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Title: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 18, 2013, 11:10:23 pm
So I went to update my Iphone with IO7, per Missp's urging, now im locked out!

Thanks!

It keeps wanting me to put my Apple Id in, ad I cant remember what it is. When I try the "cant rember my Id" thingie I never get the info sent to my email address.

Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 18, 2013, 11:17:33 pm
Nevermind.

got it. ;D

I like the Itunes radio much better than Spotify

Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 18, 2013, 11:45:04 pm
I get blamed for everything around here.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: tednlou2 on September 18, 2013, 11:57:45 pm
Give us your passwords, and we will keep them for you. 
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 19, 2013, 12:10:01 am
It says I only have "38 hours remaining" for my update :-\

Also, cocks (http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/yes-theres-a-new-iphone-but-thats-not-the-big-news/)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 19, 2013, 12:12:37 pm
There is a new "block caller" feature! I love it.  This is the perfect solution to those tiresome 2am Klonnie fueled calls from a certain fellow Forums member.

I'm liking this update more and more.

Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: buginme2 on September 19, 2013, 01:44:36 pm
There is a new "block caller" feature! I love it.  This is the perfect solution to those tiresome 2am Klonnie fueled calls from a certain fellow Forums member.

I'm liking this update more and more.

That's been a feature on android phones (at least the galaxy s3)for years. 
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 19, 2013, 01:57:33 pm
That's been a feature on android phones (at least the galaxy s3)for years. 

... but will it do this over multiple devices and multiple services?
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 19, 2013, 08:35:12 pm
These childlike colors on the buttons are what bothers me about the new IOS7 upgrade, how do I change that?

**ignore the text from Missp that came in right as I snapped the pic, we were in the midst of one of our daily heated political discussions.

(http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af308/IwuvPhilly/phone_zpseaee42dc.png)

Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 19, 2013, 09:54:35 pm
I like the new look. You have no taste, and never will.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: tednlou2 on September 19, 2013, 11:49:39 pm
The IPhone has never appealed to me.  I like my Galaxy S4 and how the android system allow you to personalize your home screens.


(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv22/tedunk/Screenshot_2013-09-19-23-44-18_zpsc60d8cc8.png)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 20, 2013, 12:26:14 am
Ah! Ah! This will teach those conniving little homosexuals in airport bathrooms! (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57603758/prosecutors-urge-use-of-new-iphone-kill-switch/)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: GSOgymrat on September 20, 2013, 01:22:28 am
Ah! Ah! This will teach those conniving little homosexuals in airport bathrooms! (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57603758/prosecutors-urge-use-of-new-iphone-kill-switch/)

Prosecutors urge use of new iPhone "kill switch"

If the iPhone killed any user who didn't pass the new finger print scanner that would be total James Bond! The legal department might not be too pleased...
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mitch777 on September 20, 2013, 09:18:14 am
@Will-  so, did you vote for that insane clown?

@Ted-  looks like you have a full schedule. lol.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 20, 2013, 09:35:04 am


@Ted-  looks like you have a full schedule. lol.

Right, but do we really believe it only takes an hour to bleach that massive hole of his?
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Habersham on September 20, 2013, 10:09:27 am
The taint massage is at my place
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 20, 2013, 10:30:57 am
Steve Jobs really should have realized that folks need to see the outdoor temperature at least three times on a Iphone home screen before he croaked. What the fuck was wrong with that hippie? ::)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: romfjr on September 20, 2013, 11:01:24 am
Wow..you guys r lucky...I can't even afford e nice phone like you have..and everyone is complaining...im on government phone service...Wow..you guys have it so tuff in life to worry about your new cell phones....here I am making sure I have enough minutes on my phone just to order my refills from pharmacy...Damn....what a tragedy..boo hop your 3hundred dollar phones aren't working..what a tragedy..
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Habersham on September 20, 2013, 11:14:08 am
Their $150 a month phones you mean. Mine is a Virgin Mobile $33 a month phone and you know what - I can block callers too......

Thanks for bringing that up.   I hope this thread doesn't make the homeless people without Iphones feel bad.......
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Dachshund on September 20, 2013, 11:34:23 am
Wow..you guys r lucky...I can't even afford e nice phone like you have..and everyone is complaining...im on government phone service...Wow..you guys have it so tuff in life to worry about your new cell phones....here I am making sure I have enough minutes on my phone just to order my refills from pharmacy...Damn....what a tragedy..boo hop your 3hundred dollar phones aren't working..what a tragedy..

