[flamesbball84]

I've got an FM transmitter, it works just fine unless you're an audiophile.

[rueful]

my car had a six cd changer that got stolen. Worked out for the best though as I have a perfect aux jack from what plugged into my cd changer, and Id rather have the thousands of songs on my ipod over 6 cds.

[rueful]

and update on apps. We all have a bunch of apps, but ones do you use the most, or are the most practical for others

[El Scorcho]

I've got an FM transmitter, it works just fine unless you're an audiophile.

Do you live just to be contrary to everything that I post? Seriously, dude. I don't know if you're doing it on purpose or not but it's really annoying.

[ALUmnus]

I've got an FM transmitter, it works just fine unless you're an audiophile.

FM transmitters suck, especially when driving around a lot, you have to constantly keep changing the stations to get at best a fuzzy transmission. What would your definition of an audiophile be, someone who's not hearing impaired? It's basically a last resort piece of technology.


You know what would be cool, Scorcho, is if you could have your location in your profile always match the GPS location of your iPhone. I wonder if that's possible. Because I'm always wondering where you really are.

[Kolzilla41]

I just bought my wife a Sony Xplod cd player with a Aux input in the front. Unless you get above C Ville or below Danville, there isn't a signal you can use for more than 5 minutes with out it getting static.

[jcmanson]

I just bought my wife a Sony Xplod cd player with a Aux input in the front. Unless you get above C Ville or below Danville, there isn't a signal you can use for more than 5 minutes with out it getting static.

Well that's depressing.

Considering I don't have much coin laying around I may just have to get one and hope for the best.

[Kolzilla41]

Do you have a tape deck?

[jcmanson]

nope

[LUconn]

ok, check this app out. It's probably the single coolest thing Ive ever seen

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My gut reaction was to say it's fake because there's nothing else like it really. But there's some other videos for "augmented reality" that seem legit enough.

[El Scorcho]

You know what would be cool, Scorcho, is if you could have your location in your profile always match the GPS location of your iPhone. I wonder if that's possible. Because I'm always wondering where you really are.

Ha. I'm sure you are.

It's completely possible, but I don't have the programming chops to do that sort of thing. Or any chop at all really. It's pretty easy to do with Twitter, though. They've implemented that well, but they don't make use of it like I think they should.

[flamesbball84]

I've got an FM transmitter, it works just fine unless you're an audiophile.

FM transmitters suck, especially when driving around a lot, you have to constantly keep changing the stations to get at best a fuzzy transmission. What would your definition of an audiophile be, someone who's not hearing impaired? It's basically a last resort piece of technology.

I haven't had that problem in Lynchburg...

[kel varson]

and update on apps. We all have a bunch of apps, but ones do you use the most, or are the most practical for others

I've downloaded 8 or 9 but my favorites are MLB At Bat, and Need For Speed Undercover. NFSU is buggy with the new 3.0 software though and needs an update because it frequently crashes or gets choppy. Other than that though, it is a really good game. Facebook is decent but could be better. Flight Control is a pretty fun game for the price. Pandora radio is a decent app, but with the ipod touch I have to be in a wifi area to use it and that is not that often (no need to use it at home.)

Baseball SLugger I bought but don't really like it. It's pretty difficult to play. I also like News Fuse and Wifi Trak both are pretty good apps for what they do. I also have weatherbug, but its not that impressive for a paid version. I mostly use weatherunderground iphone site.

[Liberty4Life]

ok, check this app out. It's probably the single coolest thing Ive ever seen

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My gut reaction was to say it's fake because there's nothing else like it really. But there's some other videos for "augmented reality" that seem legit enough.

That's really cool -- you can only imagine using that technology in other aspects... but my question is this:

Wouldn't it be easier to have a list of the closest subway stations and the direction that it's in, so you don't have to do a 360 turn around you current locale to find it?

[rueful]

yeah but the problem with that is the iphone doesnt always know what direction its facing. when ive tried to use it as a gps for directions, it usually has me going to wrong way at first

[El Scorcho]

yeah but the problem with that is the iphone doesnt always know what direction its facing. when ive tried to use it as a gps for directions, it usually has me going to wrong way at first

That's what the compass in the 3GS is for. GPS (on any device that relies solely on it) never knows what direction you're going until you move enough for it to track with the satellites. With the electronic compass, it knows exactly which direction you're facing at all times. Works quite well.

