Oh but I do love my phone - Page 7

limey · 10-11-2012, 10:58 AM

Finally have got my new phone up and running after it taking a fortnight to get a microSIM from my provider (hello Vodafone, crap service is your middle name!). And now, I likee! I finally abandoned Nokia and got a Samsung Galaxy SIII. Smooooooth.

glatt · 10-11-2012, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by limey

Samsung Galaxy SIII. Smooooooth.

Nice. I want that one next.

Undertoad · 10-11-2012, 11:41 AM

The next Nexus phone is going to be an LG... consider that one as well

Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) is on my phone for the last month, and it gets better and better.

With full Google integration, if I look up a location on Maps in Chrome, a few minutes later the phone will have suggestions on what the traffic is like and how long it will take to get there.

The phone is trying to guess where I want to go and what my business is there. It has worked out that the Pawn Shop is a regular destination where I stay for a while, and it knows that The Pub is where I go for a half-hour. So it tells me the traffic to the Pawn Shop, but it tells me the hours for The Pub.

Google Now is the app bringing up this information. It gives you "cards" for places it thinks you are interested in. Right now there are cards for The Pub and Pawn Shop but also for Molly Macguire's. I haven't been to Molly's for a while, don't have a contact for them, but a friend txt'd me from there two weeks ago. Holy fuck!

Voice has caught up with Siri. "Navigate to the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville" -> one click later, the phone is in the Navigation app giving turn-by-turn directions to the correct destination. More and more voice stuff just works.

glatt · 10-11-2012, 11:44 AM

When will it be able to give me Tea. Earl Grey. Hot?

Undertoad · 10-11-2012, 12:01 PM

Also, I can now turn the phone into a mobile WiFi hotspot with one click. This has been enormously useful when taking the laptop on the road. Don't have WiFi? S'ok, the phone has it.

tw · 10-11-2012, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

When will it be able to give me Tea. Earl Grey. Hot?

That was the 24th Century. Now ask it a question from the 21st Century. Open the pod bay door.

infinite monkey · 10-11-2012, 02:00 PM

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

tw · 10-11-2012, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

I believe Watson (from Jeopary) could answer that. Can Siri?

infinite monkey · 10-12-2012, 09:49 AM

Are you siri-ous?

tw · 10-12-2012, 11:08 AM

Why is it called iPhone. But only called YouTube? Why not have a Uphone? Or is that not good English.

infinite monkey · 10-12-2012, 11:29 AM

iphones are for narcissists. youtube promotes generosity of spirit. or something.

I want a mePhone. And a meTube. meNetwork. mePad. mePod. meTunes. meCloud.

Me me me!

Undertoad · 10-20-2012, 10:02 AM

I put an event for today at noon on my Google calendar and I specified an address. The event is 45 minutes away. My phone just notified me that, under current traffic conditions, I should leave now if I want to get there on time.

limey · 10-20-2012, 10:43 AM

Google calendar is great. Gmail is teh suxxor.

Sent by thought transference.

ZenGum · 10-20-2012, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I put an event for today at noon on my Google calendar and I specified an address. The event is 45 minutes away. My phone just notified me that, under current traffic conditions, I should leave now if I want to get there on time.

I'm torn. This is clever, but it's kind of creeping me out.

limey · 10-22-2012, 04:41 PM

Just synced a local (descriptional, rather than GPS based) address database via Google Drive with an app on my phone. CooOOOLio.

10-11-2012, 10:58 AM	#91
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Finally have got my new phone up and running after it taking a fortnight to get a microSIM from my provider (hello Vodafone, crap service is your middle name!). And now, I likee! I finally abandoned Nokia and got a Samsung Galaxy SIII. Smooooooth. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-20-2012, 10:43 AM	#103
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Google calendar is great. Gmail is teh suxxor. Sent by thought transference. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-22-2012, 04:41 PM	#105
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Just synced a local (descriptional, rather than GPS based) address database via Google Drive with an app on my phone. CooOOOLio. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-11-2012, 11:41 AM	#93
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The next Nexus phone is going to be an LG... consider that one as well Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) is on my phone for the last month, and it gets better and better. With full Google integration, if I look up a location on Maps in Chrome, a few minutes later the phone will have suggestions on what the traffic is like and how long it will take to get there. The phone is trying to guess where I want to go and what my business is there. It has worked out that the Pawn Shop is a regular destination where I stay for a while, and it knows that The Pub is where I go for a half-hour. So it tells me the traffic to the Pawn Shop, but it tells me the hours for The Pub. Google Now is the app bringing up this information. It gives you "cards" for places it thinks you are interested in. Right now there are cards for The Pub and Pawn Shop but also for Molly Macguire's. I haven't been to Molly's for a while, don't have a contact for them, but a friend txt'd me from there two weeks ago. Holy fuck! Voice has caught up with Siri. "Navigate to the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville" -> one click later, the phone is in the Navigation app giving turn-by-turn directions to the correct destination. More and more voice stuff just works.

10-11-2012, 11:44 AM	#94
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When will it be able to give me Tea. Earl Grey. Hot?

10-11-2012, 12:01 PM	#95
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Also, I can now turn the phone into a mobile WiFi hotspot with one click. This has been enormously useful when taking the laptop on the road. Don't have WiFi? S'ok, the phone has it.

10-11-2012, 02:00 PM	#97
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

10-12-2012, 09:49 AM	#99
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Are you siri-ous?

10-12-2012, 11:08 AM	#100
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Why is it called iPhone. But only called YouTube? Why not have a Uphone? Or is that not good English.

10-12-2012, 11:29 AM	#101
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	iphones are for narcissists. youtube promotes generosity of spirit. or something. I want a mePhone. And a meTube. meNetwork. mePad. mePod. meTunes. meCloud. Me me me!

10-20-2012, 10:02 AM	#102
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I put an event for today at noon on my Google calendar and I specified an address. The event is 45 minutes away. My phone just notified me that, under current traffic conditions, I should leave now if I want to get there on time.

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