britexpat76

I always thought the white ones were for girls?!

Bahtatboy

Its as mobile as I am, which is exactly the point. When I'm out and about (as a man about town is, doncha know), its with me and working. Usually when I'm in one place for an hour or more, its with me and working (and plugged in). So its perfectly mobile, for my degree of mobility.

Crashing? Jeez, I remember have to physically re-build Macs when they crashed, and then re-start with all the extensions(?) disabled, and then turn them back on one by one. I don't think my iPhone 4 or 3 has ever crashed on me--occasionally an App has crashed (never an Apple one), but that hasn't caused the iPhone to crash.

scrubbedexpat141

No they are kept for the cool blokes only.

Bahtatboy

Mine's white, too. But I do feel like a girl sometimes.

scrubbedexpat141

I agree with this.

I have a charger at my bedside table, one in the car and one at work in my computer.

The battery life isn't mind blowing but you CAN do things to make it better. I just mitigate this by having these chargers in places that I will be for long periods of time.

Works well, but yes, the battery life would be the first thing most users would want improved.

britexpat76

Mine's actually white. It accesorises the white Birkenstocks and Rayban's perfectly.

scrubbedexpat141

My previous 3 had all been black so fancied a change.

I, like you, also use mine bareback. Why put such a good looking bit of kit in a gay rubber case you bought for 8dhs in carrefour.

Just don't drop it.

scrubbedexpat141

You are such a LAD.

britexpat76

I had the simple old shitty Curve last time and it survived swimming in beer, being dropped more times than a hookers pants and never crashed. This one is almost a daily occurence.....

I may change back and give the bird this one...

auzdafluff

After the experience of my three day old iPod Touch making the trip from my pocket to the floor as I took my wallet out my pocket, I'm never not using a cover again. The screen looked like someone had been using it for shooting practice, not like it had fallen out of my pocket.

Knowing the back and front of the iPhone 4s is made of the same glass, I have no intention of carrying around naked.

Bahtatboy

I guess I've been lucky. Dropped it (and the previous ones) numerous times, and usually onto Middle Eastern flooring, and apart from a bit of a dent or ding, they've survived. And always naked. I've just switched to white (thought they said once you tried black you'd never go back?), but not out of choice. It does look gay. But yet to find a skin / cover / case that doesn't detract from the beauty of the thing.

britexpat76

That's true enough. I owned Iphones from the launch in 07 and always gone naked, I have never broken one yet and a few have launched themselves out my top pocket. Just down to luck I suppose as plenty of my pals have forked out £100 to replace the screens for more innocuous spillages than mine.

Bob

http://www.geekosystem.com/apple-virus-immunity/

Seems some what apt for this thread.

It's a subtle one this, but recognition all the same

pythonista

I guess that's a slight improvement from informing all Apple Store employees to deny malware exists, and refuse to help customers http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Order...ticle21693.htm

Beakersful

The IT guys in my uni told a lecturer he wasn't allowed to plug his Mac into the wired system as it could potentially transfer viruses onto the intranet. Seemed astonishing. But then I've run Linux Mint for a few years now after I got stung by fake antivirus software and I know I can't be affected, but I could be a 'carrier' and infect my contacts using Windoze or Mac's.

Smartphones do kind of worry me though. There isn't a decent 'linux' platform option. Android is getting hammered, iphones and Windoze phones have the potential. I'm just glad I've got kind of a 'dumb' smartphone for now.