Posts Tagged iPhone
iDroid
Before I start – no, this isn’t a Star Wars post 
Sorry!
I currently have an iPhone, and no, I’m not ashamed to admit it, though it is a little awkward that I can’t sync it with my desktop. I’m also not ashamed to admit that I love it, I really do. But as with a lot of things, I find the Apple design of the phone a little restrictive. Sure it’s polished, and it looks sleek and sexy (to some at least), but I just can’t help feeling that I’d prefer an Android phone.
I’ve been looking, albeit briefly, at what Android phones are available on the UK market. Out of the choices, I think I’d prefer a Nexus One, though as far as I’ve seen – they’re Vodafone exclusive, and I’m on an O2 contract, so it’s a no-go. I’d love to hear from some of you guys that have Android phones, and what phones they are, because I’m definitely in the market!
iTunes Library
Now I’m not one to usually use a Mac, however I recently tried out OS X. Just out of curiosity, I copied across my iTunes folder (in it’s entirety, with the library file et al). To the OS X install.
Then, further curiosity made me connect my iPod, just to see what would happen…to be fair, I was both surprised and unsurprised at the same time…which I can confirm is a very bizarre feeling!
It synced my iPod just as it would with a normal Windows install of iTunes. So I went one further, and connected my iPhone. Same goes for that, all synced up (after a tediously long backup!!) just fine. Very impressive I must say.
That’s all for now, I need to sleep, long day tomorrow!
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Pt. 2
So I’ve had 8.10 installed for just under a week now, and so far, all is well
I have actually been making use of a tabbed Nautilus (yay!) which I didn’t think I would. I’ve also been using my VPS to torrent the desktop and alternate versions of Intrepid (32 bit versions). Stats of that at the time of writing are:
Desktop – Uploaded: 8126 MB
Alternate – Uploaded: 1680 MB
As you may have guessed – the alternate iso has only been seeding for a day or so. But this is what VPS’s are for 
I’ll continue seeding until Sunday night (GMT).
As for what I think of Intrepid on my laptop…well…I love it (as always). The only downside to it that I can complain about is the fact that unless I play my audio at near inaudible volumes (thus defeating the object of audio ). The sound distorts like a music concert recorded on a mobile phone (cell phone for the Americans reading this ).
Luckily – I don’t need to use the sound a lot, I’ve been playing my music from my iPhone and it’s dock, as it has a lineout on the rear of the dock 
All in all – I think Intrepid is a decent release, though I totally understand people sticking with 8.04.1 as it’s an LTS. I mean, I was considering it, but I love upgrading!!
In other news – that isn’t worthy of it’s own post – I’m going to be going to a LUG meeting next week, it’ll be the first time I’ve ever been, so I’m a little nervous, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. I’ll let you know
I Gave Up
So I finally gave in and bought an iPhone! I know that means some of you are going to hate me now nevermind I like it.
I found out after syncing my email with google that Ubuntu sees the iPhone as a camera, which I found interesting. It also means that I can charge my phone. When running Ubuntu, though for convenience I bought an iPhone dock
Also, I happen to be writing this from the Wordpress for iPhone application, which is actually pretty good!
