I may have to go get an iPhone
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 29, 2009 9:00 PM CDT
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PrintI primarily use my Blackberry for emailing, and I've heard that the iPhone is less email-friendly than the Blackberry, so I'd pretty much decided to forego getting an iPhone anytime soon.
But then I read this item from Maury Brown about the At Bat 2009 app for the iPhone that MLB is offering.
Now I'm thinking maybe I should go get one, after all.
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I was pretty disappointed yesterday
when I was stuck in town at three o’clock and couldn’t even load the fantasey baseball league page (much less any sort of page that would have allowed me to make a pick) without safari crashing. But I am definitely looking forward to this app. Two days early too.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam
Yup.
Yahoo Fantasy Football loaded fine for me, but Safari is incapable of loading ESPN or Yahoo Fantasy Baseball.
It’s really going to put a damper on my FA/waiver wire pickups this year.
I've noticed
that when I load a Yahoo fantasy site, I have to turn it from portrait to landscape or vice versa after it loads — then it is fine. It’s weird.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 29, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
theres a nice freebie ap
that does yahoo fantasy sports.
yfan
they also have a pay version that will allow roster moves in the near future
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I tried it out last night
and you can do roster moves on the free one. You can just only do it for one team per sport.
Its kind of cool but I dont think ill buy it since again i only have a touch and if im on wifi i can just do it on the website.
the preceding post was a great success.
yeah i'm not a big fan of that app
I’d rather just do it through Safari.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 6:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Tried the free one last night
It crashes.
A lot.
Nevertheless, neat little app. Thanks.
without any blackout restrictions.
that wasn’t hard…
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
Sounds cool but....
Fans will now be able to listen to live audio broadcasts of every Major League Baseball game from Opening Night on April 5 through the final game of the World Series wherever they go and without any blackout restrictions. Are we believing that?
LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
by LSBUser on Mar 29, 2009 9:05 PM CDT reply actions
Tough to have blackout restrictions on a phone.
Unless they use the towers your using to determine your location and then figure which restrictions you fall under.
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by Brandon Worley on Mar 29, 2009 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I also think...
…there have never been blackout restrictions on GameDay audio, but I could be wrong.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 29, 2009 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Like everything, it has it's pros and cons.
I have an iPhone, but I also have the first gen iPhone, which makes a difference. I pay 90 a month for service, which includes unlimited texting and the data plan.
I use the email client and while it’s not perfect it works just fine for what I need.
The best part are the apps, for sure. MLB has some killer apps, so does the NHL and NBA. Last year I used an App that let me watch highlights on my phone of Rangers games, while the game was still being played. I also use several different apps to listen to online radio, which is greatness.
If this app is just how they say it is, then the I know exactly what my next purchase is going to be.
And the full internet client is money.
Defending Big D: A Dallas Stars blog on SBN: easy to use, free to join.
I understand the appeal of the iPhone, but if I can save $40 a month at the expense of not being able to read my e-mails and surf the web right away, then I'd rather save some dough.
The iPhone just offers ammenities that I can’t really afford.
by oc on Mar 29, 2009 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions
touch might be better
enough wi-fi hotspots…especially if you’re in a big city.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
I can understand that.
It’s definitely about luxury and not necessity.
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by Brandon Worley on Mar 29, 2009 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, here's the problem. It seems to me that these corporations are cornering society in with all of these technologies and ideas.
There’s a smell in the air out there that everything has to be faster, more efficient; the graphics have to be better, the chicks have to be hotter, everything has to be up-to-the-minute…
AT&T U-Verse offers a minute-by-minute stock report feature… to go along with the 10 other stock-specific network channels it broadcasts. The damn waiters at Fridays have those electronic notepads on their wrist to take your order and it still took them 10 minutes to get me my damn beer.
It’s just like man, we don’t have to live this fast. Nor do we need to appear to be. Especially in these tough economic times.
Everyone needs to calm the fuck down.
by oc on Mar 29, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I would offer to change your adult diapers...
…but I’m too busy texting right now.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 29, 2009 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It wasn't a very good rant, but its how I feel sometimes.
The other side of the argument is that if you don’t keep up with these changing times, you’ll get left behind.
by oc on Mar 29, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh, I agree with your feelings but not your conclusions.
