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From: James Jolley on 10 Apr 2010 18:13 On 2010-04-10 21:01:36 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>>> Please tell me 4.0 lets you change the system sounds. >>>> >>>> First thing I looked at. But I don't want to be the bearer of bad news! >>> >>> By system sounds I am guessing you mean message tones. >> >> That and other alert sounds, yes. >> >> I take it that's a 'no' then? > > Where are alert sounds set? Can't find them. > > Anyway, whereas I would hate to say 'no' to changing message tones, any > other answer would be a complete lie! Great answer. Ever thought about joining MI6?
From: zoara on 10 Apr 2010 20:45 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > And you know what, multitasking is way cleverer than I thought > > > > it would > > > > be. So clever in fact I didn't know it was doing it. > > > > And no, it isn't like the dashboard thing. > > > > > > Please tell me 4.0 lets you change the system sounds. > > > > First thing I looked at. But I don't want to be the bearer of bad > > news! > > By system sounds I am guessing you mean message tones. A friend of mine is going to be annoyed by that news. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 10 Apr 2010 20:45 Simon Dobbs <simondobbs(a)froglet.net> wrote: > >> The thing I would like is very simple but would save lots of time > > > and > >> or > >> battery. A simple button on the front screen which toggles between > > > 3G > >> and > >> wireless networking, maybe bluetooth as well , so that one does not > >> have to > >> burrow through many menus before changing this when going away from > >> wireless > >> networks. I know their was once a way of doing this for jailbroken > >> iphones, > >> but it seems so obvious... > > > > Why would you want to do that? Serious question. Just battery life, > > or > > something else? > > I wondered if you could read. Ah yes, sorry, ooops. Turning off wifi doesn't actually save much battery power, you know. You'd save more by going to the screen brightness settings and sliding it to the left a touch. As such, I can't see Apple ever implementing such a setting, particularly not as a hardware switch. It wouldn't add much but complexity and cost. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Woody on 10 Apr 2010 21:26 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > Simon Dobbs <simondobbs(a)froglet.net> wrote: > > > > > > The thing I would like is very simple but would save lots of time > > > > and or > > > > battery. A simple button on the front screen which toggles between > > > > 3G > > > > and wireless networking, maybe bluetooth as well , so that one > > > > does not > > > > have to burrow through many menus before changing this when going > > > > away > > > > from wireless networks. I know their was once a way of doing this > > > > for > > > > jailbroken iphones, but it seems so obvious... > > > > > > Why would you want to do that? Serious question. Just battery life, > > > or > > > something else? > > > > The reason I have it is for when walking round. When i am walking > > round > > I will often read facebook or forums (or here). It is very irritating > > when you have written a reply, hit post and find your iPhone has > > decided > > to join one of those BTHomeHub in someones house. It can't post from > > it, > > but you can't stop it auto joining it, and then you have press home -> > > settings -> Wi-Fi -> Off -> Home -> back to application you are in, > > and > > hope it doesn't refresh and lose your stuff (as safari does). > > > > With SBSettings I swipe along the title bar, press the wifi button, > > press close and carry on as before. > > You have it auto-connect to WiFi points? How have you not drowned it in > a bucket after the eighteenth alert telling you it's found a new > network? Doesn't bother me that much! -- Woody Alienrat Design Ltd
From: Jochem Huhmann on 11 Apr 2010 15:39
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> writes: > Turning off wifi doesn't actually save much battery power, you know. > You'd save more by going to the screen brightness settings and sliding > it to the left a touch. I have SBsettings on my iPod touch and at first I used it to switch off WiFi like a bean counter. Then I noticed that this did not make any difference in battery power. What *does* make a difference though is turning down the screen brightness at every opportunity, which is luckily possible with SBsettings, too. The funny thing is that in full sunlight you can read the screen best with the brightness fully turned down. > As such, I can't see Apple ever implementing such a setting, > particularly not as a hardware switch. It wouldn't add much but > complexity and cost. Absolutely, yes. If I would design a tablet now, it would get a Pixel Qi display and a real, hardware wheel for the screen brightness. In fact I have a quite specific size and hardware specification in my head and the first device that meets it I will buy. Probably I will never get a chance, though... Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |