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iPhone Tumblr users, you can now turn off censoring by deselecting “hide sensitive content”, HOWEVER you need to log into your Tumblr account on a computer to do it, cannot do it from the iPhone app. default setting is censorship… fuck that shit
I once again (I finally bought a new phone) have done my own home screen design because I couldn’t find any good idea starters. I also needed a reason to subtly show people I’m nonbianry because my fathers a homophobic shit. Plus he hates anime. So look at me go guys
I couldn't find any good Hufflepuff themed home screen so I spent three days working on this
I UPDATED MY PHONE AND IT CHANGED THE ENTIRE LAYOUT TO SOMETHING I DIDNT WANT RAHHHH I HAVE A HEADACHE
I don't have an iphone, but I'm sharing this for those of you that do, please keep yourselves safe!
FYI iPhone users!
Re arranged slightly so now it’s more organized :D
My Adrian themed phone layout (slightly chaotic)
Feel free to use for Inspo or something :D
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Rotting from the Inside Out. Brandywine, MD, 9/2/2018.
Late afternoon light, Cape Jack, Nova Scotia, Jul. 9, 2018.
I’m just fan of the nature. The way sun sets and leaves the golden colour to grade with the blue sky. The fog and the mountains. In love with this nature.
Driving along the water in West Palm Beach and waves were amazing. Unfortunately I didn’t have a gimbal or tripod. . . #coffee #FilmedBySMC #iPhone #GoPro7Black #SMC #WestPalmBeach #Florida #WPB #ShootMoveCommunicate #Waves (at West Palm Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSw5SkHNlM/?igshid=1pqkthras9guz
My rant on the new iPhone Data Plans
I believe the term is "Indian Giver" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_giver
That is in a nutshell how I see AT&T now. Anyone who knows me has heard about my my rants on companies doing these kinds of things. Recently, Pei Wei took away free soda with your carry out order. Since they essentially made the soda worthless, customers assume the cost is built into the food (which it must be because the food isn't "cheap").
There are dozens of examples of this in the corporate and retail world and there are acceptable and unacceptable ways of doing this.
Acceptable ways of changing the rules generally mean it's clear that you are getting a "deal". For instance, Best Buy may do a promotion of Buy one, Get One (BOGO) free and that promotion may run for a week or 2 weeks or it may run for a year depending on the circumstances. However, it's clear that you are operating under a promotion. This is the case with Dish TV and DirecTV and Cable where they may "give" you promotional pricing for a year or they may "give" you HBO and Showtime for 3 months. However, in all cases it's pretty clear you are getting a promotion.
Alternatively, if your cable company was giving you 200 channels and then said hey, we are going to now give you 20 channels but we will charge you $10 less, would that be "OK"? I am going to guess no in 90% of the situations.
If, for instance, 95% of the people are in the under 200MB range, then why change the rules? Does anyone honestly buy that this is in the consumer's best interest? It's kind of sad if you really do.
When someone gives you something and then takes it away, it's crap. I use quite a bit more data for streaming Pandora and downloading movies for the kids via iTunes. God forbid if you find yourself on the road and your kids are screaming for Spongebob.
Guess what? If you are on board with this plan, you're in trouble. Gone are the days of surfing You Tube. I find myself wondering what is the point of an iPhone when you are locked down on data? Everyone knows that the iPhone SUCKS as a phone. It's only advantage were the great apps that use data.
Why does the iPhone suck as a phone?
High-powered CDMA signals have raised the "noise floor" for GSM receivers, meaning there is less space within the available band to send a clean signal. This sometimes results in dropped calls in areas where there is a high concentration of CDMA technology. Conversely, high-powered GSM signals have been shown to cause overloading and jamming of CDMA receivers due to CDMA’s reliance upon broadcasting across its entire available band.
The result of this little cross-broadcasting joust has led some cities to pass ordinances limiting the space between cell towers or the height they can reach, giving one technology a distinct advantage over the other.
This is the case is most of the US where CDMA has the advantage.
So, most would ask, why does my iPhone drop calls more than my Blackberry? Well, the iPhone grabs more data on a tower in addition to the voice. GSM towers hold connections for about 60 users each vs. CDMA holds about 300 users each. So, what happens on the iPhone is that when you move from tower to tower, there is a higher likelihood that you will get squeezed out when you switch towers. Certain areas of high usage make these drops happen more often.