I do agree that all of the technology we have speeds up our lives dramatically and that there probably isn’t a huge NEED per say for this. It’s not like we’re constantly getting life-changing updates (though I can’t imagine going a few days without checking lsb now).
It’s that a lot of people are using technology for pointless reasons. Some may argue sports are, but following sports helps me relax, exercise my mind in a different way from med school, and gets me interested in actually going out and playing some of these sports. Needing internet on your phone to check the latest paris hilton update is ridiculous, but what else does a 12 y/o girl know to do with internet on their phone? OMG, jonas bros R 2 awesum!
Somehow, too many people have lost track of the internet being an information superhighway that allows you to become a quasi-expert on anything from cooking to culture to languages to music to 19 y/o low-A baseball prospects, and instead have become addicted to the latest triviality.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 29, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
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The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
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by thedirkatron on Mar 29, 2009 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions
it's easy to see it from both sides
I have the iPhone and use it instead of getting a laptop to lug around. it’s worked so far. the best thing for me is Navigation and the ability to find any restaurants in any city you’re in just by typing “pizza” or “Italian.”
But being tethered isn’t fun. And the paranoia I get from my boss when we’re out on the golf course – every 10 minutes, “check e-Mail!!!” can get old.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Mar 29, 2009 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, actually....
…..is it really that bad that the chicks have to be hotter??
I miss 1989. I miss 1996. Please make me miss another season in 2008.
Who's your providor?
I have t-mobile, whatever amount of minutes runs no risk of overage (~1000), data, and around 500-some texts.
It’s $83 or so a month.
If you’re saving $40 it’s either a really austere plan, or you know something I don’t.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Mar 30, 2009 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions
I have a plan from waaay back.
$29.99 a month with Sprint.
300 daytime / 7a – 9p
Unlimited nighttime and weekends
No text messaging.
Average phone bill ~ $52.50
by oc on Mar 31, 2009 1:52 AM CDT up reply actions
The NCAA tournament app was awesome too. The live games actually were very watchable.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam
by Brett Perryman on Mar 29, 2009 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
The company that I work for...
powers that app. It’s nice to see someone on here who enjoyed it!
by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 30, 2009 1:54 AM CDT up reply actions
didnt that only work via wifi though?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Yes...
sir. A last minute change due to a competitor having “exclusive” rights to the NCAA tourney on the 3G network.
by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 30, 2009 5:15 AM CDT up reply actions
I had a first gen iPhone ...
and then had to upgrade when it finally broke down. The difference in e-mail is night and day. So many of the features on the old one that made it maddening (like the abnormal charging jack and headphone jack) have been fixed on the second gen. I’ve found that e-mailing now is so easy that it’s almost effortless. If you’re eligible for the upgrade, I’d get it.
hey athos
long time no see
hows everything?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 29, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
rough as in busy
or rough as in bad?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 29, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I had a problem with mine, went to the Apple store.
They fixed it, but what was interesting is I started looking into upgrading (I would have had to pay for the new phone of course). The hip, metrosexual Apple employee starts chatting me up and when I mention upgrading he tells me its not worth it for the price. That kinda threw me off a bit. So I didn’t.
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by Brandon Worley on Mar 29, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
#1 reason to get 2nd gen iphone
is employer discounts on service, this wasn’t allowed on the first gen phone
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
ooo
just got my tix for the astros/rangers series … i’m so ’cited!
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
hoppy, hoppy cited?
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
I do wish I had access to iPhone Apps,
but for the price, I’m happy with everything the Touch Pro provides from sprint. Keyboard, stylus, touchscreen, great graphics, and most of the internet functions the iPhone has.
But man, the apps!
The apps...
Are greatness… I almost went with a different phone but I am so glad I didn’t. This device can do so many freaking things.
i have the 3G and I love it
It’s absolutely a luxury, and I could give it up if I had to, but I definitely make the choice to have one.
The first At Bat app was cool just because you could pull up video highlights at the game if you wanted to see a replay. Now that you can sit in your seats at the game and have the audio playing — that is really cool. It’s absolutely worth the $10 — and I know how to jailbreak my phone so I could get it for free if I wanted to…
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
hmm?