As a taxpayer I'm more than willing to chip in (happy to do it) so you can have access to a phone. As a working stiff I'm not going to feel guilty if i chose to pay for an iPhone. If you scratch below the surface most of the comments are  tongue in cheek.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 20, 2013, 11:40:18 am
You can get the cheaper new model, the iPhone 5C (in multiple colors no less) for free if you switch your contract to Sprint. This deal supposedly only lasts until October 10th.

Of course, the expense is really the monthly bill.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: wolfter on September 20, 2013, 12:30:03 pm
Wow..you guys r lucky...I can't even afford e nice phone like you have..and everyone is complaining...im on government phone service...Wow..you guys have it so tuff in life to worry about your new cell phones....here I am making sure I have enough minutes on my phone just to order my refills from pharmacy...Damn....what a tragedy..boo hop your 3hundred dollar phones aren't working..what a tragedy..

4 posts in and all I can think is "WOW".  I'll think of this when I send in my next payment as I don't think I'd be able to get me free phone service.  My AIDsy brain dictates that I don't even have the option of switching to these new fangled things. 

Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 20, 2013, 01:29:34 pm
The gold iPhone is now sold out until October.

DISCUSS!
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: oksikoko on September 20, 2013, 03:47:19 pm
Their $150 a month phones you mean. Mine is a Virgin Mobile $33 a month phone and you know what - I can block callers too......

Thanks for bringing that up.   I hope this thread doesn't make the homeless people without Iphones feel bad.......

Don't judge a book by its smartphone. ;)

I was homeless with an (old) iPhone. If you don't have a data plan, it costs $0 per month. My digital home was quite nice, though, and I was able to keep all of my old files and data throughout the period where I had nowhere to go or store things. I would never have been able to keep up with all those papers and documents, not to mention music I had bought over the years, since I had to carry everything I owned in one bag.

You can block callers in iOS7. I can't believe it took this long.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: bocker3 on September 20, 2013, 05:05:51 pm
Right, but do we really believe it only takes an hour to bleach that massive hole of his?

OK -- I have to ask -- what the fuck is anal bleaching??  Is it actually a real thing??  Ain't no way that I am putting any bleach near my hole.......   :o

M
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 20, 2013, 05:21:14 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqncCcCKNo
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Jeff G on September 20, 2013, 05:24:33 pm
OK -- I have to ask -- what the fuck is anal bleaching??  Is it actually a real thing??  Ain't no way that I am putting any bleach near my hole.......   :o

M

It gets rid of that black eye look I would guess .
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: bocker3 on September 20, 2013, 05:27:01 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqncCcCKNo


Ummm....  GROSS.  I can't believe that people actually do this.......   
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Habersham on September 20, 2013, 05:48:08 pm
There aren't any questions re the taint massage?
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 20, 2013, 06:32:09 pm
...Damn....what a tragedy..boo hop your 3hundred dollar phones aren't working..what a tragedy..


 ::)

You have no idea how hard I work for what I have. Not only that but I JUST upgraded to the Iphone 4 (not even the new one) 4 mos ago after having the same phone for 6 years. So back off.



Ummm....  GROSS.  I can't believe that people actually do this.......

k

but you're married so it doesnt really matter does it, I mean the lights are always off right?
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: bocker3 on September 20, 2013, 06:53:19 pm
k

but you're married so it doesnt really matter does it, I mean the lights are always off right?

Darling -- even in my single days, I wouldn't have put bleach on my delicate hole.  But yes, I don't generally have spotlights during our missionary position sexual escapades. 

M
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 20, 2013, 08:28:15 pm
I don't generally have spotlights during our missionary position sexual escapades. 

M

That's my good conservative ghurl, wouldn't want Jebus seeing us doing the naughty-naughty
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 20, 2013, 10:12:56 pm
Gold iPhones are selling for $1800 on eBay.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: wolfter on September 20, 2013, 11:34:19 pm
I got my new flip phone for free when I signed up with Verizon.  They only had 2 options available that didn't have all the technology stuff. 
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: tednlou2 on September 20, 2013, 11:59:37 pm
Right, but do we really believe it only takes an hour to bleach that massive hole of his?

