iPhones - Are they just a wank?

[Calm]

waiting waiting no call yet mustn't make calls at all

[Grumpy John]

Been waiting for you to weigh in .

[Bebbo]

Well call me a wanker (there's an invite for you all) I've just aquired a new iPhone. Pretty impressed so far, they do take an SD card (don't know what the salesman was on who told me thay don't) so no problem with contacts. Apparently they don't do bluetooth to other phones to stop people swapping Apps.

I think you mean Sim Card not an SD card.

SD card is the memory card in most cameras.

Sim card holds your mobile number and also contacts of your phonebook.

The iphone has 8gig onboard memory. No real need for an SD card.

[Calm]

yep it does work - real calls

[Grumpy John]

I think you mean Sim Card not an SD card.

SD card is the memory card in most cameras.

Sim card holds your mobile number and also contacts of your phonebook.

The iphone has 8gig onboard memory. No real need for an SD card.

You're prolly right, the correct terminology escapes me sometimes .

[m2c1Iw]

The iphone is the most universal woodworking tool made eg.

1. It tells you when it's too hot or cold to work in the shed.
2. It gives you the tides so you know when it's better to go fishing than planing.
3. It can measure an angle when you've lost your protractor
4. Check a joint for square.
5. Serve as a reasonable box when your doing stupid things on the TS.
6. Adds up when you run out of fingers and toes.
7. Reminds you when it's time for a beer.......limited usefulness I know.

Oh and ah I'm pretty sure you can use it to ring people as well, although I'm yet to see one operate in that manner.

And perhaps best of all it keeps you in touch with the Forum when you are on the go.

Just to name a few things...... don't know why I don't have one really.

Mike

[RETIRED]

Without the ponytail .

Lack of hair?

[Calm]

........................... don't know why I don't have one really.

Mike

You're from Adelaide - 1/2 hour behind the rest of us

Cheers

PS sometimes ya just gotta say it

[watson]

You're a bad man Calm...but check Hack a Day and these blokes could run a war from their Ipods.

[Sir Stinkalot]

Are they worth getting, what are the alternatives?

The Stinkette and I recently purchased two 32gb Iphones and think they are great. I wasn't too sure about getting one as I don't tend to call anybody but I find that I now use it for internet, email etc.

I can get my home email by clicking on mail, go to the web to get work email and answer questions when out of the office, use the google maps to find where I am and where I am going. It has semi replaced my Ipod (except for the reduce storage) and the speaker is handy for listening to music in the garden or cooking etc.

Quite often when walking around the city we use the internet to find a store we need to get to then google maps to help find it. The other day I was looking for a friends house, pulled over, selected his name in the address book and then google maps gave me my exact location and where I needed to go by just clicking on the name in the address book.

Only problem so far ...... the sound quality of the phone isn't great

[m2c1Iw]

You're from Adelaide - 1/2 hour behind the rest of us

Cheers

PS sometimes ya just gotta say it

Brave too for someone from Ballarat, didn't they only get the phone on there last year.

[Daddles]

Brave too for someone from Ballarat, didn't they only get the phone on there last year.

That's only because the bloke who bred the pigeons got pinged by the EPA

Richard

[Bob38S]

Came across this concerning iPhones, prepaid and Telstra which may be of use to those considering one.

Tips and tricks for using an iPhone on Telstra Pre-Paid - MacTalk Forums

[Blocklayer]

For some wood related uses for the iPhone, fire up the web browser and take a look at Construction Calculators Mobile English Imperial

Or get a free QR code reader for the phone and just scan the QR code below to go straight to the site.

[Expat]

Here in the land of the highest mobile phone charges in the world - for real - the iPhone was only available through one provider who just happens to be the single worst carrier in all of Canada. Of course a week after the wife and I get our new Blackberry Curves the bloody thing becomes available through our carrier as well!!
The BB is okay but I would much prefer the iPhone simply because it would interface with my Macs and the software I run my business on so much better than the BB does. Plus those little keys on the BB give me the yits!
The wife got an iPod Touch last Xmas and loves it but that would have passed to our girls as the music player in their room had we gone iPhone. Now we have to wait 2 years for our contract to run out or pay a bag load of extra cash for the things.

50+ with no pony tail and have had my business on the interweb since the late 80's so I guess that makes me a geek rather than a hippie or a yippie.