What is it about then? There are lots of things to do with a jailbroken phone — one of the benefits is you can hack the apps from the app store and get them for free.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 29, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
that's pretty antithetical to the reason the jailbreak developers did it
which originally was to install 3rd party apps when it wasn’t allowed. Now, its about installing apps like winterboard that Apple won’t allow in the app store. Those guys didn’t make jailbreaking possible so you can steal from other developers like themselves – and stealing is exactly what it is.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
and
even the people that help you get apps to your phone for free don’t want you to just steal them, they want you to test them and pay for them if you like it.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
Ha
Oh, right ok. I really don’t think sites like www.appulo.us are about testing. Believe what you want to believe.
I also don’t have any “stolen” apps on my phone — I just know how to do it.
There is no “one thing” that jailbreaking is about. It is what it is — a way to get around Apple’s ridiculous restrictions — which leads to many different things you can do.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 6:32 AM CDT up reply actions
well
even that site said that before you donate to them, you should buy any pay apps you might have have on your iphone.
i know, the concept of honor among hackers is foreign but it exists for many of them.
do whatever you want – i just wouldn’t be so brazen and proud about stealing.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
You should read
I do not have any hacked apps on my phone — I just know how to do it. In fact, my phone isn’t even jailbroken. But, thanks for the sermon.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
if you read any of those hacker sites or ripdev or hackulo.us
you would expect people to get upset about this. jailbreaking was not created for people to steal apps but apple is using evidence of stealing as ammunition in their fight to stop it. i guess you get a pat on the back for not stealing but it’d be better if you just didn’t associate jailbreaking to stealing again. last i’ll say about this but this did deserve a soap box.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
No Apple is claiming that people don't have the right to modify their code
You seem to think I don’t know what I’m talking about, and that’s fine if you want to think that. But, I don’t need a lecture about which illegal activities are OK in your eyes. Technically, jailbreaking is illegal. So is “stealing apps.” But, one is OK in your eyes, and the other isn’t. I get it.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
jailbreaking is not illegal
unless you buy into apple legal theory which is suspect. but stealing an app is indefensibly illegal.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
Well, you're right it's a grey area
But, Apple has won similar cases in the past…
I agree with you that stealing apps is illegal — which is why I don’t have any on my phone like I said about 10 posts ago.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
and i'm not criticizing you for stealing apps
(which i said 5 posts ago)
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
ok all that said
winterboard and stuff like that is seriously cool, and it drives me nuts that Apple refuses to let people customize their phone.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
wholeheartedly agree
although, it’s weird. I have a jailbroken phone but only have SBS Preferences.
Never really got into UI customization.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
Really? All season long I can have live Rangers audio at all times on my phone for only $10?
That seems like a pretty good deal.
It might be worth the $ just for the chance to not have to listen to the damn away broadcasters when I get the damn away feed on Extra Innings.
I know our announcers aren’t perfect, but some teams are just brutal (I’m looking at you, White Sox and Angels).
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Indeed. But as long as it is steady I can just pause the game until they synch up.
Really I would go to amazing lengths to never hear Rex Hudler speak again.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Mar 29, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you know he "in demand" as a motivational speaker?
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Mar 30, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
whose sig was that lol
cracked me up every time i read it
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 30, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Mine
I did a diary on my hatred for all things Hudlerian.
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Mar 30, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
link?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 30, 2009 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I almost got you a copy for x-mas, but then I remembered how much we hate each other so I decided not to.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Mar 30, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh Wonder Dog!
That would be the shit.
Coincidentally, I had the perfect give for you picked out, but then I got tired of you droning on about supposed Lemonic grandeur…Lemon blah blah prospect pants blah blah… I heart my Lemon yada yada…man bulge for Lemon blahdayada blahdayada blahdayada Borbon blah blah blah… Lemon is so not the suck, Newberg…blah yada yada blah…Oh marky marcus, you have my heartblah…lemon is big, vallejo is littleblahsand littleballsblahblah…prospect pants…
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Mar 30, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
lol, nice.
It’s like listening to a tape recording…
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Mar 31, 2009 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions
you should wait
pretty sure a new one is coming out in june – basically a done deal.
even if you don’t get a new one, the older ones will probably drop in price.
of course, you’ll miss the first two months of the season. is that worth unnamed new features or a $100?
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
You can get the iPhone 3.0 OS
on the old phones from all I’v eheard.
