http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New yellow line en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:18:45 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44899 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:11:00 +0000 chdot 44899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"easy win for Apple"</p> <p>Not only do iPhones do screengrabs - simply (press the two mechanical buttons) - the result is stored as a normal photo with ones taken on the camera. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44895 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:04:40 +0000 alibali 44895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, I see.<br /> Normal photos are fine, and can be sent from the phone in the various usual ways but screen captures need PC invlovement, and the captured screen image file ends up on the PC.<br /> Can't understand why some Droids and W7 don't make this easy though, easy win for Apple. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44880 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:13:47 +0000 chdot 44880@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Yup, can do the email thing but tend to upload to flickr straight from the camera app."</p> <p>OK. I thought 'need PC' meant you were transferring photos there first. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44876 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:03:06 +0000 alibali 44876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Yup, can do the email thing but tend to upload to flickr straight from the camera app.</p> <p>The URL flickr gave me didn't have the _3ee602632f.jpg bit on the end. The link worked in a browser OK though not here..</p> <p>Cheers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44874 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:36:37 +0000 chdot 44874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>alibali - you need URL of Flickr image to add image here (<a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6301534431_3ee602632f.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6301534431_3ee602632f.jpg</a>) - sorted. </p> <p>Can't you email pix from your 'phone?</p> <p>All Flickr a/cs have their own email address! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44873 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:27:49 +0000 alibali 44873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And finally, just to finish OT..</p> <p>Back on the learning curve today so having mastered the infamous "Hello World" Android app, tried a screen capture.</p> <p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6301534431_3ee602632f.jpg"></p> <p>Takes about 10mins for the first capture by the time you install ADK (free) and pretty instant thereafter. You do need a PC (other computing devices _are_ available) though.</p> <p>Happy to go through the steps by PM if anybody is interested/cares/is a geek/has a "friend" who is or might be a geek.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44577 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:52:13 +0000 cb 44577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I thought HTC were firmly android os."</p> <p>I think they've always done Windows phones. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44561 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:49:09 +0000 chdot 44561@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"AND that Apple's direct contact with 'people' is still far from adequate."</p> <p>"Responding to complaints of battery life issues with the iPhone 4S, engineers from Apple are said to have contacted customers directly in an effort to solve any issues."</p> <p><a href="http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/28/apple_engineers_working_with_iphone_4s_users_to_fix_battery_woes.html" rel="nofollow">http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/28/apple_engineers_working_with_iphone_4s_users_to_fix_battery_woes.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246&page=2#post-44560 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:39:48 +0000 Nelly 44560@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oddity yesterday, an advert for a new HTC titan phone, its on windows - I thought HTC were firmly android os. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44500 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:13:42 +0000 chdot 44500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"But have they overspecced some bits and underspecced others..."</p> <p>Pass</p> <p>Battery piece was interesting. Highlights the fact that smartphones are complicated!</p> <p>AND that Apple's direct contact with 'people' is still far from adequate. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44493 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:56:00 +0000 Stepdoh 44493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 device offers specifications somewhere between Apple's iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S</em></p> <p>But have they overspecced some bits and underspecced others...</p> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/27/iphone_4s_battery_problems/"><br /> As iPhone 4S battery suckage spreads</a></p> <p>Sorry, couldn't resist. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44465 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:54:00 +0000 alibali 44465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>This continues to surprise me.</em></p> <p>And me. Several 'droids offer three-finger salute (cntrl-alt-del) hidden features that do a screen grab and it's built in to the development kit. I think it must be a function that's been excluded for a reason, but I can't think why. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44458 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:45:51 +0000 Arellcat 44458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And still OT, Nokia was originally a paper mill and electricity generation company in the 1860s, and grew into a major rubber products and cable manufacturer before turning to telecoms. No coincidence that Nokian Tyres has a similar name, as it only became a separate entity from Nokia in 1988. &lt;/QI&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44449 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:25:06 +0000 cb 44449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And from a Microsoft biased source (Paul Thurrott):</p> <p><a href="http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windowsphone75/windows-phone-75-ios-5-140947">Windows Phone 7.5 vs. iOS 5</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44439 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:01:31 +0000 chdot 44439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back to previous OT</p> <p>"<br /> Nokia Windows Phone 7 Lumia 800 vs Apple iPhone 4S</p> <p>Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 device offers specifications somewhere between Apple's iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, but is missing some key hardware and software features and will only debut in Europe, effectively leaving the US market to Apple and Android this holiday season.