iLife - All things, iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes

[Strappie]

I just purchased the iPhone 4. I have to admit I got this because I have other apple products. After having issues with Verizon I switched carriers just today and went with AT&T. I hope I don't regret this! I use to have a Droid phone and to be very honest there are so many things I like better on the Droid than the iPhone.. mainly the screen... I NEED Bifocals for this thing. I don't know, I may return it and go back to the Droids??

[NJFemmie]

I didn't think I would, but I LOVE my iPod. I have never been an Apple or iTunes fan, but I think the next thing on my list of things to get is an iPad 2 for Mare.

[DomnNC]

News of Apple's participation in a controversial online platform called Christian Values Network (CVN) is spreading like wildfire this week. CVN's platform allows users to donate part of their online purchases from iTunes or the Apple Store to “charity” - including anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, and even (appallingly!) Scott Lively’s Abiding Truth Ministries.

Apple may not mean to be funding hate groups. In fact, they've publicly supported LGBT rights in the past, even donating a $100,000 to stop an anti-gay hate law in the US. But now that they know what’s really going on at CVN, it’s time to pull out.

BBC America, Microsoft, Delta, and most recently Macy’s have cut ties with CVN under public pressure. But computer giant Apple is still participating, despite more than 20,000 people signing a petition on Change.org started by Ben Crowther, a fan of Apple and equality. That's why we're joining Ben to turn up the heat and demand action.

Click here to sign the petition telling Apple to dump CVN and stop funding anti-gay hate groups:

www.allout.org/stop_funding_hate

Right now, people can buy Apple products through CVN and direct a portion of their purchase to groups that focus on spreading hateful lies about LGBT people and fight against their full inclusion in society.

One of the "charities" you can support with a portion of your Apple purchase is Abiding Truth Ministries, a group known for spreading outrageous anti-gay rhetoric, including the assertion that LGBT people were responsible for the Holocaust¹, and has even been linked to Uganda’s infamous “Kill the Gays” bill.² Another so called "charity" is The Family Research Council, a group that has fought to repeal hate crimes legislation in the US and has directed its members to pray for the continued criminalization of homosexuality in Malawi.³

Ben Crowther has helped drive a mass exodus of corporations from CVN and draw attention to the hate groups they are supporting. And if enough of us join the call, Apple will have to respond.

Join Ben, Change.org, and AllOut.org in demanding that Apple stop using CVN’s platform and publicly condemn the funding of hate groups.

www.allout.org/stop_funding_hate

Thanks for all you do.

All the best and All Out,
Aaron, Andre, Erika, Guillaume, Jeremy, Joseph, Nita, Prerna, Oli, Tile, Wesley and the rest of the team at All Out


SOURCES:

1. Making Myths: Anti-gay religious crusaders claim homosexuals helped mastermind the Holocaust
www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/spring/holy-war/making-myths

2. Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill: Inspired by the U.S.
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1946645,00.html

3. FRC: Pray for the Criminalization of Homosexuality
www.rightwingwatch.org/content/frc-pray-criminalization-homosexuality

All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity - lesbian, gay, straight, transgender and all that’s between and beyond - to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

Copyright © 2011 AllOut.org, All rights reserved

[Miss Scarlett]

Originally Posted by DomnNC

News of Apple's participation in a controversial online platform called Christian Values Network (CVN) is spreading like wildfire this week. CVN's platform allows users to donate part of their online purchases from iTunes or the Apple Store to “charity” - including anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, and even (appallingly!) Scott Lively’s Abiding Truth Ministries.

Apple may not mean to be funding hate groups. In fact, they've publicly supported LGBT rights in the past, even donating a $100,000 to stop an anti-gay hate law in the US. But now that they know what’s really going on at CVN, it’s time to pull out.

BBC America, Microsoft, Delta, and most recently Macy’s have cut ties with CVN under public pressure. But computer giant Apple is still participating, despite more than 20,000 people signing a petition on Change.org started by Ben Crowther, a fan of Apple and equality. That's why we're joining Ben to turn up the heat and demand action.

Click here to sign the petition telling Apple to dump CVN and stop funding anti-gay hate groups:

www.allout.org/stop_funding_hate

Right now, people can buy Apple products through CVN and direct a portion of their purchase to groups that focus on spreading hateful lies about LGBT people and fight against their full inclusion in society.

One of the "charities" you can support with a portion of your Apple purchase is Abiding Truth Ministries, a group known for spreading outrageous anti-gay rhetoric, including the assertion that LGBT people were responsible for the Holocaust¹, and has even been linked to Uganda’s infamous “Kill the Gays” bill.² Another so called "charity" is The Family Research Council, a group that has fought to repeal hate crimes legislation in the US and has directed its members to pray for the continued criminalization of homosexuality in Malawi.³

Ben Crowther has helped drive a mass exodus of corporations from CVN and draw attention to the hate groups they are supporting. And if enough of us join the call, Apple will have to respond.

Join Ben, Change.org, and AllOut.org in demanding that Apple stop using CVN’s platform and publicly condemn the funding of hate groups.

www.allout.org/stop_funding_hate

Thanks for all you do.

All the best and All Out,
Aaron, Andre, Erika, Guillaume, Jeremy, Joseph, Nita, Prerna, Oli, Tile, Wesley and the rest of the team at All Out


SOURCES:

1. Making Myths: Anti-gay religious crusaders claim homosexuals helped mastermind the Holocaust
www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/spring/holy-war/making-myths

2. Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill: Inspired by the U.S.
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1946645,00.html

3. FRC: Pray for the Criminalization of Homosexuality
www.rightwingwatch.org/content/frc-pray-criminalization-homosexuality

All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity - lesbian, gay, straight, transgender and all that’s between and beyond - to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

Copyright © 2011 AllOut.org, All rights reserved

Thanks Dom...i'm off to sign the petition right now!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

[OS Butch]

I recently entered the iWorld, I got the iPhone a couple of weeks ago. My kid keeps helping me use it.....Everyone keeps telling me I need more apps. Heck, I think I am doing great using the text and uploading pictures and posting to FB & playing Words Free. I am pretty much TC(Technologically Challenged)

[*Anya*]

Shame on Apple for the homophobic app.