Stars in a Texas Night Sky, a Dallas Stars blog from a fan's perspective.
you can
but a new iphone is coming out in june which will be beefier
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
But I already have the 3G...
so def not holding up.
I have however made the suggestion to my mom and bro who are looking for a new phone. Although up in Amarillo they just got 3G today, otherwise I was going to suggest a cheap first generation, but now they may wait til June for the 2nd generation to come d own
Stars in a Texas Night Sky, a Dallas Stars blog from a fan's perspective.
That new phone isn't going to offer much different
More HD space, better camera, maybe video…not worth the upgrade from 3G IMO unless they offer a big rebate for 3G owners.
probably not worth the upgrade
my comment was directed at people who don’t already own an iphone.
however, you could do a little ebaying/craigslisting and try to sell your iphone 3g and recoup enough to make buying a new one worth while.
I actually sold my old iphone and bought the 3g at a profit.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
exactly.....
not much to gain by waiting on the next version.
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G1
Get the G1. It gives you the option of using the touchscreen, a keypad, or a roller ball.
--Brian
friend of mine has one
I don’t think it is even close to the iPhone — but some people like it simply because it isn’t an Apple product.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 29, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
i was very impressed with the G1
when i played around on my gf’s moms G1
wish they had it on alltel/verizon — looking forward to the next android app on alltel lol that said, i havent even had my curve for a full year yet — and even then as of now i would prbably go with the BB storm right now
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 29, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
when i played around on my gf’s moms G1
And she didnt dump your ass for that???
"I Blame Mark Conner"
not get ;)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 30, 2009 7:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I have the G1
I like it a lot. Why don’t I have an iPhone? because ATT is the evil empire, and we’ve been with T-mo since it was Voicestream (I actually still had a Voicestream SIM card when I got the G1, and I had to get a new one because it didn’t support 3G)
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
omg of course
the iPhone is an amazing piece of technology. Definitely something I cannot, at this point, give up. Do keep in mind that I’m a huge geek though.
As others have suggested, you should hold off for a little while. The 3G prices will likely go down as the next generation iPhone is almost certainly going to come out in June. There are lots of cool new features that are likely to be in there (turn-by-turn GPS instructions, for one).
Yes — get the iPhone. You will not regret it!
My sprint contract...
ends middle of April and I want to switch immediately to ATT..Im leaning towards the Iphone…however I email alot, and text…and the Bold looks better for that.
by rangersfan06 on Mar 29, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
well not so fast maybe?
The Palm Pre looks very promising and will be initially available on on the Sprint network. The Pre delays are a bit of a concern but I’m still thinking that it could be a very interesting device. Also Spring is often slammed but they are supposed to have pretty solid data services.
just a quick glance at it..
hate it…
Im freaking sick of Sprint, they suck so bad!
by rangersfan06 on Mar 29, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
its biggest problem
…its a palm.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 29, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
my roommate LOVES the bold
played with iphone and the bold, looked into it a lot and decided to go with the bold (shes on ATT)
but she likes the keyboard, and def wants the keyboard
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 29, 2009 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
hmmm...
everyone is 50-50 with it…
I could go with either.
I just email and text alot and i want the best possible to do my job with it. Plus the Bold has pict mail…
by rangersfan06 on Mar 29, 2009 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
MMS is coming
with the next major software update supposedly. I’ll admit its stupid that its not already on there
ahh.
so say I were to go and buy the 3G phone here in 2 1/2 weeks….would the software update on its own when it comes out and I’ll be able to use MMS??
by rangersfan06 on Mar 29, 2009 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions
but havent they been saing that
before each update – both major software and with the 2nd version
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 30, 2009 7:46 AM CDT up reply actions
people rumored it before every update, but apple said so for this one.
and copy/paste heh.
the preceding post was a great success.
It will def be on there
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/live-from-apples-iphone-os-3-0-preview-event/
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions
*drool*
Hey, here’s a request..
Someone find me a picture of Mr. Phipps Pretzel Chips (you remember them, you loved them! i did!).
A MLB app?
On an iphone? Hmm. Glad to report I never use my cellphone for anything but voice calls, and even then I don’t answer unless I choose to. All those years in hi-tech, and I guess I am a luddite about portable devices of any sort. And I damn sure will not be chained to having a phone (or etc) constantly with me. Sounds great for those who actually want it.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Mar 29, 2009 10:56 PM CDT reply actions
B-b-b-but...
