Ipod Touch / Iphone

[soloz2]

It turns out my wife's work email, calendar and contacts app wont work with iOS 4 (IBM Traveler app) and therefore she can't move over to the iPhone 4 right now. So we wont be picking up her reserved iPhone unless it can be activated by someone else on a different phone number (or account). My own iPhone shipped from AT&T Wednesday for 6/24 delivery.

Anyone have an idea if we can put my wife's reserved iPhone 4 on my son's number instead, knowing that it will add two years to her contract and not his? Or will Apple and AT&T insist that we first activate it on her number first, before we can move it to one of our other lines? My wife doesn't want to activate the iPhone 4 on her phone number at all, being afraid she'll be stuck with it and can't go back to her 3GS with all her contacts/calendar/email.

Once I get my iPhone 4 activated, if I like it I was going to pass my old 32Gb jailbroken 3GS to my son, and either sell his 8gb jailbroken 3G or keep it as a spare. If I don't like my iPhone 4 I might sell it or pass that on to my son instead. But I don't think that any of us are going to upgrade an old phone to iOS 4 until 4.01 or higher comes out. I am also assuming that I can't pick up her reserved phone and simply sell it for a profit without activating it first.

As long as you just reserved the phone you should be able to to switch. You may have to activate it on her line first then switich.

[soloz2]

OS4 has been pretty craptastic for me on my 3G too. I like some of the features like folders and mail, but I had to reboot the other day because it couldn't handle listening to music and sending texts at the same time...

[emelius]

mine doesn't appear to have either the yellow spots/stripes or left-handed calls issue that engadget's on about, but man would i be pissed if it did...

wonder if it can be traced to texas vs. china units...or if it's just a bad batch...

[emelius]

Some iPhone 4 models dropping calls when held left-handed, including ours (video) - Engadget

for the lazy...& since i love using this thing...

[The Monkey]

The Macrumors thread suggests a pretty widespread issue, although self-selection in posting about it could skew the #s.

[VPI]

I Think I got a Super iPhone.

Speedtest from my office.

[recstar24]

Jeebus your connection is faster than most Internet providers in my area and you probably best most 2nd and 3rd world countries.

[Salt Peanuts]

Your iPhone's upload speed is better than my cable.

[n_maher]

Epic fail - all my backups that used to exist at work are gone too. I'm guessing that some itunes update nuked them along the way and I didn't notice because the phone was no longer directly associated with this computer. FML

[VPI]

So I guess that is how they are going to force people to either buy Macs or buy Mobile Me. They just lock up all your info somewhere until you see the error of your ways and buy the add on service.

I guess on your Hackintosh you do not use Calendar/Contacts etc.?

[n_maher]

So I guess that is how they are going to force people to either buy Macs or buy Mobile Me. They just lock up all your info somewhere until you see the error of your ways and buy the add on service.

I guess on your Hackintosh you do not use Calendar/Contacts etc.?

The hackintosh isn't here yet.

My previous work flow for contacts was obviously flawed and my life is not so complex that I maintain a big calendar. Moving forward I need to figure out where a central depository for contacts is going to reside outside of my phone and how to keep the two of them synced up. I don't have a real preference so I'm open to suggestion.

[grawk]

You can use gmail for contacts, and sync it that way

[VPI]

On the BB I use Outlook for work but on the iPhone I am using the Mac options as they sync automatically and if you have Mobile Me they all update upon any changes on one device.

[grawk]

iOS 4 can tell if mobile me and outlook contacts are in sync, and merge them in the phone. You can use any outlook/exchange compatible contacts/email/calendaring system, including gmail, in iOS devices.

[cetoole]

also I played with my friends droid and found it was a pretty good web browsing experience, just not as smooth as the iPhone. if the HTC Incredible has smoothed out the web browsing, I'm all for it. because honestly web browsing, email, and the calendar are the only things I give a shit about on my phone.

I really like my Incredible, but the droid I have used was almost unusably laggy.

[Salt Peanuts]

Here's hoping AT&T opens up the iPhone orders again soon - I just noticed my cell phone is breaking and I'll be damned if I need to find myself another phone.

[postjack]

I really like my Incredible, but the droid I have used was almost unusably laggy.

good to hear. does your Incredible sync up well with all the google stuff? calendar, contacts, etc?

[emelius]

Bamboo iPhone4 Case (pre-order deposit) by Grove | Bamboo iPhone Case - Laser Engraved - GroveMade

someone linked me to this...kinda pricey i admit...

[VPI]

I am looking for a case myself. I bought some cheesy rocketfish gel case at Best Buy for right now but hope to get something a bit nicer in the near future.

[cetoole]

good to hear. does your Incredible sync up well with all the google stuff? calendar, contacts, etc?

I only have gmail for internet so far, works fine with that. I need to try the other stuff, since I am at the point I really need a calendar I can access anywhere.

[penger]

I am looking for a case myself. I bought some cheesy rocketfish gel case at Best Buy for right now but hope to get something a bit nicer in the near future.

I read that switcheasy is supposed to have products for the iphone4 around mid July. Hopefully my phone will last that long without scratching.

[VPI]

I have two switcheasy cases now and outside of the tiny headphone jack port I have been happy.

[emelius]

ha...returning my iPhone 4 because of a dead pixel...

maybe i should wait a week for the hoopla to die down...

son of a bitch...

[bhd812]

Just walked out of the mall, the line is nuts but what pisses me off is the fucktards who just are waiting for one and the people who were up at 3am last Tuesday reserving theirs online are in the same line! I told the apple bitch to cancel my reserve. Fuck that I ain't waiting behind no asshole that didn't reserve

[luvdunhill]

Just walked out of the mall, the line is nuts but what pisses me off is the fucktards who just are waiting for one and the people who were up at 3am last Tuesday reserving theirs online are in the same line! I told the apple bitch to cancel my reserve. Fuck that I ain't waiting behind no asshole that didn't reserve

Damn those people that just think they can just show up and everything will be okay! These type of things require proper planning, don't they realize that?