iPhone geekery

[mockney piers]

Whew, snatched three hours sleep and am heading back. Big 9lb boy arrived last night.

Interestingly i did have an app for monitoring contractions, but i got bored after the first 24 hours (missus mockers got bored of them after the first contraction frankly). Plus it was really buggy and the chart scales were really rubbish.

Plus when you're being induced it's all controlled by drugs anyhow, so utterly pointless really.

Anyway, geeky stuff apart ma and baby fine thanks chap(esse)s.

[giggirl]

WOW - CONGRATULATIONS

9lbs - that's a huge one - well done Mrs Mockney

[mockney piers]

here he is, photo not taken by iphone!

 

[giggirl]

Very very beautiful. He looks a tad surprised to be here perhaps?

[Sandperson]

You can make out it's a baby, therefore it goes without saying it's not from an iPhone. Congratulations Mockers!!

[Fear 'n boozin]

them's are clearly gaming hands!

[ratty]

Ooh, just got one today! Learning slowly how to use it - at present cannot get my contacts into it from my Nokia! :(

[mockney piers]

copy them on to your sim, and then copy them off your sim.

This is a pain as it means all the home, mobile type info is lost.

CAn you sync your nokia with windows contacts, then sync your new iphone with windows contacts (the latter definitely possible)?...bobs yer proverbial if you can.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I synched my old bonus with google contacts and back down to the iPhone

[ratty]

Got it sorted! I am loving it!!!

[ratty]

Still loving it but - OH THAT BATTERY LIFE!!!

[mockney piers]

I know, it gets worse. Mines down to about 6 hours :(.

I keep Bluetooth on so the car can automatically detect it when I get in and it's the straw that's breaking the proverbial.

[Roll Deep]

6 hours?! Do you have an egg-timer app as well?

[david_carnell]

What the heck are you using it for Piers that it only lasts six hours?

I left my charger at work on Friday night. Leaving work with a fully charged phone and with bare minimum usage it was still alive this morning (I wasn't at work on Monday). Not bad.

I reckon the battery life seems low but only because you end up using it for some much more stuff than a normal mobile and a lot of those apps are juice drinkers.

[mockney piers]

I really don't use the apps that much; mostly the browser but at work it's plugged into pc so won't drain. If I use the map function (far and away the most useful app) then I can kiss goodbye to the battery in half an hour.

Ok it will last longer as long as I don't use it at all. Bu that rather defeats the purpose. Plus it's an old 3G and I suspect it's always had a dodgy battery.

[david_carnell]

Half an hour....that's ridiculous.

Can Apple not change the battery for you?

[Brendan]

To me the most annoying thing about a mobile (along with it ringing when I?m carrying my shopping on the bus or beeping when I?m trying to have a nap) is the fact that I have to charge it once a week. If I had to charge it every day I just wouldn?t bother no matter how much fancy shit it did.

[Sandperson]

I've persuaded T-Mobile to let me have an iPhone. I am very excited. Now, white or black?

[mockney piers]

This should be irrelevant. Get a cover for it, or like mac gabahaban you'll discover too late that they are both slippery and fragile!!

[*Bob*]

Brendan Wrote:

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> To me the most annoying thing about a mobile

> (along with it ringing when I?m carrying my

> shopping on the bus or beeping when I?m trying to

> have a nap) is the fact that I have to charge it

> once a week. If I had to charge it every day I

> just wouldn?t bother no matter how much fancy shit

> it did.

You're not really built for the modern age, are you Brendan?

[Brendan]

I?m pretty sure I used to be but the older I get the more grumpy and incredulous I get about things.

[*Bob*]

You need a Powermat, Brendan.

Simply fit your phone with a Powermat receiver (purchase separately from Powermat) then lay your phone carefully on the mat to charge it up, making sure the mat is turned on and the correct surface area of the phone is in contact with the correct surface area of the mat.

Takes all the hassle and effort out of charging your phone the old-fashioned way.

[Brendan]

I?ll make a note of that for my next purchase after I?ve paid off the electric coffee stirrer.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Just had a quick peek on the iTunes store for an app that will alert me to threads reaching mid-late 90s postings...

I know quids is lurking, along with Mucky

[SeanMacGabhann]

100

yes - first in ages