…what do you do when you’re standing in line somewhere? Or waiting for people at a restaurant? Or shopping with Mrs. Coffin?
That’s the biggest transition for me that I did not notice. I don’t know how to spend 3 minutes doing “nothing” anymore. If I have a 45 second elevator wait/ride, I can read the latest LSB update.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 29, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Hahahah you've discovered the mysterious trail to antiquity
I don’t stand in line often – well, practically never. Maybe at a supermarket checkout. When it happens I talk to the people in the line. Ditto waiting for people at a restaurant – don’t go often, but when I do I’m usually with ‘em. (yes at my age it’s a good time to hit a restroom). Don’t shop, and there is no Mrs. Coffin. You remember the illustrated joke that went around to nearly everybody’s email? The difference beytween a man’s brain and a woman’s, about the “nothing” box?
I value, even treasure, my “nothing” box. Hehehe.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Mar 29, 2009 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Same here
It’s getting real old trying to keep up w/ the Joneses, and everything having to be instant.
See that, I just abbreviated the word ‘with’, What’s the damn hurry?
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
heh
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Mar 30, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
sucks for you guys
locked into your ways at the tender age of 21/27.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
don't care
do you ever shudder to think what would have happened if you were born 10 years earlier or you had attained juvenile enlightenment 10 years earlier? You might be futilely shunning the internet right now.
at least tell me you take notes on your laptop.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
I do.
I have no problem with technology, so spare me the hyperbole.
I just don’t think the phone has to have every conceivable luxury.
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
I only have an ipod touch, but its my favorite device I've owned.
I got 100 dollars in gift cards for itunes at christmas and went on an app spending spree… now I had to use “real” money to buy this app.
the preceding post was a great success.
Yeah
I hate the elitist attitude of apple.
“I waited in line for six hours.”
“that’s nice. I ordered mine at an AT&T store and got it a week or so later. I didn’t have to waste an entire day.”
Bring on April 6th!
Yeah...
the device itself is great, but some of the Apple elitists can be awful fanboyish.
Stars in a Texas Night Sky, a Dallas Stars blog from a fan's perspective.
I direct you to this instance of pwning...
by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 30, 2009 7:09 AM CDT reply actions
My wife had the first iPhone and I had a Blackberry Pearl. I was constantly using her phone so I broke down last week and bought an iPhone. I regret nothing. The only thing I miss is the iPhone doesn’t have copy and paste but supposedly it will be part of the next software upgrade.
Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!
the switch
Having made the switch from blackberry to iPhone, I have to say that I disagree with your statement that the iPhone is less email-friendly. btw, At Bat 2009 does rock.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -- Rogers Hornsby
The iphones operating system is safari which is a product of wap 3.0/xx. wap 3.0/xx is the browser of motorola. crappy phones like the z9 or the razr. Nokia n97 is unlocked and you can pop a sims card right in. about the same price as the iphone. 32 gb internal memory plus can take an extra 16 gig, touch screen, tilts up, query keyboard, 3.5 g, 5 mp camera flash, wifi, symbian 9.4 and a lot more. iphone is 3g wifi, 2 mp camera no flash, safari par being of motorola, touchscreen and pay a lot more with being a cingular phone. No who do you think is better when you drop the iphone its done and the iphone is the most stolen phone in the world.
Please
Don’t talk about something that you are totally clueless about. The iPhone runs a modified version of Mac OS X. Safari is the web browser, which is a full webkit browser. It is not a WAP browser by any means and has absolutely nothing to do with Motorola.
i had a razr
and lol @ comparing its browser to the iphones even if they have some code connection.
the preceding post was a great success.
they are EXACTLY the same!!!
dont tell me anything different!
hey dshep – you have an xbox right? i need to get a game for my lil bro (sr in high school) – any suggestions? non FPS category?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 30, 2009 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
i feel like people that make these comparisons have never used an iphone
i have respect for nokias but no touchscreen is as good as the iphone and the browser isn’t anywhere near the quality of the iphone. those phones are decent on paper but in the end are just really clunky and bloated and don’t work as well.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
i have an hour commute to school
i fill it listening to a podcast and browsing the internet. I have about 5 websites I check every morning and its nice to be able to get that done on the commute and not at school (especially since there is no internet in class).