Lol.  That made me laugh, when I haven't been feeling well today.  I was curious whether folks would notice it. 
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: intaglio on September 22, 2013, 06:53:53 am
I don't generally have spotlights during our missionary position sexual escapades. 

Please tell me you have the spotlight focused on the rotating disco ball, as is proper tradition. ;D
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 22, 2013, 09:23:56 am
Please tell me you have the spotlight focused on the rotating disco ball, . ;D

If you put the spotlight just right on a freshly bleached hole you get the same effect
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 22, 2013, 09:45:31 am
I suppose living in the land of Helvetia font worship, it's birthplace, I should love IOS 7 and maybe I will.
But it still bugs me they took away the glamorous sensual full screen image Itunes navigation.  I want to see my album art! I took the time to collect hd pictures and they looked gemlike on my little hd screen.

:( :(
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 22, 2013, 09:49:23 am
I suppose living in the land of Helvetia font worship, it's birthplace, I should love IOS 7 and maybe I will.
But it still bugs me they took away the glamorous sensual full screen image Itunes navigation.  I want to see my album art! I took the time to collect hd pictures and they looked gemlike on my little hd screen.

:( :(

Good point. I hadn't realized they did that till you just mentioned it. I had to go check.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 22, 2013, 10:30:39 am
and for the fast horizontal 4 row screen, we can spread our fingers and get 3 rows of boxes. then spread again and you get two rows.  but you can't get one row.

Needless to say, its all for "young eyes". 

I already made the actif font bigger .
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 22, 2013, 11:51:59 am
.

Needless to say, its all for "young eyes". 

I already made the actif font bigger .

Its getting harder and harder to see the screen on the Iphone. My eyes over the past year have gotten progressively worse.

I'm seriously thinking about going to the Galaxy with the big screen, I just hope Romfjr doesn't freak out if I do.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 22, 2013, 01:33:44 pm
My eyes must be young because I'm not having any issues with the font.

That said, I'm loving the new iOS 7, and I think part of the reason is that I am using it on an iPad. The original OS was neither designed by Jony Ives nor was it designed with the larger iPad screen in mind, because that product wasn't out yet. So it's always been something ported from another product. Hence this is the first OS designed specifically for the iPad in mind (though obviously also the smaller iPhone screen which is why you can alter the font size).

So have you girls learned the insider tricks of multi-tasking, force quitting apps, and activating spotlight search?

ps: the rumor is that when the iPhone 6 is released next year the screen will be larger and/or they will have it in two sizes. I actually think I'd prefer the smaller screen because it's easier to operate holding it in one hand. I always use two hands with my Galaxy phone.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 23, 2013, 01:10:07 pm
Well it seems Apple has proven the naysayers wrong again -- reports of the company's impending death were incorrect. Weekend sales of the iPhone 5s/5c were almost double that of the iPhone 5 (http://www.cultofmac.com/246829/iphone-sales-top-9-million-in-first-weekend/).

And iOS 7 has been the fastest software upgrade in history.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Denver Toad on September 23, 2013, 03:24:34 pm
No snide comments about Apple from me. Not a one. Lip zip.

Instead of comments I'll let apple maps do the talking. Nuff said.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb4tjoJ6CO1rhptwbo1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: BT65 on September 23, 2013, 04:05:34 pm
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101053503?__source=xfinity|mod&ticket=ST-1820-TbAsT1DVhghn59tJM7F36lLtpol1ILGGiVc-20&rememberMe=null
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 23, 2013, 06:01:39 pm
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101053503?__source=xfinity|mod&ticket=ST-1820-TbAsT1DVhghn59tJM7F36lLtpol1ILGGiVc-20&rememberMe=null

Fooling Touch ID may be possible, but calling it 'easy' is a bold-faced lie (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/23/fooling-touch-id-may-be-possible-but-calling-it-easy-is-a-bol/)

/appletrollfail
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 23, 2013, 06:38:12 pm
I heard the sales numbers are apples and oranges, because this time it includes multiple models....  and the last ones included only the top, most recent model.