[rueful]

yeah but the problem with that is the iphone doesnt always know what direction its facing. when ive tried to use it as a gps for directions, it usually has me going to wrong way at first

That's what the compass in the 3GS is for. GPS (on any device that relies solely on it) never knows what direction you're going until you move enough for it to track with the satellites. With the electronic compass, it knows exactly which direction you're facing at all times. Works quite well.

yeah which sucks that i only paid thte 100 for the 3g, but in the end, it seemed like it wasnt worth it to pay another 100 bucks to get a compass and semi faster internet

[flamesbball84]

yeah but the problem with that is the iphone doesnt always know what direction its facing. when ive tried to use it as a gps for directions, it usually has me going to wrong way at first

That's what the compass in the 3GS is for. GPS (on any device that relies solely on it) never knows what direction you're going until you move enough for it to track with the satellites. With the electronic compass, it knows exactly which direction you're facing at all times. Works quite well.

yeah which sucks that i only paid thte 100 for the 3g, but in the end, it seemed like it wasnt worth it to pay another 100 bucks to get a compass and semi faster internet

Eventually some games and other apps won't be able to work on the 3G - even if they don't use the compass - because of the new graphics hardware in the 3Gs. 3Gs also does video recording, which you cant do on the 3G without jailbreaking it. 3Gs also has a better camera and does voice control.

[rueful]

That's what the compass in the 3GS is for. GPS (on any device that relies solely on it) never knows what direction you're going until you move enough for it to track with the satellites. With the electronic compass, it knows exactly which direction you're facing at all times. Works quite well.

yeah which sucks that i only paid thte 100 for the 3g, but in the end, it seemed like it wasnt worth it to pay another 100 bucks to get a compass and semi faster internet

Eventually some games and other apps won't be able to work on the 3G - even if they don't use the compass - because of the new graphics hardware in the 3Gs. 3Gs also does video recording, which you cant do on the 3G without jailbreaking it. 3Gs also has a better camera and does voice control.

but with the rate of technology, I can update next year to the 3gs and it be the price I paid now

[El Scorcho]

yeah which sucks that i only paid thte 100 for the 3g, but in the end, it seemed like it wasnt worth it to pay another 100 bucks to get a compass and semi faster internet

Eventually some games and other apps won't be able to work on the 3G - even if they don't use the compass - because of the new graphics hardware in the 3Gs. 3Gs also does video recording, which you cant do on the 3G without jailbreaking it. 3Gs also has a better camera and does voice control.

but with the rate of technology, I can update next year to the 3gs and it be the price I paid now

Yes, I think you made a solid call. I was upgrading from an original iPhone to a 3GS so the newer features were worth it for me. From a 3G? Not as much.

Also: Since FM transmitters and the like were brought up, I wanted to note that as soon as I can find my next car (which will hopefully be soon) I'm going to use stereo bluetooth (A2DP profile) for the audio from my iPhone. Wireless like FM, but quality sound like a direct link. Totally wireless operation, unless I decide to charge the phone in the car. Should be awesome.

[LUconn]

How is bluetooth on an iphone's battery? It kills the batter on both my blackberry and my laptop.

[El Scorcho]

How is bluetooth on an iphone's battery? It kills the batter on both my blackberry and my laptop.

About the same.

[rueful]

Anyone else have trouble after updating to 3.0 software? iPhone wifi settings are greayed out and just say no wifi

[flamesbball84]

Anyone else have trouble after updating to 3.0 software? iPhone wifi settings are greayed out and just say no wifi

Nope, but I have an iPod touch so I don't know if that will make any difference.

[RubberMallet]

ok, check this app out. It's probably the single coolest thing Ive ever seen

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My gut reaction was to say it's fake because there's nothing else like it really. But there's some other videos for "augmented reality" that seem legit enough.

That's really cool -- you can only imagine using that technology in other aspects... but my question is this:

Wouldn't it be easier to have a list of the closest subway stations and the direction that it's in, so you don't have to do a 360 turn around you current locale to find it?

can you imagine a bunch of stupid people walking aroudn the subway staring at their phones "DDDURRRR WHERE AMI DURRRRRR"