Sometimes I’m on the bus and want to do some reading and since I don’t use paper anymore, I keep all of my syallabi in digital form so I use the iphone to look up the assignment (less cumbersome than using the laptop)
Plus there is browsing for places to eat, directions to navigate the city, see if a bus is coming – all somewhat time sensitive, in that I get pretty pissed if it doesn’t load quickly. The bus thing is actually time sensitive in that if I can’t load the app fast enough, I risk missing the bus.
I don’t like taking my laptop out and my desktop is in another room so if I want to browse the internet while I watch TV, I use the phone.
If I’m damn near anywhere and I’m trying to remember a fact, I look it up on the iphone, where as before, I’d try to remember to look it up later and end up forgetting half the time what it was that I wanted to look up. worse still, I’d only remember that there was something I wanted to look up but not what it was, which is just about the most annoying thing in the world.
I’m sure there are countless other instances. Of course, not everybody leads the same life or has the same curiosity so maybe you don’t need one.
but i highly doubt it wouldnt’ be somewhat useful to most people.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
I think one of the iphone's greatest features
If I’m damn near anywhere and I’m trying to remember a fact, I look it up on the iphone, where as before, I’d try to remember to look it up later and end up forgetting half the time what it was that I wanted to look up. worse still, I’d only remember that there was something I wanted to look up but not what it was, which is just about the most annoying thing in the world.
is the ability to settle any drunken argument at any time.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
absolutely
all though, I lament not being able to bullshit your way to a win: “Dude, I’m totally right. I’ll bet my left nut….”
(I don’t really lament it)
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
"The same curiosity"?
I never said it wasn’t useful, but it just sounds like you’re lazy most of the time and rely on the phone’s capabilities to bail you out at the last minute.
I guess I don’t have the insatiable need to browse the internet or look up cases on the way to class.
I have no real problem with any of the applications you’ve mentioned being on a phone, but some of the uses you’ve mentioned seem extraneous at best, especially considering the price.
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think we can all agree that it is a lifestlye choice
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Really?
So would you say your life is substantively different now than it was 5 or 6 years ago?
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, it sure is
One of many reasons is I have a mini-computer doubling as a phone.
But, I don’t really see where you are going with this.
I have no real problem with any of the applications you’ve mentioned being on a phone, but some of the uses you’ve mentioned seem extraneous at best, especially considering the price.
That’s a lifestyle choice — to pay for the ability to do those things because you want to.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
x
Sometimes I’m on the bus and want to do some reading and since I don’t use paper anymore, I keep all of my syallabi in digital form so I use the iphone to look up the assignment
I assumed this was part of your commute to school.
I don’t like taking my laptop out and my desktop is in another room so if I want to browse the internet while I watch TV, I use the phone.
No commentary necessary.
Plus there is browsing for places to eat, directions to navigate the city, see if a bus is coming – all somewhat time sensitive
I agree those are time-sensitive, and that’s why I would have already found those things out by the time I’ve left the house. Now, if it’s an unexpected bus you need to catch, then I agree it could be helpful. Directions are the same, but I could see the benefit.
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
you are so wrong
-the first isn’t an instance of being lazy, it’s being efficient. its not always to school, for one thing. but even if it isn’t, that time would have otherwise been wasted doing recreational stuff or nothing. reading on the bus is the exact opposite of being lazy.
-not taking my laptop out isn’t lazy either. that thing eats power and fries my testicles.
-the whole point is that i don’t spend that time finding those things out ahead of time because I don’t need to. I can just leave and find those things out on the fly. plus, I don’t have to go to the restaurant I picked out ahead of time if I change my mind or if the restaurant is closed. I’m not scared of hopping on a random bus or going to a new part of the city because I know I can get back. And the bus thing doesn’t even tell me what bus to catch. It tells me if a bus is coming that instant (tracked by GPS) so I can figure out if I need to walk to a different stop or just walk.
You think I’m doing all these things to save time because I’m lazy but it never even occurred to you that I’m doing these things to save time because I use the time saved to do other things. I lead a much more efficient and organized life because of a pda phone and the iphone happens to be the best implementation of it. To me, it is well worth the money but if you have time to kill and don’t mind making your life harder for the cost, fine.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
clarification
the bus thing is BOTH telling me what bus to catch and the GPS tracker
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
Yeah
Somehow those savages in the early 00’s scraped by with a less “efficient” lifestyle.