But yeah, I don't want apple going kaput anytime soon.   :-[

Actually Steve Jobs -- was maybe a brilliant innovator and CEO, but a creepyish person. I hope new management succeeds. 

I just wish they would invest that huge pile of cash into something.... Maybe some more jobs in the USA would be the moral thing to do...  Not that corporations are moral....

Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mitch777 on September 23, 2013, 07:27:01 pm
I'm like the folks in the AARP endorsed commercial.  ::)  well, not quite but almost.
Got GPS in my car. Home most of the time. Have computer. Cell used while on the road and vacations. No need for these new fangled thingies. Sad but true.

Fun to hear your needs and ability to keep up with the tech world. It has changed the world in a short time.

Kudos and good luck in the years to come. :)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 23, 2013, 07:43:36 pm

Got GPS in my car. Home most of the time. Have computer. Cell used while on the road and vacations. No need for these new fangled thingies. Sad but true.

Coming in 2014! (http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/26/why-apple-is-revving-ios-in-the-car-for-an-aggressive-2014-launch)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 23, 2013, 07:48:41 pm
Mitch, smart phones are used for much more than calls.
Outside the home, and inside the home too...
They are cameras, photo albums, diaries, task managers, music and video players, clocks/alarm clocks, credit cards, flashlights, compasses, altimeters, spy - surveillance devices, tracking and rescue devices, hand and ball warmers, weapons (Naomi Campbell) etc etc etc
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 23, 2013, 08:00:16 pm
The touch Id has been hacked

http://istouchidhackedyet.com/
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mitch777 on September 23, 2013, 08:20:57 pm
Coming in 2014! (http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/26/why-apple-is-revving-ios-in-the-car-for-an-aggressive-2014-launch)
so happy for those who need this. :)
Mitch, smart phones are used for much more than calls.
Outside the home, and inside the home too...
They are cameras, photo albums, diaries, task managers, music and video players, clocks/alarm clocks, credit cards, flashlights, compasses, altimeters, spy - surveillance devices, tracking and rescue devices, hand and ball warmers, weapons (Naomi Campbell) etc etc etc
ditto. :)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 23, 2013, 09:51:01 pm
The touch Id has been hacked

http://istouchidhackedyet.com/

*sigh* (http://forums.poz.com/index.php?topic=50531.msg605737#msg605737)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: oksikoko on September 23, 2013, 09:55:21 pm
Mitch, smart phones are used for much more than calls.
Outside the home, and inside the home too...
They are cameras, photo albums, diaries, task managers, music and video players, clocks/alarm clocks, credit cards, flashlights, compasses, altimeters, spy - surveillance devices, tracking and rescue devices, hand and ball warmers, weapons (Naomi Campbell) etc etc etc

You forgot their most important function: finding, um, kissing partners in the middle of bum fuck nowhere.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 23, 2013, 10:10:44 pm
spy - surveillance devices, tracking and rescue devices
= cruising, no?

I guess that is "localisation"...
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 23, 2013, 10:12:51 pm
cell phones help find people buried in avalanches.....

Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 24, 2013, 12:12:43 am
Holy mother of crap.
I just spent all night doing this 60 page goddamn last minute translation I couldn't decline.  And now I must get ready for work again, and even first day of some classes.
Wait for it, this is about the iphone.  I have noticed that the nuclear meltdown warning ringtone no longer disturbs me enough...   And that was the one that worked.
I dare not take a 1 hour nap?
I do have an old fashioned bell alarm clock I use in pinches like this.
Wish me luck....
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 24, 2013, 09:49:54 am
Well it seems Apple has proven the naysayers wrong again -- reports of the company's impending death were incorrect. Weekend sales of the iPhone 5s/5c were almost double that of the iPhone 5 (http://www.cultofmac.com/246829/iphone-sales-top-9-million-in-first-weekend/).



Apple up $23 to 493ish...AND it's rumored they may finally ink a deal with China Mobile, the worlds largest carrier to supply Iphones to a market of 600 million chinamen. Although the deal has been up and down for a couple years it MAY behoove you people to grab a few shares of Apple  ;)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 24, 2013, 02:03:01 pm
Apple up $23 to 493ish...AND it's rumored they may finally ink a deal with China Mobile, the worlds largest carrier to supply Iphones to a market of 600 million chinamen. Although the deal has been up and down for a couple years it MAY behoove you people to grab a few shares of Apple  ;)

So, do you own Apple stock bought in the old "cheap" days or what?

