Cool iPhone/touch Apps, what do you like?

Originally Posted by shilala

Streaming is just too much geek for the tube to handle right now.
The infrastructure only exists for just so much data transfer.
It's not the device that's holding back the flash, it's the infrastructure.
I would think it'd be a race between carriers to get the infrastructure in place to support streaming, because like you said, media geeks would RUN to that provider overnight.
You could tether and run your whole home off of one cellphone.
No more cable bill, no more internet bill, just a cell phone bill.
I don't ever see the cell carriers giving us that kind of pipe. It'd put them out of their own business, being that most cell places sell cable and tv, too.
A monster would have to step up and do this.
It's what Google has been positioning themselves to do for the last five years. Ad driven free cellphones with media galore.
They'll own it all, and it'll be the end of paying three or four bills as we know it.
Thats gonna create a big, big mess.

Scott, pretty good quality streaming is available right now on the Iphone, even as bad as ATT network is. With the Sunday Ticket I watched live NFL games all over the place this year on my iphone, that was over 3g. MLB also streamed live games during the season, and the NBA has an app for 20 bucks right now to do the same thing.

I digitize all movies at home and put them on my network, I can stream them right to my iphone over 3G with the Orb app. In addition, if I added a tv tuner to my pc, I could stream live tv shows if I wanted to. Havent' taken the time to do this, as there's plenty for me to watch on the phone without it.


Point is, it's possible to do right now even with 3G. When they 4G up and rolling it'll be even better

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

Scott, pretty good quality streaming is available right now on the Iphone, even as bad as ATT network is. With the Sunday Ticket I watched live NFL games all over the place this year on my iphone, that was over 3g. MLB also streamed live games during the season, and the NBA has an app for 20 bucks right now to do the same thing.

I digitize all movies at home and put them on my network, I can stream them right to my iphone over 3G with the Orb app. In addition, if I added a tv tuner to my pc, I could stream live tv shows if I wanted to. Havent' taken the time to do this, as there's plenty for me to watch on the phone without it.


Point is, it's possible to do right now even with 3G. When they 4G up and rolling it'll be even better

Vic, I have a dual tuner Hauppauge PVR 500 pci card if you wanna try it. It's brand new off RMI. I'll never use it.
It doesn't support HD, I don't believe, but it'd be a costless trial for ya.
I have the remotes and stuff somewhere, too.
I'd love to see how it works out for you.
Here's the stuff you need to stream HD.
I checked out RDM+ and talked to Gainey. It's just like Logmein Ignition.
I previewed logmein pro2. It is absolutely awesome. 30 bucks for the app, 65 bucks a year for the subscription, allows you access to one remote computer. You can add additional computers for an increased fee, like your work machine and laptop and stuff, if so desired.
It literally does everything, including file transfer and streaming sound and video.
It looks like that's the way I'll go, especially if the tablet is released.
It'd solve everything. Then if I wanted to stream my tv, I just add the tuner I linked up there.
I'm not so into tv, especially since I can get it all on the intersne, but I might do that sometime down the road.
The coolness is that I can do everything from my phone as from my desk.
I can also grab my desk here from my laptop, if I so desire. That's in with the pro2 subscription. It goes by how many computers you wish to access, but you can access that computer from anywhere, at any other computer.
That kicks ass, especially since I just use my laptop as a poor mirror extension of my main rig
One other thing...
I use three monitors on my desk. Logmein has multiple monitor support.
I could find nothing it would not do, and I beat on it like it owed me money.
Pro2 is free for a month (or 120 hours). Try it out. You can check the features with your laptop or any other computer. I sat here and ran my main rig with my laptop to see how it worked, that way I didn't have to pay 30 bucks for the iPhone app.

Introducing......

The Ipad.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/l...reation-event/

[AD720]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

Introducing......

The Ipad.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/l...reation-event/

iMeh.

[aich75013]

Originally Posted by AD720

iMeh.

Hehe. Yeah. So far nothing that makes me want to go out and get one.

[Footbag]

Originally Posted by Resipsa

Introducing......

The Ipad.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/l...reation-event/

Just made a new thread on it, then I saw this one. My bad.

[AD720]

Wow. Starting at only $499. That's a surprise.

