Communication breakdown

[batskeets]

The ol' body is feeling noticeably better today than I was yesterday. Woohoo! I still feel bloaty and gross, but that has more to do with 4 days of crappy eating than it does with any sort of illness. ;)

As some of you might've noticed, I had Twitter updates being sent to my phone while I was at PAX. It actually was sort of handy for keeping up on PAX-related things, and I was spending a lot of time sitting in lines, so I figured it was as good a time as any to test whether or not I could actually cope with constant Twittering.

The answer to that? Is a big HELL NO. It *was* rather nice when I was killing time until a panel started, but in the context of my normal life, I really would go completely insane. At the very least, I wouldn't get a single speck of work done, because when I receive texts, I have this practically uncontrollable need to look at said text. I communicate with Boy about business-related things via text quite a bit, so I'd be way too afraid of missing something important.

One possibility is that, whenever I graduate from my crappy RAZR to an iPhone or G1, I might be able to roll with it then. I'd tried to see if I could assign a unique alert noise for certain texts on my RAZR, so I could differentiate Twitter updates from regular texts, but no dice. My phone sucks so bad. :p

I really do need to make a damned decision about my phone, though. I don't particularly like AT&T and their plans are hideously expensive compared to T-Mobile, but I *would* rather have the iPhone instead of the G1 or G2. Sigh. It's not even about Twitter, really: just being able to access Google Maps on my phone would be priceless.

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I won't be talking much about That Thing That Happened Several Years Ago Today. Someone else has probably already said it better. Here's what I said on the day of, though. I didn't expect it then, but now I believe we've all been greatly affected by those events, in ways that extend far beyond the death toll.

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[anywhereanyone.livejournal.com]

The iPhone is just great.

[helloandie.livejournal.com]

i haven't found a way to give different notifications different sounds on my G1. just FYI. i think maybe the app Sound Manager can do it, but i haven't fussed with it yet.

but I *would* rather have the iPhone instead of the G1 or G2.

may i ask how come? i'm only asking because yes, ATT is more expensive. T-Mobile also has excellent customer service. it does everything an iphone can do that i'm aware of, (we even had the ability to take video about a week before iphone users did!!) AND it has a keyboard. and i'll be honest, the only thing that made me choose the G1 over the iphone was the keyboard. the myTouch doesn't have a keyboard either. if you're good at touchscreen typing it may not matter to you. i'm just... not. not at all. :)

[skeets.livejournal.com]

How does the G1 do with music? Since my iPod Nano got stolen months ago, I was figuring that I'd get the iPhone and kill two birds with one stone, but if the G1 handles things comparably, that could get me on board.

[n0tqu1tesane.livejournal.com]

You have to have an ExtUSB to headphone jack adapter to use headphones with the G1.

Which sucks, because you can just plug any headphones directly into the iPhone without having to use an adapter.

[helloandie.livejournal.com]

yes and that is annoying!! but they do give you the required adapter when you buy the phone. it's also your hands free calling device.

but the quality is the same as my ipod shuffle, AAAAND they now have a pandora app, if you're not into last.fm!

[helloandie.livejournal.com]

oh and i already have all the articles on how to root your phone, how to tether it to a laptop for internet access via yo' phone and a bunch of other neat tricks. ;) i'm sure all that exists for the iphone, too.

[n0tqu1tesane.livejournal.com]

Yep. All the iphone tools are pretty much automated now. Plus once you jailbreak it, there are a couple apps that turn it into a 3g wifi access point.

[n0tqu1tesane.livejournal.com]

Pretty much any smartphone has Google Maps capability. Even some dumb ones.

That being said, I do really, really, really like my iphone. I'm also a big fan of Windows Mobile, IF you get the right device. No experience with Android yet though, but there are a lot of Android devices hitting the market now/soon.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Boy has been using Google Maps on his Blackberry, so that's what turned me onto the whole smartphone thing. I'm avoiding Blackberry phones, though, because he's been having all kinds of irritating problems with his.

[n0tqu1tesane.livejournal.com]

Blackberry was one of the good front runners with smart/email phones, but like most of the early favorites, they got complacent in their lead and didn't innovate like they should have.

But, if you need enterprise email with push notifications, they are the best.

[ghost-girl.livejournal.com]

I honestly didn't understand the amazement of having an iphone til I got one. They're seriously the best invention since DVRs

Example - got the google app. Hopped in the car, touched the google app and said "Maryland Renn Faire", and it pulled up the MD Renn faire page, and boop! Directions. ZOMG.
Also, I am hopelessly addicted to bejeweled 2 and bookworm. If I forget my DS, the iphone is such a lifesaver in a doctor's office for killing time.
I think so far though, the absolute best thing ever was when we were hiking in the park, and were like, where are we? Boop, we're on this trail.
ITS LIKE MAGIC!!!
Also, you know me, I'm pretty anti-apple these days, and was very anti iphone thanks to everyone I know having one, but I'm totally sold after owning one for awhile.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

but I'm totally sold after owning one for awhile.

Yeah, that's the thing: everyone I talk to, even those who didn't particularly want an iPhone in the first place, just fell in love with it after owning one! Which is ridiculously convincing to me. :D

[virgoqueen7.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're feeling better. Man it seems like everyone is sick right now! Guess its getting into that season.
I think I might shoot myself too if I had twitter updates always going. But then I don't twit..tweet...whatever its called. Lol.

[bloodred37.livejournal.com]

I love the G1 :) If you have any questions you can ask me about it. The G2 won't have a physical keyboard (which I like) - and the G1 has both options for touch or physical) You can get an extra storage card so you can put a bunch of music on it, but I haven't really cared much about that yet so I only have about 20 songs.

As for google maps it has probably the same or better features than the Iphone since it's a google phone.

The android platform though is one a few other htc phones and I really like it. I'm not sure about the other phones but I really like the interface a bunch and how easy it is to learn and use.