You know, Miss P once owned substantial shares of Microsoft in the late 80's/early 90's until she sold it all to buy drugs!

ps: a gold iPhone just sold for $10,100 on eBay (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/gold-iphones-ebay_n_3980947.html)!
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: buginme2 on September 24, 2013, 02:59:45 pm
Apple up $23 to 493ish...AND it's rumored they may finally ink a deal with China Mobile, the worlds largest carrier to supply Iphones to a market of 600 million chinamen. Although the deal has been up and down for a couple years it MAY behoove you people to grab a few shares of Apple  ;)

Rule #1 of investing, and its the most common mistake.  Buy low, sell high. 
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 24, 2013, 04:57:34 pm
So, do you own Apple stock bought in the old "cheap" days or what?


God I wish.

Currently I'm kneedeep in stagnant Dell stock, but hopefully Michael will be cutting me a check soon.

I was one of those who gave up on Apple back before the Ipod.  :'(
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mitch777 on September 24, 2013, 05:01:06 pm


ps: a gold iPhone just sold for $10,100 on eBay (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/gold-iphones-ebay_n_3980947.html)!

What!?!? I was the high bidder after all? I'm blaming it all on you guys for making me want one of these. >:(
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: WillyWump on September 24, 2013, 05:11:50 pm
Hmmm. Maybe I'll upgrade to a Blackberry.



ps- LMAO
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 24, 2013, 05:16:19 pm
New thinner iMacs just came out a few hours ago and they are sweet looking (http://www.apple.com/imac/).
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 24, 2013, 05:51:08 pm
They don't put them in the twice a year major deal at the Federal Polytechnicals. EPFL and EPFZ. I buy my laptops through this and get 3 years warranty. So my dead Macbook Pro was just entirely renovated, and gratos. New motherboard, and completely new top half - HD screen etc.
We have observed that his cycle of laptop tech has staying power. Seems like for a good 10 years, one needed and pined for new every 2 years. Now I feel like I'm goint to get 4 out of this thing. Its very fast and beautiful again.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 24, 2013, 05:53:10 pm
I would be very excited to get one of those new black suppository mac pros they showed around last spring. But i bet they are gonna be about 5 grand.  Not in my budget.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mitch777 on September 24, 2013, 06:40:19 pm
New thinner iMacs just came out a few hours ago and they are sweet looking (http://www.apple.com/imac/).
I bid $33,010. ???
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: GSOgymrat on September 25, 2013, 08:36:47 am
ps: a gold iPhone just sold for $10,100 on eBay (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/gold-iphones-ebay_n_3980947.html)!

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Samsung counters iPhone 5S with a golden Galaxy S4
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4769086/samsung-counters-iphone-5s-with-a-golden-galaxy-s4

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd452/gsogymrat/gold-samsung-galaxy-s4_zps8ad99430.jpg) (http://s1220.photobucket.com/user/gsogymrat/media/gold-samsung-galaxy-s4_zps8ad99430.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 25, 2013, 04:33:15 pm
I saw a consumer report investigation that the Samsung are notable for being fragile and, worse, when broken, un-repairable.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 25, 2013, 04:37:07 pm
Its rather amazing when I am in public in Switzerland, and realise so very many people are walking around with such expensive mini computers, so powerful and sophisticated, as if its the most normal thing...  I guess this is true in many rich cities around the world.
Its pretty incredible, if you think about it.
An iphone is a what, 6 or 700 dollar gadget.
Ever other person on the train hauls out an iphone and a macbook pro or an air. Its thousands of dollars of electronics, like its a bottle of Snapple or a pack of cigarettes.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: buginme2 on September 25, 2013, 04:46:01 pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
A glitch in the Apple Maps app on newer iPhones and iPads guides people up to a runway at a major Alaska airport instead of sending them on the proper route to the terminal, an airport official said Wednesday.

The map actually stops at the tarmac, but twice this month, wayward drivers have continued across an active runway.

