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From: Mark on 22 Jun 2010 09:58 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:27:54 +0100, James Jolley wrote (in article <88boiaFaklU1(a)mid.individual.net>): > On 2010-06-22 12:57:33 +0100, timpent <tim.pentreath(a)googlemail.com> said: > >> On Jun 22, 12:15�pm, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >>> I would like to be able to play radio whilst doing other bits on the >>> Ipad. >>> >>> ------------- >>> >>> So, yeah. Even the non-techies need multitasking. FWIW, I installed the >>> iPhone app "TuneIn Radio" - if anyone knows how to get live radio to >>> play in the background (like, say, iPlayer does with timeshifted radio) >>> then I'd appreciate it. >> >> I just downloaded an update for TuneIn Radio on my iPhone. It can play >> in the background with iOS4. So I guess she'll just have to wait until >> iOS4 is released for the iPad... >> >> Tim > > I've been using that tune in app for many months. Used to use OOTunes > but now prefer that because of the backgrounding. I'll post more on the > accessibility improvements in iOS4 later on, but one of the nicer > things that they managed to do was make VoiceOver lower any audio > volume when it's speaking. This was always the case in the iPod app but > now it's universal. > Options -> Play in background? That starts the stream in Safari, which you can then close & use other apps. Or did you mean something else? Cheers ... Mark
From: zoara on 22 Jun 2010 14:47 timpent <tim.pentreath(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > On Jun 22, 12:15 pm, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> I would like to be able to play radio whilst doing other bits on the >> Ipad. >> >> ------------- >> >> So, yeah. Even the non-techies need multitasking. FWIW, I installed > > the >> iPhone app "TuneIn Radio" - if anyone knows how to get live radio to >> play in the background (like, say, iPlayer does with timeshifted > > radio) >> then I'd appreciate it. > > I just downloaded an update for TuneIn Radio on my iPhone. It can play > in the background with iOS4. So I guess she'll just have to wait until > iOS4 is released for the iPad... Ah, quite a wait then. I had a feeling it would involve multitasking... -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 22 Jun 2010 14:47 Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > >> Han is dyslexic and wrote this on the iPad with its helpful > > autocorrect, >> so at times it can be confusing. > > Yes, I did read that bit, but... > >> womanise hour > > <chuckle> > Umm, could you tell me what time that is? Thanks... That's fairly typical of the gems Han comes out with. They're brilliant, aren't they? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Ben Shimmin on 22 Jun 2010 17:04 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net>: [quoting his wife, a non-techie:] > I also should say I'm the type of gal that likes either a nokia phone or > an I phone like simple gadgets I will either have the best or the > basics. That sounds a bit ominous for Nokia. I'm not sure *they* see their phones as `basic'... I suppose it's pretty true though. Most of the people I know who are likely to care about their mobile phone will either have an iPhone (the majority, in fact) or an HTC Incredible (a few people of late). Admittedly a goodly number of the people I know have BlackBerries too, but this is unsurprising since my workplace gives them to anybody who's a manager, and pretty much everyone who has a BlackBerry only uses it for work email and free calls. (I think I've opened the web browser twice.) b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Woody on 22 Jun 2010 17:54
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net>: > > [quoting his wife, a non-techie:] > >> I also should say I'm the type of gal that likes either a nokia phone > > or >> an I phone like simple gadgets I will either have the best or the >> basics. > > That sounds a bit ominous for Nokia. I'm not sure *they* see their > phones as `basic'... > > I suppose it's pretty true though. Most of the people I know who are > likely to care about their mobile phone will either have an iPhone > (the majority, in fact) or an HTC Incredible (a few people of late). > Admittedly a goodly number of the people I know have BlackBerries too, > but this is unsurprising since my workplace gives them to anybody > who's > a manager, and pretty much everyone who has a BlackBerry only uses it > for work email and free calls. (I think I've opened the web browser twice.) I know quite a few teenage and early 20s girls with blackberries as that is what they wanted -- Woody |