So, now what we have is all these people putting up with crappy voice service because it's really a mobile mini computer with an always on data connection. Taking that away is a really bad move and it ensures the continued adoption of Android en masse. This is really sad for me personally because I feel like a strong offering from the iPhone will make all the options better, however this change will likely slow down advancements.
Personally, I use quite a bit of data on my e-mail for opening and looking at docs while on the go. I have actually been iPhone-less since I left my last job and I have been on my Droid 100%. I "have" to go to an AT&T plan though and I have a stay atleast until June, but now I am thinking I might as well stay with Verizon and just suck it up. I have a real problem with locking you down to 2GB and the fact that people are actually "buying in" to this is really shocking.
So, here is what I am seeing:
AT&T vs. Verizon:
Data - AT&T wins
Voice - Verizon wins
Apps: (Taking Jailbreak/Root out of the equation) For all intents and purposes, it's a wash now for apps that you would regularly use, however:
Android gives you Google Voice, Chat, Maps, etc. and it's all free. You have to pay for decent navigation on iPhone. Both have Skype, however you have to pay for it on iPhone now.
AT&T just killed their only advantage over Verizon.
I was so excited for the new iPhone (really, I was - I admit it) and I was actually going to buy it. However, literally EVERYTHING costs more on iPhone and to be quite frank, the Android experience is pretty darn good. I just wish AT&T would get a decent Android device.
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Top 10 Android apps vs Top 10 iPhone apps and what is missing in both
My ongoing review of Android and iPhone side by side has compelled me to look into what I think are the top apps (that I use regularly). I figured the best way to look at this is what the top apps that I use on both phones, apps only on iPhone and apps only on Android. I am going to exclude email and calendar for this post. Both platforms have good, but not great functionality.
Top apps on BOTH phones:
Facebook: This is the app I would say I am on the most outside of E-mail and Calendar. Overall, as I have said previously, the iPhone version of the app is superior in most ways to the Android counterpart. The design of the iPhone version is crisper and the iPhone version has chat whereas the Android version does not.
Twitter: On the iPhone, I use Twitbird pro 2.2 which is a paid app. On Android, I use Seesmic which is a free app. Both have all the major Twitter functionality including trends, searches, lists, etc. As I have said before, Android integrates twitter better into the experience by running it in the background which gives updates, etc. in your status bar without having to use push notifications. I find push notifications annoying on the iPhone as they takeover whatever I am doing, so I have largely disabled them.
Barcode scanner for Shopping: I used this A LOT this Christmas season and I found it absolutely a game changer. It's so easy that my mother even uses this on her Motorola Droid. Barcode scanner is a free app for Android and it works incredibly well. It is fast, efficient and it find the best prices everywhere. Red Laser is a paid app on the iPhone and isn't very good on the iPhone 3G due to the camera, however on the the 3GS, this seems to be fixed due to to the 3GS camera can focus on close up objects.
ESPN Radio app: This is a paid app for Android and iPhone ($2.99). You can listen live to over 16 ESPN radio stations as well as over 35 on demand podcasts and on-demand Sportscenter. A must have for any sports fan.
Google Reader app. Byline on iPhone is simple and elegant. NewsRob on Android is probably the most powerful Google Reader app I could imagine. At the end of the day though, both are great for what they do and you get your feeds efficiently.
Photoshop. This is a free app for Android and iPhone. This is an excellent photo editor.
Wikipedia. I am a geek and I have a need for a plethora of useless facts at my fingertips. This is a free app for both platforms and both apps work great.
Speedtest. This is a free app on both and since I love to test Verizon's and AT&T's network constantly, I am a heavy user of this app :)
Amazon Mobile. Both platforms provide an excellent app for shopping Amazon's extensive catalog. You can buy via one click purchase and all your options online are in the mobile versions.
Pandora Radio. Pandora is a recommendation engine for music, letting listeners create radio stations based on their particular tastes. If you like AC/DC, create a station based on the Australian rockers to hear songs like "Highway to Hell," but you'll also get songs from bands with a similar sound pedigree, such as Black Sabbath.
iPhone Only apps I love:
Overall, the iPhone has A LOT more apps than Android and this list could be long, but I am focusing on apps I actually consistently use over time. Mostly these are games as the gaming platform on the iPhone is vastly superior to Android today.
