple fanboyz unite!

we'll let you have your fun, its ok that you keep taking other companies ideas and marketing them as your own though. My phone can make phone calls, and I've been satisfied with it. I recently upgraded to a star trek communicator looking model that can also, GASP, make phone calls.

the genius behind apple is their marketing, not their products.

[Achmed]

True, it was open until Post #20. Then my pilot lit the flame.

[XJfire75]

I like my Iphone...

F all the other ones...now we can openly discuss that and it's not Achmed that said it!

[BruceB83]

Everything was fine until you antagonized the situation by your un-needed usage of alternate phone names. Otherwise it's been a pretty open and civil discussion.

I'm sorry but that made me laugh. I cannot picture somebody sitting behind their computer crying because someone, online mind you, called their phone a name...:bawl:.

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

[Achmed]

Picture it Bruce, because it happened.

[XJfire75]

Wow. Achmed now you don't wheel(because your hi-lift wouldn't be on your bumper like it is), all of your posts in the SEC get deleted, your drop hitch is BS fabbed, and now you're calling people's phones names. I can't beleive you...

I would totally be pissed if I didn't have an iPhone(which is pretty pimp BTW)!

[bigalpha]

True, it was open until Post #20. Then my pilot lit the flame.

Of course, because post 20 and 29 weren't antagonistic at all.

I'm sorry but that made me laugh. I cannot picture somebody sitting behind their computer crying because someone, online mind you, called their phone a name...:bawl:.

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

You're right. Nobody was probably crying. However, if Achmed is always so PO'd about his thread spiraling out of control you'd think he'd refrain from using terminology such as "fagberry".

FWIW, if Verizon carried the iPhone, I'd get one.

[XJfire75]

Oh believe me Achmed is not "PO'ed". He prolly don't give 2 damns about how his threads go. You just gotta know him.

He's prolly drawing up some stickers for someones VW and laughing about how a few guys always take everything that he says serious and personally

[BruceB83]

FWIW, if Verizon carried the iPhone, I'd get one.

You know Apple has to be totally pissed that they are in an exclusive agreement with AT&T right now. You could probably multiply there sales so far by 3 if the iPhone was also available on Verizon, Sprint, and Tmobile. However, I'm sure AT&T, in some form, paid an arse-load for exclusive rights.

[bigalpha]

You know Apple has to be totally pissed that they are in an exclusive agreement with AT&T right now. You could probably multiply there sales so far by 3 if the iPhone was also available on Verizon, Sprint, and Tmobile. However, I'm sure AT&T, in some form, paid an arse-load for exclusive rights.

Naw, it's strategic. Keep it in limited form. Then, after it's been out for a few years and interest starts to wane, open it up to every other provider. BAM, renewed interest in the iPhone.

[XJfire75]

And I know a lot of people who have switched over to ATT for the Iphone...

[XJfire75]

Naw, it's strategic. Keep it in limited form. Then, after it's been out for a few years and interest starts to wane, open it up to every other provider. BAM, renewed interest in the iPhone.

I doubt that'll happen though. The iPhone is the only ATT phone I know of that can update over and over again. They'll keep reworking it and adding the thingsthat other phones come out with in a short time after so it'll keep the ppleople happy for the most I believe

[Krazors001]

Rumor has it Verizon was originally offered the Iphone by Apple but they didn't accept the off. It is also easier for them to build it as a GSM phone for AT&T(T-mobile as well) than it is for Verizon since GSM is used in other countries whereas CDMA is almost dead.

[JoesXJ]

More screen shots please. :D

[thatguytrav]

And I know a lot of people who have switched over to ATT for the iPhone...

I'm one of them, I had Cingular/AT&T for almost 8 years... then I switched to Verizon and now I'm back to AT&T. I had the Voyegar and the Storm. The only thing I miss about Verizon or any of their phones for that matter, is the signal. For the area I live in, Verizon always had more bars than any other carrier.

For me, other smartphones are just more business oriented while the iPhone is more a "universal" phone. It might have "copied" a few features that other phones have but isn't that what all companies do? It's the little things I like about the iPhone that make it better than other smartphones. It has the best touchscreen of any phone I have held, you don't have to do "soft resets" all the time like I had to do with my Storm, it doesn't get slower when you switch apps and forget to close the other one and the app store tells you when updates are available for your apps. It's just a better phone hands down IMO.

Rumor has it Verizon was originally offered the Iphone by Apple but they didn't accept the off. It is also easier for them to build it as a GSM phone for AT&T(T-mobile as well) than it is for Verizon since GSM is used in other countries whereas CDMA is almost dead.

This is true, my buddy that works for Apple was telling me about that.

[XJfire75]

Well I'm on 3.0 now too and it's definately a lot better. I love being able to type in landscape in a text and email. The MMS is cool too. Although I haven't got a pic to send yet.

Y'all will love the update.

[Achmed]

I am offering 3.0 upgrades through Apples Developer program for $25 per phone if anyone wants aboard. Just PM if so.