If you’re just a student, I don’t see what you could possibly be so busy with that schoolwork is the thing that gets bumped to the recreational/do-nothing time.
I’m perfectly efficient reading my shit and outlining at home. I have no job or contacts I can’t go a few hours without catching up on.
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
lame argument
those savages in lived fine but I don’t need to live like them. You could use your philosophy to not embrace any technology. Somehow those savages got by on landlines and black and white TV’s and typewriters…
the iphone is clearly more efficient for what I deem a reasonable price that i can afford. argue the price, but arguing the efficiency is just ridiculous.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
So keep arguing it
But no answer as to what you’re so busy with.
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
you really want to go there?
I don’t know what law school you go to but mine, there is a lot of work to do. I read a shit ton, I have three papers to write this quarter, independent research. Plus, I have to at least help out with my wedding planning or act like I’m involved.
Even recreational things require some planning. I like to meet up with friends and go to concerts. So if I go to a concert Tuesday night, the only time I have to read might be wed. morning on the bus – most efficient allocation of responsibilties.
If you have free time, mazel tov. I feel like I have less and less.
(all this undercut by the fact that I’ve spent an hour posting but the quarter started today and I have no class).
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
Spare me.
I have at least 90 pages a night, 3 papers myself and numerous competitions. I’m not doubting that you have school work—in fact, quite the opposite. I’m shocked that you have so much time for other stuff that you need to plan your school work around it.
I have no time for concerts. If you do, “mazel tov”. You truly are the master of efficiency. Let me return to my writing slate on which I keep my outlines. In fact, I’m chiseling this right now and sending it on horseback to a transcriber who will relay by telegraph my admonitions to a magical box with letters all over it.
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That happens all the time
When you’re inefficient like me.
by brettgardner on Mar 30, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
iPhone has become a necessity...
Aside from the fact that I am posting this from my iPhone right now, there’s just nothing I can’t do with this thing. In fact, it does so much that I’m not sure I can live without it now. It easily doubles my efficiency…that is, as long as I’m not wasting too much time having so much fun with it.
Like another poster says, I don’t have to carry my laptop anymore.
Apps like MLB 2009 are just a bonus, but i can publish to my blog any time I want (with pictures), check weather radar and “seeing” conditions, I’m an astronomer), control my PCs remotely, Facebook, and even play Wolfenstein 3D. ;)
It is my iPod for music. It’s a portable DVD player for traveliing with the kids. It’s my PDA. And, oh yeah, I can even talk to people if I want. He’ll, I can even stream The Ticket.
IPhone OS 3.0 will come out soon and it will add even more features like copy/paste, landscape keyboard,and p2p networking.
It costs an extra $30 a month, plus the price of the phone, but that’s nothing, especially since the apps costs next to nothing (or nothing). It’s powerful and fun to boot…I have 6 pages of apps, and they all get used.
by Bats and Balls on Mar 30, 2009 10:44 AM CDT reply actions
does anyone have the BB storm?
just curious
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
a buddy of mine just got one
it’s pretty cool, can do just about everything the iphone does really except it doesn’t have the vast application library to choose from (but BB keeps saying they’re going to have something similar).
It’s a good alternative if you are stuck on Verizon….
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah I agree
but it depends on your locale. I used to live in Phoenix, and I had Verizon there because it was clearly the best. In DFW I have zero problems with AT&T.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 30, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
One thing not mentioned
if you aren’t’ on ATT already, I think the network is one of the worst – or Verizon is just so much better. That was the case both in Baltimore/DC and the case here in Chicago. The actual phone capabilities of the iphone blow and from what I’ve heard, they are better on the verizon pda phones.
I can still make and receive calls 95% of the time but there have been a number of times where I’ve had to suffer through staticky phone calls and then use a friend’s Verizon phone to finish the call.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
The iPhone is the greatest invention since....um....baseball!!!!
If you have never played around with an iPhone, then you don’t understand all it can do. The average iPhone user doesn’t even know all it can do……unfortunately.
If you get one……..you will suddenly find all sorts of things you can use it for that you never thought about before, trust me.
POW!! ..........................POW!! POW!!
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KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
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