That being said: I love my IPhone. Laying on the couch writing this with it right now. I have way too many apps though & periodically delete ones I don't use. Love the Kindle & IBooks features too. Thinking about getting an IPad for the larger screen. The Blackberry Playbook also looks pretty good.

To think that when I was a kid we had about 5 TV channels!

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by Anya/Georgia

To think that when I was a kid we had about 5 TV channels!

I remember those days! I remember having to manually change the channel, and I even remember black and white tvs (my folks had one in the early 70s). Gosh I am really dating myself here lol.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Strappie

I just purchased the iPhone 4. I have to admit I got this because I have other apple products. After having issues with Verizon I switched carriers just today and went with AT&T. I hope I don't regret this! I use to have a Droid phone and to be very honest there are so many things I like better on the Droid than the iPhone.. mainly the screen... I NEED Bifocals for this thing. I don't know, I may return it and go back to the Droids??

You can make the Font larger just by putting two fingers together on the screen and then sliding them away from each other. I had mine for several months before I figured that out!

[Strappie]

Originally Posted by Anya/Georgia

You can make the Font larger just by putting two fingers together on the screen and then sliding them away from each other. I had mine for several months before I figured that out!

I do know about the two fingers and making things bigger, Droids have that too.. However you can not make the screen bigger when texting or writing...

I'm going to give it till Monday and if I still don't like it. I will switch. The graphics from an iPhone to a Droid are night and day, Droid blows the doors off the iPhone.

The battery life on this thing blows. Yesterday I added 5 apps and sent out 9 text messages (no phone calls) and my battery was dying already. I had nothing running in the background other than to search for apps for about 45 minutes. So far I haven't had it for more than 24 hours and I've recharged it 3 times. Maybe I received a bad battery??

[Semantics]

Originally Posted by Strappie

I do know about the two fingers and making things bigger, Droids have that too.. However you can not make the screen bigger when texting or writing...

I'm going to give it till Monday and if I still don't like it. I will switch. The graphics from an iPhone to a Droid are night and day, Droid blows the doors off the iPhone.

The battery life on this thing blows. Yesterday I added 5 apps and sent out 9 text messages (no phone calls) and my battery was dying already. I had nothing running in the background other than to search for apps for about 45 minutes. So far I haven't had it for more than 24 hours and I've recharged it 3 times. Maybe I received a bad battery??

It must be your battery because I use my phone a lot and only have to charge it every two days.

[Strappie]

Originally Posted by Semantics

It must be your battery because I use my phone a lot and only have to charge it every two days.

Just par for the course as to what I've been going through with Verizon. I suppose with AT&T I got the dud battery. lol

[moxie]

Originally Posted by Strappie

Just par for the course as to what I've been going through with Verizon. I suppose with AT&T I got the dud battery. lol

Not putting your iphone in sleep mode when you aren't using it will wear the battery down pretty fast. It will eventually put itself in sleep mode and you can change how long it takes to do so in your settings. You'll still get notifications and other reminders pushed and they will pop-up as received;however, you won't be able to see them afterward or any time what's on your screen until you hit the round button with the square on it at the bottom. To put your phone in sleep mode, click on the button on the top right of the phone.

You also might want to check your brightness settings

[OS Butch]

Originally Posted by puregrrl

Not putting your iphone in sleep mode when you aren't using it will wear the battery down pretty fast. It will eventually put itself in sleep mode and you can change how long it takes to do so in your settings. You'll still get notifications and other reminders pushed and they will pop-up as received;however, you won't be able to see them afterward or any time what's on your screen until you hit the round button with the square on it at the bottom. To put your phone in sleep mode, click on the button on the top right of the phone.

You also might want to check your brightness settings

In pink, I thought that turned it off.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Strappie

I just purchased the iPhone 4. I have to admit I got this because I have other apple products. After having issues with Verizon I switched carriers just today and went with AT&T. I hope I don't regret this! I use to have a Droid phone and to be very honest there are so many things I like better on the Droid than the iPhone.. mainly the screen... I NEED Bifocals for this thing. I don't know, I may return it and go back to the Droids??

Oh no! Just make everything bigger with the two finger slider method!

[Dominique]

my smart phone screen is so touchy...as i do that thumb and finger thing to make the screen wider, if i over lap at all, i'm someplace I don't want to be.....and i have to wear my bifocals to type on it.....gosh darn awful at typing on it. You can always tell when i'm replying from the phone, more spelling errors than usual.....fat fingered!

However, for a person who doesn't like alot of techie things, I really like this phone and wonder now, how did i survive with just a normal phone?


ps. Hi Sassy

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Yellow band

my smart phone screen is so touchy...as i do that thumb and finger thing to make the screen wider, if i over lap at all, i'm someplace I don't want to be.....and i have to wear my bifocals to type on it.....gosh darn awful at typing on it. You can always tell when i'm replying from the phone, more spelling errors than usual.....fat fingered!

However, for a person who doesn't like alot of techie things, I really like this phone and wonder now, how did i survive with just a normal phone?


ps. Hi Sassy

hi !!! I don't use my cell enough to worry about an iphone but i LOVE My Ipod Touch and all my music that I just sync to my MacBook Pro...

[OS Butch]

Apps for the iphone! I am clueless. Please post favorites and why! Thank you!

OSB