iphone 5.. Sept. 12

[Willie Escalade]

I'm updating the software as I type this...although on my iPhone I have to remove some music and video to clear the 2.5 gigs needed for the update...

[GroobyKrissy]

What I think really sucks about the iPhone 5 is that Apple both changed the size and the plug-in for it, which means basically, you've got to get who new accessories. So that $299.00 Bose docking station I bought... Yeah, basically a brick now.

I'll probably update eventually but will wait a while.

I agree with @Prospero though... Apple is a pretty arrogant company. Just unfortunate that so much of my life is tied to my iPhone and iPad!

[Prospero]

The docking thing will probably stop me getting one for a very long time

[Jericho]

Oh dear. I've been a Mac user for a long time. After a decade or more of dalliance with the clumpiness that is Windows i switched to Mac - and have, largely, been happy with them ever since.

But I am also beginning to hate Apple for its arrogance. Just upgraded my desktop and my Ipad. And lord did it bring problems. It's very seductive. Just upgrade. They don't warn you that things you like will simply be deleted. Like ITunes for instance. On my Ipad it was a lovely app that enabled me to bookmark thousands of my favourite pieces of music. After the upgrade it's gone.
Worse. All my passwords no longer work. So I call Apple. Eventually after dealing with the multliple choice bot i get a human. Somewhere in Connecticut. He is helpful but can't solve my problem. So after an HOUR i get re-routed to a Hungarian guy in Athens. He is very helpful.Nice guy. Oh yes Itunes. We don't allow that anymore. Allow?!!!! Eventually he sorted out my password problem. Took two hours of hanging on the phone.

And then there is the ludicrous map issue. I tested it out - unaware of the issues. Put an old office address in central london into search - with full postcode. it relocated that street to Lytham St Annes somewhere in the north of England. Try a few other once familiar places. Some are now not findable. What shit is this. It's the arrogance of Apple tht they don't want Google maps on their devices anymore or Youtube. They now have their own version - which you used to search for your old Youtube favourites. Doesn't work very well.

On my desktop the old bit torrent I used no longer works. Eventually I find a new one and install it. Under the new OS upgrade, all my new downloads vanish into a file somewhere on the computer. I still haven't located them.

I wait with trepidation to see what new surprises all the improvements have in store

Apple and Microsoft define the virtual space we work, play and do so much more in. But boy - are they getting way too arrogant.

End of rant.

http://www.hungangels.com/vboard/sho...1&postcount=10

[Willie Escalade]

What I think really sucks about the iPhone 5 is that Apple both changed the size and the plug-in for it, which means basically, you've got to get who new accessories. So that $299.00 Bose docking station I bought... Yeah, basically a brick now.

I'll probably update eventually but will wait a while.

I agree with @Prospero though... Apple is a pretty arrogant company. Just unfortunate that so much of my life is tied to my iPhone and iPad!

I'll update eventually as well, but after awhile too. Besides...I still have a lot of time on my current contract! Hopefully by that time Belkin, Logitech or some other company will have a lower-priced alternative adapter.

I have a few docks (both clock radios), as well as my car connection. FORTUNATELY my iPod and my old iPhone 3G can still use them which means they're not completely useless. But it does suck knowing not all of those accessories purchased over the years won't be used as much.

By the way, I just finished installing the software on the phone AND the pad; eh, no complaints YET. I still have to check everything over.

I still have no use for Newsstand on my iPhone (you can't delete it) and I don't like the new Maps app (especially on the phone). Maybe it'll grow on me...and that's NOT the YouTube app below; that's the actual mobile site. I don't like the reviews for the app...for now...

[Prospero]

Yes Jericho. I know. Eating my words.

[fred41]

Anyone here get the Droid Razr M ?...I like the smaller size of that phone too...(and I almost never take pictures with my phone...so camera quality not that important).

[Ben]

As Abby Martin points out, and she, I and everyone are guilty of it too, "... having an iPhone has a high price tag...."
Well, we simply ignore it. We're completely isolated and cut off from our consumption habits.
So, our so-called industrial society has a high price tag. And future generations will pay the price for our rampant and rather mindless consumerism.
I, too, am also to blame. Well, it's difficult to escape.
I mean, I'm writing this on a computer and over the Net. Again, you can't escape being, well, a mini monster in this society.
It's the same with driving a car. I mean, one doesn't take into account heart and lung disease and pollution and how all of it impacts other people. Same with global warming.
You ignore it....
Again, it's difficult to escape... as our society hinges on environmentally destructive habits. Harmful to other people, other creatures and to the overall ecological system.
That raises a serious question: should nature have rights? Should bees, ants, trees, mountains.... Yes!, actual mountains.
When we address nature and insects etc. having core rights, well, we'll see a fundamental shift.

[JamesHunt]

what can iphone 5 do that other smartfones cant?

[TatianaSummer]

No thanks I will stay with my Samsung Galaxy S2 and thinking to upgrade to the Galaxy S3.