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§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 4:51:15 pm PST #16245 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, so now I have an iTouch. I have a few questions which are probably pretty basic.

Can I synch to my Google contacts? I've set up the Gmail account, and the calendar is synched, but I don't see where I can get contacts.

Also, it says iPod in the top left corner. Can I make it not do that? I don't want it to do that. I know it's an iPod.

It's primarily for media consumption, but I downloaded Words With Friends, just because. Any other apps (that aren't Angry Birds or Plants and Zombies, just because, you know) that are nifty? I'm still leaning on my Android phone as my main pocket computing, but if I have the space and the price is right, why not?


Steph L. - Mar 09, 2011 5:02:28 pm PST #16246 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

ita, there's one called iBattery that I love because it tells me exactly how much battery I have left, instead of just trying to guess what the teeny battery icon in the top right corner is showing me. IIRC, it's a free app.

Honestly, the one I currently use far too much is Bejeweled ($2.99). Also the 99-cent skee-ball.


Steph L. - Mar 09, 2011 5:04:58 pm PST #16247 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

But I pretty much use mine for TV at the gym (and in the car; really, it's soothing to put on an episode of a show I've seen a million times before and let it play through the radio -- I don't need to see the video to enjoy it when it's something I've seen a million times before) and music in the car (and internet in bed).


Jon B. - Mar 09, 2011 5:26:34 pm PST #16248 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Can I synch to my Google contacts? I've set up the Gmail account, and the calendar is synched, but I don't see where I can get contacts.

This might help: [link]


Steph L. - Mar 09, 2011 5:29:13 pm PST #16249 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oh my god, iTunes has an Adult Swim app: [link] I will never be productive again.


le nubian - Mar 09, 2011 5:30:57 pm PST #16250 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita,

join the club: Pocket Frogs!

yes, you can sync google contacts:

[link]

I have a LOT of apps.

But start here:

[link]


meara - Mar 09, 2011 5:39:13 pm PST #16251 of 25501

I have some but not a ton of the ones le nubian links to. The others are...more random. Like a calorie and weight tracking one. Or the Couch-to-5K app. Or the "nextbus" app to find out when the bus is coming. Etc. Mint. Sunrise/Sunset (just because I'm curious), okcupid. Seattle Public Library.


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 6:46:00 pm PST #16252 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

iBattery looks nifty.

That's just a weird place to put the Google contact synching. Why would you separate it from the other Google settings? And put it on the computer not the iDevice?

Thanks for the heads up.

And thanks for the list, LeN. I am majorly jealous that I can't run Netflix on my Android. Damn, that would be nifty. But iPod is good.


Liese S. - Mar 09, 2011 7:17:40 pm PST #16253 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Is there any digital reader or digital reader software that turns pages automatically. Yes, I am lazy. Please come feed grapes to me while I recline, reading.

Ideally, I could set the page turn frequency by having it calibrate based off of my past page turns in that book. Kinda like a tap function on a drum machine.

If I had automatic page turning, I could knit and read at the same time.


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 7:27:52 pm PST #16254 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is this most recent iTouch/iPhone Apple's first retina display?