<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/27/nokia_windows_phone_7_lumia_800_vs_apple_iphone_4s.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/27/nokia_windows_phone_7_lumia_800_vs_apple_iphone_4s.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44438 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:59:41 +0000 chdot 44438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"However on the Samsung Galaxy S II, you can take a picture of exactly what is on your home screen at any time, by simply pressing and holding the power and home key at the same time."</p> <p>Exactly the same as an iPhone - so perhaps other Android models too?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44435 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:39:06 +0000 druidh 44435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Android Screen Grabs?? </p> <p><a href="http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/05/16/capturetake-a-screen-shot-of-your-samsung-galaxy-s-iino-additional-softwareno-rooting-required/">http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/05/16/capturetake-a-screen-shot-of-your-samsung-galaxy-s-iino-additional-softwareno-rooting-required/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44434 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:39:02 +0000 gembo 44434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gorgie Road beyond Saughton Park has had all potholes filled with the tar that lasts a week. Now is your chance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44425 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:17:00 +0000 cb 44425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back on subject, there is quite a good yellow-paint-orphan example on Longstone Road where a small part of a box junction has been resurfaced. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44423 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:15:13 +0000 cb 44423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> "you can't do screen grabs"</p> <p>This continues to surprise me.<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/10930/why-do-we-need-a-rooted-phone-to-capture-screenshots">It seems to be a security thing.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44407 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:16:39 +0000 chdot 44407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"you can't do screen grabs"</p> <p>This continues to surprise me.</p> <p>Really useful - and can't be difficult in software terms?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44406 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:13:11 +0000 Stepdoh 44406@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...and who couldn't love this little guy</p> <p><img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/2rhn474.jpg"></p> <p>And one crappy thing WP shares with Android is that you can't do screen grabs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44404 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:59:48 +0000 chdot 44404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"One of the biggest benefits apple has is that they build an OS that runs perfectly on a very limited variety of hardware."</p> <p>Yep!</p> <p>Some people see this as a 'flaw' - well they used too... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44403 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:56:46 +0000 Stepdoh 44403@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nope, again, nothing 'pops up' except for text messages (which iOS5 actually copies slightly from WP) it's a bit more subtle and cooler than that, it just kind of is. And it's not really a multitasking thing either.</p> <p>It's such a different approach that it doesn't parallel with the other platforms.</p> <p>Stil pictures don't really do the home page much justice, there is constant activity on the screen, but not so that's it's annoying if you are trying to do something with it.</p> <p>One of the biggest benefits apple has is that they build an OS that runs perfectly on a very limited variety of hardware. Windows/Linux will run to varying degrees of success on pretty much anything (in a computing sense).</p> <p>MS has learned lessons from Apple on this in the phone sense. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44398 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:45:55 +0000 chdot 44398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Horses for courses as is just a different approach"</p> <p>Yep. </p> <p>There was a lot of 'fuss' a while ago about iPhones not running multiple apps 'properly'. That 'complaint' seems to have gone away. </p> <p>Unless l misunderstand, you seem to be talking about pop-up widgets which I'd probably find intrusive!</p> <p>Interesting what you were saying about Windows allowing limited scope for hardware manufacturers to change things. Seem to be a real Android issue. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44396 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:32:20 +0000 Stepdoh 44396@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, but what I mean is that now even third party apps can communicate to you without you having to open them. </p> <p>Say the weather app has a live tile so I don't have to open it or the calendar app, or the people tiles I have give me information such as facebook/twitter statuses, if I've been conacted in some manner by said person.</p> <p>Then the music hub cross links to all the music and video apps I have, and the pictures hub can access from various sources.</p> <p>It's just all a bit more meshed. And there are shed loads of very subtle eye candy.</p> <p>Horses for courses as is just a different approach, and one I particularly like. What it doesn't feel like is an overly MS product, but think it's all going to converge on Win 8. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44394 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:23:14 +0000 chdot 44394@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Makes the 'grid of apps' model of the iphone/android seem a bit old fashioned."</p> <p>Only if Windows has built in everything you could possibly imagine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44391 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:20:37 +0000 Stepdoh 44391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Meh, just different packaging round an awesome OS. It's designed so as only to be customisable by the manufacturers in a very tiny manner. Makes the 'grid of apps' model of the iphone/android seem a bit old fashioned. </p> <p>I like the typographic nature of it too, but then again I like typography. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44389 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:16:46 +0000 chdot 44389@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Future? I've had a windows phone for aaaaages."</p> <p>But not a <em>Nokia</em> one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4246#post-44388 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:15:31 +0000 Stepdoh 44388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Future? I've had a windows phone for aaaaages. (6 months) </p>