New iPhone info annoucend today

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

do you just buy these apps and be done with it, or are many of them a service that you subscribe to and pay monthly for?

You pay for Apps once only, however if you pay for one particular App (AppSniper) then it finds all the discounted or free Apps daily.

I have hundreds of really useful Apps I've downloaded over time (and a lot of corny games too) and I've paid for about 4 of them. The most recent was a scheduling/time management tool that was free.

The 3.0 software updgade seems to make things go faster too!. I really love my iPhone.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Forgive my naivity, but do you just buy these apps and be done with it, or are many of them a service that you subscribe to and pay monthly for?


Pfft, I'm not nearly tech-saavy enough to jailbreak my phone. I doubt I'll need any of the apps that are not "official." But if I have to add the monthly price of application subscriptions to my monthly service, it's pretty much a deal-breaker (the base price itself is close to deal-breaking as it is.)


If they are buy and be done with it, I could enter the modern age. If they are pay and pay and pay, I'm remaining a troglodyte.

Jailbreaking usually just involves a comp program w/your phone attached or a code that you enter after a couple of click throughs. I've never done it but I understand it is simple.

[bewitched]

iSm, it seems to me that you don't want to pay for the iPhone but are attracted to its, well, attractiveness. Personally, from your comments, it seems to me that you could probably get what you want in a much cheaper phone/plan, with or without a contract.

If you don't want a contract but want a capable not quite smartphone, Olivia (dd) has the X-tc by Kyocera for $99 through Virgin Mobile. It is 3G and you can download Opera so you have access to real, not just mobile web pages. I think her bill is about $60 for unlimited phone/text/data (review).

Virgin's (Helio's) Ocean 2 ($149) is supposed to be an excellent phone as well-- according to a friend who owns one and loves it (review)
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Sprint's Boost Mobile has the Motorola i9 which, although not a smartphone (like the Razr, which was my previous, previous phone and was really quite smart enough, to be perfectly honest), has internet capability (not sure if it's 3G) and lots of other features for $50 unlimited phone/text/data.

Sure, they aren't as sexy as the iPhone, but they do a lot of the same basic functions, including (important to me) push email from any provider.

If you're willing to enter into a contract or pay a little more for your phone (as I did with my Nokia smartphone), your options expand greatly and your pricing will be lower.

[Not Afraid]

I'm loving the iPhone upgrade! I keep finding new surprises!

[innerSpaceman]

Thanks, Lash. Is there an app that finds me cheap flights to Down Under?

[lashbear]

www.jetstar.com

[Alex]

One week in with the Pre and there are definitely battery life issues, though I haven't yet done anything to research if there are simple things I can be doing to extend it.

That said, if you get the Touchstone, the magnetic induction wireless charger, it makes it extremely easy to be charging your phone all of the time. Here in my cube I just set it down when I get in and never having to plug it in it is just as simple as pick it up if I leave. Since the screen doesn't go to sleep when it's charging (unless you tell it to) it is like having another really small computer next to my work one.

But yeah, with normal use it would seem you're not going to go much more than 36 hours without needing to charge.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

That said, if you get the Touchstone, the magnetic induction wireless charger, it makes it extremely easy to be charging your phone all of the time.

And on the same day I read about the Touchstone, I find out about the availability of wireless charging for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

WildCharge

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

And on the same day I read about the Touchstone, I find out about the availability of wireless charging for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

WildCharge

Way cool! But will I need to get one for work and one for home? Hmmm...

[Ghoulish Delight]

36 hours? That's about 4 times as much as I get with my current phone. Sounds good to me.