[Ahbroody]

Originally Posted by shilala

Looking great so far. No mention of phone capability, though. Or swapping out my sim card and using my 3G. If it misses that, it's pretty much a big ipod touch to me. It'd be a bummer. I'd be stuck to wifi. Gack.

Nope no phone service. However there is the google voice work around. Not sure if it will work on Iphone/pad, but the unit has blue tooth so you do have the ability to get a google voice account and use it as a phone that way.

I have never said this before but apple beyond droped the ball on this one. No flash are you focking joking? http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...om-your-couch/. A device centered around the multimedia experience with no focking browser flash support? Did Apple not look at the Stats at just how much flash content is on the web? At 499 if it had flash support I would have been all over this device. You could have tied it to google voice I bet and had one kick ass MIDI. Voice, movies, flash media. OOOO but wait its tied to ATT network and we know ATT doesnt want flash support on its network because of the strain it would place on the network if available.

It would appear no multi tasking for Ipod either as this unit did not have multi tasking. It amazes me that Palm WebOs has multitasking but apple fails. ? Maybe its comming.


However I believe Vic will possibly be able to use this as he thought about. Because Iwork will be available. So it would appear http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...work-for-ipad/

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

Nope no phone service. However there is the google voice work around. Not sure if it will work on Iphone/pad, but the unit has blue tooth so you do have the ability to get a google voice account and use it as a phone that way.

I have never said this before but apple beyond droped the ball on this one. No flash are you focking joking? http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...om-your-couch/. A device centered around the multimedia experience with no focking browser flash support? Did Apple not look at the Stats at just how much flash content is on the web? At 499 if it had flash support I would have been all over this device. You could have tied it to google voice I bet and had one kick ass MIDI. Voice, movies, flash media. OOOO but wait its tied to ATT network and we know ATT doesnt want flash support on its network because of the strain it would place on the network if available.

It would appear no multi tasking for Ipod either as this unit did not have multi tasking. It amazes me that Palm WebOs has multitasking but apple fails. ? Maybe its comming.


However I believe Vic will possibly be able to use this as he thought about. Because Iwork will be available. So it would appear http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...work-for-ipad/

I'm with ya, brother. It's pretty much the maxiPad.
Coupled with logmein, it'd kick ass and I think it'd still be great for Vic at work, but no phone. No multitasking.
I'm clueless. I guess they thought grab some of that Amazon Kindle money? Nice movies?
It's just a big iPod Touch.
I'm sure I'll order the 16gb when they're ready and feel it out and see what I can do with it. If it's as cool as I hope, I'll get the $829 3G version after that and give the 16gb wifi to my daughter.
I don't even have 3G where I live, but I do everywhere I go.
It was a huge letdown for me, too, but I can definately see it as an awesome reader and web tool, and I absolutely hate laptops (always did), so I'm probably in the 1% of people who actually care, even though I'm very let down by the shortcomings.
It'll definately need hacked. No doubt.

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

Nope no phone service. However there is the google voice work around. Not sure if it will work on Iphone/pad, but the unit has blue tooth so you do have the ability to get a google voice account and use it as a phone that way.

Not being phone capable doesn't really matter I don't think. You're not going to be lugging it around to use for that purpose in any event, my phone is always with me anyway.

I can't think of any reason using google voice on it wouldn't work in any event. Those calls go out as data over the 3g or wifi, and I don't know how anyone would even be able to know or care that you were using either google voice or ribbit (google voice lookalike) to make calls. People have been using Ipod Touches connected to a MiFi to do just this for awhile now without incident.

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

I have never said this before but apple beyond droped the ball on this one. No flash are you focking joking?

Ain't going to happen:

http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash

[shilala]

Originally Posted by AD720

Wow. Starting at only $499. That's a surprise.

I fully expected to lay down $1000. The highest priced model is $829 and tax. I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic or not, but I thought that was fair. At least as far as Apple prices go.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by shilala

I fully expected to lay down $1000. The highest priced model is $829 and tax. I'm not sure if you were being sarcastic or not, but I thought that was fair. At least as far as Apple prices go.

Absolutely sincere bro, no sarcasm.

All of the "insiders" were saying $1000. $499 is a great move by Apple.