Comments on: Just jaw-droppingly well done… http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/just-jaw-droppingly-well-done/ Original comment and commentary, with a UK focus. Not another cut 'n' paste news site. Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Meat Hook http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/just-jaw-droppingly-well-done/#comment-1596 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:26:10 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=504#comment-1596 Showtimes is significantly better than Movies, especially since Showtimes v2.0 came out. Try it out and see what I’m talking about it.

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By: martin smith http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/just-jaw-droppingly-well-done/#comment-1527 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:08:10 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=504#comment-1527 Steve,
Couldn’t agree more. The seamless end-to-end integration of these services with simple, slick user interfaces using embedded phone features is the promise of the mobile ‘mashup’ made real.

Additionally, some of the ‘non-mashup’ native applications mentioned before like the flight sim and professional music synthesizer are rmore akin to full blown PC/Mac desktop Apps – not constrained mobile specific apps that I’m typically used to.

Having been a fan of the mobile open OS’s and the 3rd party developer community for years, comparing some of the ‘closed OS’ Apple apps/mashups and their direct equivalents in J2ME, Symbian C++ or WinMo, is a bit depressing. Apple have built a next-generation (mobile) platform where developers can create innovative “joined-up-services” quickly that also happen to look very nice and generally seem to ‘just work’, as listed in the post. Perhaps the future of Apple’s mobile ambitions is in the SDK.

I’ve been trying to convert a close relative to use mobile data services for years, showing them how to pick up email, browse the web and do other interesting stuff on their mobile. To my frustration, the aforementioned was politely enthusaistic but never really bothered to even attempt trying to set up and use these apps, fleeing back to the familiarity of voice calls and text. It wasn’t because of any potential hidden cost of data uasage, rather the whole experience of setting up and using these apps was very poor and ‘technical’. The change ? A missed episode of BBC Spooks streamed on the iPhone iPlayer native app with little or no instruction. The S60 WRT version, I’m sure, would not have had the same result.

I look forward to a direct comparison of an n-gage and iPhone version of the same game.

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By: Steve Litchfield http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/just-jaw-droppingly-well-done/#comment-1526 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:58:16 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=504#comment-1526 ‘god’ is your typo when referring to my (other) typo 😎

Spelling of ‘both’ now fixed. I was in a hurry, in my defense!

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By: chrsfrwll http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/just-jaw-droppingly-well-done/#comment-1525 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:12:57 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=504#comment-1525 Oh, and you hardened journo types really should pick up typos – second para “…, bot god and bad, …” 😉

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By: chrsfrwll http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/just-jaw-droppingly-well-done/#comment-1524 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:38:30 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=504#comment-1524 And to that list I would add Noise.io Pro. Simply stunning that the iPhone can have a fully featured FM synth, utilising the iPhone’s interface (finger sliding, multitouch, accelerometer), mutliple filters and effects, sequencers and patterns. You might not be into music creation but seeing what Noise.io can produce is pretty amazing.

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By: Lucas http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/11/just-jaw-droppingly-well-done/#comment-1523 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:52:06 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=504#comment-1523 cool, more world view
http://www.iphonewebcam.com/

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