There is something a bit creepy about that. Should we name it HAL? Think of the paranoia level when you start flipping out because "my phone is watching me!!!". Or, if there is a backdoor hack to monitor that always on camera. Hmm, makes you wonder if your iPhone can be hacked to remotely view the camera without your knowledge?
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
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omnis_audis - May 03, 2012 1:59:07 pm PDT #19977 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Gris - May 03, 2012 4:24:31 pm PDT #19978 of 25501
Hey. New board.
That sounds like the awesomest thing ever. I HATE it when my phone dims when I'm trying to use it.
tommyrot - May 03, 2012 4:40:39 pm PDT #19979 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I HATE it when my phone dims when I'm trying to use it.
Me too.
As technology improves, our devices get better and better at accommodating to the way we humans work, so we have to do less conforming to the way they work.
meara - May 04, 2012 9:18:03 am PDT #19980 of 25501
Anyone know why the mail app on my iphone is suddenly being weird? It will show me mail with preview, but when I go into the actual message, nothing shows up. If I hit forward, or reply, then the message shows up below the available typing space like it should. SO clearly it's THERE, somewhere. Why won't it show up?!?
tommyrot - May 04, 2012 9:20:20 am PDT #19981 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't know, meara. Maybe reboot your phone?
I don't use the Mail app on my iPhone at all since I got a gMail app. If you use gMail I suggest giving it a try.
eta: The built-in mail app only checks mail when you open it, right? The gMail app checks mail even when it's not open.
Jessica - May 04, 2012 9:21:31 am PDT #19982 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is the Gmail app an actual app, or just a link to the mobile site the way the Google calendar "app" is?
tommyrot - May 04, 2012 9:23:06 am PDT #19983 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I assume it's an actual app. I installed it from the app store.
Are there apps in the app store that are actually links to web pages?
meara - May 04, 2012 9:26:17 am PDT #19984 of 25501
You can have it push mail, check manually every certain amount of time (15, 30 min) or only when you open the app.
I thought gmail didn't have an official app yet? Or something like they put it out and then took it back because it was buggy? Or something?
tommyrot - May 04, 2012 9:28:45 am PDT #19985 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, it's an actual app: [link]
The current version has 3 1/2 stars. Previous version only had 3 stars.
meara - May 04, 2012 9:37:14 am PDT #19986 of 25501
Good to know. Though I don't really use my gmail a ton (mostly just when I'm job hunting or need to look way more professional than my yahoo address. :)
And rebooting my phone seemed to do the trick. SO WEIRD.