mcminty
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Uzique wrote:

yeah, i sync my iphone with all the 'office' applications on my macbook.

allows me to seamlessly bridge between the macbook lecture-library use and mobile on-the-go notes/calendar-timetable etc.
ah right, so you are using iWork? I had Office 08 for Mac for about 2 years, then my bro got his macbook pro.. and a family pack of iWork. It's different, but I've got to say I like it a hell of a lot better.

Haha yeah the calendar app/iCal is rather awesome. I've got 6 calendars for uni, a "social" one for activities, and a few for specific people.. it ends up being rather colourful

I was pleased to hear that the updated version of iBook that ships with iOS 4 will support PDF syncing. Uni notes come as PDF (or hell, it takes one click for me to turn them into one) so this will be rather convenient.
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6714
i use both iOffice and Office for Mac.
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mcminty
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I've got both too xD excel is a lot better than numbers.. well at least for my engineering uses(despite the fact microsoft removed support for visual basic in 2008 )
jsnipy
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Uzique wrote:

that tired meme aint funny no more, and double posting aint gonna ensure double laughs.

but you're right, those who have bias will always delude themselves into a conviction of 'rightness'.

everyone is their own best judge, at the end of the day.

but they can hold off with the ironic 'don't be elitist!' posts, and stay the fuck out if all they have to do is spew shit from their rancid arseholes.
Oops did not realize it doubled. Also thanks for your expert opinions on memes and phones .. people want to be just like you.
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6714
i havent had a 'im the cool consumer' attitude in this entire thread

just trying to find some concrete fact or evidence beneath the usual anti-apple tirades

post something that makes sense, try a little harder
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Bevo
Nah
+718|6765|Austin, Texas
going to enjoy OS 4.0, lastfm while using other applications plz and thx

Will probably also get the new model. flame on etc
jsnipy
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+3,277|6766|...

Uzique wrote:

i havent had a 'im the cool consumer' attitude in this entire thread

just trying to find some concrete fact or evidence beneath the usual anti-apple tirades

post something that makes sense, try a little harder
I probally should not have put phones in there since actually you have been quite subdued in this thread. Your faux jaded internet persona is actually entertaining.
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6714
"faux jaded internet persona"

hahaha what?

"post something that makes sense"
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6032|Catherine Black
Mannn, if there's one thing I hate about Apple () it's the fact they brand everything with an "i" before it. What's it stand for anyway? Intelligent? Ironic?

Don't get me wrong, though, most of Apple products are good, and I do enjoy messing with them, if only they were a bit cheaper.. like.. 40% cheaper.
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Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6714
it's simple and recognizable. why hate a brand for that? it's hugely successful- as is the 'branding' of their advertisements. again, it just betrays pathetic unfounded anti-apple sentiments.

"man, if there's one thing i hate about bmw it's that pretentious, 'edgy' and sleek 'series' nomenclature. why are all of their models named in 'series'? goddamn. those goddamn tech companies with their lousy spelling as well - what is it with the branding behind the 'RAZR'? goddamn morans cant even speel".

yeah, way to discriminate against the product for a load of petty bollocks.
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Winston_Churchill
Bazinga!
+521|6983|Toronto | Canada

I really like the design, its much better than the original.  Probably won't get one though since I really don't like iTunes and dont want to bother with pairing it with that.

Oh, and it'll be another 2 years before it reaches to this incredibly remote, third-world, northern location of... Canada
liquidat0r
wtf.
+2,223|6871|UK

Finray wrote:

Mannn, if there's one thing I hate about Apple () it's the fact they brand everything with an "i" before it. What's it stand for anyway? Intelligent? Ironic?
Apple declared the 'i' in iMac to stand for "Internet"; it also represented the product's focus as a personal device ('i' for "individual").[3]
But yeah, it's just become their brand identity I suppose. It doesn't stand for anything any more, it just ties all their products in said range together. Or something like that.

I've been wanting to get a smart phone for ages, now. I just have your standard phone that can text/phone at the moment, internet and stuff would be cool. My contract expires at the end of the summer ... so an iPhone maybe considered.
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5945|College Park, MD
A bit shocked that you of all people don't have a smartphone.
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FloppY_
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+1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Uzique wrote:

elitist arse? excuse me, you're the one shitting on a perfectly-acceptable iphone 4 thread with your 'apple buyers are morons', 'this gadget will only sell to dumbasses', and 'other smartphones are far superior imo' type statements. and im being elitist? im merely speaking up for the right for interested consumers to discuss and read about the upcoming iphone. you're the one making it a huge bandwagon-deal, yet again. read my last tl;dr, you silly little no-life cunt.

oh and just to debunk your dumb, ill-founded little bandwagon-geek myths:

- the iphone does not have ridiculous marketing schemes. it is open in the UK and most other markets. america is their corporate problem, not an apple problem specifically. let AT&T sort out their problems and stop judging a gadget that will be launched worldwide on one shitty, anecdotal piece of 'evidence'.

- if you read the leaked slides/images, you can clearly see that there are 'new' things about the iphone. at least over its predecessor. the last iphone 3GS is pretty old now, as far as the phone-tech market goes. these are welcome upgrades and additions. and it isn't for you to say that there is nothing new or desirable. that estimation is for the consumer. and the iphone sales statistics will surely prove you wrong and give you something to get a geek-rage over, yet again.

