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Offline minke

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Apple sucks
« on: February 08, 2011, 05:39:54 PM »
After 5 years being perfectly happy with no phone, I just got myself an iphone 4. I've had an Ipod touch for a couple of years now and based the iphone purchase on my ipod experience.

mistake.

Yeah I can call and text, but customising ringtones and any personalisation is ridiculous. So user unfriendly. I have an ungodly amount of welcome packs and manuals, but sadly no real instructions. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it, but whats wrong with telling me how to do stuff?

Anyhow, rant over

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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 05:42:49 PM »
I text and call from my touch, I don't need a phone. TO much power for me to abuse  :devil
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 05:44:17 PM »
Jailbreak it.
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2011, 06:15:13 PM »
Droid :D
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2011, 06:16:08 PM »
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2011, 06:52:37 PM »
i got me a good ol' touchscreen phone with internet. i can text and call, so it works for me
(its even got pac-man!!!)
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2011, 08:39:07 PM »
Droid x rooted with liberty 1.5 rom and the beast theme.  Took me about 20 minutes to learn how to do it while waiting for the we gotta have an off hours arena whine to end.

Return your phone and get a real one :D

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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2011, 10:00:36 AM »
Quote from: minke on February 08, 2011, 05:39:54 PM
After 5 years being perfectly happy with no phone, I just got myself an iphone 4. I've had an Ipod touch for a couple of years now and based the iphone purchase on my ipod experience.

mistake.

Yeah I can call and text, but customising ringtones and any personalisation is ridiculous. So user unfriendly. I have an ungodly amount of welcome packs and manuals, but sadly no real instructions. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it, but whats wrong with telling me how to do stuff?

Anyhow, rant over



Apple has lots of guides for this kind of stuff, search on google or apple.com.

I can't get why you would want to 'personalize' your phone anyway. It functions perfectly as it is and fulfills its purpose. Did you buy it to play with the iOS4 or to call / use apps with it? If not the latter, just get yourself the iOS emulator its cheaper that way :)
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2011, 10:26:07 AM »
Quote from: minke on February 08, 2011, 05:39:54 PM
customising ringtones and any personalisation is ridiculous. So user unfriendly. I have an ungodly amount of welcome packs and manuals, but sadly no real instructions. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it, but whats wrong with telling me how to do stuff?

odds are its trivially simple to do this, most new apple users overthink stuff because they are used to jumping through hoops to do even basic stuff in other OSes. just pretend you've never used a computer before and try the simplest, most obvious approach and you'll probably be right :aok
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2011, 11:02:53 AM »
My father in law still calls me every time he takes the TV off of channel 3.  In the past 20 years he has not figured out how to get the TV back to cable from VCR.  I don;t think Sony sucks though.

Just saying.  some people are better off using the smoke signals  :old:
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2011, 01:48:49 PM »
Quote from: dedalos on February 09, 2011, 11:02:53 AM
My father in law still calls me every time he takes the TV off of channel 3.  In the past 20 years he has not figured out how to get the TV back to cable from VCR.  I don;t think Sony sucks though.

Just saying.  some people are better off using the smoke signals  :old:

HAHA this is true! :)
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2011, 02:17:32 PM »
BlackBerry................... . 



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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2011, 02:31:21 PM »
I can honestly say after having had an iPhone4 for over 6 months that I can't wait on the time to get rid of it and get a droid based phone. Hopefully I can get one of the new Tegra based droid phones when it hits AT&T early next month...having 2 phones in my wireless plan is great in that I have been with AT&T for so long that I don't have a contract anymore. I like their service all over the world but can't stand the fraggin IPHONE!!!!
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2011, 02:41:20 PM »
I've had a 3GS for a little over 6 months, I got it right after the 4 came out and the price dropped.

Long battery life, bright screen, and user friendly.

No complaints here
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Re: Apple sucks
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2011, 02:59:59 PM »
The blackberry is even worse llogann. Keypad waaaay too fiddly.

Just for the ones who don't know, to use an existing song on your Iphone as a ringtone you have to -

1 download an app such as ringtone (free thankfully)

2 use app to make 30 second audio clip

3 at the end of the process save to desktop

4 drag clip to ringtones section on itunes

5 resync

6 get frustrated coz for some reason the iphone won't put on more than one, or work at all

7 Go outside for a smoke

8 come back in and convert track to aac with 30 second limit

9 save to desktop and make windows show file extensions

10 convert to .m4r

11 drag into ringtones folder on itunes

12 resync

13 doesn't work

14 drop F bomb in the loudest voice you can

15 go for a smoke

16 get a verbal kicking from the wife for being noisy and having no patience

17 go for a smoke

18 give up.
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