Kindle. I love the Kindle on the iPhone. I was amazed at how easy it was to read a book on it. I have read several books on it and I feel it's a nice eReader. It looks like no Kindle on Android is a victim of politics thus far due to the Nook. These things are subject to change over time, but as of today, this is a miss for Android.
Air Mouse. There are some alternatives on Android, but nothing is as good as Air Mouse. This can take the place of a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I find this to be a great app and I use it a lot.
Alarm.com. I use this app every day to interact with my home alarm system. It won't do anyone any good unless you use Alarm.com. This is a great app though and you can set, disarm and track statuses of your alarm as well as get live video from ay camera on your network.
Civilization Revolution. This game is based on the XBOX 360 game. The graphics and game play are actually more usable and better on the iPhone than on the Nintendo DS and the gameplay is better than on the 360. My wife can attest that this has been a HUGE time waster for me :)
Real Soccer 2010. This is a great soccer game for the iPhone and while I wouldn't take it over a Wii or an XBOX version, if I were on a plane or away from home, this is a really fun game. I find it better than the EA version.
Tiger Woods 2010 golf. I hate touting something by Tiger right now, but this game is absolutely sick. One could spend HOURS playing this game alone.
Quicken. I could live without the other apps I have listed, however Quicken is something I can't live without. I am in this app every day and its fantastic for checking in where you are financially. The only issue I have is that I have to login daily (it doesn't save that info).
Android Only Killer apps: iPhone has some browser versions of these apps, but those are just a stopgap because Apple won't let these apps on the iPhone. I am not including jail broken iPhones which open the iPhone to a lot of possibilities.
Google Goggles. Google Goggles is a visual search app. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: we attempt to recognize the object, and return relevant search results. Goggles also provides information about businesses near you by displaying their names directly in the camera preview.
Google Maps. While iPhone comes with Google Maps, it lacks most of the reall strong features that Android's Google maps includes. GPS Navigation, Latitude, US (only) is included which gives views of: compass arrow, scale bar, terrain layer, and more.
Google Voice. Google Voice for Android lets you place calls and send SMS showing your Google number. Listen to voicemail and/or read transcripts from the Google Voice inbox. Google Voice account required, currently only available in the US.
PDA Net.PdaNet allows your computer to go online through the Android phone's data connection. Supports USB Tether and Bluetooth DUN. No root access needed and runs on all Android phones. Mac&PC. Your phone does not need to be jailbroken to support this app. Free version works on port 80, but a one time fee of $29 allows for VPN and SSL connections.
Super Nintendo Emulator. SNesoid is an emulator for the Super Nintendo game console. It runs most games at a very much playable speed in full screen mode with sound. It turns your Android phone into a Super Nintendo without needing to Jailbreak. The Emulator is $3.49 on the Android market.
Talk to me. Avoid language barriers by using a real-time speech-to-speech translator. You speak into this app, and it translates for you into a new language. VERY cool.
This is a problem on iPhone where sometimes apps just crash or things just "seem" slow. You can get to the processes if you jailbreak, but Android allows this out of the box without needing to jailbreak. While most users wouldn't use this feature, advanced users love this option.
Conclusion: I think that the iPhone is an amazing device on the cusp of it's fourth iteration and it's obviously had a lot more put into it in terms of a developer's community and the platform as a whole. For some reason only known to Steve Jobs, they are continuing to lock out Google. That's like having a mall and saying no Les Wexner, I don't want any of your stores or anything you created. That means no Limited, Victoria's Secret, Henri Bendel, Hollister, Abercrombie, Bath & Body Works, etc. You get the picture. You could have an amazing mall, but without these stores, you are very exposed to competition.
Google is zeroing in on the weaknesses of Apple and attacking them hard. There are only a few reasons to jailbreak your phone and all of those reasons are fixed in Android and those are: Backgrounding apps, Tethering, Google apps, Emulators for games, control over processes (killing tasks) Apple will have to figure out these issues in the 4th generation iPhone. Android needs to work on it's developer community and come up with an "easier" way to build apps the way Apple has with Coco. Will it matter? We will know by mid 2010 which I see as the year for the smartphone race to become a 2 horse race between iPhone and Android with Blackberry, Palm and Microsoft falling further behind.