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From: zoara on 27 Jan 2010 11:08 Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:49:32 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> > wrote: > > >Sounds like you're describing an iPhone. It's not *exactly* a > > sat-nav, but > >it can kinda-sorta become one. The only question then becomes "what > > apps do > >you use on the E2 and are there iPhone equivalents". > > Trouble with using an iphone as a sat nav is that when you do it's > hard to use it as a phone - or an ipod, which is another good in car > use. "Hard" is subjective. "Harder", certainly. But if you're (the general you, not specific) using it as a phone in the car, you're presumably using a handsfree, in which case you can be on a phonecall while the sat nav is doing its thing. And the music can either be controlled with a stereo that supports iPhones, or (less slick) using the home button double-press to bring up the music control overlay. That said, I think it's too fiddly for regular use. If it's only used once in a while (occasional use rather than emergency use, IMO) it's fine. Well, reception problems that I have reported aside, that is. But this problem applies to all converged devices, and unfortunately everyone will have a different opinion of which features need to be prioritised in the "make it easy to use these together" stakes. So there's no real solution. -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 27 Jan 2010 11:08 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > O2 now do a 20quid a month tarrif, which is starting to tempt me. It would be tempting me, too, if I could find it. -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jim on 27 Jan 2010 11:14 On 2010-01-27, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> O2 now do a 20quid a month tarrif, which is starting to tempt me. > > It would be tempting me, too, if I could find it. It was something I saw when I was last instore. Haven't looked on their website. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Woody on 27 Jan 2010 11:18 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:49:32 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> > > wrote: > > > > >Sounds like you're describing an iPhone. It's not *exactly* a > > > sat-nav, but > > >it can kinda-sorta become one. The only question then becomes "what > > > apps do > > >you use on the E2 and are there iPhone equivalents". > > > > Trouble with using an iphone as a sat nav is that when you do it's > > hard to use it as a phone - or an ipod, which is another good in car > > use. > > "Hard" is subjective. "Harder", certainly. But if you're (the general > you, not specific) using it as a phone in the car, you're presumably > using a handsfree, in which case you can be on a phonecall while the sat > nav is doing its thing. And the music can either be controlled with a > stereo that supports iPhones, or (less slick) using the home button > double-press to bring up the music control overlay. Copilot has an iTunes control within it so you don't need to leave the application. -- Woody
From: J. J. Lodder on 27 Jan 2010 16:30
Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: > Or do you think he's going to announce something else entirely? > > Andrew iSlate is dead. Long live iPad, Jan |