Posts by filburt

While dynamic hybrid cursor is nice and all, Apple really needs to improve default cursors. It is often very difficult to locate where the pointer is.

I came very close to buying Sparrow apps during promo period. I am glad I didn't pull the trigger.

Quote: Originally Posted by Xao  Believe it or not, is will actually make sense for us to finally switch off of our Unlimited plans on our iPhones.  But as someone stated, you need to have a lot of devices, which...

AT&T and Verizon realize that days of milking money out of voice and messaging plans are coming to an end. So mandating unlimited voice and messaging is in their (and shareholders') interests.   In retrospect, we have been...

I would like to give Microsoft a benefit of the doubt, but they are really doing it wrong. Apple phrased "post-PC" after iPad became a huge success. Microsoft, on the other hand, is using "PC+" before delivering results.

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Scrip  If Apple makes a 4" iPhone and keeps the same 3:2 aspect ratio.... apps won't really have to do much to adjust to that. However... if Apple decides to change the aspect...

Quote: Originally Posted by philtuttle  What if the extra space was just enough to always show:   Notification Center, OR iAds, OR Time, Date, Signal, Etc, OR something else so that...

Quote: Originally Posted by djsherly  Really? I just downloaded it and the first thing it asked me was how I would like to upload my photos. Three options were presented, Wifi + 3G, Wifi only, and...

If you think Facebook treats user's privacy like crap, know that Google+ iPhone app will upload ALL your photos on your phone without asking for permission and over 3G. You will need to dig into its settings to prevent this.

Hopefully, all these attentions will improve OpenStreetMaps's data quality. But as it stands, their data is extremely lacking, both in terms of coverage and accuracy.