"It doesn't actually tell you to cross, but the problem is, people see the terminal then at that point, because they are right there, and they just continue across," said Fairbanks International Airport spokeswoman Angie Spear.

There were no injuries in either the Sept. 6 incident or the second one last Friday, mainly because they both happened early in the morning, between flights.

"Obviously, it could have been a very, very, very dangerous situation had they come during a flight departure or arrival," Spear said.

That entrance to the taxiway has now been barricaded from traffic.

The first incident involved an out-of-state visitor trying to return a rental car before a flight, and the second was an Alaska resident trying to get to the airport.

Once the control tower and airport personnel noticed the cars, the people were safely escorted away.

"Both parties that did it said they were following the directions on their iPhone," Spear said.

In July, state Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, had a close call of his own when he was trying to make a flight after a meeting.

He was in an unfamiliar part of Fairbanks and decided to use his iPhone map app to take the shortest route to the airport.

Gara said the app took him to some weird places in Fairbanks, and then to the small plane airport near the international airport.

"Eventually, it told me to make a right onto the small plane runway, which in fact was the shortest way to get to the big airport," he said. "I give the iPhone app credit for that."

But he did not heed the directions: "I'm not a big fan of driving on runways."

After the first incident, airport personnel immediately attempted to contact Apple. The airport is a state facility, and the Alaska attorney general's office also reached out to the Apple legal department.

"It was our understanding it would be taken care of last week," Spear said, but then the second mishap happened Friday. The app was still incorrect Wednesday morning, she said.

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple didn't immediately return a message to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

To be fair, the drivers deserve some blame.

The maps stop at the runway, but the drivers continued about a mile through a gate, past warning lights, numerous signs and painted concrete markings saying not to proceed.

"All of these things were disregarded because people simply trusted their device more than they trusted what they were seeing," she said.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: buginme2 on September 25, 2013, 08:29:59 pm
Speaking of tablets (I know, no one was)

As everyone is deciding between an IPad, or android, or Microsoft device

Amazon quietly announces their new Kindle Fire HDX tablets.  Starting at $229 they have the highest resolution screen (beating the iPads retina display) and fastest processor.  They also have a power save mode that allows you to read for up to 17 hours.  The NBC news article I read about it says that it is poised to outperform the iPad in the next round of upgrades.  Mainly for its low price but also for its pretty impressive hardware and software.    It even has a help button that you can press and automatically a live person at Amazon land will connect to your device and assist you at no charge. 

I would post a link to the news story but my IPad isn't allowing that for some reason.

From a business perspective once again Jeff Bezos is pretty innovative in this.  They are selling their hardware at no profit because they make all their money on everything else you buy from them once you have the device.  That's smart investing.
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: Miss Philicia on September 25, 2013, 09:02:42 pm
I think Ipad 5 will come out on 15 October using the same A7 chip in the new iPhone 5s which has blown everything out of the water, so I might hold back with the AppleH8T
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: mecch on September 26, 2013, 07:45:54 am

I would post a link to the news story but my IPad isn't allowing that for some reason.


 8) ::) >:(
Title: Re: Thanks for Screwing Up My Phone MissP!!!!
Post by: intaglio on September 26, 2013, 04:14:48 pm
Its rather amazing when I am in public in Switzerland, and realise so very many people are walking around with such expensive mini computers, so powerful and sophisticated, as if its the most normal thing...  I guess this is true in many rich cities around the world.
Its pretty incredible, if you think about it.
An iphone is a what, 6 or 700 dollar gadget.
Ever other person on the train hauls out an iphone and a macbook pro or an air. Its thousands of dollars of electronics, like its a bottle of Snapple or a pack of cigarettes.

And, yet, Etch-A-Sketchs still run about $14.99. It's all about what capability you desire.  ;D

Speaking of tablets (I know, no one was)

As everyone is deciding between an IPad, or android, or Microsoft device

Amazon quietly announces their new Kindle Fire HDX tablets.  Starting at $229 ...

Office Depot offers a Lenovo IdeaTab S6000 Tablet With 10.1" Screen for $249. As toys go, this is pretty good.

I tried to explain to my kids this is what our phone was like when I was a child. It ran off two large dry-cell batteries. I can't wait until they tell their children what it was like having dial-up internet access and how their TVs had square screens.

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