- no the iphone is not marketed that way. your perception of the apple marketing 'style' is wildly skewed and misshaped by your clear bias and bandwagon-fanboyism. talking about the fact the very first iphone didnt have MMS messaging doesn't have anything to do with the last 3-4 iphones. earlier telephone brands have all gone through their own stages of development. do you see people denouncing the new android phones or the new blackberry's because their original models sucked dick? no. it's just you. and why, what mentality leads to this? anti-apple bandwagonism, blind raging, lack of facts etc. it's simple for everyone else to see: your mentality is ridiculous.

- people don't buy iphones because of steve jobs. i can assure you, 95% of consumers that walk into mobile phone shops or online stores have not heard of steve jobs. they do not watch the apple keynotes. they do not attend the apple conventions. most consumers want a phone that just works. the iphone does just that with style, effectivity and a great design aesthetic to suit. there is no 'cult of steve jobs' in the real-world: it is an entirely virtual phenomenon. do not let the NICHE area of online following misinform you; don't be stupid. again, 95% of people do not subscribe to this 'raging apple hipster' demographic that you imagine. and it is imagined, conveniently enough for your so-called 'arguments'. half of the apple community questioned - as any well-informed and aware consumer should and indeed does - the apple ipad. there is no frenzied blind support. you are making shit up, and again, failing to provide substantiated evidence. which is what minty, and now i too, ask for.

so deliver, or:

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GET THE FUCK OUT.

yours sincerely,

- Someone That Knows What-The-Fuck They're Talking About, Esq.
tl;dr

mcminty wrote:

Uzique, Niiice


Yo, floppy.. have you ever actually..


you know..


used an iPhone, besides the two minutes you spend looking at it in a shop?



I've played around with my friends HTC this and that (there are like a million different kinds.. ), and they seemed pretty cool. Not for me, but pretty cool none the less.
I've fiddled with several mates' iPhones... I can't see it has anything going for itself except for multitouch over my i780 winmo phone...
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liquidat0r
wtf.
+2,223|6871|UK

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

A bit shocked that you of all people don't have a smartphone.
What are you implying?

hehe

I don't have one because I signed on to a two year contract just before smart phones started popping up everywhere (for the consumer market, rather than business) I suppose.
Microwave
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+515|6899|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK
Really impressed by the idea and engineering behind having the whole outside, steel structure as the antennas, really clever, I can imagine it being a big improvement too.
liquidat0r
wtf.
+2,223|6871|UK

Microwave wrote:

Really impressed by the idea and engineering behind having the whole outside, steel structure as the antennas, really clever, I can imagine it being a big improvement too.
I don't *think* that's anything new. Fairly sure it has been done before. I remember seeing it somewhere - though that could have been in my imaginations.
FloppY_
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+1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

liquidat0r wrote:

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

A bit shocked that you of all people don't have a smartphone.
What are you implying?

hehe

I don't have one because I signed on to a two year contract just before smart phones started popping up everywhere (for the consumer market, rather than business) I suppose.
I wish they still made good, nifty, clamshell phones like my old Samsung E730 I don't want a smartphone again when my current i780 dies...


EDIT: Who karma'd me... I just said I didn't want a "smartphone" again, all I need is SMS, MMS, ToDo list, notes and calling...
So unless they move Android away from candy-bar HUEG screen and into small clamshells it's a no-ty..

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CammRobb
Banned
+1,510|6374|Carnoustie MASSIF
I really, really, really want one. What are the dimensions of it? I still say that if they made the iPhone the same size and my iPod touch, then I'd have one.
eleven bravo
Member
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Ever notice how uzique doesnt usually capatilize the A in America.
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Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6714
why are you people coming to this thread and criticizing the new iphone for not having anything "groundbreaking"?

so what if the steel exterior has been "done before" by another company?

apple arent, after all, presenting this as the coming of the next Messiah- to use Floppy's hyperbole. it's just an updated version of an existing concept. stop looking for things that they're not even claiming to be there in the first place.

also floppy, amazing justification for your immature little views. "tl;dr". i felt the same way about your D&ST suicide thread.
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alexb
<3
+590|6184|Kentucky, USA

115.5 x 58.7 x 9.4 mm
Winston_Churchill
Bazinga!
+521|6983|Toronto | Canada

Uzique wrote:

so what if the steel exterior has been "done before" by another company?

apple arent, after all, presenting this as the coming of the next Messiah- to use Floppy's hyperbole. it's just an updated version of an existing concept. stop looking for things that they're not even claiming to be there in the first place.

also floppy, amazing justification for your immature little views. "tl;dr". i felt the same way about your D&ST suicide thread.
Well, to be fair, they are claiming to be the first to have ever done it.

“It’s got integrated antennas right in the structure of the phone — it’s never been done before and it’s really cool engineering.”

Quote directly from Steve Jobs yesterday.

Last edited by Winston_Churchill (2010-06-08 08:30:39)

Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6714
and has that been seen before?

i just don't think the popular perception of apple as a brand of liars and thieves is true. their marketing is 'edgy' and 'cool' but what isn't nowadays? very rarely have i seen an apple product being sold as something that it is not.
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FloppY_
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+1,010|6530|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Uzique wrote:

and has that been seen before?

i just don't think the popular perception of apple as a brand of liars and thieves is true. their marketing is 'edgy' and 'cool' but what isn't nowadays? very rarely have i seen an apple product being sold as something that it is not.
Someone hasn't watched apple comercials
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